Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-22
ALL IN a NUTSHELL.

ALL IN a NvT.SsxEI.I.
Not the haancial question alone Is to
claim tho eniire attention of the people in
the neat few years Closely Jailed to il is
the question of high or Low ,arI, and those
two will take tie lead, ard upon them win |
the neg, Presidential election turn
A. illustrative OF the evils and injustice |
Of is termed the high protective sys-
TEN VIC copy the copy the following article |
from the New York Euening Pest. The
article appeared about two years ego. it is
true, but /, is none the less forcible for that
The Hartford Times boasts that the
Thread worksst willimantic. owned chief.
" by Hartford capitalists, are the most ex-
tensive in the country, and says that thsir
new MILL four hundred feet long, Ave stories
high and built Of granite. costly as il 10 was
tIitlof fie companys profts Of orer hyes
hundred per cent. r.thom disturbing the,
capital, which is now q million Of dol
lars.
1T further admits that thread that used
- east the needlewoman four cents spool,
nog costs ten-lhe same as the imported
English thread OF J. e. T. Coats. One rea
ssn Why Coats thread works more smooth
~ on the machine .,and is better liked than
ours. is in the fact that'thc greater damp
ness Of the Engiish climate is more.favora-
BILE than our dry air 10 spinning cotton.
Agsia. the highly electric condition Of the
Western world is probably uniayorable to
the necessary compactness and smoothness
sought for in the fabrication of this article.
this strands and ibres being more inclined
10 rough up and 'By of. y
Here is . manufacture which, from phys
icsl causes. canoo, be brought to perfection
Ia this country but which by enormous
protection. has been made to pay three
hundred per cent. profit. Specific and al
salcrsm duties have been piled upon each
other TO keep out she better goods made in
climates adapted 10 this delicate work.
The tariff on imported thr, ads has been
rs'sed until it is equal to seventy per cent.
in gold. on the cost. The tax on domestic
issx per cent. in currency. and al this
difference 10 for the fostering Of such enter
pr'sss as this. whereby single company
has within the pas. three yenrs accumulat
I'd million Of dollars. besides building
very costly factory. Who pays for Ii
The poor nccdcwomen Of the United
ke.t> h. - a.t, Il
darn 10 make their old clothes hold out
saronsh those times Of high prices. But
for il tue best OF threads would nov, while
god is 40. be sold "a, ak cents spool.
This does not show tie whole extent oil
the protection. In England the three cord
glazed threads, such as arc made by this
company, cost much less, and are sold Mt
lower procs than lilo elx-rnrd goods. bu,
here. a. tho mannisc urets are protected,
tue sewing woman must pay as nuch for
TINS one a. flr the 1th,r
The revenue &c .Ae coAntr, has also suf
ies.d to pie ap tn, t,ree hundred pcr ccut.
o pr'nt-. spool co'tou used 10 paw All IN
naAi revenue u half mi1lion in gold in the
usA-uiy; IN the las. fiscal year i par,
tite over three hundred thou AMI dolls,s.
such protection as tbs rcbs the revenue
and roa. tie POOR, bn: il pays the lucky
few three hundred psr cent,
-De
ins urb,ua toAiol Gas ne says:
"Whic we believe that TIE Republicans
will ea,,l taeit presi lent in 1868. 1t IL sad
% teaeri that thc probabilities are strong
thai he VIA not be permitted to live out the
term o. his tlile. III Democrat, hare
t.sse.I svsry Peesidcst that r. haze elected
sincs lsii. and what ASSURANCE have we
that thc man we elect in 1868 will not share
tn fate OF a Harrison. a Taylor, or Lin
cola Does II no, really look as if We
were inyls,ng our Statesmen 20 the slavrh-
ter whea We urge their claims TO the Presi-
dencv7 u view Of these facts, would it
not be well to inquire whether there isl
Republican Statesman in The land who is
wiling 90 risk bis life for the honors of the
Prrsiiontial chair. II such one can be
.afnt, t. experience Of the past should
ai.uans-h us to look well to the Wee Prcsi-
dency.
1Ac tAicaeo I7nies, commenting upon the
s.sss", saws u is precisely the advice it has
a9rsa 4 given. "lhtre IS a divinity Ina,
scopes or ends, roAgh hcw them n we
~6i and il has u9se. grca, many anti
lem 'craic calculations based on the pro-
iafg ttom OF the llTes II Presidents who
"src rot pcu ocrats. Political preachers
&c IL, ~aans doodle rer.ua.on saw the
hsnd q God IN the rep.ovsl Of Abraham
Lincoln Democrats .erc not then blessed
wi;h such aecnness of vision. Now they
begin to realize that The removal Of Presi-
dsnis who are Radicals be,okens tic elcva.
on Of Vice Presidents who are con,erva.
tive. Wha, guarantee can the Radicals 90
tain against the DEGREES of Providence
Cannot the same overruling care which
made Tyler and Fillmore. and Johnson
change their political opinions when they
each became President. convert Phillips. or
Wade, or Col:ax' What Radicals want is
an insurance egsinst the conversion Of Vice
Presidents. Those Of them who have nj.
tended tamp-meetngs should know that
conversion 70 something not entirely de.
pendent on the will Of I'll. converted.
IHs Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer says: ut i. under
stool among the Democratic politicians tina.
preliminary conference will be held in
New York. on December 9Th, for the pur
po.e Of considering the subject Of ! candi-
date for tho nexs President Msssr,. Pen.
d'sson, Of Ohio Seymour, Of New York
Eagiish. Of Connecticut Stockton, Of New
Jersey Voorhees,. Of Indiana and Mar
shall, Of Illinois. are expected to be prcs
eat"
Gel. MoRruis, of the Galveston C,ri3ian
hal an interview with Gran, the other dav
but the moment the { rmer referred 20 the
political status OF the latter, he became ri
lent, ard on being ash ed hy his visitor what
he could say To Lis people Tor him, he an
swerei 'aconcany, "No,hing, sir" To an.