Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-08-26
NiTINiL WIG NOMINATIONS.
PCS VECt-P5sEsIDENT,
VIM. A. GRAHAM,
Protection to Home Industry.

in Horace Greeley esmphts " WHY an whsm
Tam tlierably acquainted with all that has
eu urged on behalf of the policy known as
'ss Trade, but IL has never shaken NY couvic-
On that tariff of duties wisely adjusted SO rs
lflrd both Revenue aud Protection, rs essen
10 the national growth and well-beng What
We mean by ProtectionY Smpl, the restnc-
100 Of imporiatIons of foreign manufactures to
-l an extent that Their younger and less hardy
aercan rivals may take root and flourish
igg Tar do we propose 10 prosecute this policy:
luul our county's leglmate wants are supplied
her own labor, so far as Nature may have IN
opposed no impeachment. Ne never proposed
mlended 10 mturalize here any ranch OF IN
lsul for which Nature had Indicated different
lL or climate than our own, such as the grow
Q. Of coffee, or SPICES, on tropical fruits; bat
i.refer Nature Is as r1piuoas 10 the produc-
on our own soil as any other, we MAINTAIN
l4i seii interest, and the interest of Labor uni
ly, demand the encouragement and foster
of lone Protection, up to that point where
'--h production shall bc found to equal the Home
Consumption. In other words, we hold II the in
.lesi OF Labor universally, that producer and
consumer should everywhere be placed IN as
simple und direct relations as possible, so as to
pie'e them from the necessity of paying tran
nonauon and three or four profits upon the IN
emspheres, when those products might with as
,e lauor have been produced IN the same
igloorhood We contend that IN this great
Fon Of bringing Consumer and pr Queer nearer
each other, and thus diminishing the cost OF Ii
lc'lous commerce, Government has an lmpor-
lA ana benehcent function assigned Il, which It
'4n1ot abjure without gross dvrehcuon aud serl-
aa delrneni to the public veal.
Now that Protection, wisely directed, has
greatly benefited and onrI he'd our own aud 9th
countries. can ne more doubt than can my
IVA existence. defy any OF rs adyersaues TO
o'n our an Instance wherein q branch OF indus
t required for the supply OF our own legitimate
ants has been natualized among us by means
fUiecton, where such transfer has not decid-
Guy cunduced to the general welfare OF our peo-
PIE. he reason Of this Is too plain 10 escape
he discernment OF any who with unpreludlced
les vail attempt 10 see. nat oar Cotton. Corn,
heat Beet, Pork. &C., cone cheaper to their
consumers m tnis country than they would ID we
ported them Is not more seli-evldont than that
-e Cloths, Silks, Wares, Crockery, &c, which
te B0R import, icoud cost Us less, # made on
af own soH than they do while imported from
hufope. For TO make them, whether IN Europe
% America, requires substantially tie same a.
mount OF labor, which, in either case, must be
plld Tor by our farmers, &c, with the fruits OF
h'f labor but 80 long us they are made IN and
imported from Europe, another large amount OF
'aoo' Will be required from one class or both
e-'4sss Of producers, to pay the heavy cost OF
ahaPoflauon from producer 10 consumer, ana TO
AIRY oack our heavy staples, IN which the pay
leem must manly be made. It may easily be,
mat the nominal or money price of our wares
sAu la1rcs shall be lower, while they are mann
Y Produced abroad, and vet their real cost be
'a higher We say, the farmer pays 50 many
dollars tor his Cloths, his Wares, his Tea and
I9aee but practically he does not pay money,
SN gram Or meat, even though he sell the latter
Oi eash, and hands that over for his goods. The
Wal question with nun Is, Under which policy
can bny what need, not for the least money,
Ou' ior The least aggregate OF my own labor
y applied 10 the improving and tllling oil my
'ahd ( and this question the money-test does not
S,,osAclusively answer Suppose All Illinois or
Wisconsin farmer could supply his annual needs
" Cloths, Wares, and Groceries, for eighty dol
4's WINE we buy them mainly abroad, while II
Souil cost him one hundred to buy them IT pro-
uqVed under stringent Protectionl at home
mat then Then he saves twenty dollars by
NeAing to Free Trade says an advocate OF that
plicy. All no, sir You have answered quite
700 hastily. For the change from Free Trade
protection inevitably brings markets for his
s"n products nearer and nearer to his farmer, IN
Teasing their carh value, and extending his
auge oil profitable production. With Free Trade
s sua our workshops in Europe he had no choice
~. 70 grow wheat and cattle for expectation, and
~ 'ake such prices for them as the competition
al the wor in the open markets of Great
= llln would allow. less the cost of transporta-
, sou IRON his farm to Liverpool but let Protec-
s sol spppant Free Trade, and now he begins to
sel The stimulus OF near and nearer markets
n ~sllg Inn to produce other articles far more
m 5a than wheat-growing for the Engli-h
~a'Aet' Should. a mandatory Of any kind be
,t'Aolshed within few miles Of him, he finds
we're market for Wood, Vegetables, Poultry,
n neal' Fresh Butter. Hay. &c, &C., at prices
~ueh better than he could have obtained while
We We were buying our goods in Europe; his labor
nVauces more annua. value; his farm is worth
"Oie than IL was OF could be while We were de-