The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-09-05
From lhe New York Pleheian.

| SIVE ADVOCATES OF PROTECTING PIE
INDUSTRY OF THE COUNTRY THE FED
ERAL PARTY THE ONLY PARTY THAT
OPPOSES PROTECTION TO AMERICAN
! INDUSTRY.
We have allowed our opponents the Wings, the ben
efts of the false of the word Protection long enough
The present Tariff as is" is styled by Mr.. Clay and
the Whig party Protective Tariff, when the only
branch Of industry benefits is the manufacturing
That oppresses and injuries all other occupations we
have frequently proved Why then say that the present
Tariff protects the labor the capital Of the country
The greater portion oil the capital of all countries
ssls Of land and labor; or in olherwords is agricu
tura This is especially true in the United Suaes and
from the very nature OF the condition OF this country
must be ior ages TO come. Why then should system
designed 10 protect but single branch of industry that
employs but small portion of the capital of The country
and but few in number OF the people, compared to the
whole be called protective system? The only way to
project the industry OF the people the whole people, is TO
Tighten their taxes as much as possble-place as little
restriction as possible upon their trade with each other
and with the world at large If you raise The expenses
of Government by tax on our foreign trade let that tax
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protected, OF what expresses the idea much better, so
that all classes and all branches Of business will be bur-
dene2 as little as possible.
Prices fnearly every article the farmer has to sell
are at this moment lower than ever before and are get
ting still lower. They are less now than in IS43 both
high Tariff years; while goods generally have risen
since 1912, in many cases 90 per cent Now why is
his?-hal in comparing the prices of produce in lSl3
with those in 1874 we find decline; and in comparing
prices OF goods, cotlons woolens, silks, &c. we find
considerable rise. .-''
We will give the reply the Wings to this question:
they say that is unfair to take two Tariff years they
admit The fact but say that crops abundant the far
mers have been to INDUSTRIOUS they nave produced TOO
much Providence blessed them, or rather cursed Them
II The Wing doctrine be true with abundant crops there
fore prices have fallen Suppose we apply their own
logic TO manufactures 1t is fact that nobody denies,
that our manufacturing establishments of all kinds
turned out near the quantity Of cloths hardware
&C. &c, that they do now. Never has there been such
an amount ofcapital invested in the business of manu-
featuring. We send our cotton goods 10 all parts of the
world, after supplying ourselves. Yet it is an admitted
TACT that prices compared with last year. have ad
vanced while produce has fallen in price Now if
Increased crops lessen prices in one case why not in the
olherl
We venture to assert that the increased quantity of
American goods for the year 1914, far much exceeds
the increased amount of farm produce yet one has fall
len While the other has risen in price!
We tell the IA 600 of agrculturalss in the Uni
ted States, that is the Wig TWd of 1912 that has pro-
duced the result have stated and no ether cause can
be assigned is this Tariff that opprcseS instead of
protects the industry and capital of IA 900 OF people
in order that portion ofhe balance of our population
may divide from 10 to 40 per cent profits annually. 1t
is only part and small part of those who classed
as manufacturers that are benefited by the Tariff The
laborers in the manufactures get no better prices than
under the low Tariff nor generally not so good II is
only the capitalist whose funds are invesed in this
branch Of business that is benefited.
Who will callthe present Tariff Protective Tariff?
Who will say that il protects American Industry
What man ot ordinary intelligence in the face of all
these facts, will longer allow our opponents to use the
term Protection to AMERICAN Industry as synonymous
with the Tariff Of 1s42 Let this absurd use Of the term
cease. Democracy and Protection 10 American indus.
try are SYNONYMOUS terms They cannot in truth, and
ought never to have been separated The present Tariff
is Wing measure, and oppresses the industry Of the
people The present Tariff, as dis"i is just what the
Wings desire And OF course they desire that every
thing the farmer has to sell should be low and that
goods should be high They wish 10 live and grow rich
upon the industry of Others and then to insult the mass
by telling them that their industry protected If the
great body OF our intelligent yeomahry do not at the
coming election ebuke the insult they deserve just what
they get, and no more, for their produce.
We want the agrculuralsts of the United States to
have enough Of the present "proection" by high Ia
riff We in favor Of modification last session
though we did moi like the enormous oppressive features
of Mr.. McKay's bill! We now rejoice that this biz
did not pass II was not sufficiently protective to the
industry of the country to have stood long. The Tariff
as It's, we say until we can get Tariff as ought 10
BE- With a Democratic Congress and a Democratic
President we expect Tariff, as ought to BE- one that
will protect the industry Of the country. We prefer that
the PEOPLE should have time :obecome perfectly
of the enormities ofthe present them be taxed
until taxes can be endured no longer and then when we
get tariff as it should be we may expect permanency.
We wish Too the industry of this free country pro-
tected by wise and inst laws and not pundeed by par
tial and corrupt legislation.
ISA Southern Democratic paper, in speaking of the
union and enthusiasm Of the Democrats says, fall felt
it IN their bones that we were to triumph in 1874" A
noble triumph.it will be too what Democrat will not
feel proud that he has contributed even in the humbest