New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-28
Work Ger Our Own Working People.


featuring fabrics Of Kind which we're largely i'm
ported. There was not much profit in the business.
but might have got along In IT, had It not been for the
habit Of importers semi.annunly. Of sashins OH 'he
balance Of the foreign fabrics In CLOSING out sales az
auction BY means Of these sales prices we're knoeAed
down and the market gutted. 1t was mystery 10
Ine how the foreign goods could be afforded Al ue
customary prices and also submit regularly 10 tue
losses of these CLOSING out sales" Twas ied toere'
fore 10 ake careful examination. as far as possible
into the cost Of these goods both to me and 10 'he
foreign manufacturer. asceItainod that the stook'
material supplies &c. cost me but little moro thhi
they did my foreign competition Several OF these items
OF cost were considerably higher ON this side oi te
Atlantic but the duties insurance freight &c. on inc
foreign goods fully balanced the account. in the cost
Of labor. however. there was decided cinerenee
agsins, me- and to the advantage OF the foregn maker
On the pnmbor Of yards Which produced there "os'
Ia this item OF labor, saving 20 the Engilhh mhbu
facturer o! about 10000. 50 far as the items anu
figures we're susceptible OF comparison. the SAVING
reached e2SUVo. . .r,,
IN thjs the foreign goods bad the Advantage ana VIE
extent OF the advantage was sboO0.
With these figures before roe, the question Una. aei
rranded nv attention was, what shal DO 10" soN
compete with the foreign fabtesi
Only three methods of meeting the case coud oc sIs
res,ed: First, to 30 out OF the business nnh sfc y VI
10 the foreiguersi or Second 10 reduce tue pe} oi ny
hands 10 the extent " $4,000 per anuun, ana 90 w
equal with my Englsh competitors; OF, tliru' 10 ~.
protected b. Tariff. As the last named metnou uocs
suit their views OF potca ECONOMY 'ne - tbe
OF Free trade could adv only one or the othci o VIC
first two methods saw first Ia 20 out OF the Dusoes
or, second, to reduce the pay OF my HANDS, A"" ''
tO offer few words In regard 10 tncho ne'nous'
And lst II II not wise 20 abandon tue nlhnuo'ul'
of auy stapie article fabric which directly gives 'ln
poyler 10 large numbers Of our own population anu
Indirectly 20 O. many more which requires bfp'es hoH
the farm the loom aud the anvil and
10 oomussion merchants jobbers, railroads. ana 10 al
trades and occupations ~ the is0d IL Is P'lpaoD w.
wise to give up tuch business ana pny over ihe
ysluo OF the manufacture thus apanoon.u 70 ~, ,hcI
glish and Frrnoh IN order that they may keep tnc,
poorer oasses employed instead Of ours IL wiser !.
encourage industry at home even II TIE LAhuiss.i.
thus encouraged cost US ioT icw ysers ., Iii
thsn the articles Of foreign make No crncin n'sh "
sey that the manufacturer u solely beph'eu W Wv
tariff which enables him 10 carry on bis NoNs L. 49,
The benefit nccTuing ~ him Is tho neisst VII III WI
pAtisop @. The good accfuiDg IA the puonc. w "c ~
richer for IL And every one Il Us ~ poorer II ne mus
close his works and the hun Of butl iGDOf csir
ont The est tsblishrIent. Perhaps can ILLUSTRATE VIE
point Not long since tie tlaruiattnrer oi c.'tS,n
rtie as of, rcd water power and land gratuiiouslj
ifhe would locate his extensive works IN cftaii
town the people Of that vicinity being WILING " SUI
scrPtion % ply tls amount n,.e,'a 70 ~
h..ing those works ~ theiI noighborho0d l, was
The interest of tlese tOwnsmen thai tbe po,As hen
toned should le located among then And tnone.
less dir ctly IL IN lust as clearly the interest OF ever!
uersou In The Unsd States that great shops Tor makns
The 0rtcl.s need should bc located here rthi t1nI
IN England and Fraacs IL Is 70 ouf prohi indl'lusa
and collectively. And We are ganeIs u w .seP
rreAt works In operation among Us even II thcif pi"
lctions cost u ptsDcc more than the pioduct %
people = OoO miles away, vbo are no beneht 70 Us
or county farmers and rGdeTs anu business gen
~ n is net vi.e tored1ce tie pay u our woTkmcr
nnd abcrcrs 10 the European standard even u u were
puss!blc-Whch II may not be-. We Oe ala beh'hira
when tho lslOrers ard operatives rhrn money eunit
NOT orly for tho rrcfrafes bat Tor the comforts of NE
The mode, q ving nnd s expenses are different ier'
from those in tie crowded uAnuincturig disitics %
foreign countries and wr cfnnoi set Gown % thrif
standard of pav ~i,iou aliug 30 the level 81 ih-ir g
norarcc ard dcstitut.On, for 4 scarcely npprclHti'
difference % tie consumer, Wlo Nshs. - hii "a Ir
ducing z % the depllrahie STANDARD of knfhrdf
Situa,ed rs We sre n this oogntry. the principles OF
free traae nsrrov I'd down. mean slmpy discharge o
yoar Wor msn reduce t'cr pay o. tbs, Of European
plnpeis No ynan msintiniDg such views can caifn tc
be liendly to the lAboring elss. 10 orr rids or In
teresed Ia their rmplo, men comfoft ana eloNHtob:
am convn.ed that protection Is Tar b. ior s hsr
FREQ trade. Nor am disnc,lned eten to hgh tsFln
for my opinion that hsh taIih on ior,gn articles
10 pretty Se fedgod ~ tie Dishonesty Of importers "
their invoices aud values Of goods aud We need tariff
hgh enough to PCT t fully oIt - the Trach u bin.
by the false oais and Invoices of DeHdAeio
| foreign ecrDts.
! During the war we had practically high tariff snC
Il worked nc Tho piice u gold amounted 10 protec
iion against foreign goods. II this rCtectou hs
made the people Iich .nd overthrow the Rebellion.
do not use ttis language unguardcdy. The standard
suileTn argument has slWass been that would de
prive tie kor.k Il IL great customer the south AID
leave artrtns 10 saTyei wie tho South beng AZ
agricultural peope. would. az least Tssse'' the nsoes
series OF hie. and could therefore prosecute the war
We may ndmil tLsl there IL force In tlis yep Lg no
different tb. result We lost our southern custom
but supplied far greater oast0n-our own. forc!gr
articles we're kept oct under he golden prohibition OF
raised la cost aud. as II by magic supplied ia,
things which bad previously i'm orted. We set e
work everywhere In Lew channels of Industry. Mill
and workshops ApTLns up N ever direction. rev ar'
fully ~ the diversity and tIteni to which ou
people embarked Ia manufacturing the fOT vhci
we had previously tent our gold 10 England. Hence
| our working classes we're every where actively EN-
plOyed and at good wsges. and thus enabled Il
causes contributed ~ this happy condition 10, none
all Of them. 20 the extent q the one lave uaued
Tie prices OF goods were indeed high. hut II ali haa
been purchased abroad and gold sent 20 pay fo
them. they would lave been stil higher; ard mean
while. own laborers would have been tlc and
suffering.
There has alwsys been in New York n circle ~ husi
ness (who 4 rDsry expressed their Yews through
TIE Journal eC C0rarrcS who deem IL Necessary th
prosperity u NeU-iOrk that inporiaiioas should h
eucOuTog ged Many of the aTguH 10 flvor of Ere,
Trade originate with them. Most of thsse argumc nt
| are furnished them ready made from EnglaRd-a re-
markable and HIGHLY suggestive fact. These business
men are requehty the partners. agents and clerks
foreign importing houses and arc not deeply
for our national good. consider IL PLAZA that the ad
Of FREQ 1rndo hostile TO the best and per
anen, snd universal interests Of this country. and q
is growth and prosperity. They are hostile To TIE em
pOymcnt OF our own people. In short, they ak tl Al
people remain idle. Ia order that tie worl inp
people OF Europe may be a. work or. II the work
given 10 our own operatives, they require that IL b,
performed for the paoper plttiLoo OF England.
o. c.
The French Erposisieu.
DYPAHruEar oy STATE WAsHIsaros Oct > 1866.