The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-30
PROTECTION VS.. FREE TRADE.
EeEaers TO a sac ~icam Voters.
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leny that this is chiefly either in its effect
IL design Its history shows that it was as
oudly called for by the iaboring classes 80
;alled-ths mechanics and orhsrs-as By
The manufacturers who were not then very
numerous Mechanics were out of employ.
Agriculture was ovefdone; the country was
inundated with foreign goods, and the pco-
pie were Impoverished; while there was no
power in Congress under the confederation
10 arrest or check the evil. Trial after trial
was made, but made in vain, to effect the
the object by voluntary arrangement
among tue States But 80 pressing was the
Necessity of the measure, that Congress was
to call National Convention for
hepurpose OF granting to the general gov
ernneut the power to count3rvail the re-
strictive policy of Great Britain, and other
wise to amend the articles of confederation
as should be deemed necessary. According
iy the power was granted Ill the Constitu-
ton ito regulate commerce with foreign
nations aud among theseveral States" And
on the ratification of the Constitution by
the States, lat rejoicings took place
throughout the land, that st last we had
the power to protect hone industry. By
whom was this event CO DRAFTED Not GER
tainly by manufacturers alone, but by men
engaged III every department of labor
What followed a? Scarcely had Congress
assembled for the FIRST time under the Fed
eral Government, when petitions came pour.
ing in from the tradesmen, mechanics and
others of Baltimore from the shipwrights
of Charleston;' from The citizens of New
York, &C., &c. Said the latter -
Your petitioners conceive that their
countrymen have been deluded by an ap-
pearance of plenty, by the profusion of for
eign articles which has deluged the country;
and thus have mistaken excessive imports-
tons for flourishing trade. e
Wearied by fruitiess exertiona< yourpetition-
ers have long looked forward with anxiety
for the establishment of government
which would check the growing evil, and
extend protecting hand to the interest Of
commerce and the arts"
The Bostopians said
"Unless these important branches (our
mechanical arts and manufactures, )are sun
ported, we hunb!y conceive that our agft-
culture must greatly decline as the impov-
erished states of our sea-ports will eventu
ally lessen the demand for the produce Of
our lands. ="
MIR Madison then in Congress, was one
of the leaders, if not the leader, in carving
through an act designed to raise revenue
TO pay the expenses of Government, and for
other purposes, one of which was declared
| 60. be the encouragement and protection OF
manufactures. And we find that both our
earlier and our later statesman have pro-
tective duties no less beneficial to agricul-
I ture aid Commerce thstfto manufactures. -
I'hey were intended to secure to all classes
I0flaoorers profitable etiiployment-to the
farmer home market for his surplus pro-
ducts, by d.awiug from agriculture part
Of the labor therein, and directing il int,
other channels The statesmen of earlier
times had not yet learned to depend upon
the contingencies Of foreign wars aud fam.
ines and the tickle legislation of foreign
countries. for market for our surpI us
hreadstutfs. ~sJG
Said Warrington
Our couatry ought not to remain Deepen.
dent on foreign supply, always precarious
because liable to be Interrupted E
Said Hamilton. in that masterpiece q
craftsmanship his celebrated report on IMAM
ufactures
The exertiontof the husbandinan will b,
steady or Huctuating, vigorous Or feeble, il
the proportion TO the steadiuess or huctua
ton aiequateness Of the market on which
10 must depend Tor the. vent OF the surpiu.
which may be prodnced by his Iahor. Fol
| Tho purpose Of this veut, a domestic mar
ket is greatly to be preferred to foreign
ono, hecStuse 1t Is, in the mature of things
far more to be relied upon.
Again, said Mir Hamilton
'lnsurmouqtable obstacles 1iein the wa,
of . farmer Who has nothing but commerce
10. depend upon for providing market 70,
| the produce Of his farm.
And again s..f..-
The Importation of manufactured sup
plies seems invariably TO drain the merel,
agricultural people of their wealth
OF similar import is the sentiment as
cribed to jefferson e- 10. 5ss1
Plant the manufacturer by the side Of the
farmer . - - -
Says ChapLal 60 --s-s 49, 44----, >--.-a
"A sound legislation on the subject Of du
ties on imports, is the true safeguard Of az
riCultufal industry Il isa : III ..
Andrew Jackson, whatever difference o.
opinion there may be respecting his states
nanship, was common sense man. Will.
actively aiding in the passage of the tariff
act OF 1924, he wrote his celebrated letter
to Dr.. Coleman, in which he said
''What is the real situation of the apri.
culturst? Where has the American farmer
"a market for his surplus products Except
for cottoo he has neither foreign uor =
home market. Does not this clearly prove
chat there is too much labor employed in
agriculture 81 - y - Gon,,,,a,,
sense at once points out theremedy. Draw
trom agriculture this superabundant labor
.tnpoyit in mechanism and manufactures
lake from agriculture six hundred thousand
men, women and children, and you will At
once give home N ,rket for more bread
Suits than all Europe now furnishes Us In
snort. sif,' We have been too long subject to
the policy Of the British merchants.
And III his hrst annual message he said ::
. 1T Is principally as manufactures and
commerce tend to increase The safe of agr;-
cultural productions, that they deserve the
fostering care Of the Government"
Volumes might he filled with SINH ny
quotations from the writings of distinguish
"a statesmen OF our own and other coup tries
SUI" '"S III uteif opinion, lhe benefit sof pro-
lection to agriculture Indeed, tho inter.
ISIS ot agriculture commerce and v,a1r,fac-
lures are inseparfble.s gA@0
When, after the last war with Great
britain, it VAS d-*auei -l'scG .sssry tn nd.nt
our tariff to "A stats7of pes.ce and & Il. n,o
ec;lon "t II -nnfocturos IT received ia, er..t-
es; support from the chief agricultural States
exeeeptNthe planting or cotton; states In &C.
then, with tile opinions Of our
aolest statesnleh. and with the results of
experience, agriculture las shared equally
VIII. manufactures IN tbs be!,efts . Of pro-
lection Let the people of this country have
Z steady, permanent we'll adjusted nrotec-
tive policy; and, unless visited bv famine.
'r war; or other Provide. initial aisosuaation,,
.hey may confidently Participate for ages to
,"'ne' exemption froIp. colnmecial revulsions
'llf uninterrupted Prosperity in every de-
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