New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-28

,m-.;.a ,.aused The duties Is per ssDt On al Other
.s~,.S srtIcJss Yet thsy are Poessc7ous0 par
sre.u,nes vbre sm destroying ms Prosecuvs Po',ey
h, ,,uI, eeDouibasipg this % nsAnu'scearets. ous
bse,use Free Traders have uBjufHy chMscsefnso al
TARIFF ID ibe s.ne way. =.
lam perfectly at are thst The farmer e1pscs 70 90
b.u.fpd by toe bone market which the e'tstsnmeot
Of Manufactures will cresie But does LOT every one
rec hat every iDcrease In the price OF me ascuora
products Which tie manufacturers consume muh en-
bsnce the price Of the manufacturers pfodnce,
Wtette r IL Ia wool which enters into his fabric OF pfesn
and meat 10 iced bis lsbore,s all increase To the price
OF Agricultural pi tie must be pre- 1dlcia 70 'hs an
ufsciprer Ard ,be resi- q1e ton Ii, whether one pro
tetied iberts, may call upon Congress 70 ieessee 1
the reduction Of the price Of one commonly ia 'ne
purpose of enhancing the pice Of others.
Tfe Only ground uron which the Protective pony
can be sustain. for moment IT, that il he for me IN
ter.. ct OF that producers and consumer snoua o
bu n, bt teeeber tbe pursuits Of people be DIVER
.6ed ard the pre- of their Industry Be
With one IotbeT and the expense OF q. tAnt
transportation to and from foreign c1unfnes 90 mere
BY saved. To this end every commo1ify ~hcn eau ~
produced anywhere eIte, should be protected Inc
tJpeue OF Il AspOrtsfion is eufci nj protection 70
bsssy and bulky articles and therefore but ieE sgri-
cultural proc ucis Dted Protection
Hene leagues cannot supply the place OF . teSin,
becsue each member, when ne has converted biz pro
duce into money has a strong temptation before him
to buy foreign tice q, lover money prcs tnan ne
boy it from hi, De'ghoor, to whom DC bas 'od ns
prey pptD one another sbd accomplish the same result
BY legislation which the member OF the home League
does by violation Of his oblis atoms to he fellow
members then II IL clear that the dsys of the Protect
If the prot. ciion on Wool may be abolished to-day
thst The manufacturer may flourish and the price o.
otf or agricultural products may be eohanced bs COM
penn alton for the reduction in the pre OF Wool may
Ne not be AJAX ed tomorrow TO egelae for the reduction
Of the prize of bt sd and meat and the wages OF abor
that cur manufacturers may compete WIN the Euro
Dc an mspufegtunB! In fact this has already oeen
done by reciprocal trade treaty with Canada as Tar
a that result can be accomplished by free orsgn com
petition OF this we make DO special cOmplaiot be-
cause the supply from al sources is scarcely eqda 70
the demand, and possibly American farmers may NOT
be Injured by It, But il oil sho~s the settled purpose
to build up The manufacturing interest without regard
10 its effects upon agriculture
Whether it lie You that view this subje,s with
psrrow range Of vision," is for On enlightened pub
lie to determine. 20 for q union OF all interests
which need Protection and worthy Of it. or else for
% abandonment Of the whole system. .
If Massachusetts, prefers sunion with South Carolns
and Virginia to one with Vermont and OHIO, let Ger
take the consequences. II che avails herself OF their
aid to break down our interests, and dkregards cur
clsims upon her, she has no longer any cism' upon
us Yours, &c, Is. STANTON.
B.H.fo.s.;at Ohio. March q. 1887.
Nj. S'anton's letter contains 90 much with which
we agree and 90 little that we dissent from that We
willingly yield him the last word. We wish he
could see that the practical question last month was
not what We would but what we could dO-shas the
Protective policy was already wreck-and that the
discrm'nasi against our homo manufacture Of
Woolens BY the Tariff of '46 had compelled that
interest to seek by almost any means some relief
from the injustice which threatened its rain. 1t
was not for it question between Projection and No
Protection, nor between ample and inadequate Pro-
lection, but question between discrimination for
an i'm portan, interest and discrimination against it.
it was We do not judge hst any party or interest
did right or did wrong in the premises, but only
that the case was one of great difficulty, aud that
Mr.. Stanton WA not justified in his sweeping Do
nunciations. Ed.