The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-07-20
PROTECTION vs.. FREE TRADE.
To The Farmers, We c isanics, L. a b0Fers,
and all veters OF the Western and
NorIh.Western States,

By Bob. WARD.
This article is directed to you because
you and your children are deeply
interested in the prosperity, credit and char
acter of the people of the North western
States, US well as of the whole Union" All
who are acquainted with the natural rer
sources of the great Western States, know
THAT they are equal co. those of any ether
part of the world, possessing a fine climate,
aud inhabited by an active, intelligent,
honest, and patriotic people, You raise
enormous quantities of grain, wool, wheat
corn, pork and beef tor sale. You work
very hard, but when you close up each year,
and pay your store and other bills, together
with your taxes, you find that you have
but little money left to put at interest, or
as an accumulated fund.- You wonder why
tits that farmers Of Massachusetts, Connec-
ticut and oldoi England can pay 5000 an
acre for poor land, and at the eud of each
year put in the Savings Bank handsome
deposit The mechanic or laborer living 10
the west, raising a large family, is at loss
to know why he cannot clothe, educate and
support his growing family,-7and lay up
money, just-as- we'll as hisfriend in New
England, who gets no better pay per day
than himself. ,t,{c,,a sseNR eNs Eo. .--
r The freshman, in Ireland, cannot see why
the English landowner gets rich, while he
is so poor that he must subsist on the coars.
est food from year to year, while his family
grows up without education, aud with little
but rags to wear. The Spaniard, Turk,
and Portuguese exist with scarcely motive
to prompt them to exertion; they cannot see
Why France and England monopOlize a
large share of the active capital of theworld,
whilst they possess as fine country and
climate as either. ~ Prs
The answer to all these queries is simply
as follows: Where there is diversity Of en-
lployment, and people make their own goods,
as well as to raise there own agricultural
4 products, they and the country prosper But
'|where the people are confined to one en-
! ployment, like agriculture, they neverpros-
fper England deprived Ireland of herman
ufactures by prohibition. Ireland is pure
ly agricultural England has agriculture
manufactures, commerce. She is the rich
est nation in the world. Before the revolu-
ton, France was very poor. She depended
ion England for her manufactures. After
the revolution her system was changed and
she, too, has now large manufactures, whilst
her restrictions on American ships prohibit
our vessels from trading much WITH her.
In 1921, European ships transported less
than ten per cent. of the commodities be-
tween Europe and America;in 1850, % per
cent, and in 1862, 45 per cent Of Gun trade
was in foreign ships (See Foreign Relations,
1864, p. T. We buy enormous quantities
of French silks, laces, wines, brandies, and
other luxuries, and she takes from so, 900,
900 to $50. 100000 of our gold coin each
year to pay the balance. England also
takes large amount of our coin; but who
lever heard of.our gold and silver going to
Ireland, purely agricultural country? Who
ever heard Of purely agricultural country
getting rich? No one. 1t never can pc.
The Mechanic or farmer in New England
or in Old England, who has large family
growing up can have one, two. or three OF
his children III some kind of factory, earning
from three to five dollars per week, cath.
This gives him double and sometimes three
times as much, income as his own unaiied
labor will produce. He is then able to feed,
clothe and educate his family better tlan
he could FROM his own single labor, and at
the end of the year he often has one, two,
or three, hundred dollars in the Savings
Bank besides Is Massachusetts has $50, 90,
900 in her savings banks alone, r, The Whole
North western States, withleight times as
large pobulation, have not $4,000, 600 in
all their savings banks There are two
principal reasons whythe western man can
not prosper as well a. the one who lives in
or near manufacturing town. One is,
that the farmer in the West sells his pr'd
uee to the merchant, who pays its transp'r
tatio either to New England or Old Englald,
or FraDce and then buys the cloth, she's
Silks and the, thousand Zother articles tat
are used in the west He then transports
them back to the Weststo be sold withalI
the charges Of freight and insurance addd.
By this process you are obliged to sll
your products for half and in many instn
ces, for less than half the price you ought
to get, and you pay more for your gods
than you would if they were made near ydlr
own home, where you could exchange ydr |
eggs, cabbage, oats, corn, pork, beef,rmik,
nffsrtw &frau a
Whereas, by the present process you sill
your corn at TO- Is, or 20, cents per bushsl,
pay 60 or 80 cents per bushel for transpona
ton to a distant market, and7then buy it |
back with all the Incidental charges, con
missions aud profits added, in the shape Of
silks, linen, cloths iron. and other merchan-
disc. 49, 49,. 2
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri.
Iowa and Wisconsin, have i'll each an aver /
age of $4,000 women aud children, who are +
willing to work, but who now earn comp,r
atively nothing, and are practically a dead
weight on the industry of the remainder Of
the producers lf,you had cotton, WOODEN
iron and other manufacturing establish
meDts scattered over these and other West
ern and Southern States, all these persons
could get employment at from three to FIVE
dollars per week. Let us see what this
n lumber of persons ould earn at an aver
age of four dollars per week, in ten years
In one week they would earn $40, 900. In
one month, $560,000. In one year, $6,7zO,
900. III ten years. $4,000 900. You can
easily see that if any one ofyour States
could utilize all this unproductive Iabu,
that such State would, in 10 Years after
your works were in full operation; have $5Ol
300, 900 in your savings banks just as vel
as the working people of the States and
countries nov enjoying the benefits Of man
lfactures as well as OF agriculture 4
There are now at work in Europe at least +
!, 100000 people, whose products are
brought to this country for SALE These
people you support by sending them your
grain, at an enormous expense for freight, | ,
and buying their handiwork. If the 4,00OI !