New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-25
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! uis the misfortune Of the Free Traders that they
labor under an memorable necessity Of libelne their
corntIymcn and dispaaging the most mcri;ogions
/ cGeli5 Of home industry. Thus, The Ereaihg Post
/ Is constrained 20 oppose an increase Of duties On
I Imported Iron by such assertions the following:
TIE great multitude who ron-ihe ship bulders
oinlts ongaemakefs rnroad directors and stockholders
rners a., must have cheap iron ani begin srlA0lo At
Almost every great IN the country suffers and is
irIgred the The IRON makers may be protected In 9nSs
We might have the best iron IA tho world too from
mines bot that iron 0ksr do not haor ho or o nor ~
=, prad., for what 10 costs make countries aud
/ t49 added cost Of importation
over and again have we asked, Biy oW not tie
I Free 1raders make american Iron Here are inex-
haustble mountains Of Iron and basins Of Coal to be
lad Tor less than a cent per tuu-many Of them ale
ready The property Of Free Traders-others open TO
entry aud purchase from the Government at 81! 10
S2l per acre-mllions on millions Of the raw material
nvitingly proifered for song, not merely in Penn-
sylvauia, IS the ignorant suppose, but in Virginia,
West Virginia, Ohio Illinois, Tennessee Missouri and
almost every State in the Union, NewYork and New
England excepted-(New-Yorb having Iron, but no
Coal, Ncw-Engand very little Of either.)
Now, il it be true that present irou-makers are
extortionate"-thatt they "nismanoge their Affairs
that they do hot know how or will not try" to
make and sell Iron as it ought TO be made and sold,
why is il that or Free Traders will not step in and
show them how They VIGOROUSLY have capital TO
invest in cotton-plantng, seamer-buildng, import
ing, and thousand other pursuits: can youtcll US why
it Is that they do not rush Inlay cannot be coaxed
nor shamed into this that they constantly proclaim
so lucrative and at present so wrechedly prosecuted
DO they knoo that their organs trying to deceive
and swindle the public If not, why can't they be
argued or kicked into bringing over some of their
British friends whose Iron they import and giving
US good and cheap American front WillyOu tellus
We make the same inquiry of those who keep up an
mcessant Lullabaloo about Wood Screws or the
| alleged profits dividends OF some special
manufacture or company. To each and all
our answer is, Take hold and serve the
public better cheaper If they are making 80 or
100 per cent, you say, you surely can afford to
work for 10 TO % per cent? and thus give cheaper
better article Pitch in, then, and show your faith
by your works Whatever the Tariff may be- it win
be the same for you as for them every advantage it
proiers, il prolIers to each and all. We only want
our Metals and Fabrics produced in our own country,
by men who receive American wages eat American
food read American newspapers, and send their
children to American schools. Make here the Iron and
Fabrics country requires and consumes and then,
il you want the duties on imports reduced, We will
| help you all we can.
There Is not sound reason under Heaven for run
ming over beds of American Coal and Iron and thence
across TO buy what need for our own
use. We have done II simply because: !. American
labor is better paid than that of Europe q Because
we are neutrality-suspicious. in iron-makngi 3.
Because our facilities for bringing together ores COAL
lime, &C., and getting the metal 10 Market are less
perfect than the British; A. Because any manufacture
ing industry that stands in the center of the CONNER
cial word--which England is-has an advantage over
Iiypl located Car flom the great mslss TO which