, 1873-07-14
PROTECTIVE TARIFFS AND WESTERN
MANUFACTURES. ,

HlC% ". iAkhAIa III 40 ~ VI HASseHsAFo sNAAAAoH
tits nskod, "What il tlore dop1orab1o in
stimulating ,1ianufacturos?' We ahswor. moth
Ing at oil itwaa only m undue atlm,louB in this
direction, eonco1ning which N wo expressed
sppr9sonHsn Ey'rSGnS %oa Gun onees sec ae the
q of sroat dustros sappose
for instance, that, tentll or q hun
Withdrawn and put into manufacturers, what
would be tile resnlt7 Why, tho sum OF manu-
facturod products already too great, would
bo mado all the moro album tant. while tho con-
way fortunes would DO lost, and general derange-
mont In business and commercial circles chg On
dered., That is whatwo should doploro. Amy
natural and profitable extension of n,anu-
f1oraomont. It ts no; necessary to withdraw cap
it'll from agriculture for tho purpoBe Of inyeHt-
ing 1t in manufactures. It will DO sufficient to
apply Bomo OF tho su.plu8 acoumulationB Of agri-
culture md otllor pu.sutts toward keeping
up tho. spread aud gradual advancement OF man-
ufacturos. Wo ropeaL that thoro Is no nvorago
oyerproduction OF cercnls, tnko the world at
largo. We grant TINT reduction Of ono-half in
tho cost Of transportation would result in do
crease Of tie cost Of farm produce to the East
| orn aud European consumers, but It would also
bring up tho prioo at the point Of production,
| honco both would be benefited.
| Tho Western farmer does not noed to rccevo,
at home, tho price paid for lis produce In Eu-
rope or Now England.
We should nanufacturo farm machinery, boots
and ehoee, carriages and wagons, ,woolen goods,
building nlatorial, and Thousand other things
| in tho Wost, because We have cheap motive
power, all tho raw material, tho labor, capital,
| aud rendy market. In short, we possess all
tho necessary conditions to mako fhls claBs OF
manufacturer eminently aucccssfnl. On tho
contrary, We should not engage IN the uanufac-
ture Of silks. and Batins watches and tino jew-
elry, for tho reaaon that We hive neither tho
necessary capital, tho skilled labor, tho raw
| material, nor the market.
tariff laws and excessive taxes increnao tho
cost of food fuel, clothing, otto. but aa he asks
us to show tho matter up, we shall do 30: -,
II, by reason Of q tarifr Oh cloth or ready-mado
suit Of clothes which they could otherwise pur-
chase for $25 then It Ia clear that tho tariff on
hancos the cost Of clothing about 30 per cent
and that is just what it does now. IN the same
s1n'f oosl ambsr 3 1g'' iron, aus~ building material
books, and all kinds Of paper, and hun:
dred other things is enhanced by roason Of tic
tariff on tho aame: Il any ertcle OF American
tho war, we don't know what it is, but this We d.
know Tho uoBt Of nearly every necessary ar
ticle in use IL vastly higher now than over 30
fore, and that in tho face ct fifteen years Of th
civilized nation. wkhon is tha cru Of choap good
The excessive tariff laws have injured agricul
tural pur1uite by greatly Advancing ,'an 1e hy 1n
building material, machinery, ETC., while it IN
! also decreased tho price he elould get for hi
, own products, by masking tho cost Of transporta
! tion moro expensive than 1t would DO In tho ap
eence Of such laws.
We arc fully aware OF the enormous aums tha
are annually raiBod by our Government under tn
head Of revenue, but it is tue mcrest tribe {
! that fund that comes from imports. Tha higl
t est rates of duty aro upon those articles
which but 3 comparatively little ls imported
while the cost to our home people Is greatly II
: creased. : ......
, Tho way to raise revenue would be to impoBo
tariff upon those articles that arc not produce
in tllB country az tea and coffee, in which cal
! the entire reyouuo would 60 into tho Troasur
0 instead of going into the hands OF mana,fas
0 turers, as now. Therefore. We repeat that y
b have aad too much protection IN comparison I
r tho amount OF revenue raisod.
g It matters not q whit how much iron we ha1
d imported in timea past it is TACT that now ire
8 is produced 90 much cheaper iu this country ths
o III England, that no can andhre exporting to-da
t oyertnkon tho homo demand, and tlnless "o Q
l. port our surplus wo shall soon witnosH crls
= and 3 crash in that business. Governme
IL should now come to the reeoue bY reducing
tariffs and thus atlll farther chea1en the cost
.. manufacturing iron. If this IL done, VIC can II
ID dersell tho irou-makers Of Europe every day
10 tho year and forever.
0, Tho aame may DO said Of cotton, which ,
T. have boon exporting, manufactured md un1n'
ID ufactured, for tho last hundred years. -,
=, As for wool 1t soils for feas now than IN l9|
IT in this county, whero tho wool-grower is oblfg
Il to pay 80 per cent moro for most woolon goo
II than lie would but for tho tariff.
Now, the important fact to DO borne IN mi
H.. is this Tho process Of manufacturing lB &C
} stantly boing oheapened, the world over, q
n, nothing 80 much aa high tariff laws provol
Ut the 1naaaes from reaping tho benefits Of Il
" choaponing.