The United States is the home of protective tariffs.

The sentiment under a protective tariff is national selfishness.

England has bought in other markets wherever she could buy cheapest, and has kept her ports open to the cheapest markets.

This may be her selfishness.
It may, however, remain for the United States, while maintaining a protective tariff, to look to larger international relations and admit reciprocal trade-relations.

There is a wide field for study here in connection with this war, for the same spirit--the wresting of commercial advantages by tariffs without regard to the fellow nation--is in many countries.
We aim in this country to boycott foreign manufactures with the declaration that we should give all the advantages to labor in this country, and keep our money at home.