The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-19
The Kenoata Uslegraph,
THE TARIFF.
An Admirble Letter ON Ihe AdvantR-
Res Of the Protective system by h.
W. Clarke, of Ohio.

AR. clarke mas long Deiu nlgn RANK at Inc
bar of Southern Ohio, and promises well 10
stand among the a blest practical statesmen of
the next Congress
BATAVIA, o. August %.
Dear Sv:-The object of your society, as ex-
presse in your circular meets my decided ap-
proval, and be assured I shall take pleasure, at
all times and everywhere, to give it encourage
ment and support. ..rrfft.. r.---s-.#
Such are the wonderful resources of our great
country, the industry, ingenuity and enterprise
# our people, that we hold within ourselves the
elements and facilities of world; and if isoIs-
ted from all other nations, would march on rap
idly to condition of unexampted wealth. l do
not overlook the advantages OF foreign com
merce when s,tainable on just and equal terms,
Dut The history of the world s conclusive to tue
fact that in all commercial Intercourse between
nations, the old and opulent countries are tax
gstherers from the younger and m re depen-
dent, and that, in free commerce, the weak
Will be oppressed and The slroug increased
Let us produce az home everything our Ieo
pie need, for Convenience or c@mfert, and our
gold will De used instrade among Ourselves, in
stead o. going Out Of the couDtry 10 return no
market to sell, loses something OF its intrinsic
value in tho way Of carriage, shrinkage, storage,
COMMISSION, insurance and duty, which might
ne saved in domestic market. This, too,
would regulate our currency. which even now,
ls&panded as il is to thousand millions of dol
ars, would be good as gol,d dollarsfnr d0ilur,
were it not for the injurious Influences of the
money-mongers OF urope, whose harvest is al
ways found in the disturbed condition of the
currency OF nations. GseeubacKs will buy
whest, corn, -four and pork in Ono, and shoes,
and cloths, and ealicoes in Massachusetts; but
greenbacks will not answer 1T Manchester or
Birmingham. Gold is reqnired there HI nee a
discrimination is made, lhh English banker re-
Caring the American msrcasnt to fist buy his
gold, and then with British gold he is quaHf ed
80 purchase British goods. Greenbaeks are
near So per CEN. under par, tgud being the
standai d. yet your government aud people are
pledged 10 the payment in gold Of every dollar
in greenbacks. In domestic trade such
discrimination could arise. The money ,hst
pays deois aud taxes, buys land, clothing and
food, does all thar money can do, and ought to
maintain par value with gold, tor gold could
do no more. And this would be 50, but for The
mischievous tendencies of our commercial de-
pen deDce upon Europe. =e-.s
You exhoh our people TO "iabor hard in all
branches OF industry" No people were ever
more ready to lsbor persistenty than ours.
Give them nrnnar unstiuas and thaS Snara
muscle; give them wholesome food and ia,r
wages and they labor cheerfuy produce abuu-
dainty, grow rich, build school-houses and
churches, become educated, moral and happy.
But Il we expect all this, the Government must
give them its protection--protee them against
unequal aud uni ust foreign competition. Free
men, they expect free meu's wages, end are not
content TO compete with the pauper labor OF
foreign Governments. You protect one 81 tizeu-
6v law agalns those win teal THEFT property
yet by permitting an English manufacturer to
bring here The prodact OF paupar labor, ana eek
pUse II for sale beside the same fabric OF domes-
TIC make, You teal from he A me lean all of his
labor except AT all equivalent which pays the
paItry wages of the British pauper.
The great purpose OF free COVE nnent i pro
ection-ior this We pay our taxes profession
OF lite, liberty, reputation aud rperty-pra-
lection not only against The vicious, bur egainsi
every injurious machiusFion, whereby the pru>
duct Of honest toll may be taken from The labor
or without ia equivalent. All governments
out our, make protection The controlling Ob
lect IN tier iaw- regulating inreign trade. Inc
Idea o. Free Trade Is myth. aud only Amer
can statesmen propagate the deluson. n"
other nation with which We have cuu1mercia,
proposes any sua.i thing they dare
not II they would = self preservation foi bds it.
Let England break down her tariff aud
open her ports to free commerce, and all her
Industrial interesta would petlsh, ard the whole
be pauperlzcd. She dei ives one hundred and
wenty. five millions of dollars per anuu |, from
Ier take, ON imports, and 1iuery millions from
-xcise, makiDg two thirds OF her annual reYe-
1u+; not u dollar OF which could she realize ii |
he abandoned the protective ~ stem Her !
'ther s0urs es Of revenue would not produce |
'uough tn pay The interest upon her ,ariunai |
ie''-, 70 ~ay nothing OF 'hs expenses oi admiuis-
nsiun, lnciudIng stundlug army "t quarter |
: miiiii, and navy OF corresponding pro- !
,oriluus.
Gu gra n, -four, beet, pork viii key, tobacco !
verifying We tate To the English Market i.
xed-has ever been 80, ard will cnut nue. TO |
e, though We should open oar paris and de- |
are universal Free TRADE. 80 care!u j. '7,y- I
and 10 proiecl her industry, that she sxhansts
er own resources beiore she admits ii tars
NJ q, I
ol 0~hei grain il sold ia Eng and i, she ca.;
Grape up that needed bushe! from the re .otest
ornets OF her domain. SO very ar icle of
AIDE, from his any other Country We
sell our products, even the p, me articles ct
'od, (" England then sI.e get them no.
7here else. she bugs Them only to escape star
0tfOn. Upon these Terms we cah always rely :,
pon her patronage and upon none other.
There are thirty milillne of spindies in Eng
md, daily employed in spinning cotior, with;
'ons weaving 1t into cloth, whereof two hun
red mil Iiont OF dol,eIs urih are annually sx
orted, and of WOODEN goods one hundred and
twenty-five millions are ANNUALLY produced aid
9nt abroad for M arket-Oi ali which We are the
est customers. We have every means o.
applying our wants with all these articles II We
III foster the spirit OF enterprise among ~ /,
WI pes pie, and not onty retain the gold
pme that must otherwise be se.t abiosd L
urchase them, but afford profitable ard con-
ant emplo, men; 10 thousands of our men al,
omen who are now Idle from sheer necessity.
In 1853 we received imports OF foreign good
xceedin< in value three bundred millions q.
olars-ot which raw materials, such a. cotto,
ool, and hides, made formidable part; de-
wing revenue of less than seventy milaon4
nave the country especially suited to tbepr.,