The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-23
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FREQ Trade and Western Manufac-
IuTCJs

The New York World, which has n
I,udable ambition to be leader OF Demo-
cratic opinion, aud which has been Tor
some slime discussing the question oil
wha, to do with the debris of the Demo
cratic party, has Just issued manifesto
- reported by telegraph this morning.
declaring for Free. Trade as the distinctive
and cardinal Democratic dogma. There Is
asrlking contradiction, 1t seems TO US, be-
tween this declaration and M editorial Ia
tho World about week ago on the sub
iect OF the western uprising against tho
railroads, In that article as we now re-
cal It, the World indicated very distinctly
and lorclbly that tho remedy to which the
western people should look for relief from
the oppression Of the railroads was to be
found in the establishment OF mGnufac-
,ures IN their midst and tho consumption
Q! their agricultural products bya manu-:
featuring population on their own soil.
The suggestion embodieT the very
kernel Of the theory OF Protection. The
RSrgd indicated that q good deal OF pro
Ereas hao been made in this direction-As
We all know there haS-within the last de.
sade; and especially regretted that tho de-
layIiu the publication Of the census tables
prevented the presentation Of authentic
proof that the West had already made
great progress in manufactures. The ar
,icle struck us at the time 0G \ remarka-
bic recognition Of the theories and results
Of Protection to appear IN the columns Of
such an avowcd free.trAde journal as tho
World Under Free Trade, to which the
World now frantlcally devOtOs itself, such
au up.buildiDg OF diVersiaed Western In
duStries aG it advised week ago would
DO the vainest OF impoSsibilitieG. The
Iree-tradOrG believe in general that
q section OF country adapted to the
growing Of any great staplo-as grain
aud pork in tho West, or cotton and
sugar in tho souLlf- should contlne itselito
those staples, and buy its goods where
they could be had cheapest, which would
necessarily be abroad. In other words,
it itshould employ the skilled labor needed
Tor the fabrication OF such goods three or
four thousand miles away, and pay tho cost
Of getting the staples over there to pay for
II and OF otgetting the manufactured articles
over here In return. The result Of such
policy iS oil necessity that while the con.
Sumer pays enough for his bread and
meat, the producer does not get
living price for his grain. The differ
Unce Ia eaten up in transportation and
now suffers from. It Is IN evil every
commissions. This is the evil the West
country must suffer from as long as 1t dc.
votes itself mainly TO bulky staples and
has TO And distant market. Tho rene.
dy Is precisely that indicated by the
World, and one which the West Is already
beginning to apply, viz: tho building up
Of diversifed industry at home and tho
consequent attraction OF numerous pop
ulstion Of non-prOducers to be fed upon
la own soil. But such policy is in
deadly hostility to the ideas Of Free Trade
that have thus far been advocated in this
country; and we arc nt loss to know
lust how tho World can reconcile its utter.
ancea OF yesterday with those Of week
ago,