The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-12

me dentnd For cotton incres SEES in a Ike ratIo
STRIKE from TIE countries named the r,otrc
tive policy and You lessen the demand If
each, because you lessen the domestic com.
msIce Of each, and tho ability Of the people
ot each to consume the manufactured article
Increase the home crnSumr;ion, as was tho
case under the tariff Of 1870. and you, OF
n c"S>ny, withdraw portion of the crop
from the foreign market, and necessarily en-.
hancc the prize oflhc residue. The les cot,
ton the producer sends 10 the foreign market.
the more money he receives. From 1880 to
lS|2, the annua! amount exported was bout
| two hundred and eighty million hound.
which brought the sum of -oS 900 600. In
1919. the amount exported was billion
| ard twDntr.siX million Of pounds, for which
bnt e6j 900 900 were realized The first
was DUNG the existence of the high tariff Of
1873, the last under the low tariff of Isle
Under tn" later almost fDur times the amount
"i cotton brings lnt little over double the
sum realized from quarter the amount Of cot
ton sold under the former tariff
This cannot he attributed to over rroduc-
ton OF cotton, because the increase of popu
'atlHn has kept pace with the increased p,o-
dnction Of cotton. The cause is 10 be- t,nr,d
to the destruction Of tie d, M sic commcrc,
OF the country. by which the ability of our
people to buy has been if not wholly destroy
I'd. greatly abridged. If this is not he cause,
let the planter tell me why it is he is now Civ
ihg two toundS of cotton for one, for The
same amount Of money. Flour and grain
have been equally affected by the same cause
The war of 1872 created Temporarily a home
market, hut tha, over. aud protect ION dscon-
tnu'd, universal ruin ruvat,d tie fn,ning
interests, Tric,s Of Ir"'!Ucts having sunk 80
lnw for want of u msik ct that sales were sci.
dom II ever made. IN when made ,hc Jrodu-
Ger realized bat little benefit from lhc,n.-
Under the tariff Of lS2l the home demand
me- leased giestiv onn greatly increased p"pu
Iatlon, aud 'hc prices We're uninru need hv
the foreign market. From lS2S to 1871
wheat averaged SIZE per 5uSkcl. and flour
averaged 5.e4 r,r barrel. During this r Rod
til" country WAS prosperous almnst beyond
parable IN cur history either before or since.
! say tins because between $3.50 and 1884,
while We imported eI3H SOC eco, exceeding
by hit. per cent the average for 1899 TO 1890.
We contracted no debt. hut on the contrary
paid oil the whole debt CT the Revelation.
The whole country had become living
hivc. and an internal c0,nm,rcc grew M
which called into leIuisiIion tie nnrr. manu-
lacin'er. MECHANIC, and farther giving all con-
slant work ut fair rmliuerGtye ,,icrs The
FoltationS were little over hundred mil
hons per annuin, with n greatly increase ii
domcS &c commerce which enabled us 20 bay,
not only for our imports, but to liqudstc the
previous Indebtedness Of the nation From
So to $50, our importationS were unstable;
in 1887 ale9 600 900 in 1888 down to ll3..
COOS i'll le39 up TO s 1872 .UUU 600 : and
in 1910 down TO SlO1 coo geo. amounting
III the aggregate to S51l coo 0aO, which,
with domestic commerce DESTROYED, was
sufficient to drive the hole coui,,ry INTO
bankruptcy and cqnilrg the passage Of a
bankrupt law. This same in Staluhty mark, d
the !rrc '!alc period tom ISL to lS21 -
From 1913 to ISL, uudtr the plot,c i've act
of 1872, tie lmIortaticn> were uniform aud
regular, IN 1913, .lUti 600 600 in 1913
Sill 600 900 in ISl5-46. Sl2l 900 600
with domestic commerce increased and In.
crraSng. aud with n d,erce Of prosperity un.
eNaml led in the history of the lion. except
the period already referred 10 under the tariff
Of 1872. FROM 1913 to lS47, cotton and
wooden manufacturers doubled and the do.
mrst'r production Of iron more than treble d..
PehnSy lvanian, elevated to power hy pied
g,s TO preserve the principles of the tariff Of
ISL intact, in an evil hour struck fatal
blow II Oh tie happiness and prosperity of
his own poor bu, devoted constituents. ald
although in Pennsylvania burned in ,Gey fol,
the lrlachcry, he has been the recipient Of
tavoIs ever Hnce at the hands Of The So.caIi,l
democratic party, whilst tens Of thousands
OF his Dmucra,tc constituents have been
doomed 10 sui,r all the pliyatnus which
poverty Is ever sure tormtail upon its victims.
In lNiJ-5O our imports we've Sl1S.UuU.-
Coo i'll 1854, $500 0UO.0Uu, in 1855 oGO,-
Geo OU0 in lS51, $500 900 600: anl III
1893, ! $50 600 600 the SAME instability an 1
iiuctation which existed during every former
free trade period. Here, In four wears. vou have
over eleven hundred millions Of imporla;ions.
with crippled domestic CONNER ce-lhe
| eslt mate fruits Of a policy made to subserve
the interest OF single product, cotton, and
That too. founded as have shcwn upon an
enlile mistake as TO the supposed atlvant ages
acc'ulng 10 that staple through the policy OF
free trade.
BY the means Of association and comhna-
ton, the physical power Of nation may be
increased to an extraordinary extent, as al.
ready shown in the case Of Great Britain.
whose miners and engine makers. numbering
about one hundred thousand. with an engine.
power equal to six hundred millions, thus
multiplying the physical force of each man
SIN Thousand times. Pcnnsy lvania is e,ni.
nently calculated for This association and
combination, having within her limits iron
ore, coal limestone. wateI-p"wer, salt, and
lumber beyond that Of any Other section OF
! the Union. But from what source is the capl-
tai to come if you refuse to the cntcrprising
capitalist here protection against the money
Combinations Of Europe! 1t is a fac, not to b.
disguised chat, in 1916. British manuiactur-
eis did raise n large amount of money and
scrd it here to as>is, in breaking down tie
ialil Of lSl2. Occupying the position of one
Ct an investigating cOmmlt,e as to the a q
corruption IN passing the tariff Of 1851. | am
| prepared to say that, bnt for the fact that our
duties were limited to particular tariff, tes-
'lmony could have been ELECTED Of British in
terielence III the passage of the tariff of $40,
| to an extent well calculated to awaken alarm
for tie safety and pcrpetuity Of American,
institutions. This Intel ference consists main.
~ in flooding the country with free trade
documents, the employment Of agents to Fan.
utaciue British or irCe-trade Doctrines, to cS-
tabish papers, and aid by the corrupt use
OF money, the election in State and national
elections, of men pledged to favor the free
trade vagary. American capitalists cannot
guard against this state of things, and there.
fore require permanent protection.
Again, it is notorious that the British iron
masters, on molc than one occasion, agreed
to reduce the price of iron to a rIinous point,
| and there maintain it until the American rs.