New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-15


same England as o model of triumphant Free
Trade,
Mrs. Rose expatiates thus-wlse:
IF TIL, Tribune recIy feels the injustice done 10 wo
men and the terrible consequences arising roi MA VI
Justice let iiuse it, influence 70 secure 70 "eni ~
eonl political civil and social rights the basis OF AL pro-
psrity; let il call upon society 70 throw opsnto No1
nh the avenues of industry and emolument me same ~
70 man, &c. &c.
Now this lady ought not 70 rush into con-
troversy of this sort without knowing whether
TN, Tribune does indeed use its influence IN
the way she suggests or not Ii she does
know what our course on the subject OF Wo-
mans Rights has been. how can she justify the
above implications that it is only now that we
have turned our attention to Woman's griev-
ances. and that our first word in her behalf has
beeu that which she SO Strenuously objects to
Mrs. Rose thus catechises
81 should like The Tribune 10 'eli me IA esnuor shI
truth its norcs will allow the privilege OF speaking
the truth on any subject that II n.h laI = ~ ~
ScsI 10 the interest OF Woman how Il comes aoou' "a"
- courte. which never drcamt Of free trade-such -
Russia. Austrs CT England. where the tarh i n'sn
enoush 10 satisfy even MS CONSERVATIVE pS'e-""i',
-s 40 Nrrtchedlv paid for their labor, so poor ana ue
Ia tho, according 10 its own account, many poor
rcs.-s have TO resort 70 the wages OF sn 70 sustain
lie Again was the condition OF "omsn shy oc''e'
under the tariff o. ~ than II l. no" -.
To these Questions-waiying their hcVhi'!
we reply:
We never suggested nor imagined that a
protective Tariff was cure for all possible
Social ills We have thousand tunes ex-
planned that it was not, but simply one among
many means of improving the condition OF Ia
horizons Poverty. If the Tariff were adjusted
10 our liking tomorrow, we should still see
evils 70 combat. wrongs 10 redress, that would
tax our utmost efforts No friend of The Irib-
me ever understood MS as commenting Pro-
lection as the sum of retormarory efforts
And we quite well understand that when the
heavy cost OF Standing Armies, State Priest
hoods. splendid Courts and sumptuous Aristo-
cracies is taxed out Of People, Protection
cannot obviate the burthens thereby imposed
on Labor. whether of men or women. Rus
sia. Austria and England are by no means
the Countries where Tariffs are highest, nor
where Women are most degraded. France
and Spain are more Protective in their policy
than either of those Mrs r. picks out as
proving that Protection can do nothing to mtl-
cate the unmerited suferings of Poverty.
And in all these. as well as in Turkey, POrtu
Gal and other comparatively Free Trade conn
tries. the degradation OF Woman results from
cOmplexity of causes, which Protection did
not create aud cannot wholly cure.
>. We answer Yes: the condition of Woman
in this country ,caS better under the Tariff OF
~ than il is now. That Tariff created some
new departments of Female Labor among us,
and greatly extended others-Cotton-Spn spinning,
Weaving. Pin-Mabing, &c. In other words,
il did exactly what Mrs Il. herself would have
done by opening new ayOcations for Women
aud enarging their sphere of employment. Ii
our Artificial Flowers, dc. are made in this
country, women will be employed in and paid
for producing them; if made for us in Europe,
they will be mainly paid for by us in the pro-
duets OF Mems labor. making a very material
difference to our Women. Why is it that Mrs.
H. " III not sec this And how does she ina
cine the wages of Women are to be raised here
while their products are rivaled on every cOun-
ter by those Of the miserably underpaid labor
OF Europe Suppose, for example, the makers
Of Artificial Flowers receive but York shilling
per DAY average in Europe, will it be possible
10 pas them fair wages for such work here and
not be undcrsOd (under Free Trade) by the
Foreign product Unless the law OF gravita-
ton is q solccism and water is disinclincd TO
run down hill, We see not how this is TO be
avoided. And every branch Of female industry
transferred from our Country to Europe is one
step farther in the degradation of American
Women and che denial OF a fair recOmpense for
their labor This is the view which the sub
Jet presents to our eyes and Mrs. Roses i'm
putstons OF fasehood, us well as her Editors
charge Of Hypocrisy, have failed to shake our
convictions. We must act up to the light
youcL>aicd US, even at the cost of incurrng
their disapprobation.