, 1869-12-16

% ennsaoe tie petce Of tns home psodpet wniea
u p4otett:nn- ne fsee n1aer7 natn reyeone tne
oakct of s0eh 6uueA and leAre pfotscpon 70 %
peoieaoatsss d IL mater i - saas % he 1so:eo-
uoGtsss would make protection tne object, ana
would leave revenue out OF tnt question. Ad-
sP ids Il aas sss e sof
teyeane, and they Niu bs lower rpor Arac!s @
mod common use, and higher sccosdtnx - toe
onp fs51 e Z ~ n4s % X % ~ rs 1r1 q
the highest duties on eoar7e md COMMON goods,
heesuso Nc manufacture these.
., 4 ,nle rsnssssoa W saow thss II y neee.s.ly
Ihe nee uAde theory u that no r1te Of ootT
Anoud be lsid snlesy foT the purpose OF enhancing
tha Price Of The hone product Il woold enls<xs
pecal,y vonM II re1e1so the present inverted .ys-
tem which placeS the highest rste Of duees on
the articles Of common uae, and ha1 descending
aiming the HorttcE Of any duty. wo can nnd
whether II q revenue or protecute: bat, ~ 10
1aea = mixed tss9 = ou.s. any lame spoiled 70
n1oat Of -fhe fesenue It yielda n frpm feTeaue
dulles. md the 6ute& ca tho greater nuuher OF
articles Yield no revenue. and arc, tnefsfose, r.
challenged hlander tn ltat It uoe1 not protest
American industry In general be1se, and thxt II
evsn 9!pp!es manufacturing interests, watch u
The NEE srsders oppose duties which, for the
sake OF PAYING oue dollar Of rtyrnna, levy Ten
twenty ppon he people. We txve not . few o
iunber: The greater pait Of hat NC use Is pro-
duoed In ous own territory, but We import some
Our lunbeTmcn wtTn doing well enough before
easily added s per cent 70 tha pzice q imported
lumber, aud tns rs!1ed domestic humber At the
eame rate. In 1855 We Imported lumber iuvotced
at about &, ooe Goo which paid revenue Of about
aane time Hss about ~, 900, which, By the
dut1, va. enhatced IN cost TO the conEunef
re nsss1.A q = g1sas rnsnoi.etu,e.
tu1e, Nh!ch arc thn1 tu1dened under tta gIixe OF
pfolkclou snd IL enhanced coat enters tnto evey
woIfinKuan : dwelling and rent The ffe<-:radeta
cha1lenKe ali such duties ~ nos pEo,ecare 10 Il
The f1ee.tradet1 oppose ali duties which. for The
sake OF giving monopoly to tho smaller industry,
dwHn ue greater. Saeh, Tor 1natanca Al Tue da.
' % II Is naas3 il he ~ a. eS q en TS
which ought to b twenty umes gTea.ef lna1 thai
Of producing pig Iron; prevents our buildlng iron
ships TO ieep up with The p1osress q the Woe1d,
sh,p., and pays them forty Eailliors a. year il
frdght1: and makes II impossible tor American
!nssnan,es 70 !ay down ~ eoE1ae, ot = mill. Q!
American countsteA because British mechAn
ics. leg teined, but .otfl1E ftee material
@ Ias ~ ne g o.
and iahortrt rre IN tho seah<a1d 6tates. and o.
every American steaI6ntp. Such dnttes lnyet1
the pJranId1 of tndustf1es and sacrAea the greaie
to the tefA Tia free-trade31 would abolish hi
drtJ on coal, and would pat tn11 On pig non 70
los seEehus point 1n 1se8, We imported ". ~:
nue Of 81, ,slo,{sS. In the eane Jeaf wo mod1ce<
1.c9, Coo tons, which, by The dutJ. WAs ENHANCED
10 pFcc 10 the conAumts BY the s7m ct not leu
than ~, ~, 90. Thus the peon1e t;e taxed owe
81 for one that geta iIto the Trealory, and thu
tbs greater INDUSTRY Is -lned lot the Lesser. TIT
4 not protection to American labor, and the nee
be.tIs ehaslecge 1t On Ii pre:ens:onL
-Thtte arc spec.mtnt1 Of the reEoLln1 the pte3en
hee-1Iade movement AIN a. hy which n pfppose
to remove fer1tra nom trade And home Industry
increase our exports BY adding nnAnnfac9n1e q i
them: aud 10 Lay the Eeeted revenue with vassi
less burden to the people.