The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-20

is indeed not improbable that the free trade propositions
of secretary accelerated they did not prompt the kin
bred England Of total repeal Of the eOrnaw
Ii has been asserted that great poverty and wretch
edness prevailed in the British empire, in speech
, of the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.. Hun
son, I July g, l542. | believe he was then endeavor
ling TO establish as the basis of argument, that
they could manufacture cheaper than in this coun.
try
Extracts from the speech q M HudsOH, sf Sa''Gohsens
with such facts before Us, we sympathze with q
respectable who testified before the
Question Have you any childreni
10 God
Question Do you express satisfaction al the death oil
".4nsoer. do. / thank God for It, am relieved from
die burden of maintaining them; and they poor dear
lures relieved from the troubles Of this mortal life
Comments upon such evidence would be out Of place
rent, hat they rejoice al the death Of their own eRdra
their state must be painful indeed"
This is indeed mournful picture, and well calcu-
lated TO excite the sympatbies Of the most heartess,
We should, however, deem Il vision Of an excited
Imagination, rather than stern reality il we might
Judge from fancy sketch Of the same honorable
member, OF later production brought forth, indeed,
since the proposed repeal OF the English laws
Extract from sps,eA " M, I4doE February a. isid
fooks an experienced Englih wfier Informs us that
nom 1882 to la3s the crops 10 Great Britain and Ireland
we're so abundant that wheat fed TO cattle sheep
and swine, and even used for dshllaon This induced
he farmer TO less and for several succeeding years
e winters we're unsyosbls for the crops and the
harvest wa. unPIoPiOus to increase the demand
deuure knows that great iaproteaeat. are sosstsniy
Slkog place in her mode of cultivation Boys and swamPs
are being reclaimed barren hLsides being
into fruitful fields and her waste places being
blossom like the rose She has also adopted improved
we're in the habit ofsswng about three bushels grain to
he acre But Drummond, late English writer, says that
oy the Introduction Of machine for sowing wheat
which distributes the grain equally the whole surface
efhe ground they have found that less quantity
Win to the United Kingdom i've or six millions OF
bushels and thus supply al least onehrd OF dehcen
dsmand for foreign grain viii materially increase Her own
supply will increase with her demand The Of the
under any circumstance she will take a quantity Of for
egn grain much any larger than she does present.
| Now, Mr., Chairman, since the proposed repeal
of the English corn laws affords the farmer OF this
country an opportunity Of feeding those who were
described as being poverty stricken in the speech
OF the member IN 1912, he has changed his ground
again. What a brilliant picture the gentleman
draws of the appearance of the British empire:
"Bogs and swarnps are being reclaimed barren hill.
SIDES being converted into fruitful fields and her
waste places are being made to blossom like the
rose" The object Of this allusion TO the condition
OF that country is to convince the farmer that 1--WE
cannot expect that, under any circumstances, she
will take quantity of foreign grain much, il any,
larger than she does at present"
| Now, sir, presume the Object of the gentleman
from Massachusetts in ls42, when he described the
poverty and wrechedness" prevailing among the
! people of the British empire, TO convince us
that protection was necessary to enable the manu-
facturer TO compete with the pauper labor of Eu-
rope. The basis Of his argument, If true, could, as
he supposed, enable him to draw deductions to suit
his views.
Well, the object Of the gentleman from Massachu-
sets, in 1876, in describing the prosperous condition
| Of England and Ireland from 1882 to 1888, when
'the crops in Great Britain and Ireland were so
pIa hat. hat foI
and swine, and even used for distation," and in
assuring that "her waste places are being made to
blossom like the rose,n was TO create the belief un-
doubleday, that the farmer cannot rely upon the for
elgn Market but must look entirely upon the home
consumption for relief.
| This statement, Dfrue would induce the farmers
Of this country, as he undoubtedly imagined, sub
init to the CALLING yoke placed upon their necks by
the advocated Of the protective system.
III MIR. Chairman, very often the that gen.
| uemen will assume a state of facts, and, whether
true or false, draw deductions therefrom. But do
they suppose that such assumptions gull and de-
| eeve an intelligent people?
| What, sir, Is the present condition of Ireland :
The Imagination could scarcely conceive a more
startling picture than the facts presented in the para
graph below, which cut from the National lnte-
gencer of May, 1916, credited to the Liverpool
Times: w.
"IRrIArp.We have still to record the receipt Of alarm
ing intelligence from the sister country giving The detail Of
the approaching famine which has already its appear
ance in several parts OF the country bringing with train
Diseases the results OF which painful to contem
plate Meetings being held in various parts devise
to arrest the of the evil an to work
and food for this starving peasany meeting Of the
citizens of Waterford held the 7h instant the Mayor
the chair to adopt measures to meet the existing destitu
ton in the borough appointed
During the proceedings the following observations
made by the Rev Mr. Shehan There never such des
tituon in The city there present show mason
carpenter any other tadesman employed The artisans
have no employment and consequently they are in state
Of restitution took the trouble of examining the reports
| Farming
potatoes Of the best quality sold at 2td stone in
high d. SD by retail and is by retail that the poor
buy thrm. As there employment, and prices
have been formed at Baly duff Kenkere and Ballebor
ough county Cavan Accounts pour in upon us daily of
ain many places there potatoes left in will
the fast perhng root be found after May Castlebar
per has the following headed Famine In Mayo: This gaun
and scourge has at last broken forth We have
been written to from several parts of this extensive country
by gentlemen, upon whose veracity place the i'm.
pc reliance giving the awful accounts of the suffer.
ngs of the people at this early period the year Even at
Turlough In the immediate neighborhood OF this town, ma
families at this moment learn without food and
the wreched sufferers are in vain endeavong to get pro
visions in time that their children may die. the
market of Catlebar, Saturday last provisions, which
were hitherto considered reasonable to an alarming
from lss to 1865 per cwt y" Liverpool Times Of .apr 10,
| 1876.
Mr.. Chairman, having alluded to the positions oc-
cupied by prominent men of the wing party Mt diff
ferent times, in relation to the protective policy
|
| fence of revenue tariff.
| 2--GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
There will always be much difficulty in adjusting
tax upon Imports if any regard is paid to dscrm-
nation for protection. The iron master the cotton
and wooen manufacturer, the salt maker, and the
sugar planter all have interests involved, which in
duces unholy combinations. Any person who is
honored with seat upon this floor for one session
cannot fail to observe how easy II is to form quiet
understanding, and establish arrangement for the
mutual benefit Of the parties interested. These COM
binatons result not unfrequently in the levyng, in
directly Of course contributions upon the tax pay
| ers. ". ...t.... . .. . 1897. a..
! To close the door against these combinations
have alluded to, and to carry out the power vested
in Congress by the constitution to lay and collect
taxes, in my judgment, revenue alone should be
the object in adjusting tax upon imports. ofal
persons affected by Tariff the tax payer is the most
rntercsted-much more than those who derive
benefits from the incidental protection which even
strictly revenue tariff affords
! No measure can stand the test of investigation