The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-20
VIZ had on agreeable calI4yeBtofday
Protection Versus Free Trnde.

we observe by the Canadian tlEitI, that
nails, and wo presume hinges also, are
among the few articles that will moi, be-
seriously affected by, the new tariff.
Wheeling has sold good many pals and
hinges to Canada, and also,,iL We mistake
not, good deal Of glass The tariff re-.
mains at 10 to Ia per cent on goods man.
utacturcd out Of iron. The former tariff
was l7l per cent on nails, and Il So, are
able to sell them under such a tariff we
will still continue 70 find an occasional
market there. This, toe, notwithstanding
they have nail mill at Mbaheat. The
tariff on gIassis from 20 to 80 PEI, cen, ac {
The excuse given for the new tariff Is 70
raise more revenue, but its avowed aim Is
TO discriminate against tho UhitEd States,
on account Of our high duties. Tie rates
on foreign manufactures are lowsrlthah'
those which prevail In our tariff but they
are high enough to create d 'feSolutioh'ih
the trade Of the provinces, For a long
time to come Canada cannot prodnee tile
articles needed for horfea CONSUMPTION
and the duties must be add6d to tie price
of the goods. On agricultural products
the charges arc very nearly itlenticaliBith
our own; the hope Of course isototdtiye
out competition from this side q Die
border, and to nonopolIze the home mar.
ket for Canadian farmers. In Rldiiion;to
these protective duties a charge oftao Or
three cents pound is fixed upon tea AMI
coffee, with IN addition, d ten per cent ia
raLOrm upon tea. This class Of duties Is
not only not protective, but Il addsIto tho
cost Of living directly and almost pr
capita. On the whole, The policy o. Sir
John Macdonald is clear andpoSitiyey and
defes the free trade traditions of Eng
land. ''''' '". = ''''a ',. = si.gfil
This tariff can not fail to be a severe
blow to English and Scotch manufactures.
The United States will suffer doubtless,
but We will gain by buying az home some.
things which the Canadians have been fur
nishing US while England will tayelt6
take from CANADA about the same articles
as now, and can not sell manufactures in
return. The official figures for 1878 show
that the exports to tho United States from
the dominion were So, 200, OOOagaInst s42,-
100000 in 1873; while we sold TO the do
minion last year 100000, about. one
million dollars worth more than in 1873.
With our lower prices We can compete
with Canadian producers tots not ar few
wares and fabrics even in, the face OF the
new duties. The anxiety Of ournsighbots
to export something to us willndGcs them
to buy from US. But the volume pttrade
will be much reduced, and. the pressure
upon Canada will be sudden and severe.
While in 1878 Britain bought from Can.
ada $i5,0O0,000 worth against $50, 700, 900
in 1878, the home country sold to tho PROV!
inces SS7, 400, 600 worth onlyrih1Szs whore
it had sold sos, 100000 wortlrin 1879 Tie
exports Of the provinces arc food in chief
part. and England must have it at any
price. The duties fixed upon ,Britishman-
ufactures will be felt very keenly in the
present depression reproduction both in
the cotton and the iron districts. Canada
proposes to maintain her, own manufac.
lures. AT first the duties will by increas.
ing prices check consumpiohga Just as
new industries are created OF, those now
existing arc extended In the provinces,
the exclusion, of,wares, and fabrics from
Manchester and Birmingham will become
more complete and permanent. I,
The response Of the home government
and people to this policy OF the Dominion
may be guessed IRON tlieInodce already
given to the British Commons BY Sir
George Campbell. He wants to know
whetherit Canada presses pr6tectionist
policy while the, home government, is
striving against a similar policy in foreign
countries, it is wsrth willie to keep the
Dominion as a colony ''undcr suck disatl-
vantageous and humiliating term" Bis
mark is indeed furnished with complete
answer for protectiDriR, Germany when
ID.
Britain tries 70 protest against the imposts
ton OF prohibitory duties upon British
products; II British colony can.protect'
itself even against tho manufactures OF
England by its rates Of duties, no minister
can deny the rigItot a'Eorcign nation to
do the same Thus the direct pecuniar5'
effect upon the English produccrsis ag;
gravated by the arguments which are
forged for the maintenance OF protective
policy in the countries which have re.
Cciyed large share 81 British exports. II
free tradeln England has still voice and
creed, some plain talk maybe expected,
in the immediate future. nogaa 9aI a
Its probably for in!lueuCe on 1bgother
side of the Atlantic that The plea Is made
that the new tariff is framed with especial
view to bearupon the United stattsfather
than upon Britain. But It i, easy 10, sec
that nothing which Canada produces is OF
absolute necessity to us, while its grainRnd
meats are practicable 80 to BtlaiHi We
can get along without buying d dbIlar's
worth from north q the lakes and the st
Lawrence, and not suffer; britain eau not
lose the imports which il stpm Canada
without coming to us for thom. fiGannda
wants to sellio our people she must buy
from them. BIanuiactoriestah eBdflt up
through protection, with patience and peis1
sistentindustry. But the frst step is costly,
and 1t remains 70 be seen whether our
northern naighbors will mako the sacrifice
necessary to become competitors with us
even with the margin Of prot ctive' duties
proposed. 80 -. a,i
Died OF HIS Wounds AL IA
ST, LOUIS, March lO,+<A Leayenworth,