Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-10-21
Protection and Free Trade lgain.

mount of produce exported to Europe has
I been gradually on tile decrease under the
influence Of the Tariff Of 1916 and that
steady reliable home market can alone
insure a fair return to the industry of the
/ farmer and producer Of the United States
That it Is the policy Of the English man
ufacturer to get the entire control of our
markets, then to depEass the price of
grain and other agricultural commodities,
and finally to sell their wares at their otc1s
prices, IS amply proved by the experience
of the last few years. That this move
ment is already under way, and unless
speedily checked will be soon fully car
ried out, must be evident to every one
who will candidIy examine the correct
statements OF exports and imports, the
depressed price and dali sale, of wheat
and -four in the English market, and the
increase in the price CT Rail Road and
other Iron in our markets.
That the British manufacturer by
means of the free-trade Tariff now in OPP
Grafton, is undermining; the prosperity of
this country and depriFing thousands of
laborers of their only means of support,
may appear evident to some from the fol
lowing paragraph found in q Pennsylva
paper:
"FREE TRADE ~ PESNsYIvAY1A.-Th
| Clarion County Register advertises sew
{ or e..lv, So /. I
moug the properties TO be sold under the
hammer, will be nine iron furnaces, with
furnace property, making In all twenty
three furnaces sold in shat country by the
sheriff within year The whole indus
try Of Clarion COUNTY is affected by these
disasters as IS shown BY she fact that
nearly all the rest Of Che property to be
sold at this SheritFs Sale consists Of grist
mills. saw mills, and fulli0g and other
mills
Now if this is not sufficient, there are
a few facts which ought to satisfy the
most ineredulous. Under the last year
of the Tariff of 1912, ahe annual produc-
ton of iron amounted to $4,000 tuus.
10000 or 10000 tuns of which we're con
verified into railroad bars. according to
Secretary Walker. The annual produo,
ton Of lead amounted to 100000 pigs
the production Of honi2 to 10000 bales
Under the operation Of the present tariff
the production of iron has been reduced
to less than 100000 tans; Of lead to less
than 100000 pigs ard of hemp to about
10000 bales. The same decrease is wit
messed in the domesti, market for food.
although our population Las constantly
been on the increase.
But there Is another consideration wor.
thy of note by the Aaeriean citizen, and
that is the zaJoy required to transform an
article from its crude state into a article
Of commerce. For example, a pound Of
cotton IS increased in value from a few
cents to as many dollars So with the
article of lead, which. in its native state
IS worth from two to. three cents. when
combined with other metals in the form
of printers type, is made to bring from
50 to SO cents per poand. and all this in
creased value goes to. the Iaborer. Now,
the question resolves itselfinto this; shall
the American or foreign taborer realize
this advantage Shall the millions of
dollars annually paid for thus increasing
the value of an article of commerce, be re-
tanned and circulated in our own country,
or 60 to Europe to help support the man
ufactures of Birmingham and Manches
teri It does seem as if every man with
an American heart must respond in one
way that every man whose bosom burns
with the love of liberty and independence,
must advocate the american system, in
direct opposition to that Of the London
Times and other British papers.
That we are right in supporting this
system the arguments of these papers give
US the best reason to believe For their
interests and ours are Numerically OPP
posite Let the following extract from
the London Times show why It's that the (
capitalists of England support Mr. Pierce
for the Presidency j preference to Gen.
Scott. Says the Times
TIE triumph If the cenaiaafe or the /
democratic party, bt5uoht forleard 81 the T
men Of tie south. 5ciI secure. pro5ab3y far /.
erer The uScenacHcy If literal coumcrcla1 I
p,inc.p1es: and if Lord Derby should /
next year be disposed to take the Ameri I
can tariff for his model we have little +
doubt that it viii serve to remove the last T
illusions Of the protective system from his I.
mind In this respect aud on this point. /.
we take Gen Pierce to be a fair represen- /
tatIve Of the opinions of Mr. Calhoun. and
as such q ratua5/s practical ally TO tie
commercial p0lIcy a tLis country"
- Our neighbors OF tho Democrat
were 50 badly shocked by the singing Of
the Scott Glee Club on the evening they
attended their meeting, that we really be-
gin to fear they VIE have to emigrate for
Salt River without waiting for the No
vember Packet We dent like to lose