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.swhatis the progress that the honorable senator means
am afraid that il is internal progress he is in favor
of for, whatever his own peculiar opinions may be,
cent rivers and harbo reply 70 Gen Cas-, the
The distinguished senator who furnishes the above
text doubtless has sacrificed his chance OF political prefer
mentyet more, his influence upon the judgment of the
enlightened in both hemspheres by his circumscribed
views Of what constitutes the progress Of nations
PROPOSE few lines show that the school Of which
he is not disciple has effected much towards the real
internal improvements OF the country.
Are not our magnificent rivers navigated chiefly by
steam-power, operating on machinery made from iron
II then follows that there Is evident advantage in hay
ing cheap iron in the vicinity OF steamboat navigation
and this the democratic party has secured BY the tariff OF
1896 No doubt the opinions OF the honorable senator
would harmonze with the conclusions Of an engineer in
one OF the British mail steam packets, which were given
to passenger on board, in this wse On your country
will never compete with ours in sailing, seams ships
across the Atlantic Now, that Gen Taylor is elected his
aHow Y askedthe passenger (" Why, by q duty on The
iron to be used any built in America. In the construction
and machinery OF this ship. there were used four hundred
tons OF iron. Allow the same rate OF duties by the
tariff OF 1912, which S25 the ton, and add as for
freight and charges, the total s to
bounty Of that amount on every ship Of this class, and
quite enough to discourage any naton however enter
prisng, from attempting competition Don't you know,
continued he "that your iron masters complain OF work
ing without profit even where they are in close proxm
to the natural market for their product and protected
by heavy transportation charges and duty OF 80 per
cent on the foreign article The ship, then, that is to
sail into the port Of her foreign competitors is sure to ruin
her owners.
Turn we from the water 10 the landto the navigation
OF magnificent hghways-an internal Improvement, SUI
persedng in part the of rivers, and on which alone
the people of Massachusetts, have expended in their
State $4,000 900 much more economically than il a
United States debt had been incurred to aid them Take
the Erie railroad, for example, extending through the
southern tier of counties in the State OF New York. and
about TO be connected with line TO Cleveland, Ohio
to ,on e Is y hsss al de-
We could date upon another great Internal improve
menhe increased cultivation Of the soil, stimulated by
the advance on breadstufs and provisions, the
guence OF increased commercial intercourse between the
New and the Old World; but he who travels may read
this is written in unmistakable letters all over the
face of our country.
Away. then. with any proposition to introduce the
principle of the sliding scale OF duty iron or, the
words Of a distinguished free trader, (whom the late
Premier oil Great Britain accorded the honor OF giving
ireetrade TO that counry in letter addressed to the
writer, beware OF the sliding scale dodge, and caution
the free trader not TO be shared in scheme which,
der the plea Of 90 to 80 per cent duty practically
more than double those rates" MERCATOR.
BosToN, Jan. Is, lS49