Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-07-05

qucnce. BY admitting that 'our operative, ,u,,.,
farmers when surplus Of goods was cres,ed ~.
neighbor furnished us with proof that the VI
manufacturer WAS driren from The field B,, 49,
gantic monied poorer Of Europe; and bv go.
that 'the English operative must manuiac,u,.
starve.' he gives very good reason whv The ~
eign capitalist-if he has any pity for snfEs,.-
constantly before his ace,-shoud do hi. ,s'
10 break down Yankee enterprise and ndps,,.
We intended no disrespect 10 labor and sL,,r.
asking what they could do in a contest with G..
capitalists. We only meant 10 inquire wh,, ,
could do single handed and we now ,s,o.,
query If the products of our labor and sL;Ir ~'
undersold in our home market when ma a
them as cheap as we can and live by the busins..
must we not betnke ourselves TO some o,h..
poyment, and leave the field to The foreign m,nm
factureri Indeed our neighbor pretty s,ron.,-
Inmates this in sayng-'the Yankee has al, So
open to his hand, and plenty Of unoceuD;oa -,
where he may squat. Yes, the American 80
tives may all turn farmers, let their mannheim
be done by foreigners. and depend on tho c,n.:-s
of their governments for a market for tbe, sr,.,s
agricultural produce We wonder how nr.b .,s,
a state of things would raise laborer's wooe. 80
how much it would cunduce TO the prosne,,, ~,
independence OF the country. Has our neirbho,
sympathy enough left for any but English one,,.
tives-fegard enough for any but fgyeiga uo,nof..
turing interests--to tcl' Really, if the verv a..
which our neighbor regards with SO much comnI.
cency does not evlnce more contempt of 9,,,.;.--
labor and skill, than our mis-applied exDres,ioD
did of the pauPer labor and skill of EuroDs -.
cannot Judge OF the meaning of sentence.
We have now satisfactorily demonstrated 4,
ourself-that protection is an efficient cause If oo
petition, and hence of the improvement, crow,.
out of such competition and therefore that IN.
ductlon in the price of the protected article s IN Ia
referred to the protective policy Had there h.o,
protection, there could have been little do,r.,,;.
observation-disclosures keeping the marke,-,,a
consequently but few Of these new improvements.
for ten men would never undertake bps;,s,.
which one found losing matter.
We have also shown, as we think. that the fo,.
egn manufacturer and does drive his Yankee
competitor from our market by excessive impor,,.
tions of a non-protected or insufiicently protected
article and hence that our former illustration holds
good and that non-protected industry cannot at first
maintain itself against weather. and onges,ablsh
ed rivals. If, as our neghbor says, the motive
power Imeaning probably capital which common.
ces useful manufacture is sufficient to keep 90
ing what need there be of protection at ALL
and what does.our neighbor mean by incidental
protection graduated by the necessities of manuac
tures?
In conclusion, let us define our position and i
do not do it with the GOODNESS and precision Of
old school theoogians we will at least try to avoid
their obscuri,y and long-wndedEess. We are no
ultra protectonists. We have never advocates
high prohlbi,ory tariff; has the North ever de-
sired such misunderstanding il would not be
permanent What we do contend for is-a tariff
which, while yielding sufficient revenue, shall dis.
criminate in favor of those manufacturing interests
which can be prosecuted 10 advantage here. Such
an one we believe the present tariff TO be and for
its effect in reducing prices (the point at ssue) we
have but to appeal TO the wel-known and uDiFer-
sally admitted fall in the value Of cotton cloths,
hard ware, cutlery, buttons, pins, salt, and many
other things-as sufficient evidence of the fact