New-York tribune., 1872-01-29

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IBIS : am tryiag TO got men, who doing nothing
~, create S mopopoly What s nonopoyi II the die
onary is right, IS IS not exclusive privilege 10 so n
and 10 T. WHO an trying to gci moro pc 1ic to embark n
those ildustrics-am drtolding in0n9poIy htu, a6
M not why do gentlemen writing for the press iihetu
og lhoyng 20 eigten the public. terms tendipg 10
GCCCive the ignorant and nlslead TIC nnwaty MI th
Eail and do believe, that 81, insteat o, rodncns tio
deity pelron Ia ls7O We had Increased ~ We snoue %
hac iron cheaper than we hive because We snp Dnop n
ot &; and that lS my way to secure cheapno'S' l"p
Go rot rsst that in every caso reducing tho dry
viii diminish the cost of the article, but say tDt t,o
general result has been such rom tle pe,l p W
t v, o II the fnorrst az twice as maay TO mako
iron as now, you arc d1usiug tho production ol hoh
more widely througb tho country. Eon may no. re- re-,
ono ont where ortn iron IA cheapest but you VIII re-
duro iis al the country M many points "%ulu %
foreign iron would cost many dollars tl iCte , .i
here II is faacous test to take yec YORK. prices VI
iron tho standard OF comparison; Tor American hO'
ia rr0duccd much Lcarcr the great body Of our CON
sinners and Is so mroh more available 90 Them ana tae
cost of hTnginC foreign iron to lhom mlit ohhco 9
price to lie consumer In Chicago and milwaukee, ana 81
Lnui~ over what IL costs when landed upon the "iHI Ia
Ncw-IOrk.
TIE OPERATION OF PROTECTION ILLUSTRATED
II is true that, in tho last REIMBURSEMENT III 1871 VIC
reduced the duty on steel Rs and they have since been
cheaper we reduced Che duty on Pig lroa and Pig iron
has been dearer But do lot lay this down as law
Let me illustrate the question OF price By the newspaper
bpsiness in which am engaged. We ere producing
newspa pcrs in New YORK aS cheapY, GlaIly anu
considered anywhere else Il KNOW gu Ret u NoIS @
oral d,olo'iUo volume each morning n your newspaper,
which publisher sclJ for three co ana you Ouy iO
If Brit;ah ncWsparers could compete with American
newspapers British calico does with American caico,
Oh If The products of tbs niish press cou he thrpW oh
our naIiet IN competition win those OF our own Pgs
the products OF the British loom are WIFE tnoSe VI to @
American loon It wouldnt be possible TO pins mere lOr
four cents such paper as you ecg lOr thdt hun'
Now either tho qualify would have to bo reduced or tho
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publisher would not make more money II he couG' am
nothing restricts him but American cumpoii'0g b!u'n LII
papors do not compete with him, OF at all 0iect hclr
publication II YOU "cre TO import million Bri'isa
daily papers hero tomorrow y3n Wonid hot rr, SuS ga
absolute mmuEity from foreign c0metlOi anu thciS,
Fore the American news!aer Is eneape. % t@ II, ~ i te
sale OF calico T4at is law, wodld have you uhiet-
stand. 1t ha, some bearing on other proIuc'Si IN
other Words far ~ orel cOmleH ION Is eAoluuou'
l believe domestic production Is cheaper
FACTS SUPPRESSED BY FELE TRADERS.
III seem TO be unc haritabo in my next assumption
consider the facts ard judge me according 10 tnem
assumc that those who wrto in opposition TO my views
do not deal candly with the question Of prices; and
i, an iutancc Two years ago. David A. Wells. Special
Commissioner OF RcvenVr. made report TO Congress-
in which ho embodied table and Il vas inc best part OF
tie report prepared az bis request by the great nei-
ciont Il Stewart wherein he gave Dsr1tiVc prices
of 0olcr Goods in lI9, and IN l-O9 When We had
Protective policy II Is the best thing ~ the IeOr anu
Nr Siowait who is noc-radcr, hut would not luaho
false statement, gives TIE cost oi Wooen too9s yen
~,
In 1sGg under Protection. from that hour 10 tliS,
/ think l printed that table four tines, ana c3lied
attention 10 it, and asked tie people to see Just low
much the prices cf wo0ieIs had Deeh lnetotSS i ~ ~
Protection and from mat hour 10 thls nor sibsie
freetrade paper among thc l5CO OF them on ts cOhu
nent 50 far as have seen Slnd ROAD as iIt P1ss 30
most pcOpic has taken tat table ara ilht IT, anu Hiu'
Here yOu sec how much wGOiei prices nave bceh III
creased by protection oh 'nc - - .,ocJ
hundreds of leading articles IN which IL Was a7eIIieu
was coI1cspondinGy increased. WherciGrei But this
Is not question o. logic, but Of facts WY 90 Sol ot
81 INN
not print the tablet 1t might have been printed nall
dozen times since It was first published, with no great
copied into any journal fIvoTng Free Trade Am wrong
in seeing ths conceaincnt and this peTslstenty as
"a want manly cand0rl viii ask yonr attention to-
ton to Congress in which discusses monopoly and
ask YOU to consider whether he s good authority
S%t TsesF s m sg5s 5. H. s2Gn FsasGR "a
ulaDg controlling g. opfinoT Of foreign w iouesic flsies
intimate fleet with yoy manufacture When domestic
manufacture h a',1leg ereCn ,n a sgI n ee se O,sn
T. sonIee & ha ] cPc % sch s.eni the imPortoa Of Tor.
fs to be Fdo9e 1rcn 7oces' Of Tine than tic 'rigu Article
w yerhr Ike moaofoJ AMI hy degrees re1ees
% ma or,r , toe aa,n Of IA rRs and with erpcrenc4
t5 eI tbt he ipe Of cctSuaty Win view 70
TeHan econoOy to ecaage he growth Of atuac
n national view tenponrf cha eIncn Of p,e must always
do not take such broad ground as Mr. Hamilton.
do say Protection reduces The money price III every
case but as you narrow tie space dNllhg he produe,rs
food and metals from the consumers IL Is not possible
that ou should not have larger agcrceae o 1000 ana
metals divide than when four Thousand miles scpar-
eed producer rom @ SosImrr ARpanse m hr ssK you
the and producer into nearer relations TO each
other, you diminish the amount OF nonprOluctive labor
dividends TO tho two classes OK producers who
consumers. That believe to be position fully sus-
When Mi Hamilton made this remark, he was speak
ing of hypotEec or future state OF tninSs assuming
because the manufactures did not then exist; he was
only predicting what would happen and fOrecnstng what
W.
Now, in regard to the samo point VIII read that dread
fully old sentence from Cen jackson which you have
heard so many times, but which you shall hear again
with reference only to this point. ask your attention
TO what planter and representative OF planters and
farmers alone in a region where there manufac-
lures urged do in the interests Of his planting con-
viii situation ar1cultursti Where bas
the Aenen farmer m1e o h % s, ,oqSs n M E,P & 70. sS e
prove when there is no sket at home OF roA mat there too mHeh
multiplied &c P"n oG, at o7's e the Gy ,S1 D1T Is from
failures thereby creating home market for YOU seadstaf and Dis
tbutng abo to most profitable and bnesis TO the County
sand hsn ES s sad III ro o ana & 9 ] S sI & G%S M W. S 10,
been long uecs the policy Of British merchants time
paDpe spd hboe Of Europe ei our own or e in short tine by
continuing present policy We shall be IGuprs ourselves
oar nona defense Ourselves
@ 0a T % T @ % snnT % TO oar hbr fe gt @ rTo1e & see
fetal the happiness independence, and Wea OF the community
Gen. Jackson was representative OF farmers exclu-
sively arguing for that policy which in his judgment
best adapted meet the wants aud increase the prosper
ty of his farming constituents, and read 1T to refue
the ridiculous assumption that trying To build up
monopoly and advocates only OF class OF mauufac-
tuTtrs.
TIE LESSON WHICH OUR HISTORY TEAcHEs-TREE TRADE
AND PROTECTION PERIODS COMPARED.
will cite my own testimony experience now. We
know that country, after the CT the revolution
passed through period OF seven years OF general
poverty and misery when the sheriff every mans
heels-and TO very little purpose [laughter Property
Ind no lab M punn1n nd
pined even for bread know how il was then. know
there outbreaks ana collisions, whereof Shayss
rebellion was one. and not the only onethe efforts Of
desperate men in some way TO shake from
their shoulders or shift on their shoulders