Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-02
DAILY GAZETTE. i
Lem DaVid A. weIls ON tho TarlG.


ePEECH
~ am referred to the great absolute increase
4 slo last census shows to have taken plaoa A.
pgOauouon from 1850 10 1870 my answer il shst
Pessentage Increase is lees than that eSpefieDcs
ne corresponding period from 1880 to iss0
~ S % Per cent. In the protective against So pef
decade OF low tariffs; while if the com.
Parson De made from strictly protectioni.t ,,;n,
SI view, the shOwiRG IL Infinitely worSk For ths
Hts. Prlnctpat and avuwed object of protection a
- enect national dependence on foreion skiIied
@ @isDor, Bat N place Of becoming industriaIlV In.
- fS....sns M 'nele mas never been time when the
POOt people OF the United States ware consuming
20 much OF the products of the labor of other CONN
ules, exporting 30 little Of their own. and wing
~ largely Tor what they do import with promises
IAtnsr than with products. Indeed, the facts are
oog ssr'LIng ana SO entirely without a parallel In
commercial history, that it seems 10 ma am ,var
EAnted IN asking your attention someghak to dc.
S1nS. linus, the total value of the exports of the
United States Increased in the tvalve veara troU,
1ooO 70 Is1z 900; but OF this Increase all
k1 1871 ss,VuOVO y rsterabe to the Slx items,
SsaoSsanS' c0tn and bullion, provisions, leaf to-
eaccos petrolsums aud lumber -prOducts thrse-
9GsslS q lne value Of which represent the gifts OF
uoos ana the other one-fOurth labor OF the rnost
Iuskiied and poorest paid description. And OF
.nS ptaer sK millions increase Of exports, which
may be suppoasd 70 represent the uroducts a. IN
Wages and skilled industry il Is onfy soficient 10
~ tnak luiiy one fourth stands to the credit of
ths single article OF sewing machines. n II
The efEect ofthe TarIfSon Railroads.
How striking AMI abundant arp. this VIII o,,,.or
eHlaant when say To you that recent exarSi
Netgn pas shown that II we compare the Oost n
nsenng,a wn q freight upon. the belgian ana
.cnusetts railroads with the prices Maid by
en 5.s nsoPeenVeiy for services, fuel, and commo-
oines, the American railwavs of tp.dav a. '1bs,r
WORK og per cent. cheaper than the cheanest
[altroaa system of Europe, while nOminally the
cost IN Massachusetts, is three tinlea greater thar
& tas co9s "a Belgium; and that how large part u
~ e1nanced cost Is refsTable to other causes
~. tlaeEsnce m wages is indicated by the fur
tner statement (which give on the aufhorItv Of
0ns o. the lending ear-buiders Of my countryl that
The cost ofau Ordlnary Passenger nan.
-0HH rOad-car
IN tAs Nhitad StAtee 10 direesly argumeutsd nv
kesson ~ fhe tar1t taxes on its eddiprusnt ana
q ne extent Of 81 900 10 81 500 (or from
500 to R3O0G while In the case Of what are
EnoWn with ~ as dRWing-Foou or sleeping cara
'ue increase oil cost is much greater.
What the TarlfT Adds 20 tho Cost
.- al OF Steel.
Anather even more striking illustration to tha
fan1e etlect i the influence OF the tariF az tbs
s9isea Ssatese seH ths post ef Rssasmst st6el. The
w niiSrls " t4s great l9Vention Of Bessslaer
ehat " PEodusOd cheap what was before dear: bnt
We Amofiean pTotectionist has declared through
MS lo8siatlon that cheapnssS in respect 10 eoT,
mqAltY % indispensable to railroads. il not ,lesir
aole; and accordingly he has hxed upoD IL I'M /.
Port rate Of dnty sufficiently hiEh TO aImo.t
compleealy eliminats and destroy the greatosf
bsnsat ehes has been derived from its invantiao
ana uaHuiAslpFe The e8sct has been thst t6e
Increased eostot Fslaying q single Une OF the
gteat trnnk roads leading egt Of Chicago win
sesl 5aJs as been d. eXOess Of S2aOa000 moio
thaB y WsuId nave been had the import Of steel
rails been tFee, thereby entailing taz in psrpet
ulty' reckoning interest at per cent. of $50 OOO
per annum on the business OF the line. which Il
mAtBly transportation OF agPiOultural prodnct,.
and REQUIRING the total annual product Of over
1O.OOO acres Of the average wheat lands of the
West In order TO provide ih5 means for the nav-
ment Of such interest. Il not, therefore. 10 Se
Eepaare4 ct thst ''Free Trade and Farmer
BigntS y beginning to be the political 'raliving
cry OF the great West, and that at q resent con-
venton IN illinois, representing an association of
not less than 100000 farmers, resolutions we're
adopted in favor OF the repeal Of the pFohibitnry
duties on Iron, steal, lumber and materials for TIE
SopNt1eHoR Qf EsilrQad oaxs, shins aud aarichlhi-
ESl implsmants and affirming as fundamen Isl
principle that cheap tools aud implements were
essential not only 70 SAeap pFoductuu but also 10
cheap transportation.