Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-24

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From the U. :. Ecoaomis, aud Dry Goods Re-
porter, March ~.
Il is Of the utmost consequence - tac
whole country that the public mind should
be imbued with correct views as 10 the r..
sources Of the Western States and The con
ditions essential 10 their due development.
The great distance Of that e,untry from the
central and scaboard populati,n places its
producers under an insu -mount,ble &c IRA
phical disadvantage 10 tho marketing 81 n
large proportion Of is productions; and il ID,
therefore, the more important that no Artid
cisl restrictions should be imp scd upon its
commerce. Yet il 10 an undesirable fac,
that for years, the tendency Of legislation
has been to compel the Western States 10
pay tribute TO artilicially fostcrcd interests
in the middle and eastern sections. A the.
cry has been established among . po!iti,
faction that New England, New York, and
Pcnns ylvania should manufacture for the
West, and the whole tenor Of commercial
legislation has been regulated upon III
principle. The West has surely right u
demand that il should bs free - psiFch- :,
what Il could no, produce in The cheap J
market, wherever that might be found, re
lying upon its large surplus Of products 70
making the purchase. The manufacturin
States practically deny this right. and "a,
that the West. being psr, Of the same M
ton with themselves, should be compclIc
to buy their products, though Il nay be, .
double the cost at whic the name product
could be procured elsewhere. Upon this pre-
tcnce 10, lie have been enacted imposing 81
TO 5Opsr Ct. duties upon the manufactures o
other countries, % ~ to cradle home mat,
ufactory to sell as cheap or cheaper thai
foreign producers. The policy Of inmate
rally forcing manufacturing industries upoI
tho country had done incaSculabls injury b
the West. by compelling the consumer
Of that section to pay unnecessarily higl
prices for oil their manufactured products
il has curtailcd the accumulation or ipi.a
and has 80 far checked the development 0
the resources Of tho field and forcs' u,
largely increasing the cost Of living il be
lcsscned tho Indictment for labor ID 70
it, u move in that direction; and b
tho same time ncccssitated compafativcl
high wages, TO the disadvantage Of produ
GERS and without any equivalent gain 10 III
employed classcd. Had this splendid agi
cultural region been opened 70 the manu-
factories q the world, there can be a
doubt that is population would have bee
immensely greater than Il nov is. With
fertility OF soil unsurpassed perhaps in an
part Of the world, and with millions Of acre
offered on terms that render the ownershi
Of farm attainablc BY those uho in oths
countries are doomed 70 toll hard for bar
substance. nothing could havo prevcrte
tho emigration from 8urops, Of millor
moro than have reached eur shores, coul
they have had u The same tune lrsedsu I
supply themselves with the cheap product
Of tho Old World. Such Advantage coul
not have failed 10 dcplcte the labor msrke
Of Europe, and 70 d-aw hither IN immcni
amount Of foreign cap tai; and the We
might have been today the chief scat
American civilization.
Has any othcr section Of tho Union L
tight to dc y the West this splendid d.
tnyy Docs politic,l federation necessar,
involve such immense sacrifices on the p:
Of the West! Ia 1t 1tc to build up gr
politica' structure upon such an unso,
bass! Can the East safely calculate Up.
the westr'~ays tamcly submitting TO sue
crstly concessions in behalf Of other &c.
tiorsf Il would be only Y llul b.ndnc,
not 10 perceive that this policy Of ruinousl
taxing ono region OF country to suppo
another must lay tie founda on for ii
gravcst sectional divisions. The West wi
not always endure being compelled to sup
port our East srn manufacturers in indus
tries for which they have not the rquisi
conditions Cor procui .ng rs CHI by a. OIL
crs; and il would DO we'll for hose who Al
80 enthusiastic in their cflor 10 bu II u
great manufacturing interest upon pre-
lection TO remember that an day cy ina
be surprised by C,mme.c 81 vote tina wi
conslsn protection 70 its proper place ii ii
dead past. The remarkable activity wit
which free trade organizations are bein
formed in the large Western cities 10 sym,
tomato Of an uprising against the sector
legislation that has trxed the whole coun
Try oppressivcly for g.ving effect to tn
whim Of class Of capitalists to bc manu-
facturers. whether they should be such q
not. Does the manufacturing interest i'm,
CINE that tho West is going 10 indorse III
wrong Of 30 per cent. tariff, without siftin
the whole question Of sectional psoAsctio
- the bottomf IL it safe 70 70 % cxtent
ing manufacturing operations indiscrim
nately upon the presumption that the We.
end the South will never demand to DO free
from this incubus! The ceaseless demau
for more protection" only hastens the il
cvitable downfall Of the protective system
and. for this reason, il may be perhaps n
ultimate injury to the country that Cor
eress should enjoy unrestfained license !
the imposition Of additional duties discrim
mating against forsign products. ~
For ourselves, for the sake Of the countr
at 'arge, We hope that this reformation i
our commercial policy is not far dis Mt
We desire thier result, not for the purpo,
Of limiting our manufacturing industry b,
because then every branch Of proiuc 10
manufacturing Or otherwise. would |
placed upon . natural and sound has =
Such condition u things would inealcul,
bly, ccnducc to the development Of SUI
nsuufacturss, % The country furnishes Il
natural Requisites for prosecuting. IN
ehcapness Of living, combined with a