New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-28
RAntonl on Free Trade-Fillmore and the
Presidency.

Presidency.
Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Feb. a, 1882.
Mr.. RoBT. RANTOUL, in his late speech
on bill granting lands to the State of Missouri with
which to endow certain Railroad corporations,
came out fat.footed for British Free Trade. Mr..
RANroUL lives in District which annually receives
near seventy thousand dollars for fishing bountles
Will he have the kindness to favor US with his view VS.
upon this particular branch of the protective policy
II is one upon which we feel sure he would be en-
tirely at home, and his expertness at figures would
make his exposition particularly entertaining.
We find, on recurring to the last published ac-
count OF the sums paid out for bounties, that the
total amount paid in the year lsi9 was s2SlS5S Co.
OF this sum Mr. RANTouLs District received s6o,s56,
or near one-q quarter of the entire amount.
We have no comments to make upon the fact
here stated, just now but suggest the topic for MI
RANrouL's consideration in his next free trade dis
QUESTION II his recent demonstration does not pro-
woke an opportunity for him TO give his views aud
his vote on the subject question, shall be dis-
appointed.
We have no fault to find with Mr.. RANToUL for ar
guing in favor of the infant railroad corporations IN
the West, and for grants to them, that, in many
cases. will no doubt raise them to the stature OF full
grown giant monopolies, such as this country has
never yet seen. For Mr.. RANTouL is a lawyer, and
this Is in the way Of his business. Such monopolies
are doubtless very democratic Cotton corporations,
however, in Massachusetts, where men club together
and put in their own money, are, in the eye of Mr.
RANrouL and his political friends, arlstocrdtic mo-
nopolies. But railroad corporations, In Michigan
and elsewhere, that receive immense donations OF
the public domain to enrich the proprietors, and
create class Of princey land holders OF sufficient
| power 20 sway the destnies of s State, and per-
chance 10 fx the policy Of nation we take it for
granted, are especially democratic at least in tue
view OF the member Of the great fishing district OF
Massachusetts.
Mr. RASrovL argues that 1t is FOR the interest of
the Western States to pay five and twenty millions
OF dollars per annum to transport their surplus food
10 the seaboard over the railroads, I'VE presume Mr.
is no stockhoder in, Attorney for any OF these
Corporations, Of which he adv COATES the making and
the sndowing BY enormous grants OF land, ard the
fsrrying over the Atlantic o. the same a. cos. OF
hall or two.thirds as much more in order to find
jsrsigu market, instead Of pursuing course of ma
tionsl policy that would enable the holders Of this
surplus to sell Il at home and save the expense OF
transportation entirely We take IT, that it requires
nosrest effort 20 prove this II is all In the way OF
trade and II we're not done the railroads would be
out OF business land solicitors OF railroads would no,
Be nesdedJ ana the bounty paid crews Of Gouces.sr
and Marblehead would not be wanted to navigate
tne ships Of Massachusetts Bay
we DO not know wha, the free traders would
60 were 1t not ios the famine years that we have
mao under the ls4s Tsrif. BY making use OF them.
ana stealing one-haf OF the fiscal year Isa,. that
belonged to the Tariff OF 1872 which they invariably
90, they can mako out a most Formidable array Of
calculations BY this process, Nj RAsrorL. under.
takes to show that Prssiden, FILlxoxr's Statement,
that under the Tariff Of lsi6 agricultural prodpc,,
have not risen In price ID uafounaed, and be srur.,
n out that -four hsseesn worth SOC more . Dbl under
the 1916 than under the isis Tariff, and wheat in
proportion. Taking the Eve years Of the 1876 Tariff
and the four years Of the ls4s Tanr tsS.faer. and
this may be true. But taking out the Ea1.se sears
how IL IL Why jus, as the President asserts. and
MI RASroUL knows II.
nj RASrouI may csnthis a fair way OF atsuins
We have no milder name for il than cheating. II