The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-03-30

would flourish under a free trade form of gov.
eminent for the following reasons:
LIST, A mechanics expense, or the expense Of
any man, woman and child would be less in
America than in England, which 1 propose to
prove by the following table:
AMERICAN MECHANIC
H MaGs and e o 5sE day. 3 S.y sa en- e
Two suits clothing common. ................ 100
pn ,n, suit br S 900
wv '-''' '''' 5000
Annual gain in greenbacks 90
ENGLISH MECHANIC
N Msse. g s I per day sis days st in 9sa
Two suits everyday clothing .................. 1000
One ssit 6roaac 10TH eco
II, %
Total net gain in year. s902OJ
Showing that the American mechanic with
"protection" does not lay up as much money
as the English mechanic does with free trade
With free trade the mechanic can live cheap
er in America than in England.
costs any one person for board in America
ot"er expenses NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $1,000
In England board for same person. .........S $500
l755o
= >Jy
There are IS, 100000 of people in the United
States, and assuming that our tariff increases
the expenses of each one but $50 year, the
amount is $3.50 100000, or one.third the nation.
al debt,-showing, that with free trade we could
afford to pay cur national debt in three years;
besides we would save about 500, 900 900 annu-
ally, which is the minimum cost necessarily &C.
ny,f, o.
70 say nothing OF the cost of government ware.
houses.
Does not the above table show the mechanic
that his daily wages remain the same, while
everything he buys is doubled in vsae and is
OF an inferior qu4i,y?
Again, about one.third Of all foreign goods in
the United S. ties are believed to be srnuygled
in while the snugIler j. thus enabled to sell
his goods Tor twice the amount ne would recei>
should we adopt free trade.
When comparing tsriif and free trade | think
OK the students comparing single and double en-.
try bookkeeping. Some students will tell you
there are 50 many channels through which the
gains and losses can be ascertained that it hard.
ly pays TO prove their books, which can not he
done in single enrry. Aud 50 it i, with our
government. Tic larger the number Of officers
required to execute th- It~s the more nume-.
Gus will be the oPporturi,ie. by which officers
can detraud the yernmeat aud it will be much
harder to detect frtud. Although do not ct
dorse the 80 per coat. t.ri,f desired by the wool.
en- manufacturer. u the eastern and middle
states. yet believe something Is necessary 70
call the attention VI cungrcs. 10 the interests Of
the country for | consider that paramount in
terest- remain almost wholly disregarded, while
questions which involve nothing bu, future par.
" policy, intermingled with party spirit, it,
duced by official jealousy, have been the pre-.
dominating topics Of debate for the past two
years. And as & presidential campaign is fast
approaching, we should be careful 10 nomin re
for office men who believe the present financial
condition of the country demands the Garnet
attention Of every voter-men who believe that
any interest which is not sel.-suppor,iug does
not deserve protccticn-,nen vino believe our
government under the control OF vast nonopo-
lies who are directly interested in the rn.nai4c.
turing interests Of the eastern and middle states
men who consider that our agricultural inter-
ests hsve never received any protection by legi..
laton, excepting wool-men who know that
tariff has always enriched the manufacturers, at
the same time sending distress aud want to the
door OF him who tis the soil-meu who believe
that law which will build up one interest, at
the same time destroying another OF equal i'm
portanoe, is unconstitutional and oppressive and
not consistent with the spirit of our constitution
Or with the principle. of free gevernmen,-men
who believe that law which enrlches the few
and impoverishes the many conflicts with the
fundamental law of our government
Weltham, March 10, 1872. A. CT
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