, 1866-02-01


matter how saving or industrious the workei
| may be. II a man Is born poor In that couu
try, the chances arc thousand to one be vii
die Poor. rs his father and grandfather die
| before him, aud Is his children will die aftei
him, unless theY migrate to America, th,
| land Of high waXta an / high rsioea,
): Whenever we'let down the bzrs Of protec
| tlon by. + reduction Of the tariff, tue thea}
goods of Eutope produced BY stinted, nj
recompcused lsbor, rushes In md drowns ou1
| the fires Of the American FORCES and furnaces
stops the mill wheels and the apind1cs, shut,
up the work chops and turns The swa1ms O.
workers upon the streets and into the pool
broken down his employers: the starved
hordes OF Europe have 'statted" on him
That's what's the matter. !;
Repeal the Tariff and adopt free trade with
Europe, and The price Of American lnhor mas
Enropesn' @ s l.hor4, Free tr1le nr.,ducss
eqniiibrim Of t pr,ecs and Nv wages, 81
tends alwars in that direction, Only
the cost of characterization preJents a dead
level from being aftalpe d: but TRANSPORTATION
Is a1nnn item On The value Of a bale Of broad
cloth or case Of dry goods. Fee trade with
Europe will reduce wages In this country one
half at the very least, and will place the
workinsnsn at the mercy Of the employer,
But, says the crazy free traders, tsIf me-
clanlcs can't get high wages at their reo,iIar
trades, let them turn their attention to some.
thing that will pay better.'' :;
THIS sort Of advice is an insult to the mc-
chauic, whose business may be ruined by the
Lions Of workmen are deprived OF employ
ment by the cheap labor competition Of En-
rope, 1t Is poor consolation to them to tell
them TO engage In some other buafness Tint
will pay better. What other b.saiuess. prav.
Nj. Free Trader! You can't name any, Your
advice is weak and shabby 'attcmpt to es.
and rum your yisiopsrY dosras wonld ~. peae IIst
on the Community, You urate about tbe
'smofal aspect, Of projection, md call It
"robbery.1 It Is not immoral Tor Won tn
pull down the American Industrial systern to
The grndc OF European pauper laborI oh,
no ! That is all ifeht and y morally :,
for their goods, they get high prices for thsir
labor. An American laboring man can ea1n
suit Of clothes OF barrel Of flonr with hAlf
~ MANY days or work as IL rcn,,irrs At = A.
European kborer to cam the same thiie: II
an American farmer, gets less for his rrain
aud meat than the English farmer, he o,ou.
III land and don't have to rive tWn.t thsris ~
lis pruducfs to lortlIy lind owners. ~
Il goods arc high in thfs countw. It is slim.
ply because wages ara hIeh. Il fs tmnnssihie
10 have chadp Goods and deor vncea. Rnt this
Is what the ire trade fanatics or fooIs mrs,
tcud would result frnm their syn.em .Pcan1c
can have ali one thing or alith other. They
cnn have cnods A. cheon a = IN Furone ;fth.yy
win consent to put dowu the price of walk
to the European etandard. nat otherwise.
70 tell simple minded people q hea tratje :"
Wtli rive them Inv 1,riced 1oode and not II.
.crfere with hich, ,va9es. Ia t1ovnricht Iyinc
Il is not only inmorai, but It IA wicked tn in.
pose such an idea On any body. As a
question Of political econoIny the
whole thipr resolves itself into thiS s{mn1a
shape: Is It better policy for the nation To
adopt the European scale Of labor and price
OF merchandise, and support the Government
by direct taxation than to continue the pres
ent American system of tlear labor and hfeh
priced goods BY means Of 8 protective tafiH'
which Contributes one hundred and fitty mll.
Hons towards the support Of fthe Goyernments
nut shell. and dirests It Of c1ap-trap, and sep-
arates It from the fog in which fhc ffee trati.
CT. seek to envelope it. ]"
If the people prefer the European systcm
they can have It. They are the soyereiens,
Their will when made known, becomes law.
and levy one hundred and f,t1y millions OF
taxes on honscs aud lands and Il will be done
to order and then let them cut down the
salaries Of clerks, the waeus Of mechanics.
and the price of tarmer,a nrodne,a IN match
the cheap European fabrics. There ore Two
kinds Of "protectfon'' arajnst Enroncan
competitIop, The one ia. bieb tari,t and
Tie ofheris-low labor. %'@4N
The fnTmcr viii nv,tect onr in5re+-, o.,a
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taat,, a,,r m ~; !. uo ,nuesl VIZ pro
fca of ~ h;,h .-nn9. nna ,na1a ~ ~ sactl'
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tha nenna - aS,y nS " Tha g. INC otaer II
- e ops p tao Goe tso. A. !n11s tue 'nmony eomes
~ @ .,.1 icy ~ aa ssus Reople tnat tncy
a5s eaa ats sne tioseeasc @ s aulsss secure sheap