The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-06-17
Now the Tariff Protects American
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Labor.
''Cassimeres OF decided excellence of material
and texture, manufactured at Oregon Citv. Ore.
gon, may be seen and bought at the store of Tok.
las, Hahn ~ Co, No. 80 Warren street. Goods
OF more elegant finish abound; we believe these
would outwear the best of them. Chinese labor
Il that mainly employed in their proiuction."-
Tribune, april a.
We envy Mr. Horace Greedy the glow of hon
est pride, the flush of triumph, with which he
read, If he did not wrise the foregoing record of
another Protectionist victory. Even as ,ce read
we feel the latent exult ,tion that swells the
modest lines; we can almost hear the suppressed
shout, the barely restrained explosives, in which
the Chappaquan sage Is wont to veat his wrath
or joy. We even recognize the stately march of
the great man himself in the dithyrambic tread
OF the beautiful passage beginning,
Goods Of more elegant finish abound;''
and we think We family pc receive the tinge of
sadness at the worlds ingratitude, so character
istic OF the declining fame of genins, in the
dropping Of this mournful line:
"Toklas, Hahn d CO., Number Thir,y.nine-
But space forbids our dwelling longer upon
mere verbal beauties, which every reader of re-
hned taste will discover for him-elf Ours rath.
er the ungreatful task of unfolding the true but
hidden meaning of these weightv words
The true object of Protection, according TO the
Tribune Of February 10Th, 1871, is ito secure
eager markets and liberal profits" 10 marufac.
turers. Men will not construct mill
unless they believe they sell its products
readily and at a remunerative price" Eager
markets, liberal profits ready sales, and re1nune.
ratlve prices-these are the objects to be secured
10 tie manufacturers by Protection In order TO
secure these the manufacturer is encouraged to
erect mills; and SO in order to secure himself
against loss, he is permitted TO charge every con-
sumner an extra price for his wares.
Ihe true object Of Protection, according to Mr.
Horace Greeley, in his interesting but some what
dark Essays, designed to elncldate the Science
OF Political Economy" is to procure the ample
and constant employment of whole community
by creating or naturalzing therein variety Of
pursuits. In order to secure these the manu-.
iactureris encouraged to erect mills, furnaces etc
and in order to secure himself against loss, be is
permitted to charge every consumer an extra
price for his wares. Yes, the manufacturer is ;
but what OF the workman? Oh the workman
is encouraged to vote for radical Protectionis.,
and in order to secure hsmself against loss be is
permitted to-to-well, there is no special pro.
vision made for securing the acorkman against
loss be derives I'll IT." ADVANTAGES of "ample and
constant enip'", mrut" aud ought to be- satisfied
Ii he Is not "a :,hvd lac had better be, for there
are millions OF coolies w.lling--nay, an ious-to
work for $l4 month, and guarantee never TO
strike 'Chinesc labor is that mainly EMPLOYED
in their production And this is called Protec.
ton to American labor
lpu cry out, Protect hish-prlced American la.
Dor against the pauper labor of of Europe. To
protect the American d5orer, you permit the
American nlahutactNrsr to charge an extra price
Tor everything he n ,kes, for everything the la.
oorer buys. Aud when the laborer fnds that at
the increased price he pays he Is no longer able
bn Inv 10
when the American laoorer strikes for higher
wages, you bully him into su omission with the
threat If coolies
win your tariff you destroy our export trade,
you compel us TO import more goods from abroad
than we ever imported before, and actlaLy d..
m!htSh NE dmonHt q employment Open TO all and
when, under pretense of protecting American la.
Dor against the paupers of Europe, you have filed
the pockets OF the manufacturers and taken away
part OF the work of the American laberef, then
You bring the "Heathen Chinee' to compete for
the balance and beat down rebellious strikers =:
and you glory in the result of your Protec ton /:
Chinese labor thamsiny employed in their production
And when the working.man is no longer abls
- ma employment, even at the rates to which
restricted work and Chinese competition have
reduced his wages, you cheeriully bid him go
out West and join Union Colony, No. ., Greeley,
colorado. You give the lands that already be.
iorS 70 the people to swindling railroad corpor.
atoms and then you get up national emigration
conventions and other swndles 10 induce the un.
employed working.meu to take their savings and
ony back the lands which you gave awsv And
TINS you call Protection to American labor!
ms Is the true meaning of the lines from the
1r'o"ne quoted above: Take notice, you Amer.
lean "ofxing'men, that We have protected into
existence numerous manufacturers of .'cassi.
meres of decided excellence" and that these
protected Cashmere manufacturers of Oregon
can, by the aid OF Chinese labor, (which is. of
course, not pauper labor, because against pauper
LABOR We protect you most religieusly,) make
cassimeres SO cheaply that they can be brought
all the way from Oregon-a Journey Of two.
three, maybe four thousand mles-snd vet un.
derseil the csssimeres Manufactured in Massa.
cbusetts and Rhode Island.
lake notice that unless you are willing to &C.
cept 'ooohe wages, you may AS we'll ntandon
making cIssimeres at once and seek some other
occupation TOR we intend hereafter TO import
All our cassineres from Oregon, where there is
no pauper labor against which you need to be
protected.
oueh Is the true meaning of the paragraph
which we have quoted. 1t not onlv shows
American working-men what Protection il lead.
ing them to; but it also explains to us the mean.
ling of the following verse from the Apostrophe.
to American Labor which a distinguished agri.
culturist Is reported to have sung in costume at
the meeting of the National Emigration Conyen.
ton the other night, and which until now we
failed entirely to comprehend. The verse, as
Neary as our reporter could catch it, runs
What Is left for you to do?
iase TO join the Joyous throng,
To Union 1 Colony etSn," SS aDSst Two.
Greeley, Colorado"
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