New-York tribune., 1867-09-13

from them, at that time, we learned no 10 ptn o
SKY Years @ here etsan saSs%cD SGsys9 Of s2
Sc sPac Id SS of aS"& Ss whoy yensG sn
country. They admitted that an agrienlimal no pGo
Or remarkably powerful people, except on their own
so but they said there are so many eifots OF opf 80
tures that We had better keep them in Europe anu mn
ister by agriculture to their wants az they min1ef
plausible though not sound theory; but when we
became nation spread over 15oo miles inland az Wo s
5000 miics Of coast IL became entirely inpractcapm
theory To-day not hH our agricultural products woud
pay fS nc GR n to the old ~, Soa incl II me IS oTe S
the coal thai make mp much of this nations wealth. az
5 and By the
sties Of position by our expansion by the thousand
been the leading results Of the planting aud growth Of
the mechanic arts and this shore of the
hat the naturalization here Of tHe industrial arts has
lecn the occasion, may say The canse, OF an
OF economic labor-saying construction, and OF applied
science Tho Old World Is today more than sloco00oooo
rcier the inventions and adaptations which have had
their brth In tins country and which, had there been no
American manufactures, would in all human probability
have remained TO this day undeyeloped. lAppiausoJ
The cut-nal an immerae laborsayng device which has
mado cheaper tho luing of houses al over we woria
lea have been told that the screwauger: by which
auadrplc power has been given to mechanic art III one
cut Yankee, Who never even patented IT, lAppmuse IL
Is COMPLAINT oen IesTSeG Ss never sts out
stage Of infancy that il always crying for pro
iSco s IL i had made No ow POSISs' & ana Ss9
Is founded on truth. In the deyelopment Of industry
conragemcnt. but in this country the old established
branches Of manufactures and mechanics 90 not require
any protection. There countries on earth where
plain cotton and w0olen fabrics are made cheaper tnan
they arc in the United states today Tnere Is no country
on the hand and Of plain substantial WOODEN ana
cotton fabrics on the Other IS closer an " JTre
which do require protection but those old fabrics Whc
mn nkp boat on
wool and their labor, as cheapy as they are supplied IN
the World they make and sell as cheaply as any
t0ro on tho face OF the earth. Our manufacturers chal
iengo r competitions but being called upon 10 pay taxes
Oh cveryard they make ando every element that enters
into their productions, and being compelled 10 pay
double triple price FOR aDur II fair or Just to com;
plain that they cannot make and sell goods subject 10 az
these cheap they may sometimes be made and
sold in Europe But take another and very large class Of
American manufactures, our edge tools NO nation ON
earth can mako them as good IN quality or as cheap IA
price, a. we can make them mere sixteen years nso
went 10 Europe In company with te nrst fresneht oi
the Republic Of Texas Col Asahe Smith late OF the Con
fedeae army who told me that sometime before, think
ing the reported superiority OF Yankee TOOLS an hunpug,
he had bought liberal assortment Of the best edgeoos
get single mechanic 10 use tieli lhe ,oos
were much better and finer In quality Applause
80 nyoca aGss le o hove m and spades which,
after paying British duties, are still able to
undcrse British manufactures in their own
market lAppausel our rearcrs and mowers defy COM
petition and take premiums in British and IN French
nc INST ms in those articles American reapers and
crs to-day cutting aud gathering the haryesfs OF the
ness OF European labor British n0beman said OF Me
Corincks reapors, when was there 6 years ago: is
only two three days ~ the harvest season. whie
have hundreds Of acres Of grain TO harvest. Now
we can get that WIZ reap 10 or II ar 20 acres
I'm one dav will De incalculnble although
he cost o. i''ES hnny may ber"s M ee ~ tho saVnS @
I'm time aud because 10 VIII ennbie ~ 10 I'm.
,roye the favorable season, short and precious"
our Machines also, Thoroughly American Their
conception aud in thcir pcrccOn are to-day clothing
lie armies Of the ciyzed world; and before long they
will turn the blankets and giros Of tribes that
bnrbnrous into shapcly and graceful garments. Ap
ny The Electric Telegraph, too, which was hst
rtade -. touio by Amolo'in now bings It's not work
over All nations; and the honor of hst coneelNng ana
finally achieving the lon ol c rival henlsphei, Justly
belongs To . citIren 81 New-lork lApphuseJ No man
estimate WHIT ~ 10 bc q value the power, the
ciVlzng influence "l ms ag' ~, men - not yet 9d
ter of century Old which has already thrown its wires
across from continent To continent, and which
tonight - RECEIVING accounts oi we . nalhsis
~ the dag "a be read 10 morrow morning
y Eu al s s aSi me- mSnopoy Sl Sf Of ee Sc%as G
admit that the steam engine y British though the steam
power-o. cfe European IN origin; but the inventive
power Of Bi.ow and othcIs has greatly Increased ihelr
capacity ~ was hard To find power that coud adj 70
the masterly nyehtion o jacquard, but our bgOw ana
| H. The raroad and the locomotive ana not ollghate
with ms hut people have larger aud better use ot
them than any other pecgle on the globe The steel of
Bossemer Is great stilnS ot give s9rr1ss US .; -
roInmercS-io make New.York aud san Francisco only
balunr places on tho shortened line OF transportation
from shanghai 10 London aud Amsterdam We are yet
only the beginning of tst eat enterprise the grand
est the world ever saw No man here, anywhere,
conlprchends fully what that railroad is 10 do for
onr country and for mankind. Elgnt years ago trn-
vcrsed the line Of mainly with reference 10 what was
10 do and Oug believed that enormous wealth
was 10 be developed by H. not merely OF gold and sNer
Int also OF the more valuable nals, lin. non. lead and
copper yet than drcant OF has already been
realized say that the laehc Railroad cannot
be built without uncOvenng wealth which W.. more tha
repay the entire cost oi IT'S constructor % leu AbplSsJ
Tie American Institute standS ahd h's $1,000, inc uNo
Of protection 20 American industry, ~ntEcVer ~
stands exposed TO unfair ana W,sme.ss iy Sp 0n @
'nreign competition. ltis just as uDeasoaue anu ui
fair complain that particular rerestheeds pfote'uo
IL 10 complain that artl.ar .l'llen VINO stns on
civilized foes needs 20 be clad and fed while he stands
there a soldier for the decLse Of the whole country lA
plauscl Every branch OF Industry sympatnLes Mith
every other II to-day were 10 blot out our iron works
do you not would at the same Time piOt OUT
thing which into the profits OF ihe mechanic
who are nov prohtaby employed in that industry
would be rown back 10 gnor gGt O,nes IN evlrY piE nG
And so IL would be II any other branch OF our mahuihc
turing industry should suddenly cease ueahd that
but of every nation and especially Of new nations The
nations OF South America and OF the West Indies, as they
opment Of new kinds of Industry within their
own territories have no doubt that thc newborn
Italian nation one Of the most Joyous anu hopeful births
OF the century would find her finances immensely i'm
proved and her strength in every department Irgey i'
creased II she were efficient protective arH to Sc
cure the manufacture soil OF every fabric and
metal for which she can nnd upon na' so tne Gs
doubt that other nations may be bnilt ny, III
built no in our own day under the benencence OF her
Zollverein tariff have no doubt mat the time Is TO
come when Liberia and Hayti and other young republics
OF this and OF the other hemisphere Will largely Increase
their prosperity by giving Judciou,s ana e'nolont
protection on their own SOIL OF very many
fnbrcs and wares and machines which they now buy
from others. II this American Republic had never
ed and therefore developed home industry
In its manufacturing and mechanical departments
believe that its imports at this time wona DC mucn ess
than they are; ability TO buy ana consume
would be so much less. Lowell buys ana , con,
sumes more foreign fabrics than Arkansas. Thus
we would strengthen everywhere tho arm
that strikes for subsistence, for competence, iOr
wealth II you wi but ultimately and inevitably IN lts