The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-27
PoLITIC AL.
From the Manchester England Times.
'MoNoPoLISTs IN THE UNITED STATES

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Whilst in England the manufacturing and com
mercal classes are striving to overthrow the monop.
oily of the landowners in the United States the az
rcultursts striving rid themselves Of taxation
imposed for protection to manufactures; and, IA
here we find many who, though deeply interested in
the prosperity of trade support the tax food, we
cannot be surprised to find that there many who
have deep interest in the prosperity of agriculture
supporters of the tax clothing; the fallacious
cry on both sides of the Atlantic, being s'home pro-
duction and Independence Of foreigners" When
the Indiana farmer is told that he pays 40 per cent
more for his fusan coat than IL is worth, his reply
| is, that il is made at home; and when the Manches
ter manufacturer IL told that he pays 40 per cent
more for his flour than IL could be had for were free
trade established, his reply is that il was grown al
home. The one asks, Sam to be dependent upon
foreigners for my supply of jacketsi' The other
asks, sam to be dependent upon foreigners for
my supply Of comi'
| In England, one of the few remaining arguments
for the continuance Of protection is, that, because
there duties imposed ostensibly for the protec-
ton Of manufactures, there ought also TO be duties
| for the protection Of agriculture The hitch in the
argument is, that manufactures nre only nomnally
protected, as Newcastle coal is. In the United
States the argument is, that ms there are duties inn
posed for the protection of agriculture, there ought
to be duties for the protection of manufactures; and
the hitch is, that agriculture needing protection,
in reality has none.
CUES that agriculture actually receives, but much
needs, protection against foreign competition. The
editor says: ~ ia
The tariff does afford protection to the farmer; and with
out protection he would sustain injury from foreign compe-
ton Those who have not examined the subject take it
granted that because there much rich and produc
tive land in the United States every agricultural article
must necessarily be sold cheaper in this country
where This is not So II foreign wheat could come into
the United States free Of duty immense quantities would be
received; because the price Of wheat Is cheaper in the
countries ng adjacent TO portions OF the Medea
mean, Baltic, and Black than in the United States.
Wheat In any quantity can frequently be purchased in
Odessa Warsaw Dantzc and other foreign markets. 90
cents busheL Millions Of bushels were imported into the
United States In the years 1896 and 1887 because of the fail
nre Of in this country and the consequent increase
in the price Of the article The mporations during the
much lower than II would have been II none had been
brought from abroad
The monoposts here have drawn strong pictures
of the wretchedness which would be produced were
we exposed to an inundation Of corn from Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa, each with
super6cies equal to all England, and each able TO pro-
duce wheat of the first quality at SO cents bushel
What will they think when they read that those
States are afraid Of being undersold in their own
markets by Dantzic wheat, which is now worth
more than 100 cents But competition il seems,
would not come alone from the continent of Eu-
rope; but the American farmer under free trade
would be ruined by the importation Of potatoes from
this country! The Journal says:
Look at the article of potatoes If there one article
country it is potatoes Locoocos generally knowing
that potatoes protected by the wing tariff think
farmers in the United States raise any quantity Of
potatoes they please there is necessity protection
for them Naw, what is the iacti Why that every year
potatoes imported from abroad, notwithstanding the
duty imposed by the tariff them is about SO per cent
10 cents per bushe During the ending June s0th
1874 100000 bushels Of potatoes were imported from
foreign countries into the United States paid 10 duty
answer to The ocoioco demagognes who assert that the
farmer needs protection IL the duty of cents
bushels would be imported, because they would then
afford the foreign producer admirable profit in our
markets.
1.-THE "locofocos" be not convinced by this argu-
ment, they must be of exceedingly obtuse intellect
Potatoes amounting to 7,000I for the consumption
OF only IL O0O, 600 persons, imported in one year,
Notwithstanding duty Of sd. a bushel; argument
unansw cradle that the free competition Of the Irish
farmer would ruin his brother potato-grower in
Kentucky, or at least az unanswerabe as that the
rum OF the English farmer is inevitable if we con-
tnue to permit the importation Of foreign beef and
mutton to the amount of an ounce per head on our
population per annum!
We are told by the Louisville journalist, in his
argument that manufactures should be protected be-
cause agriculture is, that American wheat would
have been dearer in 1886 and 1887 but for foreign
importatlons. To be sure it would; but that would
have been no benefit. There had been failure Of
crops and importation was necessary to avert search
~, and It's consequence, starvation The argument,
isteau VI pelng against Tree trade IN corn, is a
strong one in its fayor--one of the strongest. In
1886 even we had corn to spare and some Of it went
to feed our transatlantic brethren. English supera-
bundance went to supply American deficiency, as
American superabundance had often before, and has
since, come to supply English deficiency. Free
trade would spread equally over the face ofthe earth
the produce of all the harvests of the earth Under
the system Of protection, we have in one country
Gods gifts rotting in the fields where thew grow. be-
cause of their great superabundance; and in another.
we have millions of human beings diving for lack Of
food. 4" J: !
The Philadelphia United States Gazette, COM
menting upon the letter which appeared in our paper
a few weeks ago from Mr. Calhoun to the council Of
the anti-corn-law league, says:
Mr Calhoun has been heding and expressing such opn
ions for many and In the time our Country mas
been pTosPerng under tariff and factories have been ris
nation; factories which would have been built had
this nation admitted free one Of its principles. vet
these factories are rising overookitr the pinn
aton even Of Mr. Calhoun and giving value to the
produce Of themp sti 1sGsE Y
How like to each other are men of all countries /,
The Tenterden steeple fallacy has ga pretty con-
siderably extensive location" John Bull saws he
has prospered under corn law, and he viii mi
have It repealed Jonathan says that he has prosper
ed under tariff Of heavy import duties, and he will
not have them removed. With both il is cum hoe
propfer hoe. Each Of them believes that because he
can move slowly along with ffty-six pound weight
fastened to his leg, il sthe weight that enables him
to walk at all.