Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-08-13
WHOM DOES PROTECTION coz
CERN3

NO w 'no S'eae' INTERESTS OF the poor or thu
rich in protective duties, is good denl h.o
asking, Who have tho greater need to b
defended by the laws, the weak or tho
srongf For as the strong are able to liz,
with less did OF the laws than the weak 10
can tho wealthy take care Of thems,,4
better than the destitute For tho lau,,
there may DO need Of poor houses and 9th
cr public charities, those, therefore, though
a purely artificial con,rivance, all govern.
ments find II good 20 create But is it n,
rich who require them2 We apprehspJ
not
Now, to say that protective tariffs ares
dop,ed for the benefit OF the capitalist is lust
about ss true rs that laws are made for tho
benefit Of the lawyers only, or that poor
houses arc built merely for the sake Of the
overseers of the poor. But there ure 9th.
ers that have much greater interest in the
existence OF law than the lawyers, and IN
that Of poor houses than tina, OF overseers
1t is all the difference which man has be.
tween the necessity Of living and that Of
getting rich Laws and poor houses NAV
enable lawyers and overseers to grow rich
er; but the res, Of the community couldno
exist without the laws, and the paupcrs
would perish If there were no, poor houses
So it is by the laws, ,ha, by what we call
The protec tive system, create lucrative EN-.
ploymenls for those dependent for subsn
tence on their daily labor The same law.
help the capi,alist--a who man is already
possessed OF some wealth. 10 get more bu,
what is the lutte and vain enoymen, of
show, which added wealth creates for HIM
in comparison with the solid comfort spread
among whole bodies Of the poor by these
laws, which bring their labor into consan,
employment than in the mere rates Of wa.
ges7
II, then, protective duties arc to the ad.
vantage Of one capitalist, twho could, how
ever, live without them they are OF vastly
more relative advantage to perhaps nun.
dreds OF poor, in each manuhclorv, VINO
could scarcely olive" even wnhou, them,
and about them. and about whom, n, my
event, they double and triple, and quadru.
t pie all the security, and comfort. and Ir
, probability Of life.
$ To Judge more surely Of the fact which
Q we are asserting, let any one look n, the
2 comparative condition oflhe laboring poor,
\ in those quarters where the protective sy,.
D TEN has reared up these artificial employ.
ments, and in those other quarters where II
has not In the former you see all busy,
, diIigent and well paid ; the women as prot
= itabIy occupied as the men, in proportion
TO their strength and the very children Il.
! work or at school, upon funds which tho
surplus Of their own wages has in reality,
often supplied. No rags, no wrelchedncS,,
no melancholy cabin, half roolless nod
E with floor ofmud, tat,ered troop Of wild
: children about II, n sad mother looking hall
) famine struck, 10 be seen occasionally thro
o the dismanled door or broken walls, her
It husband probably gone fishing or hunt
/ ing, because he the sole worker for the fam
lily, cannot get employment, more than half
his time This latter is the decripllon, IA
c miiar to every body oflhe poor ofaII those
parts of the country where tho ben,hcent
n action the system we spenk Of has not yet
f created employment Among them the hab
ita,ion is such as scarcely defend. from the
:, weat her, the ralment is scan,y, coarse, I'M
:. suited 10 the season, and full oil rents or
" patches the food itself is bad, insufficient
y and always uncertain for the morrow ana
five dollars at a time. IN money, is thIng
u no more to be dreamed OF lhaD the possess.
&c ion of,he Bank Of England Add 10 all
J. thslhc saddest Of human deprlvnloDs-tho
d absence of hope OF ever lettering their
S condition This is the situation Of the poor
1t of those who have not farms OF their own
d over nearly the whole country where
manufactures have not yet sprung up
e Except their color and some few general
e signs of belonging to civilized lite, 'hey
r. are very little better of than sayage'
"a On tho other hand see what general com
, fort. what cheerfulness IN the dwelling,
4. what deoency and fitness OF the apparel
= what abundance and nicely OF food, what n
) multiplication Of all the household conven.
: cies, what HABITS of order and industry, what
: general education, what respectsbillty, what
, cheerful expectations OF the fu,ure,grow up
for the lGborng Glasses around every cen.
ire OF the employmenls which these laws
for the encouragement Of production At
home bring about Let any mao look on
ell this, and tell US, if he has the conscience
3 that this system and these establishments
d are Tor the benefit Of "bIoaled capitalists y
, For one benefit to those capitahststhey con.
% fer hundreds Of benefits on the working
r cIasses. This we will take another oeea
2 sion more mnulely and systematically 10
ID explain and to developc, as well as we can
re the whole necessary relation and dep'o1'n'
IN cy between the employer and the aooE'
$, "a dependency, las we have sad) ma'A
Sc more necessary TO the latter than 10 he o'
ns meT.-- Nat Intel.
A loafer tumblcd into the d' u,r"
y. the other day, and got ter9' nIu
a. ing. He said he couldn't =" -