Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-18

An able writer on political economy
makes lac following forcible argument in
favor Of the free interchange OF the rewards
OF industry productions OF different nations,
o., IA oshsr worls, IN favor of free
trndc
low can the free interchange Of con
moit,ies lessen tho demand for labor, or
tho rewards of lab0ri You are employ
M a hundred men. You wish to obtain
a certain quantity or cutlery. Does il
make an difference to you or to the wages
OF yonE men, whether you employ them
directly IN making buttons with which
you eau purchase the cutlery from abroad {!
II, 10y employing them IN making buttons,
3eu can purchase more aud better cutlery,
(aai n Jos eau nas, there IS not tcmpta-
ion TO Al exchange.) is it not PLAIN to rea-
son ,ha, II Is better for you, aud that you
can Afford to pay them better wages than
II you employed their labor less effectively
directly upon cutlery' This is but an in
STAGE. butt it involves the principle. There
=, there can be no encouragement to do
nestle labor in the frecst international ex
changes. Every foreign purchase neces-
states the employment Of domestic labor
10 create that With which the purchase is
made, thereby enlarging the demand for Ia.
horers, and thus tesding to increase their
wages. Tho tendency Of free trade is di.
rectly the reverse Of that alleged in the OBJ
lection because the varied objects of use
and elegance offered to our desire, by In.
teraatoues commerce, stimulate labor IN
crsasc that viii which to buv them.
~
Tnr New York Heratds Washington cor.
respondent has the following "When Ser
geani at Arms Ordway made up his state
'aen, Of moneys dishurscd Tor the inyesti-
eating committees, he produced . bewilder-
Ing array Of Figures that show q vast expen-
dlturc in the aggregate without a correspon.
ding return. As u member Of the Judici.
ary or impeachment Committee Mr.. Bout
well received 1856 for the May session,
which includes mileage from Groton. Mas
sachusetts, to Washington and return. Mr..
Eldridse, OF Wisconsin, Of the same COM
mittee, gets $542 for the May session. and
this includes, 2.Ts4 miles travel. The
mileage Of the first amounts to 500. the
mileage of the last to &27S, showing an OF.
cess OF pay to Boutwell, over Eldridce for
same service OF t43a. Tho committce to
Investigate the Paymaster Generals office
expended 1920. Among the items it is
shown that Phil. Sheridan gets Sl65 for
LISA mica travel. lie had been transfer
red at the expense Of the Government. and
was stopping at Wll.rd's ct the time"
Throw rnR Mono OvrRBoAap. The
failure to carry negro suffrage in so many
81 the Northern Statcs has uudoubtsdlv
gwen rise to = feeling among : portion Of
20" Radical party favorable 10 throwing the
negro overheard, and going into the cam
arg Of 1865 under the white mans colors.
while these men are SO willing to force ne.
gro suffrage upon the South, they are IN.
willing TO accept it for themselves. The
mass oil the people are unwilling 10 Accom-.
IT, and these men see and feel tina. such i
the TACT. 1t is this policy that unde,lies III.
erant movement, but the effort will ho .
The party will be pu. upon a ne.
gro sutfrag. platform, distinct and clear. and
pom t'at The nominee, whether ne be Gran, !
stand. -" "fS 20 d