, 1874-06-05
IRON.
Decay Of tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Hundred Mills Out of
Blast,
Tho Pennsylvania Fa11ncy ISx-
p1Odetl.--DOcB lsrotcc-
tiOn Protect
From Our 0tcn Correspondent,

From Our 0ton Correspondent.
p1Trsnunau, H., May "a, 1874.
A fow years or months ago, tho on-intorest
Of ponnBylvanis, and It's aooosHory interests OK
toriorly, proclaimed Vengeance to tho thinker,
writor, or speaker, who should 90 much rs quos-
tfon the validity of my Protection, however high,
to al forms OF Iron, from tho pig To tho stool
rati, from the bloom to tho wrought-iron nlato.
Whoever touched that boatl1cd interest waa as-
sailed as British hiroling, bought mud bound,
miBcrosnt unworthy Of tho protection of tue
laws, md proper object for criminal Indictment.
Books wero put under bnn which challenged tho
wisdom, tho equity. or tho logic Of Protection
and, when the manly Golden dioa, there was Joy
and gratn1ation shamoloasly Expressed In tho
most Ohriatan consroa of the Tariff -partnerBhip.
What Inns happened, nevorthelcas, is only what
ovory Froo.Trador feared. Wishing no evil to Ills
tollov-clttzenB, though tho boosters of lolu-
Bion.
IRON IS DOWN,
crushing the pooplo who wero carrying It, and In
common pitfall lio laborers and capitalists.
Tho wages OF tho former arc described as moro
plttancc; tho markot-ratcs Of bar and sheet
hon ase'desoribed as ruinous to tho lattor. Hail.
road-iron is domarkotized altogether. The stock
OF all sorts On hand III excessive. Out OF 4GG
furnaces aud forges ago aro out of blast alroady,
and 100 more will probably closo before mid
summer, lowing only about 100 furnaces and
forges to do tho Legitimate iron-busnoss of tho
country.
The samo rapaolty md artificial stimulus which
built up thoso great mills had previously out uH
OF from foreign masketB by destroying our
commerce, bocauso they could not construct tho
oc3,r -.
England has the markets Of tho world aud tho
carrying trndo of civilization to supply them
through. His unanbsidized iron steamships to
tho number OF 1000, speed with his manufac-
turor to tho ports Of tho world na easily NJ city
morchant, by means of Ills carts and carriers,
delivers goods to his town-customors. Without
our talent for invention, or tasto In dosign, or
thrift with labor-saving machinery, the British
manufacturers, thrown upon their own energies,
havo bonten tho Protected American mills out Of
blast. With coal and iron generally inferior, and
mined with difficulty and e1ponHo, thoy havo
been compelled to study the normal laws Of
trade, and tho close PRACTICE OF economy, both
in tho factories and on their merolaut-stonm-
heots; and those plain Why's Of equalizing an ill.,
7idiouB Protection hayo won in tho end.
On Bubsidized ships from tho port OF San
Franoihco ara running losing race with tho
English Froc.Tradcr. On Protected laborer is
NAKED TO THE SKY,
aud Idle Us tho eulogieH matlo upon his superior
happinesB. Our political morals aro run down
by tho aavish bribery Of Congressman through
'tho American syaton1" OF "building up" our
infant industries" Freedom itself lbs hoen
threatened through tho inatrumontality Of q
Protection foreign to ita genius. Tho currency
Of enlightened mankind, tho standard Of vaIuo
| on the GLOBE Gold. tho key to unlock barbarsm
and koop civilization mutual, has<beon dordod
3@~ n1F ~ III .1r
0nsar Of Protection.
..... I'll truo this god did shake:
Ills coward lips did from tholr color aiy; ...
M Siarl lin aud wfte liu P specifies IN ther ' BOOKS
Alas! 1t cried. Give Bono drink, Titnius!
| In other words, AIr. Kolloy wantod convertl-
| bio bond and Mr. Cameron rome counterfeit
monoy, to tloat the Protection ship in tho pud-
Last weak tic Ton-Workors' Association of
| tho United States. In convention, while reporting
tho liamaylng figures 7 have givon above, Of
nenrly three furnaces and forEes ont Of blast to
| every one running without profit,
HECoMMENpED As FoLLoWB,-
| each recommendation being Il rccnntatfou Of q
fal1acy, or tho Endorsement Of cardinal prinol-
plo u Political Econo'ny; r.. .,. .
High Protection, like jealousy, nlocks tho ,noat
! it feeds on" But how will more Tariff raise
prices already below tho line OF Protection, when
there Is absolutely no foreign competition In tho
\ A4t- ulAEASkF W. Ah4A u4AA uEGAEAG 70 HAHA
whore Tariff, High or Low, means nothing ut al,
but is like q high fence built III ditch.
| Sec0nd-Build o number OF Government and
Pacific railroads, to give marriott where thoro
is mono otherwise. This Ia about tho san,e M il
1t had boon suggested to build an. iron truss
bridge to tho moon, beonuas there is nothing lett
to bridge on this orb, and the American IRON
jeremy Ditldlor must bo supported somehow. Az
an old Virginia loafor answorod John Tyler, who
aaid: Cousin Tom, what arc you staying around
tho Whlto House for? can't give you any
| Office for I haven't got any to giyo "-tha
Tariff people say: :" Cousin Jack, you've got to
take koer Of me, by George, somehowornofher. y
Ittrd-Iho eurtailmont Of tle production Of
iron. This is moroly
RECOMMENDING NECESSITY.
The High Tariff has worked, aR oyory Textbook
has told ua IN tho Freshnsan class for the paat
tifty years. It has made such profits for the fow
in to make iron and rails and we are now pro-
vdec With machinery, rollers, puddles, mines, fur
nacos, and what-uot, enough to do for tho coming
twenty yoars. These mills will geuernly be sold
study economy aud mothod, instead Of bullying
and briblng the public sentiment md legislation
of tho nation. Tho new class Of mon will 40 out
adyonturonsly to soil iron in distant parts, aud
ada M to The pfogreaa aud good acqueintanee Of
the world, inatoad Of praying OH their fellow
oitiEons,, and onaotiug q luxurious monlicanoy
IL aush times, wofal wretehodnoss IN tho time
Of clastlBemeat.
directed to coalition with tho cheap.aurreuoy
alarps, tho two Pacific Railroad 1llngs, tic
Government fraight-raiEoad sohe.nes, and tho
canal aud loyeo lobbies. A patorual Qovorn-
mont, which shall daily cut ono Of ita children.
aud finally make all Government as ridiculous nj
dream OF Morton and Logan,-thoHe gentry who
have finally found consistency by going over to
tho Rebellion, to join Johnston, Gordon, aud
rrrE pnoEr m .ru pr p.,r>,u, i, r, ,ar,,,,,.