The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-29
MORNING. OCTOBER

to law L have, in my Office, ci
n cular letter of instruction, from
c heavy wool house in Liverpoo
}, directing how to put up woods, an
5 enumerating what kinds of WOO
: may be passed through America
= custom houses under the head {
carpet woods, You need not be SUI
I prised at the decline of America
woods, when you learn what vas
quantities are imported at a nomins
rate, under a law apparently prohit
iting importation. 1t is the best lav
l ever kaew of show not to do it.
American industry requires pro
lection. Protection is required. no
for revenue, but for the encourage
ment and development of our resoul
ces. There is not another natio
under the canopy of Heaven, i
which wealth is so generally distrih
uted and within the reach of all, a
within the United States. There
not another nation in which taxation
is so small a per centage of the capi
tai or income, as in the United States
In many European Governments, il
times of profound peace, the take
are more than double the per cent
they are here. We, therefore, do no
want a tariff or similar enactment
for Tevenue If we want a revenu,
tariff, then we must make it as Low
possible, so as to induce sill the ma
tions OF the civilized world to shil
their manufactures of all kinds to ou
ports because the cheaper we caI
purchase, the more We will purch ase
Therefore, a successful reUenue tarif
Is not and cannot be protective
tariff.
When Ohio was first settled, iron
glass, leather. nails, Sc, were
brought from Philadelphia on hor; e
hack over the mountains. That wa,
free trade. Why? Because these
articles were not manufactured il
Ohio, and Philadelphia was the uear
est point at which We could Obtain
them. We had IRON ore in OHIO
We had all the ingredients to max,
glass and to tan leather; but no one
was engaged in the manufacture oi
these articles here, and ii no one evel
had engaged in manufacturing then
here, we would to-day be obliged tc
go to Philadelphia for all these
things. Philadelphia did what she
could to discourage manufacturing in
the West-cIaimed that we could
always purchase these goods cheaper
than We could make them. There
are to-day hundreds, if not thou
sands, of tanneries in Ohio; instead
of purchasing leather in Philadelphia
we now ship millions of pounds
annually from Ohio to Philadelphis
and other Eastern cities. In Ohio
are now madethousands oftuns of or,
annually; and so OF other manufac
lures.
In New York are some houses bull
tsei,-':~ Il. --..,..,. - Ir-I,S,
They were brought to New York by
free trade. They could make tn,
brick cheaper in Holland than ii
New York, and consequently they
bought in the cheapest market. Il
this doctrine prevails, the farmers ol
Ohio must quit growing wheat ; be.
cause in Minnesota labor is no-high.
er than it is here, and land there is
worth 81 % per acre, whilst e il
is worth about 800 per acre; tIere
fore wheat can be grown moie than
forty times cheaper in MINI sots
than it can be grown here. Now we
will undoubtedly be told that the
Dutch did not take the cost of trans
portation into account when they
imported brick from Holland; and
that we must take transportation
from Minnesota to market into
account before we accept the doctrine
that Minnesota wheat can be placed
in Columbus market cheaper than
wheat grown On 500 lands in Frank
lin county. That is the point pre-
cisely; no free trader will tell you
how much freight you must pay Oh
your raw material how much you
must pay on your breadstuffs to feed
the operatives abroad how much
you Eust pay on the manufactured
goods; all this is carefully kept in
the back ground.
Suppose that free trade becomes
the law of the land, then our cotton
mills and wooleu mills will all be
come things of the past: all our
wool will go to England to be manu-
factured; the grower pays the freight
on it to England, or what Is the same
thing, the English manufacturer buys
it in market at the same price that
he pays for English wool of the same
quality; the English consignce de-
ducts the amount OF freight from the
sum received, and then after deduct
ing commission from the entire gross
sum, returns the balance to the New
York shipper he in turn deducts
storage, dockage, shipping and
commission charges, and then returns
what is left to the original owner.
Old Ossawatamie Brown, once
upon a time, shipped a cargo of
wool TO England, and l have been
told that the charges for freight to
New York, insurance, commission,
drayage, entrance fees, inspection,
recording, &c., &C., and the same
charges in England, with many more,
including duties to the Government,
city, and dry-dock company, lett him
Just One-half of the gross amount
which he received for the wool. He
never made another shipment he
made one free trade experiment, and
that satisfied him. Then we must
pay similar charges on the bread
stuffs we ship to Enssland to feed the
operatives whilst they are manufac
turing this wool into goods: and
finally we must pay all the charges
to import the manufactured product
All these charges, from first to last,
are paid 10y the grower and the con-
sumer.
Suppose wheat is worth 50 90 per
bushel in England: you ship your
crop there after paying all expenses,
you find you have just S1.00 per
bushel lett. You have enjoyed the
benefit of foreign market, whilst
your neighbor sold his wheat at the
nearest railroad station for Sl00.
Are you any better off than he is
You have enjoyed free trade, you
have sold in the dearest market, and
purchased in the cheapest; but you