Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-07-31

most worthless and unreliable of documents, the
Gems g Of 1910, states the number of linen en-
f ployed'' in those departments of mechanical art
which are more or less protected by the tariff OF
lSi2at between three and four hundred thousand
Every man who has attended TO the subject knows
that this number Gncuding the working classes
, Engaged in our manufacturers dsrising am ben
: eft from the tariff does not exceed 100000, OF
, whom not more than 10000 have been brought
into this pursuit by the last tariff" In the onin
ion OF the Secretary. then, no person "dcrivee
my benefit" from the prosperity OF particular
branch of industry, unless he actually labors at
it. But is this reasoning correct? Do not the
fecrepi parents and the helpless children; do not
the husbands and the wives do not the other de-
pendent relatives of these laborers sderive bene-
fit" from that protection which furnishes en-
ployment to those VITO feed them (! Does not
f the farmer. who supp IS the food to those labor
er and their families dc rot the producer. who
, grows the raw material and the fabric also .'de.
, rive benefit from the system which employs
them? Is not the agriculturst benefited by the
withdrawal of these 100000 stout hands from
! the tilage OF the soil ? The same census states
! the number Of "men employed in commerce and
{: the fisheries at $4,000. According to ministc-
rial logic, therefore, there but $4,000 persons
: who '"derive any benefit from commerce and
f the fisheries, and yet the encouragement of mar
I'm .t WI. e,ppys anu " co,,!S :,
only $4,000 men, is one Of the great objects to be
; attained by the ruin of all the manufactures and
mechanics. with the millions who depend on them
for bread The census does not state the num-
. Der of 'men employed" in agriculture. but cst-
mating it laborcrs in other departments are es-
|, timated it could not exceed three. or at most
, hold that none but these tbree or fonr millions
.d,rvc ANY, hennft,, from a,r;c ,lt,ro. na ns NE,
i moro tbon ono. fourth 81 NV nor,lo,;a,, $50
=, ho :. n,n,lovoJ,, a, al ,ho naoossar, nso
nunnce s thot m mora tban onoIGnnr,b ,f ,hs,n
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"''N. ooi''o i,o'l' 'hu">if! VI any sort 80
i Pi'po .I "'c ''e sPec"'a'oiA Vi Hee-tauc
Po,,, u1 COMMUNISTS
mere i pu' one "hcr POM IN inc secretary 5
= report 'ha' desire 10 notice IL Is the great
:. Pe"re argument on page oi that document
!. Cotton l. n bnrd "i peace with foreign nations
= brca">" II furnishes profits ABROAD to thousands
OF capitalists and wages to hundreds of thousands
:. "i me work'ng classes all of whom would be
= deeply injured, by any disturbance growing out
ct state OF war to the direct and adequate sup.
d ply OF The raw material" Tho Secretary esti'
a mates the value OF the cotton crop at $4,000.
# 600, ami the value Of the manufactured cotton
:, fabric at 500 100000 annually, and states that
IS hre-s.fms OF the cotton grown is exportedabroad
r IN orhcr therefore, To propitlate the good VII! Of
C these foreign capitalist" and working classes
v wlo now ENJOY tive-sixths oithis enormous prof
h IT, ana To interest them still further in the preser
r vaton OF peace, the Secretary argues that the
It Am 'rican cotton manufacturer ought TO be sa
l. cr.nced, and the profit on the remaining sixth
e whch he now ENJOYS, transi 'rred to the Europe
n an capitalists and laborer. The same argument
h would prove that we ought to surrender the en-
st tire profits of our trade, our fisheries and ever
= our agriculture, to European merchants, anC
lahermcn, and farmers. Sir peace is worth M
D such sacrahcc ana lie has little oi an American
At heart whol Is influenced by such craven argument
a as rms
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