, 1876-01-26
NEW ENGLAND BEGINS TO WANT FrEER
TRADE


TITO Springfield (hIass.) Republican Of u ro-
cent date contains very remarkable article
tending to show TINT tho sentiments Of the
people Of New England upon tho tariff qucs-
ton nra changing aud that thoy aro rapidly
grayitattng over to low thrift AZ ono Of tho
conditions Of commercial prosperity. Tho
Republican itself Is known far anu wilo RS
the most influential paper In New England.
1t fias boon hitherto a protection papor, and
Inns defended TINT doctrine vigorously, al-
though not M fanntiea1ly M the ultra-tnrir ad-
vocates In Philadelphia, pittsburg, and Clcvc-
land. It undoubtedly apcaks tho sentiments
Of large mass Of tho people Of New En-
gland, and from this standpoint ita statc-
1nents nro Of unusual interest Us showing tho
drift Of New England sentiment. It asserts
TINT nil through the manufacturing districts
in Now England tlero has sprung up lnrge
and powerful body of rcvonus reformors. 1t
says:
The protoctionia.a assume. and It ts generally 81
tnnei, that Massachusetts, and Now England ara we'd
ded to the tariff. On the contrary be!!eye That any
sharp probing Of popular opinion by active
would reveal wtde differences Of opinion amonR tho
pcoptc and equally among our representatives 10 Con-
gress. Two-lhiEs Of the Massachusetts delegation In
Congresa might b relied Upon today to vots for tariff
reform In favor Of lowor dutos II Tho issuo
stousy md iuselIsenty rased, and tho res. SUBJ
stantitl, unsettled In theiE opinion.
The Republican tlon proceeds to demon
strate the hopelessness Of expecting any relief
from the present depressed condition Of 1nan-
ufacturing intorests from protection, by ref
ercuce to tho consumption and production Of
cotton goods, and puts itself upon the record
as follows:
Tie consumption Of cotton BY Tho n!ila has In
crcAaed onethsd In This country In five years, and
lie people wearing nj tbs cottons they Afford.
Tho inside market cannot bo stretched BY amy possible
strtnReucy Of tho Tariff and what must hs sought Is
modification Of the tArih, Which shall lot ourselves ont
10 seek outside rnsrket This might bs argued to
men ad fnfn.tunt. rhou they wero receiving dIvi-
deuds, without making much impression, but when
tho Dividends ATOP, and tho F.naneta. Chroni:ie
Says, ths mIli-o1ners ars driven to tho desperate
alternative Of losinR money theF goods rather than
lose moro money BY stopping sp!udes, tho Argument
Incomes concrete aud weIghty. Mon know when
their clothes pinch. without argument, xnd quick
to LIT them out. Open trade with CanAda, Mexico.
Central America, mad sauth Ae1ica by reciprocity,
by genaral mobilization Of tho tariff, an shall
nnd : mlrket.
In view Of those facts, tho Republican de-
clares The great needs of the country to bo
resumption Of spscie-payments and moro
liberal commercial policy, and thus uncom.
promising1y states what New England wants :
Thers "a strong Now England party in favor Of t.
The great West IL for It, md tho whole country will
have Il; nnd, With pr orer rettenchuent in the OK
peuaes Of tho 1oyerntnon., afford It, II. indeed
the gsosa revenues do not rss rather than fail With
form. we do not want It msds up - .ari1o usually
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