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stste Of siissoiri a.
neat .suffieiehl for the supply OF
chlon ! and 4 snlalb portion OF TIC State
Eol Mississippi can furnish more cotton tssh every
msruisetory in Ibis Unien can consume Att It's a
self eTadent truth that whey our foreign eahInerec
shall be destroyed BY The tariff, our d6mesit com-
meFee will be so increased 10 furnish mafet fol.
all the wheat. and 81 Ne cotton raised by the rest
OF The Union-and II lNould be impndenee lod deny
this truth. Is not shat nation the no.t indepen-
daDt that supplies il own people from lis own re-
sources with all that Is necessary for their comfort
and convenience y" Nov should like 70 kaow how
il spossbe for apy nation 10 supply lis ova people
With all that 10 pecessary for their eomo and con-
venienee unless il does from its own resources.
Il must be wise nation, indeed, which, having no
resources OF lis own can supply lie people from the
resources Of other nations One nai On supplies lie
people with cloth BY manufacturing wool into cloth,
and another nation does the same thing by rsising
Fheat, and cotton, and exchanging them for eloih;-,
now do not both nations supply their people FROM
their own resources, The manufselories are lhefe-
sources Of the one and the wheat and cotton lbs
sources Of the other, and both produce cloth. But
the wheat and cotton country 6ads that frcm these
resources t. can produce cloth al cheaper rate
than from mapuiaetoties; would il be wise IN them
ihentoabandoa this methodof produeing cloth, and
resort TO that S Misunderstanding il So says Aechan-
ic, and who il better authority.
One word about our "conslahlly sending mil
hons after nlillions or dollars TO- England, and
the Continent Of Europe, for the encouragement
and support Of foreign labor" Can itbe posi-
Bile, that Mechanic really believes that we are
in reality paying Gar our foreign imports with
gold and silveri he does not believe 50, be
IS very uncaIdi1 il he does believe so, helis
very ignorant We pay for them not ia gold
and silver, bat IN produce, 10 cotton, rice, 10.
bacco, sorn, wheat, hOur, pork. beef, lard, ium-
Der, hops, polatoesy and ten thousand other pro-
ducts Of our own country. II will be admitted
thatthe fewer those are that may be engaged 10
agriculture. The better for those who are so en-
gagged, as their must be q better demand for
their products, and also no danger Of oyefstock-
ing the market. Then say, III The home mar
ket 81 ito be the only market for agricultural pro-
duce, you must make thewhole Of our farmers
abardon their present occupations, except so
many Is are sufficient 10 supply this home mar
ket. without overstockiDg il; and how many viii
be sufficient 10 do'ifis Why about third Of
The number now engaged in tho Stale Of New
York alone. All, The rest must abandon their
occupations because there would be- no market
for their produce. Mechanic says, ssthat where
the cotton manufactures are prosperous. Sou
could and in their warehouses -four with the
brand of the Jefferson milers upon it," And
pray what does that, II true, proves why merely
that Foreigners could not take our hour, because
We would notttake their goods in exchange and
we were compelled 10 lei the Yankee manafac-
turer have il, who made US pay barrel and a
half OF two barrels, for as much cloth a. we
could have gotten from foreigners for one bar
rel, if there had been no tariff, ] venture to
assert, (and Can prove the assertion BY the
books ofany milling establishment in this COON
try, thatthe average price or hour was higher
from 1882 10 1870, than from ISIS 10 1924, OF
from the latter period to 1882. And | assert,
moreover. thsthour is lower now, under the pre-.
sect tariff. than il has ever been, except during
: partlof the time Of the continuance Of the
thrift from 1916 to 1924. These are facts which
will have more weight With the farmers OF JEFF
fersoD County than all the bphistry Of Mocha
mic. Mechanic asserts that the protective po-
icy tends 10 reduce The price Of the articles
prolecsed That Is 10 SAY. when there is no
tariff, We can buy cloth Of a certain qualify for
Eve dollars per yard from-fcreign manuiPc-
iuters, and our, manufacturers cannot make
anil sell cloth Of the same quality, for The
same price, for il they could. they would cgm-
niane our markets without any protection But
they cannot do H. aud therefore they beg Coz
gttss I'd put tariff on The foreign cloth, and as
seem as Congress does this, Mechanic says cloth
OF the same quality can be bought from our
manufacturers for less Than SIS per yard, Npw
was there ever a greater fallaey than this: Our
manufacturers cannot sell their goods IN eilr
own market Is cheap as foreigners can. and
therefore they beg The Government 70 prevent
the Foreigners from selling here, and Is 5000 As
the Govetnmenl dpes prevent them, they tellIus
they can sell ehssper than the foreigners,
sthat The tariff has reduced The prieeof eOolt ?
This IS whig argument, which is always ba4ed
upon the sppppsiiioR thai The people are too e.
potant 10 understand the plainesl proposition =
The moment our own msnufscioriss can sell
goods as chesP as Foreigners they win want no
protection. Ms tariff fer they Of course, vii
! command our markets. But they have had y.
ready, sixteen years Of high tar;E, and eight
/ years Of moderate ta-iI, and yet, ihsy caAn0i
/ compete wiih foreigners, in our own Earkdiz :
! Nor wall they ever Be able 20 do 80. until thty
| haye reduced the lsboring elkss h tbs countF,
I 70 Ehatit Is il Europe, and IS they are siEir
/ ing 10 do with all their night, which say Co
forbid, should ever Be the case in this land Q
\ equal rights and Of freedom.
4 And nav, word OF Two IL reply tcMeehani
On he subject Of me Bankrupt law. he says
"Hcu il can he, thar this was An siiieient sger
10 producing ne pressnl pressure. aad Peeuuls
q " distress Of he cnnniry, il : believed vonf
!. puzzle he talents Of the resPeelabls cpmmilif
! % demons,rniesn Let rs look II The fall e1tsl
: Of he prscdcal effects o. his law. = dissnss
, The relations between debtor and crsdiiof--d'
I.