Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-11-21
THE CAUSE OF THE DISTRESS.

The annexed contains facts and figures of
interest. With distress upon the country
our factories and mills closed and thousands
OF workingmen out Of employment, it be-
hooves us TO ponder on the cause Of this un-
happy state of affairs, and study out the re-
medy. Read the following:
10 he Editor Of The Nev York Times =
The Free Trade journals are begging and
pleading the factories in New England not
te discharge their workmen in other words,
after preaching Free Trade for series Of
years, and bringing the whole factory husi-
ness into utter ruin, they are now begging
the owners Of our s(ac tories TO retain those
hands" which they havo not already been
compelled to discharge, and 10 further involve
the overs and stockholders with additional
burdens. Uader the Nullifcution uproar Of
1880 to 1884, and on to 1912. when more thnn
one half Of al the imports came into tho
country with free duties aud the balance at
20 per cent, nine factories ont Of every ten
in the United States went into bankruptcy,
or changed ownership by sales Of the Sheriff
We had glorious times, indeeG from 1881 TO
lSi3.
The law Of 1912 revived everything, but
in 1916 the evil star Of Free Trade again be-
came in the ascendant Let us hear what
the English people themselves think Of this
state Of things. In 1853 the Belfast Nercdn.
hle Journal declared:
That since 1876 tho export trade from
England to the United States had increased
ll6 per rcent.
That in the last six years iron wrought and
unwrousht. exported to the United States,
had increased $50 per cent.
Cotton goods had increased 81 ror cent
Linen goods had increased so rer cent
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creased 100 nor cent
Haberjashery had increased 2G4 per cent.
Machinery had increased 2a0 per cent
That the export Of iron manufactures ex-
cecd in value thnt Of cotton. wooden, linen.
silk aud paper and leather coods.
THAT the export trade Of England 70 the
United States exceeds one fourth Of nll the
exports Of the British Kingdom TO all the
world"
Verify. the Yankees ore very accommoda.
ting people We took from Great Britain
in iSdO, Of zig iron. $1,000 tons in that wear;
or bar iron, bolts and rod iron. 2G3 $50 tons.
(bcsidss railroad iron.) in the whole amount.
ing to Sl7,Tl3,l00 for iron manufacture. over
aud nboye railroad iron. This thing has been
going on at very rapT rate. since. until our
own iron mines aud iron ioundres have been.
brought TO stnnd-stl Their workman
are nll turned out OF employment and running
around our streets moaning and IN tears. for
bread to eat, while Mr.. Dallas, who gave the
casting vote to destroy our factories in lS4G,
is now Minister TO England, billing and COO
ing around Nictoria's Court in 1876, Eng.
land received S42, ,994 800 in specie. from the
United States while from the whole world
she received Sl28,l G5,C00 in specie. irciud-
ing what she received from Australia. The
l;Sl la La, .l,,4
the worth Of it, but we simple hearted Ame.
ricaus are told that specie is merchandise.
In lG40. all the mines in Great Britain rro-
dnCeG but 1000 tons Of iron. In lT16. Eug.
land imported iron from her colony. New
Jersey TO supply her homo norkct. The
list year, 1876. she exported to the United
States, over 100000 tons Of manufactured
iron. Her mines now constitute the most
productive source OF her rational veal h in
all the world. In 1856 she rolled ont over
3Gc00G0 tons of iron. All these elements u
wealth are piled up in the U i S!ntas.
Nountain high. Missouri alone could supply
MI the iron Of the world for thousands Of
years bat she is cursed with the blight Of the
Slave Power. and the humbug Of Free Ira @.
Mr. Miller tells us "that in 1856 one iron
mine in New Jersry raised i 600 tons cc
iron orc" This ore consumed 23.CCO tons Of
Anthracite coal, 5000 tous Of limestone:
GG02tons Of pig iron was III" product Of tbs
mine. l.empoycd G0O men the year round,
who received S26C,OC0 in wages We crinc
thnt great many working Democrats in and
arenud The city Of New York. who have been
voting with the Slave Power, and cr,ine out
"free Trade" would Ike to see themselves
at such mimo as this, and employed. before
many months more roll over Their hrais.-
III" American iron is the best in The word.
On the Erie Railroad the English rails wear
away nj the rate Of I6 per cent. Annually.
While the American rails, made IN pcnusj !ya-
MIA, and used on III: sgmr, wear away only a.
the rate Of per cent. The American tar
and pig Iron Is both harder aud tougher thsu
The Scotch. Ne arr, truly yuGrg,