The Morning herald., 1877-06-06
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tsressaf America r viii " ard stase The
qusssapa fairly. Usder our existing tartd,
vhils Cape and Australian wools cost the
Inglish woclsa nanufacturer forty cents
pr pound for secured wool the same wool
vim cost the American woolen manufacturer
eighty cents per pound, for example We will
say that It takes ono pound Of this wool to
make one yard Of woolen cashmere. The
lSbor on this yard VIII be about ten cents
Per yard, and other expenses say ten cents
more, BY this you will see that It costs the
American manufacturer one dollar per yard
actual cost to produce the yard and the En-
giiah manufacturer (providsd his labor and
expenses were the same ~ the American
pays,) just sixty cents. VIII you please
SHOW your!readers howjt American man,i
ufacturer 10 going to compete in foreign
markets under this state of things. The
wooden machinery of tho United States, II
you will guarantee the owners clear profit
Of from to 10 per cent on the cost Of pro"
duction Of their goods, will, At the present
time without any increse of machinery pro-
duce double the amount of goods being con-
sumed in this country st the present time
It strikes me that those persons whom you
refer to ~ having in Philadelphia are mov-
ing " crab fashion," OF what use is II to
try or hope to introduce American woolens
in foreign markets when they cost the con-
sumer 40 per cent. more than for what an
equally good article Of English, French or
German manufacturer can be obtained for
Some advocates Of protection will tell you
that If you do not give the American wool
grower the protection he now has he cannot
live. Ny opinion is that If he cannot live
without # the sooner he dies the better It
will be for the consumers of woolen goods.
Has not the American wool grower the same
cheap fertile soils, the same variety of cli-
mate In the various sections of our great
country that all other agriculturists have,
and what protection have the men who raise
cotton, wheat, tobacco, corn. oats, beef,
pork. mutton, ETC., all of which are raised
and sold in foreign markets in com petition
with the cheapest articles Of the same
kinds produced in the world. Let me ask,
does not this thing called protection Operate
equally rs dtsasterous upon the builders Of
Iron steamships give our Steamship build
ers the iron as cheap as what the Clyde ship
builders get theirs, and have no debut but
in very few years YOU will see every avail,
able piece Of land along tie Christiana oc-
cupied BY ship yards. 1t will not then re-
quire merchants, manufacturers and other
business mer 10 meet for the purpose of
hunting up foreign market for the sale of
our products, but foreign nations will come
to Us for our products just the same as thew
now come to us for our cotton, wheat, pork
beef, cheese, corn, tobacco, petroleum, &C.,
&C., why do they come 10 us for these arti,
cles as this present times Simply for the
reason that they get more for their money
VI tho above named articles in this county
than what they can get In any other part Of
the world. Why is 1t that our cotton malu
featured goods can be exported aud sold to a
profit in Manchester, England. the head.
quarters for the sale of cotton manufactures
OF the world for the simple reason that our
cotton manufactures get the raw material at
tho cheapest possible rate, and in its mani-
pulation they display as much skill ingenuity
and economy as those Of any part of the
world, engaged in the same business. Now
ifthe Americans can compete in Agricultural
products in cotton manufacturers IN clocks.
in watches. sewing machines Ao Win