The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-07-07


casual visitor iu Euglanl would bc uu-
able to discover or detect the extent
OF their feelings in this matter 1t is
necessary to live Among them fully to
discover IT, Our free traders are uoi
only lcgi>niing for and working in the
interest OF the people Of England and
for Englshmen, but they aie doing it
at the expense Of our people, and !
venture to say that the injury to the
trade and business of their own coun-
Try pould bo far more than il would
he possible for dozen Alnbnmas
20 DO if set loose upon us. The worst
If it is, that cur people by adopting
this policy lose much and gain moth
ing. 1t helps the Epglish and nobody
,l,e, while 1t Injuries ourselves. II it
you'd but cheaper he price of the
English goods which wo should then
I've compelled to buy, there would thoo
be more reason or excuse for il, but il
VIII not even do this. 1t will break
down our manufactures, throw our
people out el employment, and make
rs dependent upon England 1t will
10 this and nothing less. If our pco.
pie are foolish enough to believe that
thcy will reap the benefit OF this rcduc-
lion Of duties to tho amount taken of
they viii iud themselves greatly dc
ccived, for no such result will follow
Take for instance the srticle of iron
ihcrc is no iron man 10 the kingdom
but what will tell you il you ask him
that is, il he has tho truth in him)
that u reduction Of duty in the Unitcd
States will put up the price OF iron in
England. have talked with many
of them and they oil admit it TO me
This is perfectly understood. 1t will
give them larger prices and larger
profits, while we should have to pay
the same or aboGt the same. That
which now goes tb the customs, and
helps to pay our national debt aud the
expenses of our Government, would
90 10 the English manufacturer, help
TO enrich him, and to this extent add
TO the wealth Of England. We shoaId
pay this TO the English, and then bc
compelled to put our bands in oul
pockets aud pay it over again in the
way Of a tax to support our Govern
ment. While the bill was under con
sidcration in the House, the commit.
zee reduced the duty from nine to five
lollars per ton on pig iron, II rcjuc-
tion Of four dollars, equal to about six
teen shiliiugs. IL was admitted to
me by iron men that if this had hc.
come the law, pig iron would have ad-
yanced il price at least II shilling'
per ton at once, and probably 10. The
managers of the different steamship
companies here, running to the Statc'
have II weekly meeting. At one o
heir meetings this proposed rcduc
ton on iron was brought up aud dis
cussei They were all most anxious
that it should take place, the lcadin-
speakers asserting that the effect vol {
bo to put up the prices ofpig iron II
least three dollars per ton 10 the man
uacturcrs, and to give them, the com
panics, from one dollar to one do!la
and halfrCr ton more freight io
carrying. These are facts, and no
lancilul theories, and would follow jus
as certain as tie night follows the day
If the reduction is made.
10 give you 40 instance Of how thi
works, you know that the duty on ci
.ars in England has been reduce,
within the past few years very much
According to the free trade thooric
the effect Of this should have been I,
reduce the price to the extent OF tn,
luty taken Of. 1t has done no sucl
thing. The price is just the same nov
,> it was before One Of the lcadin.
dealers here, by name Of Pierce, wa
asked for an explanation, and he stat
ed that as soon rs the duty was takcI
of, the manufacturers At Havana i'm
mediatclv put up the price TO the cx
tent Of the duty taken oil, and that CT
gars now cost bin .ustas much to pu
them in his shop as they did before
the reduction. Aud so it will be will
iron aud all other goods. The foolisl
Irish, if they would give up thei
Canada raids aud go in for home in
lustry iu>tcad of voting for the fire,
trade party and policy, coull aim
more eliectual blow and do more mis-
chief to England than five hundrc,
Fcnian raids can do. 1t is strang
that the Fenians have not got sens
enough to see this An Euglishma'
once said TO me, The only tmo al
trishman is of any service TO his coun
Try is when he goes over to America
lie joins the irec-tradc party, vote
the irec-trade tickets, aud helps t
break down the protection to you
manufacturers" This is 50. And h
renders 10 this way the most impor
tant service that it is possible for hin
to do to the very country which h
Processes to hate SO much. Why AZ
not steps taken to enlighteu the FEM
sus upon this subject
1t lays in the power Of tho Fenian
Of the United States, it they woul
but unite aud resolve to do So, to a.
most ruin England, simply by goin
against the English policy ot free trad
~ our country.
lam quite ready to do all | can i
this matter have procured mum
Der Of pamphlets which | send enclOs
ed. One that you write for is out. G
print. shall be pleased to hear iroi