PROTECTIONIST REASON.
TO THE EDITOB. Sir, —Mr J. Neil has been reasoning it all out, and, through the medium of your columns, has given the public the doubtful benefit of his reason (save the mark !). From what we can judge by his epistle, he has arrived at the astonishing conclusion that the future prosperity of this country (this eminently favored sheep and cattlebreeding, wool-raising, grain-growing, and mineral-producing country) rests upon its manufactures of pianos and sewing machines. Could anything be more absurd than this ? Yes, and that is his next paragraph, where he assures us we are starving our present artisans; but yet, if we import 50,000 more from Germany, who work longer hours for half the wages we pay, the depression will cease and prosperity shine upon us. Now, sir, if this sort of stuff is swallowed by Protectionists as "pure reason," it is little wonder we have a depression, for the mere reading of J. Neil's letter (in spite of its alluring title) is calculated to leave the reader very much depressed.—l am, etc, An Astonished Native, Dunedin, June 26.
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Evening Star, Issue 8553, 27 June 1891, Page 4
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182PROTECTIONIST REASON. Evening Star, Issue 8553, 27 June 1891, Page 4
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