Maryland free press., 1866-12-13
Protecting Yankee Manuf, ctnrers.

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Protecting Yankee Manura cturers.
ES"A correspondent says: "Instead
of your objections TO the protection Of
Yankee Manufacturers would like 10 see
you urging Mary land to follow their ex-
ample. Maryland is about the same area
as Massachusetts and there is no reason
why there should not be an equal popu-
latioa and of course equal political power.
Our climate is more favorable, our water
power is at least equal and our proximity
to the coal be ds gives Us great advantages
when steam power is..to be used"
Our correspondent certainly misunder-
stands us Is is not 10 the manufacturers
tn at W. object, but it is to the system of
p,~trc'ion by which thcy'are enabled to
amass rrinccly fortunes at the expense of
the agricultural. mercantile and laboring
classes. We should be pleased to see
every particle Of the immense water power
which our State affords made available
for manufacturing purposes and its popu-
lation become as dense as that of Nlassa-
ch s,tts, l,t no it is to be done at the
sacrifice of every other class of our citi-
&c rs,
We believe that eve ry tub should stand
upon It's own bottom the manufac-
turcr of Massachusetts,, or q eng others 10
guilty, that cannot maintain his business
nithout taxing all other classes of the
community to sustain him, should shut up
shop aud try something else. The pro-
tesiion afforded Massachusetts, manufactur-
ers is ! tax upon ev"ry other Interest
without any corrosp9a ling benefit. Is it
| ia r that the balance of the community
be compelled to contribute of their earn
inss in order that the manufacturer may
keep his wheels in molten? And pray,
what does the manufacturer contribute in
turn? Nothing. And why is he not
Just as able to prosecute his business with
profit without protection as is the farmer?
The farmer comes in competition, with
forciga labor jast as much as does the
manufacturer, and yet, lie asks no protcc
ton. He is compelled by toll early AMI
late to protcc. himself against comp titon
or go down in the struggle. In trath he
is expected not only to protect himself,
but to contribute his!quata to keep the
head of the manufacturcr above water.
The Manufacturer, like the farmer, We
contend, car sustain himself if thrown upon
his own resources But he has been
psmpered by protection duties. increased
from year to year, u.til he is r9 longer
satisfied with frugal mode of living and
the SLOW accession of wealth that falls to
II, let of the tiller of :he soil. Un.css he
can count his gains at sixty or one hun-
drol per cent per annum, clo;he himself
in purple AMI fac linen, and live on the
fat of the land, we hear his dismal wall at
tho doors of C>ngFess more protection
for an additional tax upon his ncishbors
for Lis beacit.
II our correspondent can tell u, how the
mass of the people is to be benefited by
granting increase rrotcstien to tic man.
u'actursr, we shall be glad Of the informa-
ton. lie viii tell US, perhaps. that it
atforls us a "homc market" But of what
alvantago..is the home marse if tho price
Of what we have to sell is MT enha need
while the cost Of what We consume is dou-
LleL? This is about the fact, for waat
yoU seHisnt, willie what you consume is
protected. Beailes, what; need Las labor
and the fruits of the sell for home
market. They fnl quick demand and
ready sale in any and in overy market.
Let manufacturers live as our farmers
livc--lct them b, content with profits oil
six instead of sixty pot cent, an d our word
for it, they will b. able to meet competi-
ton from every quarter without asking for
protection Manufacturers as a class have
too long been ptu1crs upon the balanc Of
the community and we want no more of
them unless they re scif-sustaining. Tho
people are becoming rcstivc under the tax
which is being continually levied upon
them under the illusory title of fpmtc'io"
for the support Of this particular class.
/ APPOINTMENT OF MAGIsTRATE. Govern
or Swami has commissioned Mr.. John
Seydcr as Magistrate for Sharpsburg Dis