, 1879-07-18
AMERICA VS.. EUROPE.
Extraordinary Debate in the British
Parliament--England's Manuiao'
turers Declared Ruinsd. :,

turers Declared Ruined,
Ihe FE1tes Of Feed lot All kufefeanS Reealstea IN
This Celntry...1o brftht On AWtrieA's
a-.r,h
.....,
!" .'c hou1u u IoHnous' on une ese"'hs VI
the 4so INST. N'. taaphn, On thc 'uouon 'of
so,ps @ '"so eoun'ttee o' Supply, foso " "iusu
taa' an nunlDis sddfees eo presented 10 hcs
Ma'cstY, praying her Majesty TINT shs VIII
DC e1ae'ous'V pleased 10 abpolnt toyA' Con'-
mission 10 inquire into Inc dcpf essed conaat!on
Of the agricultural fntercst ard the calises to
which II is owing, whether those causes arc Of 4
tctnnorarv or ~ . nerman4nt character cnd
49, ~ .S.,st - a...... ~, ~"
~" ia' taeY aave ocen Gseatco Ut Ga" oo feu'.
cdlea by leE1saelon." lie ~ no means denied
that distress had on former occasions existed,
hut rns nothtup ~ aevere n this. and IA an
.vthor,,v ~ ,h{. ro,,t Il. -cr.rr.d Nv
''uT,T .,a.sn.ut ~ ~ nrd u"e,,naa"is m ~ ~
Gently, lint, "tlioush ho could recall ss7-
cral periods Of suffering, none OF them bad
cvrr eona,cd thc nrr*ent,n rou1d vc ,ouk
t,,,hout cnnc.r. ,,rnn IN f.rn. ,a",,,t T., r.
~,n naS tss doa as ~ tl|s ,h a
bustncss which now ceased to paYa What was
tho cause OF the dtstrcss In Scotland, where
nor,h oud .ou,1, thr landed fn,.r.,t 80. of9ac,.
nd, T1,a d,.t,a.s m,. Mn5n,hs s,,x ~, 49,,
cur 1ne o'ssfe1e Mae aauo"ptealS nos eoa'he"
to agriculture, aud, bit Tor two reaAons, he
should have embraced trade generally tn his ref
prencc. First. u1anv olher hounrabla mr. n1hers
wcrs rnore com n.,snt n dcal Win H.. au;,,.c,.
"els 'Aois t'ansseu' :" uea' WIN tne a"'t1cet,
next, ne dohoteo "neiher any commission could
within reasonable time Qrupp!e with 80 cnor-
nous a oucstton. There we're usuy pcop,c who
tnouoht that thi. urfn,,up.t. s,.,o ~ .nui,a
wa. tfnc II, a orrst meatnra tn our nnra,,ancn nf
frrr troi,c without rec,nroctv. hut he ,,null h.
an-1, t0 r.shiv cnmm mir hin.cif r., th,tr rf.,ya
roo,, s.non-, r,n,, .,a,t rr,. r,u,-..> .-.s.o
foou E4fosfAi4oS t"oA 9hA UNITED STATES
AZ tle saole t!tne le could not ehnt flis eye"
70 the !net tnat tie asst'Ia1ces u1'u he trcuiG-
been fulfilled, Fhe. elFcumstauccs Of to-day
were entirely altered from those undnr which
Tree TRADE was auopted: II WAS maintained that
otae. conntrtes woaiu iolloW our example. see
and tllen II was predicted by str. Bright that no
country produced more 1000 tban was necessary
Tor its o"n wants, and that llefe nas nothing
III the clfcnmstAnces o! any fofelg1l nation which
culture Of this country. 10 show that the lat.
ter Insertion Ind been fals1fu by The event
figures were quoted ~ fhu lioDotnbIe zen,
tleuan as to food e1portntton from the United
protection, but to show how, widely the
promise and the performance bad diHerEal,
and That 1t. eannot bc wondered at II doubts
have arisen IL 70 Inc wisdom ol our any longer
pursuing policy which ie not free trale q a'l,
but which "a only free trade under restrictions,
aud restrictions OF which oil the advantage goes
to the foreigner and none 10 Us. Ke1ssrlnt to
the programme OF Tcmedleb oy the Farmers'
Alliance, he said that be did not believe II
adopee1 10 tts entirety 1t ~ would be aVai!a6lo as
substantial remedy. The source Of the dis
fress vas that farming had ceased to he profit
able.
UNPRECEDENTED AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.
Tho ren1 md Tho aat- cause of Nh. nrescnt,
agricultural depression was tlle bad yield aud
tho bad prices obsaiHable for produce. They
had OF late boen growing less corn ind recclv-
lug less money for II, as we'll ~ for meat. wool,
cheese, md for nearly every farming corumodi4
~. Tho loss In consequence was last season
alons estimated at G5o,00o,o 600 tS2gg, ,000, ,0O0I
The course OF tho 8ea4ons they could not con-
troll, but with regard 10 the prices IL WaA psf-