New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-22
BLOOD FAXES AGAIN.
THE AvowEp POLICY OF OUR FREE TRADERS CON
sIDERED n AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEw-YoRK
EVpNING POST

EVENING POST
To The Editors oi.The Erening Post:
| beg to thank You for the publication of a
part of my letter on Quinne. under the heading OF
" Blood Taxes Again." IN correction of the statement
your Washington correspondent. who appears rs Mr.
J. Moore well-known representative Of the press
! and of foreign policy in the United States
| desire to be informed what Is meant by the heading
Blood Taxes Again In reply in connection with the
subject discussion Quinne has never been subjected
TO very excessive or prohibitory duties 1t was
discovered 1920 and for forty years succeeding this
date up to rae period only subjected TO a
varying protective duIy Of from o TO 10 per cent.
During ard succeeding the war, for good reasons,
this duty was advanced and lowered and II
has remained at 90 per cent for some years
past the wishes of both manufacturers and deal
RS, who have publicly advised the Government that
the rate should be reduced 10 per cent fair com
pensatOry duty for protection only because OF the dis
advantages In which the home manufacturer was placed
by legislation and other circumstances. All the ma
terias which enter iDto are embraced Id the manu-
facture quinine, or less taxed, with the
single exception of South American cinchona barks OF
low grade as compared with other varieties and there
fore not as desira bic for manufacturing purposes
will thank The Erening Post to produce The counter
part i'll legislation period in any country, OF that
OF the last Congress In the repeal of all duties upon an
imuorIant manufactured product while II left the
materials that entered into the manufacture taxed 49,
Q nnine at the present tine is dutaOie commodity
!
single exception OF Great Britain where direct proicc-
tion in The form of Customs duties has not existed Tor
someyears, because OF oneeeSsiV i0r these . a.,
A deal of trash been published IN reeard TO the
so-caled British Free Trade tariff All tariffs OF neces
features which generally ignored, is the most con-
sslent and careful tariff in existence. Furthermore:
there is an important connection with tariff
policy in general that has been much overlooked TO
wit: the value Of commercial connections as an
eral products or products o. nature, as me frehGn
call these goods will dispose of themselves. while
ma "A
disposed OF. The very name Art implies skill aud
culturs skill in production a. well az skill facilities
In salesmanshiD There parity In the situation 81
Britain and of that of most other countries with
the lead commerce. she ia represented almost every
where wit many sesmen. while have al the pres
time few none; aid tins being the case there Is
astounding amount OF presumption IN country with
many advantages advocating equality while no parity
exists
That Golden and his conductors should serve the inter
OF their country, proper but II is significant
fact that these advocates OF FrecTrade have not As y"
succeeded IN Introducing their theories into pracce III
single important British Colony, as Canada Aus
tralla ETC. single important European state for
the reason that experience, OF common Sense as 1t u
termed dictates tne universal policy OF governments
w.t. that hen the manufacturer OF any country Is
restricted to a single maiket-he rome inarke-thls
singe market mnst be preserved, or be Will sooner or
later be driven 10 the wall by excess OF production else
where. If not by immediate competition.
Our sD-cal ed Free Traders have always protested 10
hpid they cay IS The Word" ana II no success
National point of view in the abolition OF their theories
their superior culture ard tone. But change
iai1ed a very worthy and respectable member of
Parliament and ii was advised th the future the
tone Of the organization should ne lowered 10 become
eribets freely shaken as Blood Taxes" etc. IN your
journal of late; aud justice TO individuals as vel as
classes, for time, AZ least, must he IgIOrc1,
because az the Press puts it, with elegant
animation as coming FROM journalist whose surname
is Stone, the only care should be Tor inc great,
est good Of the greatest number We must dispose OF
tls Beast OF Protection as we did with the Qumme
Beast BY attack Tho dStaIsES one OF ,h niSrs
is invited that the field may be cleared
for the world we must II IS said attack n detail DIVIDE
ana destroy the field must he cleared 81 the @3stiuc-
tons which protect individual and national we-beng
for our only care should ne the void OF more P0elH
European cousins, who correspond Win ana Iufhs
il cannot be disputed that important reforms in
always order because necessities come and times
any indicious reform hands Of the Free
Trader Of tod is simpeton, because the so-caled
men OF affairs while 1t has possessed cultivated writers
Ike Bryant ard Leaviu and Wells all theorists ana
Journalists; passed or passing away
anu az ,r me sr tbe time nv any prinepie and an
parently only upon destruct on. The unpatotic
spirit of modern free rsders-tdeir il-w 10 Amer
lean Industry 10 manufactures in particular strk
ngiy manifesto the fccen Potter dinner The two
last tOasts Of The evening were assigned TO Mr' D. =
Moore, special Washington correspondent OF your Jour
nu and The Journal Of Commerce and the last toast to
M sperry, one OF the editors OF your louI |
nal. The ,odsts " Free Quinnc" aud The Press
Nj Moore congratulated the eague. That whereas one
year foreign qunine coud hardy be onhd ~ thS
market to-day II was Abundant. M npeiiy tAIo ca
services OF the press In abolishng vicious tax n
timating THAI very large sums had peen offered 10 de
feat tue bill tOg the repeal OF the duty whe uhdei con
siGerati0n in Congress- ,.
insinnations which have appeared In his journal,
sander Omen Tspd 10 sct Tor Tie roason tGnI The
manufacture this chemical product has always been
in few HANDS, because its successful pursuit involves
advanced scientific requirements "rge e"lllsi nu
accompanied by that confidence IN character that
usually dsrcgaTds the attacks OF the peBnya-lbero or
,lr,g cor
ADVERSE public opinion to become established wch
requires attention because OF the bad influence has
exercised over public opinion In regard 10 the prOtec-
tive system at large winch system under proper liini-
Education m manufacturing sk Is much the duty
of all governments any other form OF education Inc
nation That ~iliuly negiects thc education wren u III
eep8rably connected with manufacturing INDUSTRY Oe'
and Will sink 10 very low level IN the scale OF
nations. But why, IL may ne Salo, Sholu oneI Pur
suits be taxed to ADVANCE = S~o a1 puisaiu
that ingenuity ana skill when invariably attend,
the progress Of manufactures. This has been fully
proved IN Investigations which have been made
In regard TO the condition OF labor ID various countries
In single. iudustry using in all countries tbe came
machinery. " was found that while the price OF lah0r
from the West the East Of Europe varied more than
100 per cent. the result TO ihe capitalist was most
the wages depended upon me product, ana me
product depended upon me SKIN OF tne aoorer-a sXni
France is mainly due to the well known fact that she
has always possessed the largest number Of sEiful
numbers, and The consciousness OF this fact
has preserved the Protective policy as essential
IN all less advanced communities, Tor example
despite the teachings OF our economists-its
statistics aud the colonies OF Great Britain
invariably it, Russia uphods II "a necessity:
whereby she may become independent NJ homo ana
respected abroad; whereby she can lift her
semi barbarous workmen into skiful citizens. Free
exchange between two such countries as Eng
land and Russia would unfair contest
az a supposed would be between n sklul gymnast
and an awkward boor To educate and train ths boor
into skfn citizen Is much the duty OF the State
any other form Of education, and the unbalanced
Nation that allows itself be deuded by the eacl ngs
OF schoolmeD will continue unadvanced, dependent.
enslayed.
properly regarded he interests OF their country rs
In order. aud they did all nations in the example
of an application OF the customs system
that was eve devised IN combination with very