Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-01-26
ssThe Straight Of Il.'

The Republican askes the difference be-
tween railroad and protective tariff, one
takes revenue from the monied monopolist
and gives to the producer and 10 borer, the
other takes revenue from the producer snd
laborer and gives to the monied monop-
olist, to reduce the cost Of transportation is
| TO give the reduction to the producer, and
put il in circulation, to aid enterprise and
increas the value Of labor, 10 reduce the
value Of our products by CO npetition is TO
iuc-eas business and reduce the q ,antity Of
currency in circulation in proportion to the
amount Of business transacted. a condition
we calf hard times enables capital to crush
enterpris establishes business in the hands
of the fsw, and compells the mascs Of the
people 10 labor for the rich, to establish
monopoly 10 crush foreign monopoly is to
establish monopoly TO crush heme enter.
prize, nominal or moderate protection un.
questionably stimulates: enterprise without
entailing evils Of the prohibitory policy,
Iiabor needs protection not capital.
J. E.
In a private note to the editor, y.
E." says, in referring to the above;
aIf this amt so "give us the strait of
lit"
81. e. will undoubtedly be sur
priscd when we state that the natur
al, inevitable tendency of a condition
Of Free Trade between country and
country, is to draw the money Of the
country under the control Of few
in other. and, perhaps, palmer words,
the tendency Is to make the rich richer
and ,c poor poorer. We must new
er forget that IN 7ney always has an
attraction for money, and that he
who has the largest amount of it,, has
increased advantages for getting
more. This tendency of the rich to
grow richer is not confined to any
one government or place, nor found
alone in any one condition OF socle-
lty. 1t is universal the world over
But, under system of Free Trade
the tendency ot the rich to grow richer
and the poor to grow poorer is so
much stronger that it is remarkable.
-. Es' knows, il he is as old man
as we suspect him to be, that financi
al earthquakes, like that of 1887, and
that one, still later, OF 1857, are the
harvest seasons OF those who have
money. During such times, the
Sheriff sells most the property that
is sold, and under Sherlff's sales, the
rich buy property for half its value
and augment their gains. We are
confident that little closer study of
the history of the United States will
satisfy HIM that it was the adoption
Of the Free Trade policy which re-
suited in the fearful financial disas-
ters Of 1916, 1887, and 1857.
AT the present time, England is an
approximately Free Trade county;
Free Trade, certainly, in breads,uffs,
the kind OF Free Trade which was
promised as curative tor all the ills
OF :he laborins classes Of the coun-
try. Yet. recent reports from that
country state that wheat and other
breadstnffs are cheaper when ad-
mittcd free Of duty, SINCE 1547, than
they were before that time, when ad-
mitted under a tariff tax. In the
mean time, the landed property OF En-
gland is concentrating more and
more into the hands of the few, so
that now, few thousand men own
the whole sell OF that country.
Ireland is another example of the
rule. Under English rule, Ireland is
not allowed to engage in manufac-
turing to great extent. She has Free
Trade with England and the world,
and the poverty Of her people is per-
verbal. Span and Italy, and Turk.
ey and India are also examples and
notorious ones, too. A few own all
the property, while the masses of the
people arc paupers. We admit that
in several of those countries, the pre-
sent condition OF affairs had its foun-
dation on prior condition wherein
ia few owned the land and the balance
were retainers or serfs, and this will
naturally tend to weaken the argu-
ment founded upon the example OF
those countries. But, certainly, il
there were any thing in statc Of
Free Trade calculated to disturb
this condition the disturbance should
havc commenced before this time
Still farther, in regard to the tend
cncy Of FREQ Trade to make the
rich richer and the poor poorer, We
! oo.,>,,~o,..1 t.,tI lNS H. .-no~l 4.