, 1866-02-16

fourth he Ia robbed: OF two-thfrds ~ pro-
tecting those who do not need 1t at AL
The prodnctiveaess Of the present taf1n ana
Its consequent great nenehs 70 ne nasi1a, aidan,ce
pitts efficiency and fa1rness., This productive
tariff tobs The nation Of At least thousand
millions 7ear to raise $l50, 900, ,o00, and 70
maintain a host Of parasites and ha1nacles II
the shape Of smuggle,s, nda .altess' eust9m 3,al
ately our tea, coffee, sugar, and salt, now
properly regarded BY every American As artt-
cies Of PRIME necessity. not 1u1urtes, aod be-
ing commodities not produced In this country,
except salt. yield large revenue, while our
manufacturer protected On The average s5
his raw cotton, rags, dye stuffs, ACIDS. and
other articles used in manufacturing FREE;
the tich man his statusry free, And bis din
monds and jewelry at five per cent This Is
your tariff for revenue!
But, say p1otectionists, 60 On and build up
your own mauuiactories IN the West. So say
/, and everybody else, but the sensible editor
OF the TRIBUNE has repeatedly stated what
Is the truth, that this building up manulae-
tures, stimulated ever 50 much By hot.house
bounties, can only be relative; that ngricu1-
| ture Will also increase In proportion, and that
do cur best, the evil Will still remain, the
| great body OF the nation will be robbed as
| long a. this iniqulty Is perscYe1ed in. Besides
this. as Col. Foster shows, New England has
| the capital, the dense population and conse-
| quent low wages, the steady water power
century In this special brunch, and many other
advantages equal to protection, over the
West, which has nothing whatever to counter
balance these except cheap food. It Is the
tendency Of all new countries, where labor Is
scarce to hare 1t high, and We are no excep-
ton to this general rnle, while manufactures
| have nothing to do with 1t, unless by organi-
zation to make It lower.
The declaration that manufactures increase
the price of agricultural produce, has no e1-
is,e1ee whatever either, s1eeRt II the inasi, ,a;
do, whether engaged in manufactures, COM
merce, or something else. It Is well known
that the 'Beaboard Is our market, md when
produce falls there below our prices, back It
comes to Us, in spite OF manufacturing New
England. Liverpool Is the eastern market. II
provisions there get low enough 10 ship back
10 us, back they will come as they often have
come, and may come again, for your western
farmer don't happen to have the magic circle
| Of protection, as Vermont is not an agricultu-
mi State, and Mr.. Morrill, didn't know any
body then except lew wool growers, and 50
| he nut wool ID thhe tariff. The writer Of this
has eaten potatoes in tsse manufacturing. city
of Pittsburgh, that came from Ireland direct.
Protection" may consequently spare his
elaborate tables showing how little Of our
grain England purchases. We know all that,
law. oideT than Protection; equally as 1enc,
rable as that law which causes water to run
down hill, the law of self1nterest. II we can't
feed England as cheap as Others can, she WON'T
buy Of us; we know that in advance. We
only CHIN that, with our brains, energy, uch
soil, agricultural and other machinery, and
every advantage we possess, that our so called
Democratic nation ought to be in better bust
! ness than robbtng the poor many for the ben.
eft OF the rich few. We also Claim what
"Protection :" will hardly deny. that If It was
| not for this Infamous tarilt, which prevents u
from buying where We can buy cheapest, VIC
Of the West ought to, have saved many mil.
lions that went into the pockets Of grssping,
already too wealthy, manufacturers In New
England, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. To
prove this, sec the difference, already admit
led, between our clothing here and In Cana
da
II Is to he hoped that your agricultural
readers will not be deferred BY the length oil
these tariff articles, from reading them. The
subject ought TO be deeply Interesting to
them, and It Is impossible In view Of its vast,
ness, to treat It briefly, nnd do justice to 1t,
1t is ns old as the hills, and is only another
modification Of the grand contest Of right
with wrong; Of freedom with slavery ol
light with darkness; Of the many Ignorant
anl thouRhtless, with the cunning, designing