The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1892. On Protection
The Hon. Mr Wise, of Sydney, in a recent speech said :— lf Protection did not raise prices what possible good could it be to raanufacturrtrs ? And if it did raise prices, theu who paid the piper? It was suggested that Pro tection gave employment. He admitted it, but that employment was found by taking money out oi th© pockets of the masses of the people. It would bo much better to give the money as direct charity. Protection, disguise it as they might, was simply a gigantic system of out door relief, by which one section of tho community supported another. They could go ou for sometime in that way, and provided tbey could get loans from England they might go on for a long time ; but the moment the borrowing stopped they would begin to feel the pinch, and the working men who had to put their hands in their pockets to support otber working men, would find that it was all they could do to support themselves and their families instead of giving charity to support others."
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 11, 14 July 1892, Page 2
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188The Feilding Star. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1892. On Protection Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 11, 14 July 1892, Page 2
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