New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-09
THE LETTER.


attention all Won SAID about our taf1H system hnu
your ideas with regard TO Free Trade. do not see
these questions you do; indeed, entertain views
directly opposed to yours ana have no dOuot that
ii you should ever VISIT this country you wOuiu AZ
least modify your views uDOn these questions, ii you
did not entirely agree with me before you lett us
You would see what Protection is doing and has
done for us; that qDder its fostering ana benign
features and human industry are supplying our,
selves with products quite equal In nnlsh ana
quality to those made anywhere and IN very many
branches ar. now in the market with our goods
and products competing with the world our cotton
goods are largely exported, and we are your COM
petitors in cotton fabrics every where. we are
sending clocks watches, dental Instruments,
edge-tOOls and other manufactured commodi-
ties to England. locomotives to Russia ana Brazil,
and carpets to Norway and Sweden. WIN every
variety of climate and soil and almost UnDOunden
mineral resources, in a few years, u our taIlH
system should remain as IL 49, we VIII become nut
pendent OF Europe in almost everything, and IN
very many, If not most, branches OF industry De
actual competitors with you III ali the markets OF
the world. In this small state OF New:JeTsey more
than 10000 people are now engaged IN me manu-,
facture of silk The taOucs we are making equal
those made in France. while our sewing Six
is said to be the best made anywhere. we
expect next year TO export the last-named product
to England, and before two years have passed TO
supply Europe with sewing SILK single out anu
refer to the silk business among many other ana
vastly larger and more Important branches OF IN
dustry because II is new the growth Of the last
seven eight years, and clearly ana entirely the
child OF Protection; and have confined II 10 my
own small State because have not the statistics OF
this industry 10 any OF the other states. 80
Our censns, which is to be taken this year, will
show condition of things with regard % our pro-
ducts manufactures and industries when VIII as
toulsh Europe. We are maxim rapd-most rapid =
progress in every branch OF human industry. WIN
regard to commerce. do not see how Free trace
will even help us 20 build ships, though am ready
to concede that Free Trade will create demandtor
ships.
0rted 10 where the food and the products Tor man
uacrure are produced, ana that there the oommodl-
ties shall be manufactured. Free Trade means the
reverse of this the people are TO relnap WneTe hey
are and the food to feed them and the material TO
be manufactured are to be taken TO them 10
transport the material cotton. across the ocean
and the food to feed the operatives, requires SHIPS
and costs money, and the consumer of the
manufactured product whoever or where
eyer he may be. has to pay MS ms cost cost
already seen this and are now largely engaged III
manufacturing. whilst the people at the South are
beginning to see 1t and consequently are building
manufactures and the coming census VIII show
an advance in the South and West which Will as
touIsh you. Chicago will appear as one OF the
largest manufacturing towns IN the country ana
the state of ONO and those States To the west OF IL
will soon equal the East II not In KIND a. least IN
quantity aud value of the commodities they manu-
taCture.
You build ships We build and equip railroads and
steamers for our rivers and lakes. Your commerce
is mainly the sea, ours more on the land. Ipre-
sumo we put more money into railroads. locomo-
tives. cars and steamers fol- our rivers and lakes
than You put into your ships. When we Ind 1t
more profitable to build steamships Tor the ocean
than 10 build railroads and steamers for our inland
NAVIGATION we shall do IL aud the dpy may come,
and is probably not very far distant, when even
without the subsidies which you give your INES ot
steamers land which 10 this extent - only PrOtec-
ton in another form, you may again ind us your
competitors upon the ocean as well as on the land
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OF THIs COUNTRY.
The Agricultural Department at Washington has
Just published estimate OF some Of the agrlcutu-
raj products of our country for the year 1879 Their
valle is put down at 1904 ,4SOG59. | suppose
this to be great differentiation but taking II as
stated let examine II, and make an estimate as To
what We consume ~ home and what We sell abroad.
Gram Tor corn OF all kinds Is valued at II 1000
The hay crop at-...........-..-..-- oS2'e0l'Z9O
Cotton at.-....-...... -94VUOVVO
Potatoes lsg!l010
In ISIS the corn which you imported from all
countries amounted in value To f59.Q6loI5. This,
| suppose Is its computed value when landed In
Eng land. and not the value at the place whence II
was imported. OF this quantity only fraction
more than one-haf was from the United States
saw what we received for II IN value in our money,
SLAP 936, 995-and II other foreign countries took
Sixty millions moro in value, then, as cOmpared with
our crop for 1879. you would leave at home for
domestic consumption an amount valued at
$1.OI417S,005.
The hay crop Is nearly all consumed at home, and
80 is the potato crop. The one IS valued at
1929 SJ1 $50. the other nj $7S,07l 900.
The value Of cotton imported by You IS stated 10
be G33. 519.5i9 .SuppOslng that two-thlTds of this
was from the United States. the value of what you
imported from country would then amount III our
money TO sos, 56,411; and If we shipped to other
foreign ports Sl0.OOOOOO In value, there would be
left Tor home consumption an amount worth $112,-
S43,JS9.
The value of unmannfactured tobacco imported
into England is stated at about t2.50O, 900 Now, If
two-thlrds of this came from the United States
say IS 06G, 666-there was left over S1o,OOO,OOO
wol tn tor home consumption. The result III respect
to the articles named IS this: We in our manu-
features at home, used or consumed. the
figures stand. over 1855, O00,0 900 in value.
Whilst have given You. as ! think,
full credit for all If not more than you took of what
we exported j am satisfied the amount we con-
sumed at home was at least One-hfth more than is
stated owing to differentiation of our production,
aud that our consumption oil these nye agricultural
products amounted in value to over 81 900 100000
as against less than $33O,OOO.OOO which we ex-
ported or sold abroad.
Now this estimate Of the agricultural products of
our country is limited TO the five named articles and
does not include meat, hogs, cattle, sheep or horses;
or the vegetable crop excepting potatOes) which III
this country, both IN variety and quantity is enor-
NOUS aud constitutes large item III the food OF our
people or the fruit CROP including the apple, peach,
pear and grape, and the smaller fruits that are
raised by the ton; or the fish, poultry;
these are included. and when taken
tOgther they amount in value to many millions OF
dollars. Now of the agricultural products which
we raise do not suppose One-titteenth part Is eX-
ported abroad certainly uJu more than this guam
THY. while the remainder remains at home, and is
consumed or used by our people who are engaged III
manufacturing and commercial pursuits. etc.
The HOME MARKET OF MOST VALUE.
The home market is therefore more important to
us than the foreign and the more we stimulate
and increase IT, the better it is for the agricultural
well every other interest IN the country. Pro-
lection does this; It sustains the manufactures.
thereby making market for the farmers. IL even
does more for it encourages new enterprises. But
for our Protective Tariff should not have had the
silk manufactures. The 10.l00 people IN the State
OF NewJersey engaged in this BUSINESS arc all fed by
our farmers. The Nation is benefited as well. 1t
gives employment to our people, and the profits TO
the manufacturers the Sl3ODO.lWO IN value OF
silk goods produced yearly are saved here that Is
whatever they make is made in this country and
goes towards the increasing wealth of the Nation /;
and the capital thus saved or accumulated here ia
employed in developing the country and it's
numerous resources and Industries.
One manufacturer IN the silk business AT pater-