New-York tribune., 1872-01-29


which, by reason Of their taxation are now rrOSCoeu
nj n disodvantacc think will suggest rea8on
for this which Is essentially different from tne oo
have now stated to ycu So then mT torl t,, mt
can Comprehend them at all they discrlnnnte dsH
after all they have said SSs' Protrct;nn YOU
@ Were TO exempt for revenue puiloSes' ,u you
Mwe,, wSu, 10 assess or articles likely TO he smugged
Nv reason of their minuenes bnt You would chO9sc a
other articles asn To- MS as proper articles for exemption
Well then. claim as merit, t1St 'n0so VINO @ 1S,TSo o
laid the foundations of our national pohey,
are frankly. openly squarely IN tav9r OF rro'ee1Td M d
levy duties discriminate duties, and repeal duties all
with intent to give the largest possible S %
the fullest possible reward TO Tic industry OF our conn
Try AHG aor s c eTe I wSTnS upon the Industry OF other
countries Why, gentlemen. t is now scarcely 10 years
yes Il Is Ii years ago since we. after wanderlng
swiio in what seemed to the barren fields OF Free
Tradewo the American people returned 10 inc policy
%apy here present who viii distinctly rencmber what
eIaor was raised on both sides OF the Atlantic; hui we
imported very many millions worth more of foreign
products, and even OF European prodnGt ln W. Free
the years which were called years VI fA'0
PROTECTION AND FOREIGN TRADE.
Then YOU say where your Protection The bencn's
of our Protection consist not only in having creeu
called into existence many branches OF industry
and given strength and development to Others wMch
have made our country rich and strong that she IL
able to buy and pay for much larger quantum Oh Sp
the war stimulus OF is65 but that she is able 70 Dry
aud pay for goods under quite stfingent nHat
apDreaeR tt'H 10 Free Trade that those who be-
seyed in Free Trade have sysT sedn be matter m m
iarly with British friends, some years ago, & uu,
goods as we can pay for If yOu want us to buy more
we NAV crafty you" don't think IT adNlsan.G 70
try Of The conntryset more people to work-we shall
always able to buy more and IL were BrltSh l
aProtectve system with reference to y own inter
est than not because by so doing 1t would srea' nd
octuav bny more than it had unGer system o rec
TSde vb rcby domestic industry was made TO langush
and decay You cannot establish a industry in
nation like TINS without essentially increasing the pro-
duct Of the country.
TIE VALUE OF MANUFACTURES ILLUSTRATED
Take one OF our rural townships, such as all OF MS
are acquainted with 1 have one in my eye row,
which for thirty years within Iy recollection was
almost entirely Agricultural township IN
Vermont. The people grew bread and meat
enough and ate them m; Thousand bushels of rye
neTbSns cxtra-whch they Isade into whisky and drank
mn faughtcrl; but when tie merchant came 10 cplect
his bills at the end of the year, thcro was nothing
eight or ten successive mercantile firms come in, open
TS sy undeSe TO collect their debts but debtors
had gone West some had gone to the grave, ana
conld not collect their noncy, and saw them fail foil
aud disappear one after another nov T,1 Le s
very considerable manufacturing industry, so That
i has large export OF products ana mas hS% b9S
formerly Ourished thcreand scarcely any increase OF
population eitherwhe there is immense increase OF
Industry, because OF the estahnshnsh' OF new new
branches OF industry, because V m"Te Id' =
and consequently there more wealth and a much
sounder OF trade. Compare the two states OF ass
them simply an agricultural state. other State
wherein acricnIture commerce. mauufactures-amost
every 6rs6ch OF industry, is extensively pursued DO
you not know that the product OF Mas mas,
Ss S4tsuc. of e'S Virginia way or NSrh Carolina
not so much because New England people are remarka
bas that development that perfection completeness,
which onesded industry never dld ana never n can can
You may take the ruiest rural township IN the
Union. and let any man 80 in there and establish comb
will employ hundred men, ana instantly you Eli see
decided increase In the activity, the eHecuVe-
these truths are Tecoenzed in various ways by our
friends of the contrary part clearly though think
For instance you will in different States
Of the Union laws sxsmptms %2nuiac'qTsps TSG HS% fo%
Hampshire, and You will find laws there Offering m man,
Tor humber Of years exempt from taxation. So the
CITY Of ASgufsa Mg 70 pWam suTasue Co. OF
condition Of their establishing great cotton factory & OF
voa tGS W u ind Si0 in Cow Honans last
avowed Free-TradeT, II We may believe bis former mes
bIy mistaken her own interest in not according
such facilities, indictments, TO the establishment
states have very wisely done Does any man doubt tna
that is exactly Protection -. in another 1oTh tii,
country who should slnet iron or roll iron, or maxi
pay no taxes foT the next twenty years. that Sou
he another form Of imposing duties on foreign o
other products which rival theirs. But. says one
Why favor manufactures 1 know Of no % Tea
nd not in propOroS s6Se to our other It woH
he absurd for instance for Great Britain to oeT pre-
any doubt about the fact that such esta6hshnel
would be beneficial heref
vIRGINIA's NEED DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRY.
Let us suppose that the State of Virgins
whose prosperity I should be glad, If l nigh
TO promote had to-day hundred new iron furnaces
large capacity established her iron mines and Goa
beds. or between them. or where they both cam
together and fifty grand woOlen factories, an
fifty cotton factories established in that Stat
Does any doubt that all the soil OF tha
State would be enhanced in value by tha
simple circumstance that her laborers wOul
find reader employment and employers greater reward
and that the whole aspect of things would be changed
The fact that so many ma re NV were o
II speak Of its agricultural soil apart from Its cities 10
make no excepOu-wOuld be doubled In value If ther
were simply 100 grand manufact0res ana 100 furnace
within her limits scattered among her various counties
have no commercial or marketable value. No Stat
within my knowledge has such abundance Of magnn
It stands there useless valueless, for want OF ready
markets So with her ores, her coal her stone: All The
want OF the quickenng influences which wake them
into activity and give them value.
IN the years 1926 this matter discussed in Connects
cut by earnest and Jealous farmer hostile TO Pro
lection. He insisted that Protection might be very
nice thing for men who made pig iron, but he could NOT
see how it was any benefit TO the farmer Very well
There Protective Tariff imposed in 1872 This
farmer had just had 100 OF bis wild woodland
cleared that cost $40 per but now, by there being
blast furnace established him. lie enabled 10
cell his wood for $50 acre that what cost him be-
$40 to get rid Of lie sold $40 under Protective
Tariff But for the simple circumstance that that blast
furnace requiring charcoal for fuel established
him. be would not have the advantages OF PrOtec-
tiOn. He wiser afterward.
tALUE MPARTED BY MANUFACTURES TO WORTHLESS
PRODUCTS.
Most Of you. perhaps have Travelled from time TO time
ha hills of En- Lind anil snnn