Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-03

ruined homes end fortunes of ls3. and
following years at est. The identical
results of the same violation of the
protective policy are w.tAin the mem
Dry OF most of lis, oceGrcln. III 1857
when again the discharged wegkmen
and factory hands rushed to the rich
prairie lands Of the west and soon
g!utted the market with agricultural
products. History teaches that every
attempt to inau-urate "Frcc Trade
Nolicy in the management of our for
aign commercial relations has resulted
/ in low prices OF food, and fna, dis
astcr to the producers.
1t may not be nnintcrcstlng to look
At another picture, the result, perhaps,
Of those New England ideas" wl3ich
tie -'gt holds in suchholy horror, and
for which / says, "the west pays, at
mighty shitant rates" Founlrios,
FACTORIES ana Workshops, in cluster
ING llagcs, towAs and cities
are scattered all over these beautiful
and fertile prairies, so thai, rs in the
central and southern portion Of New
England, Many portions Ct New York,
New jersey. an! rcnnsyly mia, hardly
a farmer can be beyond the sound Of
The spindle or trip-hammei' Then,
here, as ,her5, every farmer wot,ll
have a market almost ii his own door,
cor his produc he could obtainltho
best price, and at his very door step.
also, nc would have market for the
purchase o. his clothing, tools, fi,rn;-
turc dc. IT lowest rates. He would
net be obliged to deduct from the in
trinsc value Of his grain, the cost of
transporting it to distant European
markets, ana would not have to add to
the intrinsic value OF his cloth or
hardware, the cost OF h,in ging ii from
the same :lacts.
In his dependence upon foreign mar
kets, the farmer would find that.therc
would be competition for the sals OF
those products which he ad for sale,
when his interests demand the compe-
tition TO be among those who seish 10
bay his products,-and he sells at
disadvantage. lie will also find that
there VIII be competition for TIE par
chase of those goods he needs to buy,
when his interests can only be subser-
we'd by a competition for their sale land
he must buy ct a disadvantages When
he depends upon a home market, the
farmer will find his interests promoted
BY a competition far the purchase OF his
produce, and for he sale Of the goods
himself. ard family demand. History
teaches that Free Trade policy VIII
bring about Tie first condition, and
Protective poli,. w..l surrey produce
the latter i'rom the same teacher
we learn the lesson that every enact
mcnt of q protective policy has tended
- the general weiitre, ana especially
T. the prosperity of the tarner,-to
the western farmer in particular.
Are we at the west,all 70? Free Trade"
DO we all oppose high Protective
Tariffs: The Age speaks misunder-
s,andingly when it answers these two
questions in the affirmative. The Ma
tional Convention of the Republican
Party. meeting in Chicago, IN 1860, de-
clared in favor of protection to Amer
lean Industry. After the commence
ment q the Rebellion the Republican
Party, coming into power, reversed
the Free Trade policy OF the Demo
cratic Party, and raised the tariff on
imported goods for the protection Of
the labor of the Nation, and under
Republican Administration this Pro
tective policy has been continued, and
the Industry and Labor Of the Coun-
try has been prosperous. The Great
West, newly born. peopled from the
great industrial centres Of the East,
and all aglow with Republican vigor,
has been more nearly unanimous in
the support of Protective measures,
than tn East The vast resources of
the West are yet undeveloped, Capt.
tai has not been accumulated in manu-
featuring enterprises, to any great ex-
tent. The West is just making its
youthful efforts to bring the consumcr
closer to the producer, and to this end
the protecting care OF the National
Government is essential And thus the
West, through her Public Men, have
assisted in recstabiishing that Pro
tectivc system which, whenever tried,
has proved SO productive of National
and individual rrc spcrity.
Are We all N opposition to Pro-
tective tariff 4 few of the Public Men
Of the Republican Party OF the West,
whose Democratic teachings, ;nbibe |
in early life, they have not been able
to wholly eradicate still Il ink Free
Trade, as understood by the Demo
cratic Par,y,sto be the panacca for al
our nat onal ilIs.-but the great mass
Of the party, whenever they have had
occasion TO express thoir views do not