The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-05
FREE TRADE A DELUSION
To the r n mers, gzechanics and La
bo-ers of the " est and Northwest
CONCLUDED.

| '6nlIlSu TREE lhhpE DSAoHA0"'
To ,he n rnaers, HHeehanics and La
| bo-ers of the west and Nsrtawest.
coNcLuDsD.4s N5Ek w
On Lake Superior, In Illinois, Wisconsin and
Missouri, in Ohio sud Kentucky, we have vas
! ciatr wealtl-coppsr, lead and ircn.. we
want such conditions as shall help the lasting
So cess of our mining aud manufactures thai
grow therefrom.
| WHY should not the West make its own iron
and steel, and send abroad fine qusiites for
special uses +? But now English iron comes 10
Chicago and Cincinnati, sent by those 'greal
capitalists" who, as they themselves admit,
suffer Losses tor a while, go break down COM
petition" and 'step in tor the whole trade when
prices revive -uakiug ia, in the end OF course,
pay both their losses and profits. What folly
| in US a.!
The Northwest should manufacture, too, the
wool it now exports so largely.
NO COUNTRY, EXCLUSIVELY AGRI-
iCULTURAL, EVER GREW PERMANENT
| LIZ RICH. To take from the earth and NOT
wear it out, the farmer must give back. Let
this be done, and crops increase with the growth
of population; neglect the, and WHEN deca'
shall come to the best land is but question OF
tune, COME 1T WILL, INEVITABLY.
| In New England with poor soil, crops in
crease; in the West, with rich SOIL they de-
crease in average. In New England, factory
aud farm are near each other, making home
markes tor the farmers produce, and enabling
him TO get manure TO enrich his soil.
1 ,J,,nA hai, rio1n of fha
soil loses thousands of tous of its most precious
constituents Tor crops every year, and receive
| no equivalent. A distinguished agrIcuitur'"
said in 1856 sit would be improper TO estl-
mate the annual waste to the country at less
/ than an amount equalto The mineral constin-
ents of 1900, 600 bushels OF corn" Put the
factory beside the farm, and this drain is stop
ped.
WE CANNOT HAVE TIE BEST FARM
Ing, UNTIL WE HAVE THE BEST MANU-
FEATURING. IN VARIED FORMS AND
MATERIALS, EACH AN INDISPENSABLE
HELP TO THE GROWTH AND PERFECT
NESS OF THE OTHER.
Give us both and the blending OF these varied
experiences and vocations, the meeting and
|
and shaped by such wide mastery OF man over
Natures forces and materials, is full of bene6 {
1t is civilization, culture, wealth of soul vel
as of purse. To the farmer it is increase of the
product of his acres, economy of exchange, WORK
of hand or brain, for whatever gift of power OF
character his childr N may possess, instant ano
constant call for variety of labor. and all the
while, the thrill of inventive genius pulsng
thou the serene quiet of his lite II the field,
saving ii from all narrowae3s pr stagnation, tina
he may the more enjoy Natures beauty, anc
The better make her forces serve him.
Our country has q great national debt. Ear
ifs and taxes we must have II is important 81
to shape the policy Of Government. as to pro-
tect home industry, while raising the reve-
uue. '.
There has been grave mistake in the action
Of congress i'll this matter. Important domestic
manufactures are less projected than formerly.
Take for instance, railroad bar iron, and il
iron wooleus, etc. all eau be shown to suffer
more or less in the same way. The tariff on
foreign railroad bars is $I4 per ton, and tnert
Is no other special addition to the cost of lis
manu- lacture.
The revenue tax upon the domastic artcs IL
90, 80 per ton; BUT THIS Is BUT A SMALL
PART OF The ADDED COST TO THE
MAKER.
Pig iron is taxed 81, 40 per ton. and coal,ma
chinery, freight, salaries, etc, ETC., all pay tax
es, which go to increase the cost of the finished
article. Thus a ton of American railroad bars
really pays a tax of at least $40 90. TIE tariff
is paid in gold, the tax in currency
this AT PRESENT Z ,TES, makes the ta,if
equal ip currency to SIG, 90 per ton. But, be-
fore any revenue tax was imposed the tariff
ON foreign bars was fixed at $1,000 per ton,
80 that with the GOLD PREMIUM, the real
PROTECTION Is BUT $3.50. Reduce gold
to par and it would be but $500, or EIGHT DOL
LARS PER TON Less THAN IN 1861.
So long as the grea: war-demand for manu-
features existed, this was not felt, but, that
ceases, it is beginning tell with great severi-
lty. Unless this mis- axe be soon corrected, man
ufactures are crippled, inventive skill discnur-
aged, the Northwest made tributary to Eng>
land and ali fluctuations OF foreign trade Sc
vereiy et
There is danger, too, rapid in ITS approach
swift and terrible. Cnntnno our pre-en large
importatons, and we iAcrease great fore ign
deb, our specie and bonds f,w TO ur"pe
some $4C0, coz. 900 of National Bonds, and $500,
000, O00 OF Srste and ralroed securities are there
now, 10 all $500 900 O0O) and in two years or
less, we sbsll have Ia pay So, 100000 in specie
yearly, for our fire gu interest money and Err
zoods we cap far better make at home. Th~
| "a
i-ts, want To the poor, such have never
had in the'pan'cs' of The pa-y.
/ just at this critical unc'ure, ~ we are Wal n
ed ny our Consul az Liverpool, the tradn Ne
Glasses and aristocracy of England are tlotirg
to reduce even our present inarequa!e tariff
| Shonld they succeed in doing so, ssor even
in holding it where it is, and preventing pre-
tectioo, just and indispensable in our presept
emergency, they would rejnice at. our calamity
knuwing that, by crafty management they had
dealt blow al us, and at the sacred cause ni
free government, more terrible than the cla-h u,
iron-clad ships, o. the smiling of heav iesl cau-
non shot, colId infect
All this is needless. FIRE warned, fnrearmea ,
il + good motto. The manufacturers do mi
''eIn piajuut their faxes, but can pay even m re-
\ re7dJ9, o5gy let homp--kiiI and labor have :
iiair hEpce nor home market
Lei itbe borne in mind how large a par Of
oul national income must be bad to preservt
national hsnor. t&~s vs.
| In the fiscal scar, just closed, while the in
come from Internal revenue was S20G 200 coo,
rhe tariff on foreign goods with IA ge lmporia
tons, was bu s76,000, 900. The next year III
shows DECREASE in the manufactures at
home, and in the lax they payytf course. Thu
It is PLAN that adequate protection to home ill.,
industry is the ready means of paying our pa-
tIonaI expenses, as well as helping that common
and lasting prosperity we much need