Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1874-10-21

"fthf " WHICH IT'S eultDE
endeavors toproyc that 'thc present low
price of wheat is the result of .the
mlqultles otpur present system of pro-
tective tariilsl' With your permission.
propose to.Leyicw the Times article.
and prove to tle intelligent reader Of all
parties, liz nc cause Of the present low
price of vi and general depression
OF 'busincWn Maryland, and other
States, is not owing to "our present
system of .Atectiye tariffs, but to the
neglect to- rove the advantages which
a judicious effective tariff offers. and
the nexcus,iele mismanagcmcnt of farm
crs and business men.
In the political history Of the old and
new world, probably no question has
been discussed more, nor one that has
caused CRATER division Of exalted in
tellects, thw the question of protection
OF nome manstry and arts; and when
| take INTO Consideration what giants in
craftsmanship. aud profound thinkers
anu wIl1sTs gh political economy have,
ta tan sub 49, feel that am assuming
a position fg beyond my capacity to add
strength tope testimony for or against
tariff for ltotcction.
The syste'l Of protection has been re-
commendeJriy the best and wisest men
in all ages il foreign countries, as well
as in our pwn--of the Edwards. Of
Henry the Great, of Elizabeth. of the
Colberts, Of England Of our Washing
ton, Franklin, jefferson. Madison
Hamilton, Webster Clay, at home. If
we go back Several centuries, we find in
that early day, the protective system in
full and vigorous operation. England
began by protecting all parts of her I'M
menae domlnons against foreign nations.
She next protected the parent country
against her own colonies; and finally one
part of the parent country against an
other. Even the sagacity and industry
of the Scotch was at one time subjected
to tariff iuorder to protect the English
manufacture, 1t took several hundred
years of higi tariffs and prohibition tc
place Englailsin an Independent posi-
ton, and to roclaim free trade.
Napqleoe Thile Emperor of France,
'yo', q ,ls''s ,ssssl Of Ilessissie Ii
soul, the firatasis Of the empire Sc
cond, industry; the comfort aud happi-
ness Of the POPULATION. Third, foreign
trade; the sberabundance, the proper
application d the surplus agriculture
and industry and Las Cases reports him t.
have said /: "he opposed the principles
of economists, which he said were cor
rect in theory, though erroneous in then
application. France, which is rich in
every sort of production and manufac-
lures should necessarily guard against
the imputations of a rival who might
still continue superior to her
The Emperor of Russia, in March
1922, after few years trial of the free
trade system, said -" England preserv-
ed hers. Austria remained faithful to
the rule she had laid down to guard her
self against the riyalship Of foreign in
dustry. France with the same views
adopted the laost vigorous measures OF
precaution and that State which pur-
sues the contrary system offers a con-
tinual encouragement to the manufac-
lures of otter countries, and It's own
manufactures perish in the struggle
which they are, as yet, unable to main
tain"
The history of Spain affords strik-
ing proof q the calamities which attend
a State thatabandons the care of its own
industry Her prosperity was greatest
when she nceived from England her
wool, and rdhrned it in the manufactured
state. Span, after the discovery of
America, ynlding to an inordinate pas
SION Tor goh of the Indies, utterly neg
lected her domestic industries. Had she
remained true to her internal resources
1t Is not unreasonable to suppose that in
wealth and power she would have sur
passed that # England!
refer to he above historical facts to
prove that fceign nations advanced in
wealth and pwer, or sunk into poverty
ana Weaknes, just in proportion as pro-
,ec.ioh to lntustrj was secured or neg
lectea' | vii also cndeavor to prove
.lal IN our ountry the result is precise
Y 'ne same. That the only reason why
Virginia, to-lay is not as rich and pop
' uious as Pennsylvania; and why Mary
s innu nas notshe wealth and factories Of
~ 1r5assaieh9sett. is because Virginia and
-fai i'iia Reelected to improve the ben
ne Ti,a. ssgufed ~ protective SYSTEM
~ Ia: .iae}iald has equal if not superior
,a.iii !, !, lot manufacturing 'SS. so blan-
Ae's, put L she preferred to raise wheat
at a nushl the fault is her own and
not the taalt1f a tariff. That instead Of
being theibaer of BLANKETS, calIeocs,
'-implementsof wood and iron, era
dies, with orwithout rockers, or eot-
fin, she sholld have been the seller, md
received an eual share of the thirty to
fifty per cen. profits by eur odlols
protective syteul :" \ tariff, high II
low, has no fvoritism or choice IN be
slowing heneits, and is as ready to 'p'a
money into e. pockets Of the nso'opot'ss
Of -hnfy'ana as into the pockets OF th'
monopolists If New England or Penn
sylvania, but if the Marylanders but
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