The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22

tnue TO wave aloft the nag which he held, and
eur hands This nag is the nag OF democratic so
ciasm, OF reconciliation iinpidcd6k. It is the nag of
the people. IL WIN lead us to victory the day that
Debate on the Arrest of Rochefort.
In the sitting OF the Legislative Body on February
9, NJ. Jules Ferry maintained that the action taken
Minister OF Justice refuted this statement ami ex.
pressed surprise that the Ministry should be accused
OF causing occurrences which it mad every reason 70
regret he ADDED, "The question OF law is perfectly
simple. Private meetings do not come within the
jurisdiction Of the authorities and Il such gather
terror would not be doing his duty, but the meetings
now In question were public meetings disguised.
ings. However, Justice will have TO de-
eide upon the matter, and II decision TO
suS e Se made sDGSd eap Re srysd
is not possible that order be seriously compro
missed We We, are lighting not for order, but for
tan and Pinard the Chamber passed to the order OF
the day. NJ Jules Ferry thereupon asked for expla-
nations relative to the arrest OF the writer's and stat
of the Marssilaise M. olivier said: mo arrest
has been ordered by the Government. Judicial pro-
ceedings have commenced. have nothing more to
add" NJ Ferry exclaimed :-'"rhe administration
OF justice Is supremely suspected" This exclama-
ton was received with loud marks of dissent and
cries Of Order," and, amid great tumult, NJ. Jules
Ferry was called to order by the President
The Paris correspondent OF the London NeOs
writes on February SILT is universally admitted
that NJ. Gambetta by his speech against Rocheforts
arrest, placed himself in the first rank OF Parlia-
mentaTJ InlB B SAID not only by ODpOSltlOn
journals but by the Gudst-alied Debdts and the en-
trely Ministerial COnsti;ution,le. NJ. Gambetta
quite agreed with N. olivier that when Rochefort
was stripped OF his Parliamentary privileges by
first vote there was no legal reason why the
judgment obtained against him should not be
namely, execution % But he thought 4th that by
an exercise OF Parliamentary prerogative the
House might give an efficient injunction TO the
the Judgment, and he thought such an Injunction
called for by high political considerations.
ho ~ OF v mon lu1 1Y,pr nonf
showed that the judges did not think the ofTense
very serious. "Where, therefore, he asked, twas
rbe cost of political perturbation interference
with the privileges OF deputies, which. as general
rule, 1t was desirable to maintain and Of suspen-
sion OF the representation Of an important constitu
ency for the rest Of the session 2" The considera-
BILE number OF forty-hve deputies voted with M.
Gambetta In the division list are names not usu-
ally found in the ranks Of the Left and among them
the staunch Breton Bonapartist the Marquis de Pre-
who exclaimed, when the numbers OF the division
were proclaimed, Eyes, the Corps LegislatIf has
adopted, but has at the same time abdicated."
M. Theirs the Beuehts of Protection.
In the mastery speech in which M. Theirs re-
viewed the replies made to his argument on the 22d
ult. he said:-
What is the course then left you to pursue? 1t is
to renounce all the industries have named, and
produce nothing but wine. But ask you, "Can you
make wine at Rouen or at Valenciennes? ?n You
know the situation and history OF Portugal II there
is country which could limit herself 10 wine it is
Portugal. Now, every one knows, and 1t Is great
ignorance not to know what has become of Portugal
Well II France would voluntarily renounce the
cotton, woollen, irOn and all the agricultural in
dustries, 1t would be believed that she had fallen
into state of lunacy. 1t is said, and here is the
great argument that all Industries not temporarily
protected monopolies, and we are told that to
enrich monopolists taxes are thus laid on all the
productions OF France Monopoly! You shall see
how little those who maintain this theory have re-
nected. They may have read or written good
very little, because they have failed TO observe in
contestable facts. You declare that every Industry
permanently protected is monopoly. Well!
| There is q monopoly, it is true; but do you know
on what side? IL is not on the side Of France,
but on that Of y, the ensa Do You
| hshed, they say, for the profit Of some French
men? To destroy foreign monopoly. Attn first men,
ton Of this truth it is not understood by every
| shall render it plain to all. Yes! the supposed
| French monopoly prevents foreign monopoly, and
| i shall cite facts from 80 years ago. others within
fewer years. Daring the of the Empire for ex-
| ample, when France and England alone manufac-
tured cotton In Europe what was the price Of kilo-
costs nearly three francs? 1t was, during the war
OF the Empire, as high as 81 francs 1t is true that
at that time the price OF the raw material was very
| high. because OF the war. But peace came, and do
| you know what paid in 1915 for the kilogramme OF
cotton yarn which now sells for three francs? The
price Was ID francs How did it fal from Ia to 8
| francs? There was at that time prohibition but
despite all the customs lines, there was communica-
tiOn between the two markets not alone the sea-
board, but our entire continental frontier Ac-
cording as French production developed (there was
mechanical progress it is true, but there was also
French competition opposed to English), the price
fell from Ia frsncs to l2 to TO- to g. to O. and is to-
day at francs. What then has been the effect OF
| the pretended monopoly accorded to French indus
try? Don't you see it? IL compelled the foreigner
to reduce his price from ii to francs. 1t Is this
| competition created against the foreigner which de
Btroyed his monopoly, and while you accord B. 10,
or 10 sous. If you wish for the protection OF the
national product you compel the foreign product Z
| fall and francs. These are facts which extend tC
so years. shall cite some which date from nearer
| period. When the fax industry had been destroyed
in France by the establishment Ia England Of spin
ming machinery the price OF linen advanced atone,
to an exorbitant price. There was only an insignia
cannt duty, and the market was under the contro
OF the English. Do you know how much the kilO
giamme OF linen yarn which sells to-day for francs
owing to the protection OF per cent which l ac
corded, and then 20 per cent. given by M. Duchatel
the French linen industry reappeared, and gradu
ally advanced so as to be able to meet the demand
of France. Thus the French product, which yoU
call the product of monopoly, because 1t was pro
| tected by trifng duty, compelled foreign mono
poly to cease, and to reduce from francs TO franc
20 centimes. This example brings us to twent.
years ago. DO you wish for one more recent? DE-
you know how much the inetrical quintal OF Goa
cost at Marseies and in the Italian ports, twenty
five years ago. before the mines OF the Crane
Combe were developed as they have been, ant
| before railroads were in communication
with the port of Marsenes? The metrinal quinta
OF coal, including freight and other charges cost
time high as 1--WE francs but fell TO four franc
| fifty eentimes Now, what has it fallen to since tn
Goals OF the Grand Combe come to Marseiles l
| has reduced TO three francs, and Is sold at tina
| price in the port OF Genoa. Because, repeat, tn
| national product competed with the foreign, ant
| instead OF creating monopoly 10 the pront o
France, 1t removed monopoly which was entrel
to the advantage Of the foreigner. M. Theirs pro
ceeded 20 Illustrate the subject further, by citing TIL
case OF pitchy substance (brdD which lately cam
into extensive use in France. IL advanced from
forty TO seventy francs in England where the Frenc
makers procured 1t, but it has fallen TO about fort
francs since the French determined to make il them