Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-02-18
FREE TRADE.

tlOn OF thc party nus JIG" s'"e 20
Trade. BY this term we do not mean
of course, aud no one has ever meant
that our Custom Houses should he aboi-
ishcd and all goo Is Of every sort brought
into the country, AMI Ian led upon our
wharfs without the payment Of any
charge upon taem. no one ever meant
that, for a. long as Sc lave a govern
ucut. it will require money to support
tat government, aud the needed income
,or that purpose can more easily be col
etcu by duties gu imports than by amy
other made Of taxation.
what is meant by Free Tra.le is that
it j. the correct doctrine and sound theo
~ upon which governments alone ought
to be founded & administered, because ~
removes from trade all trammels anG from
private industry all burdens, leaving
uurcs,.oined the right to buy AMI sell
wherever the best prices may be obtain
ed or it is thought most advantageous
The Democratic doctrine is, a. it should
be that the only deviation from the prac
ticc of absolute Free Trade ought to be
for the purpose IT raising revenue for
the purpose of carrying on the govern
mcnt. This position Is N our opinion
sound and impregnablc The doctrine
Of the Republican party, the same as
that Of the Wings, is primarily for pro-
lection Of home industries; the imposl
ton Of such a tax upon foreign products
as will prevent them from competing in
our markets with home products, where
by the consumers is Obliged to buy the
domestic article at a greatly enhanced
price. thus depriyiug him of the right
of going into the markets Of the world
aud buying .-s.~tevcr he wants wg.hc TssiXn, :
ne can get IL cher -s'' ~ -
ed this il dane for the purpose alone OF
raising revenue for the support of the
Government, but is for the purpose of
giving our own people monopoly Of GER
tain trades and industries winch are thus
protected. The profits thus derived
do not 90 into the public treasury but
60 into the pockets Of private individuals
Thus the many are taxed for the benefit
Of the few, whilst the Democratic doc
trinc would give the greatest good tC
the greatest number The latter sys
tenn looks to the welfare OF consumers
who BY far constitute the greatest mum
Der, whilst the other looks to the build
ing up of monopolies in the hands of the
few to enable them to concentrate anc
consolidate wealth. The one system is
based upon the true principles of poltl
cal economy and the other upon falls
premises as may be easily illustrated. |
Congress protects the interests Of the
manufacturer, why not protect those o
the farmer. Bo,h ought to be and are
equally the objects Of It's bounty. Sup
pose both protected Suppose th
interests of all protected" by a sort o
Chinese wall of prohibitory duties, wha
then? The manufacturer must eat anc
therefore is compelled to buy at high
figure the protected" products of The
farmer. In turn the farmer aud his fam
ily must be clad, therefore he is compcll-
ed to buy at an equally high figure the
protected fabric of the manufacturer
Thus the big price received by the farmer
goes into the pocket of the manufacturer
who in tnrn pays it out to the artisan
who in turn pays high prices to some
body else, and thus it weuld 20 on around
in a circle and nobody would be benefited
in the end but all injured, becau.e the
laws of trade are violated, and ultimately
business ofevery sort would be protected
out of existence
This shows the result of the principles
of protection carried out to their logical
sequence, And any thing less than the
protection of all the industries is nothing
more nor less than the building up of
monopolies 10y the taxing of the many
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the few. There
\ tl.e serNoNas >0sAoe PA>e'0'' 90 ~. si'o~S's
full men.