New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-16
PROTECTION VS.. FREE TRADE
MIR. GREELEYs REPLY TO MIR. PERRY.

hopsis Oh WHICH appeared In last tuesdays edition'
Add'es ana oe"eme"' was rather grained ON inc
occasion OF my hrst meeting Win Professor Perry tnis
Aierhoon at sugseson VI MS Vs was ID response DC
HeVe 10 one OF nineI tnat the free trade Cause I'D
nus Judgment had Suhereo ny reason Oh the insoehce
with which Its advocates had habituay treated their
antagonists Nnsolence is not MS woro out thss the
dea ana that that cause had lost In the pubic esma
uon Dy not treating with more reasonable deference
the opinions and positions OF those VINO $1,000 before the
puphc as advocates OF the cause OF Protecon was NOT
so mucn grained In hearing his lecture tonight 70 nnd
In ponte phrase the advocates OF Proecon divided into
INCONSISTENCIES ana ioolS-liaught9ri hndy assign
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| PROTECTION MODERN IDEA
| And now one word before commence my argument,
In reference 10 two or three of his positions that strike mo
as can remember them One is that Protection is very
modern idea Truly truly So Not so modern as Rail-
roads Not 40 modern as But st IL Ia novel
idea think II the ancient world-I mean the Roman
world-had been acquainted with It, and had been wise
TO naursize ON the soil OF Europe the rearing of
the md the manufacture OF silk az hes been
done recentlv instead OF bringing ALL their costly fabrics
from the farther East overland nv caravans at coat
when Gold was very much dearer than now of pound
| for mound in gold-had they been wise enough
! IN nrotect and encourage and cherish and nat
| uraIize on the soil OF Europe that industry
which has, at comparatively modern date. been es-
tablished there-t would nave oeen wen Ior 'ne, ana
might have saved ancient cVza'ion ironn S utter ue
| cay ana destructon'
THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE FREE TRADERS'
On another point the Professor tells us that he Is not
opposed 10 duties on imports provided they levied
strictly for revenue Let consistent this posi-
ton IL with the general tone OF his argument You will
all bear me witness that he assumes as ncontrovert
BILE fact that IL YOU levy duty on foreign article
ing into the country you inevitably raise the price, not
only Of that foreign article coming in, but OF all the
domestic articles that come into cohpeu'ou WIN -,
That was the whoie d1ft OF MS argument very "on'
theh NOW e' US suppose tna. III VIC" VI ou pio'."S
heaVy indep'eoneSs anu tue large uenanus W y. %
revenue, we piace uuty ON imports AZ UNIFORM r "
3o per CENT LUZ NJ. 'linn any oao "0uus soy nav
rate "ouid provide tna' 'naro "a 'no puoi' 0oo .
ought W % oerNed iroi' ioiokn inpo's o" =. -
not see that by MS arguniene-say we are inporups
million tuns OF ron' anu arc prouuons n'e NNe' v
tuns az nome-n MS premises aio 'ounu 'uon :, ~.
posing tns uuS Vi !" por oons' Y" ion pu'''' 'o' ~
purposes ior no o'ner iuea 'nAu io'enuo 10
the cost OF iron 70 tne MERELY VI 'no ou'
million imported from abroad oue Oh 'ne I'VE niinon
tuns produced al homei 30 every oohar VI '
have derived from imports mas cost your TAX payers
IN addtion, put INTO tne pockets vi ohopoV soy s"
ID his doctrines are sound II MS posuons are ue' no
ought to be hostile to every possible imposition Oh auJ
on imported fabrics ana Manufactures
ALL REPUDIAToRs ARE FREE TRADERS.
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than sunno.edwbo ara determined repudiators of the
National Debt of this country And 90 far as know,
there is not one of them who Is not an unqualified FREQ
Trader They talk "a he does; but think more con.
ssenty They insist ON sWeeping out of tho way this
system Of and sweeping the Debt out Of
sight with It, Their propositions ht into each other
THE IDyocITrs OF PROTECTION
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