The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-12-30
Protective TariaE.

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time, contains exhaustive and un
answerable arguments in favor of q
protective tariff, and in it's issue Of
Dec. %, in answer to q question
propounded by correspondent,
the editor Of the Inter Ocean makes
the following extract from the
Philadelphia Press of Nov. 16, and
then shows clearly and satisfact
orily, we think, how protection
enables our American manufactur
ers to successfully compete with
foreign rivals:
"Ancther indu stry, too, may
wane in England, to grow CORE
spondingly great in the United
States, and this is the crockery
manufacture. It is we'll named
MAN, ufacture, as SO much is done
by hand, and SO little Tat least in
the old country by machinery. at
Trenton, N. j., some unprogressive
European potters were settled as
well as some ingenious Yankees.
1t is, or at least was, q while back,
amusing to walk from the factory
of one to the factory o. the other
The original methods in use, per
haps, from the infancy of our race,
were pursued in the one even as
they are to-day at Stafordshire by
such distinguished potters as Min
ton, the maker Of encaustic tiles for
the world. One of the first pro-
cesses in making pottery is to
thoroughly inter,nix the clay and
water, and this was done by some
of the Trenton potters, as it is still
done in England, by men stirring
the ingredients together with pad
dies in large watts. When the clay
and water have come to the con-
sistency of cream, the men ladle
the .sshp,' as it is called, from the
vat into selves. Then shaking the
seive, which consists of fine cambria,
over another vat, after the fine
material has passed through, the
coarser particles are. emptied out,
and the seive reflled Such has
been the process for ages. and con-
servitive Englishmen pursue it to
this day. But stepping, as we say,
from one pot house to another, we
find steam rotating paddles in the
ship vat, and steam pumping the
slip up into selves, which are them.
selves swiftly agitated by steam.
Such are the contrasts exhibited
between European and American
mechanics and manufacturers
Philadelphia Press"
Now, high protective tariff pro
notes and maintains tie conditions
amid which such industrial develop
ments can take place. No one will
begin manufacture without reas-
enable prospect of finding a market
for his product. Ii foreigners oc.
cupy and engross his domestic
market, he cannot expect, when lie
may be undersold at home, to Sc
cure a profitable market abroad, in
competition with those very for
eigners. Under such circumstances
he will make no venture. Should
he do SO he will run the risk of
being ruined by the intolerance of
his foreign rivals, who will combine
to prevent the success OF his infant
enterprise, by overwhelming him
with exceptionally cheap prices, I'M
til he is compelled to retire from
the unequal contest, whereupon
those rivals, rid Of the competition.
resume monopoly control of our
market, raise their prices, and re
imburse themselves from consumers
for their losses in breaking down
the American industry. Such is
the certain result when there are
no customs duties But if high
protective tariff should be laid on
the import of such articles we can
ourselves produce, then the crush
ing out process becomes we're ex-
pensive and is almost sure to fail.
Consequently, capital is encouraged
to invest in manufacturing under
takings; domestic labor receives
employment; home resources are
developed; industry is rapidly
diversified; purchasing power
is created by the payment Of
wages; production and consumption
augment space; commerce becomes
active and widespread; inventive
genius is everywhere stimulated !;
labor saving machinery is multi
piled in all directions; finished pro
ducts grow cheaper and cheaper:
the sciences and arts flourish; pros
perity is universal; and the freedom
of man expands and intensifies. If
we have not had this full measure
of blessing, it is because our tariff
policy has been capricious, vacil-
lating, and unreliable, thus creating
fluctuations of effect and leading to
conflict and disorder. ~
Manufacturers, considered as a
class, require high protective
tariff as a means to securing a
market for their products. If a
man makes 100 tin pans q week,
which he must sell at an aver
age profit of twenty five cents,
in order to carry on his business
and live, he would be far better off
if he could make and sell 10000
pans a week at a profit of one cent
each; for he would gain, in the
former case, only S25; in the latter,
500. Not only would lie benefit
his customers, he would also give
employmsnt and wages to labor.