Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-08-19

There Is no hope or possibility Of a
better condition for workmen, unless
there be ccustA3s RrA varied demand
for ,nScr and Skill, pt dscelt wages
snch es can culy be found where frrnl
and fectory ere neighuors. ard where
there Is ample b-ec 'sii OF soil Gs ia
our country and therefore the pel,-
cy of fostering ard protecting ou,
home Industry 10 one which every
work ingmAn should clearly under
stand and earnestly advocate.
With narrow space, as In England
labor goes down to pauper pay; with
no manufactures IL fails Of constant
employment, and skill goes begging;
but with our broad expanse of land
| and with manufactures spread over
that expanse, we have the conditions
for better life for all, and labor.
reform and co. operation can only be
wisely carried out amidst these con.
ditions by Intelligent men fairly
protected In their efforts.
The best farming goes with the
beet nshr lfacturing, and the rich
,anas OK tde Nsst viii yield iDcreas-
! i8a i@FEssts ~atS &8sa-r lome mark.
| cts t.roS@ GS c,,.ssE So !nanufac.
tafea, There "a ample scn1.e both for
the Wegt and East ani II a es,s tie
sAiil ami si-Hr 70 s'".., s.'"e..., t..sst.y sGl
fralesnaiiS cen iaa3 te s,s1i @s-a.,
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e.IIrts OF b.,..s.. Z s3u iG..tgT 4s 81.
ssri ars. Gao Toa.a Seed o,i! :,!u .ry
wigb c.ei. wares, ,4xe Oh. gasS ?
wS:a t!.S. e.isose . So s., Gt -. =
r.,e -. - s--
our wages Down to tae!t degrading
level. s#E
We are Americans, and must have
an American policy, shaped in view
Of the wages OF Intelligent labor as
compared with the pauper labor OF
the Old World, the benefit Of q larger
home market for our farmers, the
rates of interest, the needs and 0bli.
gations OF our Government, and q
recognition Of the fair claim oi
American artisans do the work which
we need and which we can perform
and such policy, benefiting all Sec
tions, should have the hearty support
of our people. We are absurdly sub
servient In our tastes. Thousands oi
pounds OF sewing-silk, of finest
quality Ia made In this country, and
put up with italian labels to sell
better! Hats are marked Paris that
never were nearer that city than
New Jersey (the State where OUT
campagne, Of finest French brands,
is often made) and goods for men
and women must be far fetched and
dear bought to be thought worth
buying, Let Us away with this fol-
ly, aud take pride In preference for
homemade goods, and we shall soon
beauty, and help their improvement.
Great importers, agents of foreign
manufactures, theorists, politicians,
and people deceived by special pleas
and fair-seemlng sophisms may fa-
vor free trade, 30 called, but q clear
er and broader view, and willing.
ness to learn 10y experience,
convinces many that We must not
legislate for trade alone, but for that
creative skill and labor producing
the articles which trade merely ex-
changes, not for one class only but
for all, that farmer, trader and mau-
ulacturer may prosper together.
Manufactures must be built up,
mines opened, farmes improved. and
government expenses paid, and tar
iffs are established for projection
and revenue. Without such protec-
tion, foreign labor at lower wages,
capital more abundant and cheaper,
and skill longer trained In some
older country, would prevent the
growth Of this varied industry, and
keen rude labor half employed In
lat few ways; but with Ii there ID
larger and better employ for labor
and sEi,i, and articles made at home
grow more prrfec. Eai cheaper
When anv e-'icls rsess I'd such pro
lection, the tariff can be reduced OF
abolished, end thrs real free .rade ls
reached through protection.
Tor western farmers, gha caa'ca Is
between free trad3R with distant
markets ana low prices, aud prote-
ton to home industry with factories
at his door.