Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-05-12

In tie present industrial contest.
one point of especial interest is, the
influence of the Protective Policy
upon the destinies OF the South.
That country. stretching from the
Ohio to the Gulf, and from the At
lantic TO the Mississippi, over which,
before the civil war, nothing but
slavery and agricultural interests
seemed to be recognized anywhere,
and which was the very citadel of
tree trade theories, has been born
anew, and is now entering upon a
career under new circumstances and
new auspices. With the delivery OF
the bondmen from their shackles, and
the rehabilitation of that country
with the virtues Of loyal govern
ment. mining and manufacturing
have been entered upon wherever
facilities exist and capital is availa-
bic.
The whole subject of the demon
alizing and detenorating influences
Of non-protec,ive policy upon the
South is fully presented in the fol-
lowing extract from an elaborate
speech, made by Hon. Horace May
nard, of Tennessee, in the House OF
Representatives, during the late dis
discussion on the tariff bill. 1t will
be found to possess peculiar in
terest:
"But it il especially as the representative
.ofa Southern constituency that advocate
the policy Of protecting and fostering our
manufactures. The opposite doctrine had
prevailed for o whole generation prior 10
the war; and during the war We experience
ed the bitter consequences. Isolated from
the rest Of the world, SEWARD by the block
ade and landward by the military lines, we
endured privations altogether incredible
and difficult to appreciate. With three
thousand miles of seacoast, and naval stores
aud material in abundance, We had neither
ships nor seamen. With an unlimited sup
ply of cotton, and WOOL and hides, and oak
bark. aud falling waters, We had neither
shir,e. nor blankets, nor shoes. But for the
household industry prevalent IN the South
beyond other parts oil the land, not a few
would have been reduced to stark naked.
ness. Many ladies spun and wove the ma
terial for their own dresses and the clothing
or their families; professional gentlemen
made and mended shoes for their own and
their neighbors children.
with vast deposits of coal and iron ere
We produced nothing worth naming Of
which iron was tine component material;
neither rails nor wheels, nor tires, nor axles,
nor hinges, or hammers, nor planes. nor
saws, nor axes, nor augers, nor chisels, nor
plows. nor hees, nor chains, nor shoyels,
nor, with the exception Of horse shoes and
bowie knives. scarcely anything required
even for our common everyday affairs
Our salines had been 80 imperfectly devcl
oped, under the cry Of free untaxed salt
that % soon as our external supply was cut
of we endured untold sufferings through
privation OF this imperous necessity. The
growth VI sugar, almost alone Of Southern
Industries, had been encouraged by the tar
il; and until the loss OF New Orleans and
the sugar producing region, our people had
full supply. Que most important and val.
liable lesson to be learned from the war is
abe impolicy Of relying upon imports to sup
ply those articles Of prime necessity which
We can produce ourselves, even at disad-
vantage and higher cost.
This Lesson il not likely to pass unheed>
ed by the South. Already the effects Of pro-
lection are felt uron all her industries. The
closing of her ports and the military lines Of
decentralization, pending hostilities, combin-
cd with the utter worthlcssness Of her cur
rency 70 stimulate her manufactures rs ncv-
er before. Iron, salt, sal,petre, powder, carc,
arms. cannon, thoes and clothing were pro.
duced in considerable quantities. In the
construction OF armored ships and in subs
marine Warfare there was progress beyond
any hing IL the previous history Of warfare.
" shert, il 10 10: extrayugaut 10 affirm that