The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-08-08
FROM THE MONROE DEMOCRAT.
DIALOGUE WITH A JOURNEYMAN
TAILOR.


A young friend accosted US the other day and
began a conversation upon the %subJec; of the
Tariff. We subjoin it as near as we can remein-
Der.
Jour.-Mr. D. you said in your paper the Other
day, that the destruction OF the present Tari1
would reduce the wages of journeymen saIlors.
My n%eighbor b. denies this, and asserts that u
protective tariff only enrIches the manufacturers.
while 1t taxes the mechanic.
EdiIor-l am aware that the anti protective
party deny the beneficial effects of a TarH-
But they do not show US how their policy will
benefit us.
Jour.-Oh! yes they do; they say it would
make cloth cheaper. aad so enable poor men 10
to have more coats made. Because if England
could supply US with her manufactures. Tree OF
duty, they would be sold cheaper then they now
are.
Ed.-Grant this. But if all the woollen clothes
we use were made in England, would not eur
wOOlien manufacturers be thrown out of employ
ment?
Jour Why, yes. | suppose they would.
Ed.-ln such an event, you business would be
injured; because now you. and those ehgdgeu
IN your business, make the clothes worn by VOL
len manufacturers But If their business was
destroyed they would be Obliged to turn their
hand TO something else, and some OF them would
become taiiors, and not only make their own
clothes, (which you now make for them) but they
would make the coats and pantaloons and vests
which their old fellow manufacturers would re-
qUire. Thus not only would the demand l0f
your work be eurtaileu, but the the supply
would be Increased. There would be more men
make coats, and fewer to wear them. Would
not his injure your business?
Jour. Nell, it looks as II il would. .
Ed.-And il certainly would; ir the more
men there are wear coats, the more coats you
will have to make; and the fewer tailors there
are, the buster they will be kept. IL, by any
| uTOcess a titausaud mncfInlStS. mlllers and meT-
chants should be removed from Rochester, and
there should by the same process, be all increase
OF forty or fifty tailors, there would, OF course,
he fewer coats 10 make aud more hands to make
them.
Jour.-ThatI will not dispute.
Ed.-Wtll, that lie precisely the effect which
The ant-protective policy would have upon this
country. 1t would lessen the demand aud IN
crease the supply OF coats. And when this shall
happen a great many journeyman would be
thrown out of work, would have TO work tOI
lower wages. For where there is bu& little de-
mand Tor labor, the price always falls.
JOur.-That is all very true; but after ail,I Is 1
not right that a man should be permitted "l'
buy where you can buy cheapest?"
Ed.-Not always. F. insiance: If / should
buy where ! could buy cheapest, 1 wonld buy
my coats In England: Tor | can buy as good &
coat there tor SIS, as | can get here Tor $40
Bul ii | should go 10 England ;!or my coat, ant
employ an English tailor 10 make it, instead o.
yourself, YOU could not afford to take my paper
Ii the butcher did 50, you could not buy his beef
II the miller, the halter, the shoemaker did so
you could not buy his -four, hats or shoes; be-
cause ii every one employed English taiiors
American taIlors would haev no money to buy
with. A hat at two dollars is dearer to a man
whose labor is not in demand, than one at S.
where he has plenty of work and ready pay.
Jour.-Ihis may all be. But, if the Tariff j:
repealed, as Mr.. Polk says it should be, does II
follow that the printer and The butcher, &c.
would send 10 England for their cloth esa
Ed-Why should they not? The Locofeco:
say we ought 10 "buy where we car buy cheap
esI.'' You know very well that Iauors in Eng.
land, France and Germany, work for half the
wages you receive. IL tins is the case, they can
make a coat cheaper. The only way therefore
10 prevent all classes from getting these Eurot
can taifors to make their coats, is either for you
10 work Ter ~ or 80 cents a duy, as they do, OF
support a Tariff which will make those who EN-.
pIoy these English, French and German tailors
pay a duiy upon whatever they get made there
You do not want TO work for the low wages "a id
lu!EGrope. Then you must go for a Protective
tariff. This will prevent the foreign tailor from
Booding the country with foreign coats, and Sc
cure a steady demand Tor your labor.
Jour We'll, | will think Of this. | wan, con
slant work aud if the policy Of the Iocotocc
party will induce men to go 10 England for theil
coat , then | shall oppose it, and vote Tor HENRY
I'm "AN u oAhu ~ u tAOtCNh an ilNdi
industry.
Ed am glad you have come to that conclu
sion; aud, depend upon 1t The more you examine
this subject, the more you will be convinced of tht
truth OF what | tell you. Mr.. Polk is opposed tc
the Protective Tariff. This he las openly anc
repeatedly avowed. If his principles are carried
out, the country, in six months, will be filled
with coats, pantaloons and vests made in Eng
land and those who, when they want a new
coat, now employ you, will purchase the Englisf
imported ready-made coats which can be solo
cheaper than you can make a similar article, be-
cause those who made it, worked for one thIrd
OF the wages you receive. BE assured that the
cry that a Tariff makes the manufacturer rich
bnt the mechanic poor, is all humbug. A pro
tectlve Tariff benefits all eiasses-excspt the
miser; and every farmer mechanic and lOborel
in the land, should stand by it and its great de
lender.
Jour-Weli | must be going. Depend uPor
it, sir, I will stand by American mechanics
against the world. No twenty cents a day to1
memo English coats upon Yankee backs!-
Huzza Tor a Protective Tariff, any how.
Ed.-Aud Tor HENRY CLAY-the great cham
pion of a Protective Tariff! Good mornings l
see you again.
Jour-Good morning, sir.