New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-04

Government will only begin the work, and perseyere
business may be- Established and at an loss to
the nation Once begun, there can be no stoPpns
features for half century and where are we
Have the infants arrived at maturity Chi In' w.
the people Of the West shall have invested millions IN
sugar-houses. mills aud apparatus ana yet mu e
business Improbable compared with wheat
they certainly must the camOr for higher duties VIII
be louder and more irresistible than the nrst Io
Protection once start any Kind Of business n'aer oJ -
ernmen assistance, aud that assistance can nee@ DC
loithdrd.5n."
Compare this final assertion with the facts hereto
fore given, including the prices at which Sugar mas
been and is sold in France, and determine on which
side benefcent craftsmanship, and on which selfish
narrow, shortsighted indifference to Natonal growth
and general wel-being.
Ihave thus, in tracing the history of Beet Sugar.
and the industries conducive to its production,
shown what Protection is, what it purposes, and
what it does. In divesting that production OF an
exclusively tropical character, diffusing 1t over
great portion also Of the Temperate Zone, and de-
mOnstrating its adaptation to every part OF that
zone Protection has signally cheapened for the
masses their most essential luxury, enabling millions
TO enjoy it daily who would else have rarely
tasted it, and thus increasing the comfort
and physical well-being of mankind. Labor
more amply and uniformly employed, as well as bet
ter paid lands rendered more productive and there
fore increased in value a substantial and permanent
improvement in the character of the soil and the
condition of those who Protection,
as demonstrated in the creation of the Beet Sugar
industry and its firm establishment in Central Eu-
rope. In other words: the planting of the Sugar
producer by the side of the Sugar-consumer. from
whom he was formerly separated by distance of
three OF four thousand miles, has reduced to tenth
the cost at which their products were formerly ex-
changed thereby increasing the rewards of industry
and the comforts and enjOyments of the poor Such
being Protection as it is ask the reader to contrast
it with the caricature which its enemies present and
which find in one of the fy-sheets sOwn broadcast
by the importers Free Trade League, which has its
American headquarters in our City. 1 quote il rer-
batnI, as follows:
PROTECTION.
Protect mew is the implOring cry of comfort
able. we-fed, wellclad parsonage whom, at first
sight one would hardly take for beggaT. " Pro-
tect mel | own but ten thousand acres of land In
the world 1t is my all 1t is full OF coal but the
and they offer to sell it cheaper than the price
want. Shut out this foreign coal and protect me- an
American laborer." He looks even less like la
bOreT than beggar.
"What makes coal so dear when the weather is so
dreadful cod9 God help MS pOorW comes FROM be-
tween the chattering teeth of tOil-worn careworn,
shlvering woman, as she measures with stlngy eye
scanty fresh supply of fuel to her waning fire. No
cry from her TO Government for Protection. No
Protection TO her from the greed OF the strong,
the cunning, the avaricious. Work for yourself.
Work or starve. Self -help Every one for himself
If Government gayebread or clothes, or fuel TO the
poor, il would demOTallze them. lake better care
of the pennies you earn. Lay them up IN Summer
for a wintry day" Such are the answers she would
get if she asked for Protection-if she turned beg
gar No chance for her to put III replication.
The voices of the coal owners are mighty to drown
hers. If she could be heard she would say: How
can Hay up my pennies when the strong arm OF
f.nxya nauff QEpsf ham
as | earn them. and hands them over to my richer
neighbOrs3 On every spool OF thread buy, Gov
eminent takes from me penny or two to pay over
to the WoonsOcket Factory Company, so that they
nav make dear thread and big dividends. On every
garment wear, ii takes pennies and smlhngs IRON
me- wheTewth to fill the purses of the rich men who
make cloth, and stockings, and shaws, and who cam
not be content with less than ty or one hundred per
cent increase of their wealth every year TO pay them
for making dear clothes for the American laDorer |
When buy stove or pair OF scissors, must pay
some of my haTd-earned pennies TO support the |
wealthy iron-makeT of Pennsylvania. get no FRO
lection to my labor, and ask none: Let us Doth
llone-me and the manufacturer AS you let me |
work my humble way along as best can, leave him
10 do the same. Give him 40 part of my earnings |
and am content with my little share OF this worlds
goods" If it demOralizes society for Government to
1--WE the poor food and clothes and fuel is II not
equally demOralzing for Government TO give 10 the
ch and the strong And, when II gives TO the men
y taking from the comforts of the poor is 1t not de-
society at both ends lRound Table.
-Readerl the gentlemen who contribute their
thousands of dollars each to circulate such appeals
as the above to popular ignorance and envy, expect
ing to make their tens of thousands therefrom by the
sale of more foreign products and at higher prices
tell you that their views are liberal, enlightened,
far-seeng, while mine are narrow,
rapacious shoTt-sighted partial, and selfish Com
pare their statement just given with the facts con-
corning Sugar set forth in this and the preceding es
sav and Judge impartially between us.