Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-10-24
4 SIMMER ron uoUGHy,


Water carriage is cheap. Though the ocean
trip from Liverpool 10 New York is long
one,the carriage Of freight in the vessels that
traverse it is comparatively inexpensive. As
consequence, there are landed, every day.
on the wharyes OF the American ocean cities.
millions of dollars worth of manufactured
good, no better in class or quality than those
our own artisans are producing, but offered
lof sale at lower prices,cyen after theirown-
ers nave paid the ocean freight bills and the
import duties, that our producers do moi my
at all.
This requires explanation. There is d
secret. It is this. The goods come from
the hands of English, German French. Bel
gan workpeople, employed at wages great
" less than those paid in our workshops.
This is the whole explanation. or nearly "a
IN most varieties Of machinery. engenuty
ana SKIN have comprised perfect economy.
more nearly in this country than abroad. In
extent Of capital, and experience they have
perhaps slight advantage. But thr rreat
secret is that European workmen are en-
ployed at starvation wages, aud Americas
workmcn are not
II then, il is desired 10 have our mannflc
turing industry increase. or even continno
INC plain problem i what Shall we do 10
equAil2e the cost Of production. as between
foreign goods aud our own. This o4aa,ion
we suggest today, hut viii NOT argue.
Great Britain, il is said, has a system Of
free Trade, yet her manufactures prosDer
Both these propositions are generally be-
lleYe' hut both are only partially correct.
iief system Is MT entirely Free Trade ana
many Of her manufactures, to-day. arc
hhsuishing, instead Of prospecting. The
reason Is thai though the wages Of Euelish
artisans arc low, those Of Belsians arc ain
less, and to-day, the latter are undersellinu
the former in their own markets. Mr.. pin.
ing OF Newark in this State states that dir.
ing his recent visit to England, he inouired
OF railroad official, on one of the promi
hent lines, where their locomotives were
punt, anu ascertained to his great astonisb.
ment, that very large proportion, (seyen.
teen out OF twenty-five, or about Tint s wer,
built, not By Engtish machiuiSts I'm +,
Betgt"na +! And 50 il is Of multitude al
products.
NOW we want to point the moral Of this
to the working men and women who NM
read these facts What is the consequence,
OF course the English iron masters. and IL.
conceive builders, and cotton manutactur.
ers are not going to quit the field without 4
hght They are now fighting. They arc
ABOUT 10 attempt what seems to them m,
'ea'i'sl anu simplest means Of relief i0Wcl
- "t'9es q hcir Work1jeo,3le!, That.
they think will give them an eoual chonca
with Belgium Al u l,tc mcelinr of ,be
british Association, Il puper vas read Ia.
one Of the British iron workers With ~,
only admitted the cheaper products az Cor
many, France, and Belgium, bui assumed 3
show that the living expenses OF the British
workman were the least, and therefore elem
" indicated that he ought to work AT les.
rates Of hire
Now our problem is not how to help Brit
ish manufactures, but how to protect Amer
lean industry from this competition with
Cheap labor. How can we meet the ,l,f,i,p
ty? What shall we do that our own pro-
ducts may be used, and thus employment be
found for us all, instead of consuming
foreign goods, and thus throwing us out Of
work We cannot and nc ouobt mt
TO toWer otzges here. That is settled and
plain conclusion. What then shall we do /?
How shall we product American Industry ?
Let those interested-and who is not p
yet to thinking,