The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-18
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Antonio ESpfcss, IN lis last Saturdays |
ssue under The above heading proceeds 10
.harge the lirntLp with inconsistency be
'iu.e wo took issue with Mn ursoS on his
arlG views, and at the same time advocated
.hc establishment Of cotton and WOODEN
mills in the south, and especially Tesas.
We believe the Express is about the only |
paper In The state cinGing to protection
and yet there are none of them but favor
the establishment Of manufactures. II we
should advocate manufactures un-
able TO live without protection
and at the same time inveigh
against protection we should indeed be de-
ciieily inconsistent, This we have never
done. II is the common cry OF The capital
list, we well know, TO declare that govern
mental AID is necessary for manufactures,
bnt it is just this proposition we deny in
the advocacy of free trade. There is no
reason why manufacturing cannot be done
upon safe and profitable basis in the
south simply because capital and power
have iostered it in New England until The
few there have grown enormously rich at
the expense of The masses. IL does not
sand TO reason that coitou and wool can
not be manufactured almost us cheap
agau upon the fields where they
are grown, as they are alter
transportation, assortment, brokerage and
transfers, in bleak New England. But
then, even there, enormous prods are
made so much 50 indeed, that capital has
been tempted in until it has almost pro-
duced disaster. When the profs are cut
down 10 reasonable figure and the addi-
tiUnal costs OF manufacture ave saved by
erecting mills in the south, the tariff could
be taken off aud without disCOu az ug mau-
ufacLurng protect tbc masses aSa'ost e.
tortion and the Infringement Of their nat
ural rights Tue Express is pleased 10 re-
fer to the raising and manufacture of wool,
il which its section is especially Interested.
Here are some facts aud Ggu,es rom the
Chicago Times which We commend TO The
Express: Last year The ad va'orem equiva-
tents of The mixed duties Oh wool ranged
rom 1858 10 76.4 per cent. on WOODEN
mauuiac hey ranged from 50 20 102.
per cent. In 1868 and 1869, says Pho
FEssoR SUMNER, we saw mutton a dug IN
the city at and cents, when beet was 70.
The farmers who had been dcluded into
relying on tariff TO produce wealth found
that they ha3 to send heir sheep 10 slaugh-
ter. The wooden interest profted no bet
Ter. They had to import dirt from Aus
tralia when they wanted WOOL II the
price advanced, or any turn OF exchange
or item OF cost carried tbs Ltal
cost above II cents, they found a
higher rate of duty eyacted, and thy impor
tation Improbable. When they/turned to
uhe home supply they found that il was al
in one grade, and that they we're deprived
OF the advantage OF mixing woo,s to make
various fabrics. The TIMES is well aware
that the protectioniss CLAIM that any quail
ity Of wool may be produced in this coun-
try. This may be true, but as matter o /
fact we are importing large quantities o
wool--12s,N 100000 pounds last year-Which
it sufficient proof that if every grade ofwool
can be produced here it is not produced
here as q matter OF fact, though its produc-
ton is encouraged by the high duties above
stated. The facts show plainly enough that
protection has not protected the wool-grow-
ers, aud that The whole WOODEN industry ha
been depressed rather Than stimulated by
the Syracuse iariif. There is, however, "A
MIXED aud not altogether credltable in'
dustry that has been Stimulated by that
tariff. Ia lecture delivered last February
/ L.
the comparatively high prices of wooden
fabrics in this country by reason of the
| tariff, and the temptation thereby created
! to defraud, We have learned TO mix
shoddy and cotton with wool in lis manu-
facture 10 an extent and degree OF skill
that cannot be surpassed TO fo'iiiy this
statement, Mr.. WELLs turns TO The census
statistics for 1850 and fluids the maze ials
used in the mauufaau'e of wooden fabrics
that wear as follows: Wool, as received
from the CARTS, 10000, 900 pounds; shoudy,
81 OIL 600 pounds; co.ton, Sl,01o,OOO pounds.
! The elect Of the wool tariff on The asicul-
tlrist is evident. He does not produce 50
much wool nor get so much for what he
does produce. On the other hand, he has
to pay very much more for wooden goods,
and when he buys them he runs the risk of
getting three-sevenths cotton and shoddy.
Surely, he ought not TO be a very staunch
defender Of the tariff on woods and wool
cns." Tie same facts may DC !ouHd IL
Sermons TO the Protectionist Manufac-
turers," published by PUTSAM's SoSs, New
York, for the n. Y. Free Trade club, com
piled from the Official records. If this is a
superior wool and cotton state, under nat
ural and not forced conditions, they will be
chiefly grown here. II grown here, it is a
law of common sense TO say that the mills
for their manufacture will seek ultimately
the natural home Of The pro luct, and being
a necessity, must flourish whether pro-
tected or not. Now in view OF the above
facts Il VIC are working in opposition to the
establishment OF factories in Dallas, are not
he Express aud Ma. UPsoS in opposition
10 the iuteresis-the one 10 the majority OF
its patrons aud the other 10 the majority Of
his constituents who arc wO0lgrowerH,
when they Insist upon retaining a taiiH
under whose provisions the indus ~ ian
guishes aud which % consequence acts adj
verseiy 10 the wOoien manufacturers
We are afraid our contemporary
has forgotten the touching story
Of oues and glass houses. We simply
have stronger fai,h in The universal laws Of
trade. afisiug frgm The fundamental princi-
pies Of mans nature. iban in The soPhisiti's
asl schemes 70 control them ~ ar Gcial
means which arise from bis educaicd pfei1-
dices aud avarioe. Il . f0r this reason ihat
we deprecaie political inierfereuce with the
,..frr.t free,lorn Of trade. except 90 FAR a. il