, 1866-02-23

tne duty Or the interest. Of Northern f1eenen to
rlaJ into the hands Of thoee coasptrato's aRstnas
We hsve now 4 manufacturing Industry IN iho
loyal steses producing Al this time S1aoA0o, ,oeoa
year md supporting directly more tnan seven MI
mcn md their farnlIes, furnish our farmers TN
fnts more market for all their productions uan i
found IN Eurcpe.Ses, twenty t.mes. Let "protec.
ot iood proaueea IN ihis country vi, oe q. saned
land, the1eby saving 70 Cur Earocrs the Enormous
els of wheat 10 convey iho fourth to The
ssssasat ~, T. 5sss !. md ~ .as I.ss T.ss5:
thss t6e eFect 81 Free Tfs!e W Would BE- to redccs
wages Of labor to close approximation to the
European eeale q compensation, and to destroy
a1e iaa, 20 ia = ,ke liions of I'm meeh.aics IN
concerned, and fata1 also With those who ara op-
poeed to direct taxation OF houses and Lands f5r
meut Of the WI. Congress laid d.rect OF II
millions, but the Government neyrr ventured 10
collect 1t Il was allowed 10 be psid BY he 3t.1a
GoveInments By ott.tsts for alleged e5penscs IT,
what Congress NoaId dare to levy, md what Ad-
ninistsnl1on would daze 10 collect 2l50 1O0, 600 OF
Ing yielded By the present taIid, which the FTee
Traders ahGmatlze as p1ohibltoyt
AEEvEsCE rAE0r.
The1s Is ciass of Frce T1stlers who say they a.e
n Of Tsc Ss,s nas sas q 1e E tse
was The enactment OF 1s57 And It Yielded .he foI-
loving amounts Of revenue:
In the year ending July ], 1883. g9ae0
n n 2lo H.,o 1sSa 44ss$5t
In ditto ISL 10 July yD................ sa5s,ias
Being less shan sossy six millions year.
millions of receipts Of The Treasury and to necess-
tate The iery.ng Of 100 millions Of dIrect taxes.
And yet this low tariff Of 1851 Afforded 30 per cent
q ,.pEntection" to most articles Of American manu-
Bat 1t may be asked; ...
Is there no way Of obtaining TeTeuue from foreign
Manufactures without at the sau1c time atord1pe
projection" to domestic mauutactnresi '+
Yes, there Is one way Of doing It.
BY Congress passing law ioZhidaing the domes-
dc Eanufacsure article that can be puchased
would 1eeeiyr all the dutes derived rom The con-
sumption Of those tabrics, and Amenczn mechanics
would be prevented from rubbing" he consumers.
the duties 10 those commodities produced abroad
that cannot be produced at home and letting II all
tsesa R IT, sy thst cone n
By practcing this stroke Of FREQ haae statesman
th,p We eonld pretty effectively abolish protection
ana mechanism At one blow.
:, To produce argc !evenne for the support OF the
Government, and lie War Debt, censed 6y The r.
be'Aon. we mast have not ptohsktory, but a high
ai e. Ut zsod es. % ssaa
no0efate n!id. nke nke thst ol 16it yields sixty
70 seventy rnions, and furnishes nodetate shelter
to our home industry While the present high lariH
Yields enormous taseauc, 1t would furnish ample
Protection put or the heavy dtnW backs u the ahapc
q in1esnai taxauon. "nieh ths year Will subtract
~. 1om tus I'll ~ o. Nc man1laciires and atls-
ans more than 2a m1ltons IN the shape OF e1cises.
Ecenses, stamps and income ta1es.
A. matter Of fact, the present tafiR affords but
reIna W ,syi1F ~ se st,as H. us ueIocIauG
fsrcs ar .uhirsrtefi I'M m snc hrsnrha. ~ 6n.,
nees ihe renort Of ths ReTen,e f.ornmissIoners
show that i is even less 'sproective than he low
-S1a'. n..H =. rtss"x-...,, 49,, ,,,u.
FAST E3fSa1scE #lzh u16H ASp Low TAR111s.
y the lat ffiy years this country has tried low
high tarias. with protection, three times; and
medium tat1h, moderately protecuve> md yielding
three systems has The country Is whole most pros pros.
pe5eds
THIS, atfsr al, is tbe 0tteA-sfons Of the entire
Wisdom q olesn lie nsde ni iii W. W. 70 v1as Sn 1na 1nt
mere theories sFe utterly worthless 1nless tested
and verified BY experience and proven to b. good
whole thing: We had 4 close approximation 10
Etee Trade q Mom ls1G tul lss4, being eight years.
from lesl III ieaa ~ years from 1871 TILL 1sSl+
bad protective tariff from 1884 to 1633g-twelye
years. F1om 1ai3 I'LL lsa6l three years, and from
lsGl III 1860 i've years. Total pfoteeIoa period.
tar,a from 15iG I'LL 1851, eleven years.
Nov, gentlemen. appeal 10 1hose tests Of c1pc-
f@ 10 thS @ stof t o. our county ios ne past
10y LILY 5eIs. Minnt taat Psloo tatee osastfoas
~ ant nase tnat mTrsa tne
nIIt ~ ~ .ad ~ a VI y. atanSs ~ ..
nn.inest mn rn,srnss1ng hsn - .nd snties ~ n ue1
mnneratiye cnpIoynent huucrcds Of tlonpanils ef
working men. On each occasion i Commercial
tornado 8Hept over tha land laytnP psOstrnte tha
tailest Trees Is well az the smallest sapitnss.
1unEk euEs71oss TO raEz rnau1Rs.
Let me put three questions to Free Traders:
bgppen s;ser he tnaeeet or he io~ t9gf of isT
ID. i)ii iba second " commission b,n,en after the
adoption OF the low ta,it OF 1861 fpsssel IN ~
nut tooE effrcf In 1s3) ar amer The K1rh tarY II
lsfaf ~~> ~ - "4's' A'e ~ - ''AA1 ~
I'd. Did the third ,mash down of 3he bn.gnes. IF
the coantry take nsce after tbe nee t,se fsr
~ 1ssh7 ,sent iNtp 49, - .tts ta.
Of ensctedf f1te ~ ennvncaton
nrevs13r,f,nn ~ ss1T avnsn1 ~ ,n5 IL ~ .s~a'
But howeTer the nes frsas " t,rniemen NJ nv sy nnih
HID. cInnin er rcn1y the tart u nntor;ons sgd Nj
paole as nooanta1 IN the nid. nf n.in @ ,hntP Ph r.
adopticn Of low tariff was each Tine follower ~ ~
n terrible fnanci.1 crash. WhJeS rtinad msny .n3
funrea Iii ciasses eYcent sberi and nanrrra h ena
i,iisne liz yuitrres sft.r hsI,e ~ ~