The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-11


fhs tes srsse organs are just busy in charg.
lag lhs wings Nth desirc 10 create a tariff
s.panis." Not the charge ID uniounded. No such
desire b entertained. Unfortunately, however.
ses sssash arc being daily developed. without
rsszfsn9 - spscalsssons actions. 20 forcibly inn
pre~~ tl4x public mind with the necessity OF a
chsnss u paiiey, 80 iaf regards the domestic i'm
hos ~srks. giving employment 10 over TWENTY
tseusssp NxS, have been suspended within the
p@st t~U years. fbesst~cniy thousand men would
s@fn ran Nttlaoss oF RoLLAas per annuni, IL en-
pieyed. bsa shs Frss Trade Democracy Of the
eosassy gay sssi this vast shall be taken from
tis perksts " she iron ~orkors Of the United
>tsses and paid " hs operatives Of Great Britain
n me ss3tesssnt ~ shs iset b calculated 20 create
"paaae," ths responsibility must rcst with those
whose me@safcs made n TACT. and not with those
~hp gave u pubisrssy.
baG the ml@siirf r~saltiny from the policy which
has shfg~n this nunber u iron workers out VI en-
pAsyment. does ssa end with the evils endured by
ttss~s nsen thsn1sisas. u frsches every other in.
tsso~s in lhs ceuntry. These men, when employed
81 shsn rsAf, produrs iron, bat they consume
every esbsr casnnsesfy usually required by the
~Hkiag r.ssses u the country. The ten millions
III d0llArs which they would have earned would
nat have remained in thsir pockets. u would have
been sxuisnrrd for The thousand products cf the
hxntcs. fAsDsrs, gfuceFss and merchants oi the
aoansry. A snlila.n 2oaid have been expended In
she eFesssoa 81 cDmhssable homesieads. Another
niilson sssid have hern expended with the mill.
nrf. tailor, shosnskuf, and schoolmsster Ano-
fom Inilians With tise farmer the butcher, aud the
baker. And saah Interest would, ~ that extent,
have shared in enc hcnrfts which al~ays ao~ from
~sIi .fetsuilca tiosns i&bor.
Ths-e lsn nillieas ~ dellars however. instead Of
bring thua benrhcsnsly and probably diiiused
through eur 0nn community, arc sent abroad, and
hnd their way into ths poo kets 81 the arizans, ira
deere, aud nturisis 0f Great Britain, So that
whsis the iron wofksr 10 directly injured by
the poltey slah has conIgclied thu suspension Of
stse sstabishaaenta Va which ~ found employment,
ofhss iaietess susr indrociiy, through him u y
this i.el, ie.~ed oel through all it, phases, which
demonstrates sbe shsufslisy " the Arguments so
trrQarusiy cited by the enemies u protectiun, that
while ifee trade may temporarily inJnre manuiac-
t0rcrs, Il lots all other Interests who arc the con
~ tss commodities manufactured,
iset lu8k ior mosnent a the effect Of this poll
~ upon Che iaraers VI this country. Each Of these
aOsH1 men thfv~n Out u employment have others
dspfndcnt upon him. Inclnding women and chill
asen. the number y al least 100000 These 100000
persons ~ill consume the equivalent 81 100000
bushels ~ wheat per annum. u tas must be the case
u the existing tarh 10 eontinned) these men are
driven 10 agricalsuse, they will cease 10 become
consumers and become produccrs- la year or
twn inssoap purchasing 800 900 bushels Of wheat,
they viii have .o .oo 10 seli' II requires moth
ing more than the statement u fact like this. 10
sbo~ how deeply important the protective policy u
o. aha farmer "a well ne b. the manufacturer.
bat must w STRIP farther. BY having these
$4,000 men thrown out 81 employment, the Ameri-
can farmer will not only losc market for hall a
milton 81 bushels Of wheat. but that amount of
~heai will be- consumed abroad during the process
III the manufacture Of te iron heretofore made by
tbese discsfded American iron workers, will
import, with the iron, that quantity Of foreign
wheat Thus the American farmer will be affected
both ways FIRST. by the direct oss of home mar
kct ior hls wheat and secondly, by tie importation
OF like amount from abroad. Every intelligent
man must see the practical workings Of ths policy.
and comprehend, fully, how IL is that every de-
psrtsment Of trade and industry Is interested la the
resumption VI The protective policy.
la order 90 give ideas distinctly, VIC have re-
strictod Illustrations 10 a single branch Of in.
dustry. but other departments will be equal.
ly affected; and 800 900 instead Of 10000 artzans
earning b I00.000,Ooo instead OF 5 i0,DoO,oo0, will
be thrown out VI employment, unless the. people
look ou for their own interests rather than For the
interests Of a corps Of unprincipled demagogucs
who. under the cry of free trade, are seeking u
ssse us 10 the British"