The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-19
FREE TRADE.
EnsiiSh Review Of Protection Ia the United
Stntcs-A High Tariff and lite Enects-Why
Commerce Should BE Free.

Statcs-A High Tariff and Its Ehects-Why
Commerce should he Free.
From the London Times, Oct 81
Free trade In this country has been the labor OF
eral generations OF scientific and pubcsprited men 10
has been established principles that have acquired
BY splendid results Ii may Be- said to have outiysd
prejudice and 10 require no vndcation This, ct least
denied thu, lower down in the social scale protection
fingers still 10 company with many other heresiss SUI
psrs.iiion, and manifold s forms Of gnrsasoa Free
his own employment beyond bis swn class, 70 the
common right and veal, and this requires . certain
organ OF opInian any trace OF the old error how.
on the contrary, protection ssIii aourishss IN
Congress- IN srns and in the press II IL stll the
the statesman mos. osmn and n: journals. MOST
brilliant One and all, they refuse 10 regard asa
matter o. science ss that requires handing and sitting
for the gold but any word In favor Of protection 10 with
them the pure milk Of the gospel that must mot be ques
and abhor. Tue immense self appreciation OF the
United States leads Thorn TO regard themselves
historical deduc,lonA Protection answers . purpose.
and u must therefore be sound. FREQ trade has not
worth . hearing The very best American newspapers,
and no doubt their readers too are satisfied with that
some weeks ago oufAmercAn correspondent pointed
out the unmistaksbe connection between high tariff
and the present difficulties and depression Of American
70 assst the workman and manufacturer at home rs
indirect mischief 4 found greatly 10 outweigh Its In.
tended benefit All this has bson explained and proved
and over again on hs sde and every body now 10
fully aware that his own interest In protective sys
tenn would be far more than nsutrazsd BY Its general
pressure by the atmosphere OF desth crested by the
Increased cost Of all mses and BY the fact that every
duty oversys itself with many successive additions be-
fore u has 70 be 1osy paid By the general customer
Then, while tariff Keeps up prices, Il cannot prevent
smuggling and various evasons OF the revenue. Every
thing 10 dear IN the United States Everything IL pre-
posterousy and AZ ccouDaby dear; t the hi6a prices
bsnea nobody pyIds, ifonworks manufactures,
from the Target Establishments 70 tho small
Try that minister 70 luxury, comfort or dress,
complain 81 want OF efnpioyment. BY oil the
rules or political economy whom thing IL dear II ought
70 remunerae the makers and sellers and then by thai
stimulus cheaper itself and increase the supply But
Just as dseasc or the intrusion OF foreign substance
will disorder tho physical system and prevent the var
orgys from performing their proper functions so
high tarn seems TO prevent American trade from right
ing itself BY the usual processes u cannot bs disputed
that the United states are in condition 10 require con.
siderable amount OF Indirect tsxes They cannot raise all
they want by direct taxation. Excise, too, always
more easily evaded than customs duties But Ia tho rst
place. there 10 the universal example OF the civilized
world, which now selects for indirect taxation, almost
exclusively, articles Of luxury Al least things that
man we'll do vithoutan example wholly dsregsrded
In Tho United states: and. In the second place, u
10 no. dissscnsi. nor disguised. that Ihe American