New-York tribune., 1869-03-04

sugars for the year 1869 reported rs full Sreen PER een
above the consumption OF the preceding year, En M
The year 1869 GH ipcrease Of az "ds " per oe' " "''''
patod." E.
To all this you might seems to me- perry properly
have added that consumption OF COTTON wnicn hu
grown In the free trade years. 1862 ana loiSo a' o
rate Of but ten thousand bales per an'u"'' mas grow" A.
the last four years at the rate of egre thousand ana
promises soon TO exhibit an annual increase eqd 10 Me
.choLe hundred and serenity thousand Of the NINETEEN years
IN ,vhieA voc cere so bsiy engaged IN e or' az od"g
up dHe foreign on he ruins oI apedtdO"s'
Again, you might have told your cohstieuen'e '
for every yard wooe cloth that had been used IN the
closing years Of tho last unhappy free trade PERIOD we
were now consuming two or more that Of iron applied
to the production Of stoves poughs harrows tenpenny
nails boilers" or other machinery by means OF winch
labor was 70 be ightehed, comfort increased our co
sumption had already doubled and promised soon W 10
moro than trebled; and 80 you might as Ithnk nave
said In relation all commodities required for promong
the convenience, comfort, or enjoyment OF nIe .
who, now, are the people whose consumption mas 30
much increased Are they be found among the rich
Shall look them among the men OF liked incomes
whose deeriorated condition you so much depore DO
you yourself know any single man belonging to those
classes of society who finds himself led to consuming
more sugar. tea, coffee cotton or wooen CLOTH than ne
had done beiorei 1t s SAFE as think to say that you
could scarcely name even single Where, then, shall
they be Is It not among farmers the prices OF
whose land and labor have been so much increased Dy
reason Of having the market brought nearer 70 the pace
at which the food s being producedf is IL not among
laboring men who are building dwellings for themselves
where before they had had with which to pay
the mere rent OF buildings owned by ohersf Is 1t not
among the mechanics who largely increase their
deposits In our saving funds as preparatory 10 the pu
chase Of houses; the means OF securing 10 ner
children and themselves support In case OF accdehtl is
1t not among thousands and tens OF thousands OF tne
eeutler sex the demand for whose services Is now so
hava informed
themselves enabled in tho Summer TO withdraw
from work and seek little mountain or seaside reerea
tonf l t. .
For answer to all this you tell u.s. that the farmer rc-
ceves too much money for his corn and his pork tne
woodchopper too for his lumberi the miner 100
much for his coalj the furnace nnn too much Tor MS
iron; and that necessary consequence We are un-
able send shoes, and other finished commodities
abroad 10 be exchanged for wool, hides and guttS
| percha AS a remedy we must as you think, look to
Canada for food and lumber 10 Nova Scotia for coa 10
Britain for and iron thereby diminishing demand
for the countrys labor aud greatly diminishing s now
| as sou think. excessive money yaiue: ...,
WHY however have you here suppressed the figures re-
oured for proving tho truth Of such assertions Why
Is IT, that you have faedto tell your constituents that
exclusive Of -four butter cheese, lard, oils metals and
other partially manufactured articles, those which now
represent our export Of manufactures nearly dON6
those Of te ban! closing Of the last free trade
| period having risen from average OF So@o'OO 10
over t7s, O0O. 900 for 1867 and 1907 r... 81. ...
why here repeat the question. have these important
facts been wholly suppressed Is 1t for the reason
that they alone furnish 80 complete rcfutaon Of
free trade arguments
Leaving you now study these questions and 10 re-
feet how far the answers they must command can DO
made 10 harmonic with your asserons,"I propose to
proceed to An inquiry to the influence exercised
by protection theone hand free trade on the other on
the important question OF Immigration.
Yours respectfully, HENRY c. CAREY
The hon. D. A. Wells. .
Phiiddtiphtd Feb. i5 1869.