The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-03-06

clearly and conclusively shown that this
right is no where TO be found, and it re
mains for the friends of special privilege,
TO eisprove, if they can, my position and
If they are able 10 do that, want them to
devise some means by which those having
no capital, and who wish to be farmers, mer.
chants: &c, may he treated with as much
benevolence and kindness as the iron mas
ters. The gentleman from Clarion mi
Laughlin) would have us believe tha, it is
greatly to the advantage of the laborers tc
| have these stablishments--that cannot sus
tain themselves-kept up. He wishes us tc
believe that they can get nothing else to do
nor are they fitted for any other labor Now
if this be 40, they may we'll exclaim, in the
language Of Cardinal Wolsey, chow wretch.
ed is that poor man who hangs on Princes
favors J" But, sir, is it true that they can
get nothing else to do? The opportunities
10 obtain employment are very numerous
among our farmers and Others If, howev-
er, they cannot get work at reasonable CON-
pensation, they have another remedy There
is almost any amount of upseated lands,
both in this State as well as others, upon
which they could live much better than
they do now
The friends of protection urge that pro.
tective tariff benefits The farmer, by increas
ing the price of his grain and provisions
Now, sir, il the price of the article is en-.
hanced by an addition al duty-ant that is
certainly the object of the manufacturers IN
asking it-how then is the farmer benefit.
ted? If he gets higher price for his pro.
duce. he pays more for the article which
he receives in return and thus one balan.
ces The other. The consequence is, that he
is not in the least benefited. If on the con-
tiary it has the effect 10 reduce the price of
the article, then the obj 'cl defeats itself-no
protection being afforded. They cannot
pay high per centage on the capital which
they employ, and upon everything that en-.
tiers into the manufactured article, and a,
the same time sell for low price.
Sir, | have no disposition to go into a
discussion of the effects of tariff, whether
based on the ad ralorem, specific, minimum
or the foreign or home valuation, because
my friend from Cumberland (Mr. Bonham)
has debated that matter so ably that it would
| be superauous IN me TO detain the house
with anything could say in relation TO it
Now, sir, in the original resolution before
this body, something is said about increas.
ing the duty on coal, but not a word has
fallen from any gentleman here l believe,
on that subject. If it be that coal needs
more protection, should like to know where
this species of legislation is TO end. Is il
England that we wish 10 stand up against
She has 10 get her coal from the deep bow
els of the earth, and il is not reasonable 10
suppose that she would import to this coun.
try any very great amount oil coal, as il
would not pay. Then why, | ask, should
there be all increase of the tariff on that ar
tile? 1presume, sir, those who advocate all
increase Of il, look for competition from
other quarters. We have lately heard that
a son Of Robert Burns, the celebrated Scot.
tish poet, who has made a geological sur.
vey of the island of Borneo, has discovered
immense coal beds upon it and perhaps,
it is for feai Of competition from that quar-
Ter. Sir, would like to know where is the
necessity of an increase of the duty upon
coal
Mr.. DoBBNs.-I would merely state that
there are large bodies of coal on this conti-
nent. The Pictou coal mines are the most
extensive in the world.
Mr. GRIrFN-Well, sir, that is very sa,is-
factory, indeed.
Sir, it is sufficient for me TO know tha,
since the passage of the act of 1916 we
have received higher price for our pro.
duce Of different kinds than under the tariff
Of 1912. At BEST the manufacturer has an
advantage over the farmer; ne fixes the pri.
ces OF his own articles, and also the prices
of the grain and provisions of the ,iler oil
the soil, Under The protective system this
advantage is increased. Now, where is the
benefit to be derived from high protective
tariff? Ihave been taught 10 believe thai
like causes produce like effects, and we
see the effects of the protective system in
Great Britain-What has it brought thai
country tos Do we wish to be in the sam
condition? Sir, listened, several days
since, with some interest, in the Senate, tc
the remarks of the Senator from Berks, (Mr
Mublenberg,) who spoke of the beneficial
effects of he protective system Of Grea
Britain. He said that that system had made
it what it is--the richest and most powerful
! country on the globe, and that it had expan
ded its terri, ory 10 such degree as that ,ht
sun never sets on its dominons. But, sir
that gentleman forgot TO tell us that very
system had impoverished the mass of the
people--that it had brought ruin, and mise
ry and poverty upon them. Now, do w
wan, such state of things in this country
l trust not. In my opinion, the true polio.
of the United States is TO keep the agricul
tural interests in tho ascendancy, and tina
is the policy Of most countries. Why t
make the agricultural interest depender
upon the manufacturing, would be like re
versing the order of nature, and the sam
disastrous consequences would ensue. Ou
first parents were agriculturalists in the
primeval state.-They tended tho garder
and SO long as they were content to do tha