Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-08-22

cents per day. Every man secs tina, in or
der to compete with TIE man across the way
he must bring down the wages OF those he
employs 10 the same standard. II not be
must charge more for shoeing horscs 1t
will then soon be known that the black
smith on this side Of the street charges
more for his work than the one on that side,
and then all the customers 20 on that side
to &c, their horses shod-(applause) and
then what kind of fix are your boss and
his journeymen IN ? The boss has got
nothing for them to do and must discharge
them They are thus thrown out OF EN-
ployment, and before you can get another
job you must hire yourself out at the same
price OF fly cents day.
Suppose our ports are thrown open to
free trade Why it is well known tina,
they are employing men IN England at from
ten to thirty cents day. If we have no
protection on those articles they are making,
! it is plain they can be sen, here far cheaper
than we are making them here You can
not compete wilhthem Take the halter
for instance. Every foreign hat sent here
supplies the place Of one Of home manu-.
facture--deprives the j2urneyman of his
! wages for making and the boss Of his profit
of selling it. The same with shoes, hinges
cloth, ready made clothing, &C. 1t takes
the place Of one that might be manufac
tured here by one Of our workman. loud
appIause)
was at Pecksvlle the other evening; il
was the most tremendous meeting they ever
had there, long and continued cheering, !
and there some Of those who advocate
the doctrine of free trade took this ground
and it seems as though they would resort 10
anything 10 carry with them the people
Now said they, you go TO work and protec,
the mechanics Of America and you encour
age immigration. What sort of reasoning
is that2 Why by their own showing, un
der free trade even the serfs Of the old world
cannot better their condition here; but give
us protective tariff and you will have i'm.
igraion-they will come out here with a
certainty of beaering their circumstances
! cloud cheers)
The free trade gentleman thus let them
selves out They admit what we charge,hen
wiih'-that they would reduce the price o
labor in this country. But before they are
aware, they let the thing out, and accident
ally tell you that if you go on their prlnci
pies, very soon European paupers woulc
not change conditions with you. Tire
mendous cheering)
Now | ask the intelligent mechanics
present il they are prepared to swallow al
this (Cries ofnever never) And so, my
friends, say ], never, never MOI No
Thank God we have too much common
sense for that. (Applause) But there i
another class of men whom the Locofoco
are endeavoring to make believe that th
: protective policy will not reach their case
viz: carpenters, masons, cartmen and labo
ring men, had conversation with
cartman and as it will illustrate the name
in which some people reason on this sub
jccl | will relate it,
"Now," said The car,man, "put on a pre-
,ective tarif'and all consume will be high
: or. should pay the difference; whateve
e the duty might be it would be added to tn
o cost; and on the other hand my bushes
would not be protected, and does not nee
it for they cannot do the carting for US nEr
:, gland. am therefore not protected bl
e injured" "Well, but replied II do 70
believe that protective tariff will raise III
price of those articlcs2" cob yes" sal
l. he. Then referred to such articles as hav
II been protected as iron, shifting, nails, pin
o &c, and he Admitted that these could |
I, bought lower than in former years Vt
d in spite olthese facts he would be iniurc
Is rather than benefited by protection, ar
v that competition would not bring down pr
&c ces.
D. GLOW long have you been a cartmai
u ! asked. "Flfteen or twenty years" oar
y, don't you make as much money at it as We
e did twenty years ago-ifnot wby2' IN
D. said he, because there are so many th
al viii do it for less" Laughter and chez
y; ingI You see he reasoned fairly, as f
ID as he went, bu, stopped short and failed
at make the application of his own facts al
We arguments And so with many. ri
to carpenter Gays that he does not want pr
&c lection. They cannot build houses in En-
land, and send them over here. But
In him look an inch and half before |
c. nose, and he will see that he reaps the be
ne eft Of protection as well as others
n II The blacksmith mllwright, and othc
IN are prosperous they want shops, and so
r. says the carpenter 'that's job for me
as Laughter.) And SO with the masc
nd Protect and encourage the manufacture
K he prospers and wants substantial buildln
er for his machinery, &c. and the mason
tn ready 10 say II do that work" (Chet
OF and laughter.) AS men prospcrthey bu;
ou and we are an enterprising people, being
nt mixture of Dutch aud Yankee (Chet
m and aughter)
ry Go 10 the villages in Massachusetts, a
ne. Connecticut, and through all The count
nd in the Northern States and you will :
be there the compar alively comfortable bl