, 1866-01-19

ist will receive but Nttle more for what he
afscs than be did, hall dozen ye4rs ago,
while a !o1o tarif Wa In existence. >
1fsuch Is TO Be- the case, Of what particular
advantage will the II Morrill, Ta1ifh then be,
either TO manufacturers OF farmers!
dutiee, which, to quote Mr.: Capey, ''hss fur
Dished us with home markell" keep the
cost OF all articles far above the sates at Which
We bought and sold under a low tariff.
Notwithstanding the fact that farm pro-
ducts have ranged "one hundred per cent
higher" than they did previous to tho war,
hare the producers bought as freely as when
they sold and purchased at iar lower prices.
On the contrary, would It not be found,
were it possible 10 question each individual
Of our agricultural population, that there 1t,s
been more economy pTactbcd,, that the lesson
)" hoN. TO do without" has been more thor
ough1y LEI red than Mt the time when unre-
mnneEative prices," n they are termed, we're
obtained,
:, Bnt when the prices Of farm products sines
Ms doss # 90 var are quoted to shov
the prosperity OF producers, Is It taken
into consideration that these are eiGY
rates; that they do no. approach
the low cost OF grain, &c, at the FARMS or the
stations that line the railroads!
ANY one who reads The proceedings Of meet
tnga held with view TO putting an end to
"ratlr6Ad monopolics," )" Will acknowledge that
the prices paid farmers are almost as low as
difficult 10 alright with visions Of poor prices
the men who agree In stating that they have
this season been little more than able to nav
the expenses Of raising & crop, with what has
been obtained ty selling 1t.
Under these circumst ances, 1t Is reasonabl e
70 suppose that were period put to tho cx-
lstance of railroad monopolies and 4 high
n hn $Tna
could but experience small difference be-
tween the present miserable rites received for
what they have to sell, and the low prices
that would follow upon such An event, while
the artisan would be enabled to purchase for
more cheaply than at present. II farmers
who have almost giveu away their grain, can
all they iced, will they sullsr provided they
can purchase at rates proportionata 10 those
at which they SELF
"1f cotton goods were imported free, the
reduction In price won1d be scarcely noticed
or felt, - says " "Protcct1ou."
He does not say why but, as the romark
Ia to be taken In connection with one regard
ipE tho cost Of raw cloth, It may be inferred
high prices as ourselves for the staple cannot
sell cotton goods at lower r1te. i,
Since British manufacturers can reproduce
the raw material Ia the fshape Of ea1able ar
ticles, at faz less expenditure for taaor than
can We, should the duties % cotton goods be
afford TO sell in this country much io,ctr than
ourselves, stu leaving herself large profits
over md above the cost OF the cotton 1orf
which both countries pay nearly equal prices.
II not, why Is there dagger, that when cot
tsa ten talls to :sw cents pef pound, ths sonpe;
would be the destruction Of American manu-.
features.
One writer asks how. we are to raise one
thousand millions of dollars yearly, to pur-
clase abroad what we need, that being tho
sum expended annually within our own
borders.
In bis yiew Of. the case, foreign countries
fruit Of the unpaid toll OF their laboring
classes, and sell at such low prices IS to rcn-
der my attempt on the part Of our manulnc-
tuters to risnl them worse than useless.
We're all that he foresecs really to occur,
would 1t require the "onc thousand millions
Of dollars'' to pay for what wc would buy
abroad at not more than one-thlrd the rates
charged us by the amply "protectcd' Amer
lean manufacturer:
Then, Is not the difficulty which would be
experienced In the attempt to rafsc tho neces-
sary amount, somewhat oyerestimatcd? >.
Many people have leaned toward the idea
Of free trade, Or else very material reduc-
preston that the growth Of our manufactures
has been such as to render them able to Iour-
ish without further protection.
They may be faborne under mistake; if
20. they should be convinced Of their error.
If there be 60 truth In the re'uark that
IN this country have become,
md are now becoming, fabulously rich from
their ability to monopolize the sale Of such
articles as they manufacture, and 1t Is fact
that they cannot compete with foreigners. be-
cause their profits are small, and Justice to
the workmen demands that the employers
the innocent labsrer may not suffer, how a1e
we 10 account for the paying Of such enor-
nous dividends to the shareholders!
Are they {the dividends) in reality never
paid: but, arc the statements mude with
REV OF de1udIpg tho uninItiated into d belief
In an amount Of wealth and prosperity which
has no existence, except in the fertile .mngi-
nation Of the manufacturers