, 1875-07-24

agct,ric-, in Furthermore admitted BY tho pro-
tcctcd Annrlcan) manufacturers thelnHnlvcH ~
hy tho following tehtIsnony, forced out under
0at bofDte tlDyofulllttt EuninilAAlon from ono
of tho lorcrnost Of their number III l5tS-tho
Ialo Dnkcs Amos, Of AiasrachuRetss: --..
Question" What, according 10 your expo
rinnce, tho effect Of the increase III taFlR in
1864 OIL tho Industries with which yo1 ARC si'o-
caally acquainted I"
nearly every branch, to gito aH impulse and NC
t.ylLv 10 l,usItleas; but III few mn,lths TIM in-
croa1cd coat OF production aud the advance In
tic price Of labor and tho products of lator wero
greater tIan tho i.lcrGasD Of tho tariff, 10 thxt
tlu business Of ptudnctlon ~ha no butter, oven
il III no good condition, Az it waa previous to
tho adyAuce of tho tariff reforred to-
WILL fREE THADE TEND 70 DlAiaIsH THE or
ruHrualr1Es AND NEwAADs or poMEHriU lS-
ntkrtsY2
Upon no ona argument have tho advocates of
| Protection re!lcl lunra In Aupp0rt OF toir byH-
ten,, tsan tho assumption that II there were no
restrictious on trade, tho opportunity OF labor
create,l ny Protection and tiu results Of the OK
pcndlluro Of tho uarnln4s Of auch Labor would 10
diverted 10 utler countries 10 their benoIit, mud
Necessity for Emying higher wages or othor ill.,
dlstrlni inequalities A6antlobB 1t Or, To- speak
tlorc specifically, it il assumed that Il tho United
StateH wt1c 10 adopt policy Of Frse Trade,
| England would supply tls will, cotton and metal
fabticatlons, Germany With woolen goplln. Nova
| Scotia Hltt coal, tho WeHt 1ntiio8 exclusively
With sugar, Itahsia With heMp aud taIlow,
| tAuatla with lu!nber, and Australia with nupl
| that thcloby opportunity to our own eople u
iAt,or "ol be greatly r1strrtoa. anil illu hagca
| df labor DO reduced 10 loyel with tic wages Ut
Foreigners. spcc.ous as II this argument, Ilo!o
| sopi1lsm OF roasou, Nuno of ttS colllmoi,t,es
| mentioned will be given ly the producers rcsl-
delst in fOro,Gn countries Tor nothing. Iro'nct
| for product IL t4u inysriallo law us exchange,
| and wo cannot buy sl,lglo article abroad tnye
| throruI, thp mnIium Of nnmcthnr tlInt ,n,,nt
Lo t,e,t,u:ra nj Inmo, jtpn,o lin nItcr III.
gurIity Of That Insertion nb;cn. TO I'rotoettot,-
intr n.cn,r ,rrr,,nt,L will, s,rl, dreadful Inra,,.
in. nana)v' :asat " ,sr s' rrea TJade. n, Wo
| hIiau1I hn dn1urrd witt, 1urnpp .ootin for il
mars sl,uuld bo really in,l,orssd nutior a rroo-
l'ra,io tllau t,nuer Trotcrtlyo poIicy ,leu QUO
~ tyn thinra would t,ho 1,lncn. ettIinr Wo muat
urod,cs ,nore At l,olmo. IL urler 10 nay for lilo
Inv nrcosa NJ imno1ta II, ,,hich casn domestic
im;l,,st,y wuuil nn Stimulated. aud not diuin,sl,.
ri. ar. MT nrodurinw moro. Wo must otlan
more iu return, Or what is tho aalno thing, d
h,vitc, nrro fnr VIA, wc alrondy produrc,-n re-
un1t ,nnnjIcstly conducive 10 national nrJa2crl-
~. il wonjd n!Bo Bceua to 10 In tho 1atillo OF q
tuIf.cyi,lc1lt proposition that nothing under my
1 err,nuta,co cal, or will DO imported unloss
that Ill which it is paid for can 10 produced at
| hnt,c with rroator final advantage, Axain, iho
fayorie protcctionist argument that, II trndo il
unrcstrcted, md tho poopie OF d country, uudor
allowed to supply themselves wti, for
cirn con1moll,,rr tho opr,ortunltics for
tho employment Of domestic tabur will
bo corrcsponalugly diminished, iB an Argument
;,Iont1tal in c!,uractcr with tint Which has ia paHt
tncu u1ton led Individuals and whole coul,uuul-
Ties to oppose tho Invention aid ntrodaction Of
| iubor.Bayinr or ntaIor.ttsnetsiur u nIach,uory.
Dut to aft thoroughly tins sophIstu. 1t is snf-
| hrioit to remember that labor In unt c1ertcd for
tho sake Of lator, but for mAas labor hr1Ags, md
tnss humau wants expand just In proportion to
tho multiplication Of the tnoars amt opportunity
OF gratifying human dos,res. II tho wages Of q
dny's tabor WOULD purchase III tho malket ono
| hundfeh limos NJ n!,lch ~ a. pfohetit, can any
mud Injuries OF lilo would be increased hnn-
drcJ-fold2 II tho people of this country
could obtain tho products OF tho Iabur
! OF other countries for nothing, could tho
labor Of tuo unolo world supply tlc quantity o;
4 things wo should want. In short, tho demand
! for iho results Of labor can noyor be satisfied,