, 1880-01-24

rcIieyes III tRo . dangerous i tension incident % to
s,netic m9re properly. nis Flaia;ency might
,nta haze saia a. a; State %sqxs snpe,p,r"i ptoi
whicl, tends 10 furnish l'"!ns market foff
the surplus products OF the soil, thereby even
Incidentally In tho least degree decreasing
s @ %sSsss sss4 S % Ss"spS5'f ot sF s2'ta er a 70
kct. is a question nf great interest to all.
I'm view. Of their grcatcr strength and du-
rablllty,. which lessen the cost Of replace
,neM, all tho grea! tru'k railway @ llGcs e me
the nncesstty.o the manufacturing her owl,
supply Of thls great necessity. II also fol-
lows that MS home market Is the best Of Nll
lnaaarkets, ths cost of TRANSPORTATION to tlls ,'
saved and transferred direct to tho agrtcult-
,lrists' pockets; that as Iowa has within her
borders vast deposits 0f coal, iron, lime, fire.
cny refractory materials q a!l kinds. ns YET
tlon who nre periodically thrown out OF EN-
ploynent III the, most Indictment part
te ysn1 II s asrlfnltura, ,n,s,..t co1tres
foster and encourage by all rcasonablemcans
anything which relieves the necessity OF our
Dnang depelldeHt ipon market 1000 or 5000
miles, away, which relieves OF the we'll
founded apprehension that any cause which
at any time makes my. other portion OF tho
world produce food cheaper than we can
Will compel Us 70 accept less than costprice
| or no price at N1l.
"A1io.her reason for our not disturbingthe
existing state OF things rnay be found In tho
fact that ten firms in Thu United States have
formed co,nhitatlon @ for Tue manufacture Of
ss st. s f 1sg s Tsss e3oa ten s nstS e
the panic, now happily past, ,were even more
depressed ilAu railroads, and fur more than
ngrcultur!sss, tho proportion Of bankruptcies
being much greater than II sither, class, and
hit now, WHILE ,tar,nera, railroads, manu-
facturcrs. are e1cll ind NIL enjoying nnexam-
pied prosperity, let US flo. our best 10 not III
terrup. tue general s happlness, W. have AYE ~,
md die must industrious, skiiiul, and Intel.
ligent agriculturists in the world. I'o round
ont the wants Of both we want some Brsseln-
vent any discussion on the tarln question,
nnd we rnnliot hut consider 1t wise IeG1sln-
tion II, enable the three great classes ln mod
crii eivlllzation-I C.: the agrlcnlturist, the
each share III the common prosperity, md
whose Interests ure 81 bound MP In cncll
other rs to ba nearly Identical, ,-one cannot
be fnlly prosperous without the other, It
resentatives and Senators In Congress 10
wheel Into line with the great Republican
party, and do anything which binds Us inore
nftnIy lnto Efent Nnttnn, anu r01llGS QUIZ inc
es1ssff sa1e x I5Ss'9f s is i Sssta aos asGs Ges
Does Gov; t;ear represent the enlleht-
encd sentiment Of ,t Tue great State
growing each year poorer and losrer, sub.
frncting continually from Tho unwilling, md
giving nothing In return ,nniI, exhausted.
Nature refuses to even substst the poverty
Ali thIs has occurred mid viii occur in pure
1yAgricul.nral communities inst rs surely ms
destruction comes to the nation that lives BY
the sword.
The memorial lately addressed TO Congress
by lcatllng r;,ilyout managers Throughout the
| country, asking. In Substance, thnt the duty
! upon steel rails BIZ fixed ut n specific rnte not
| to exceed $40 per tnis, sounds most strangc
when contraStett with II memorial addressed
mrmorlal readS rs follows:
"l,niMel!atsly1S 1Store t!le construction Of the
makers s Charged Isl; si5o II per srs ION tcaaal 10
works were built, foreign skilled lnbor liz
tsoduced, hn1ne labnr Instructed, md !lolnes-
any r9s es feanS e prnaa sess, ssxcses
rails. the price Gf the foreign article wns
gradually ioweved until It now stands Mt less
than 80 per ton, gold, or sN'.Ss currency.
pended III machinery, furnaces, 0.ti expert
mcnts III pcrfectfng the process Of nlannfnct-
uIe III this country, and numbers Of our own
citizens nre dcpsntlcnt npon, t for support,
by Die presence Of English and prussian
makers. We, as users Of steel rails, md
traiisportcrs Of food and materials for
American manufacturers and their numerous
employees. and skilled Inborcrs, do not
foreign supply, anu, therefore, join IN asking
that instead Of tic prcsrnt nd valoru.n duty,
nspecic duty u, Ct two senss per hundred be
Tho duty was flxcd at nuc ccntand quarter
per pound, and Is So tt,tlny. Before TINT the
duty wns IS per cent ad ynlorenl. The
TInnuSE's. statement regarding the nye'nEe
es 81 e en ssn1 yds,s 6s svs4sse sfsEGs a M
per ton, Is true Us far ~ It goes, but Il does
nut 20 far enough. LII fact, we do nut want
to know Of averages nt nlli thcy nre Msli'lly
soplisms n the!1 re results; with M npps9's;i
truth. What Is wanted, rather, nre tl'e eX-
| also tbs causes producing the extremes.
w caiMt1!at american colnpetitloifb brought
| that tic present high prices were not ca1.sctl
by u combination. of steel manufacturers. but
| BY cansus beyond their control, and tlle same
qW ppsr1fE fa me 1os sae snn%ai %y b o aEht E
abroad at any such rato ns claimed. We
claim that American. rails ara Just ~ good rs
| nrG foreign rMllS, and any appearances 70 the
contrary aro tecrp,lyc or explained easily BY
| practical Stecl-W0rkers.
lii concluding this necessarily long letter
VIC express botll IL llopo anu belief that the
Republican. party 1,lss no OCCASION to DO
ashamed 0f nr to disnwn the protective
policy; that the railroads nor-the farmers
l.ave no ono thing to NO develop ninl build UP
themselves rs d0inestio ,nuunfaottees; and
rs for protective duties being burden, the
Lastly, We do not beliov1 that THE Tribune
antag0lIkcs the great manufacturing Inter:
est Of tl,a Northwest, yet III Its Infancy, and
hope that such recognized power US THE
T1unuyE will be found MS ,lhual OH the side
| of labor. FRANK FREEMAN.
! opposed to Small Notcs~-H1eInortnl OF
the New York Bullion Club to Cons
grcaS.
New YonK, Jan. 20, 1sso.--To ute Senate
0nl House " Representatives Your pc.
titioners, TIC Bullion Club, m association
a H.. 49,