Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-25

No. 81.
efforts even in the interest OF the reve-
nues OF the country to reduce taxes i'm
posed on all the people to put money
into their pockets. When it was taken
in spite OF them. England sprang at
once to the front in the great race Tor
the prize of the worlds commerce.
wish the senator from Vermont Mr..
MORRILL, in his glowing description of
handicap race had condescendpd to tel
Us what protection has done for us il
that International contest. When Eug-
land reversed the .icv she had for
centuries fought to m ii ..taih, and threw
of the swaddling olhes OF ini ,ncy aud
the shackles OF protection, AMI told her
people 10 enter the race upon their
muscle and their manhood, her military
and naval por,s on every continent and
on every isle Of the seas became repair
shops and coaling stations for her CUM
mercial marine. Her shipping has in
creased from 1S40 till 1880 from 6 ,490, 900
tons to Al 348.O0 tons. nearly seven
told. while the annual carrying capacity
OF her present tonnage is more than
double as great, ton for ton, as her
tonaage OF 1910 was. She now owns So
per cent. OF the Ocean-carrying trade OF
the world, civilized and uucivilized.
We pay her $l00, ,0O0, 900 IL year to carry
our products and supplies. Free trade
did not handicap England much in that
regard; while Up to 1860 we had bet
ter and almost equal tonnage in amount
with England. aud our ship owners re-
ceived from foreign nations $25 OO0, 900
annually rs their profits, The Morrill,
tsrin and kindred schemes Of protection
have driven Us from the seas, made us
begg srs, where under democratic
revenue tariff we were masters. But
tor our cOastswise MOnop ,ly and con-
gfsssional subsidies every private ship
yard IN America would be closed tn day
Tho false pretenses of destruction Oi
ships and trade by toe war, SO long
maintained by tile monopolists. are all
exploded. Eten Senator Morrill, did not
venture 10 aliude 20 our foreign carry
ing trade though for two hours belt took
. lick ut creation in laudstion Ot the
blessings conferred upon US by his pro-
tective tariff. =
The president and his secretary OF the
treasury, with the pride natural to dis
tinRuished citizens of New YORK. advise
congress that OF the, amount cole, tad
fvcm custom taxes "$138, ,908. .562 was
collected at the port OF New York, leav.
ing 359, 1851, /, lis AS the amount collected
5at all the other ports os the country"
They might have advised US Of thS
further fact that there are over one
hundred and thirty other ports of entry,
nesrly halt Of them only harbors OF ref
uge iOre republican political bummers,
where all the expensive machinery OF a
c1stom.house 10 kepl up and hardly anv
revenue collected. aud they might have
I'D vised us further that there Is not a
single American steams Zip that leaves
or enters the great port of New York
to or from any European port. [ wish
the senator from Vermont had conde-
scended to tell as how our vast exports
are enhanced in value to their owner BY
prohibiting the producer who has to sell
them abroad iu an unprotected market
from buying as a return cargo what he
pssds. and by forcing HIM tc pay so per
cent. more tor things he must have to q
New England manufact urer than he was
offered Tor them whers he sold his gram,
his cotton, or any other product ot his
farm. The money received abroad
comes to this country, it is true, but
who gets itP The producer OF the ex-
ports 10 the loser, the government gets
nothing, the Taxpayers are not relieved.
and the New England manufacturer has
no right to 1t; in short, The wrong man
il enriched by Mr.. Morrill's legislation.
Bat let us look little farther IN O
the so called ruin free trade has
wrought in Englahd While her 'popll-
lation has increased from 26 SOC, 600
in 1s41 to 5.O00,u00 in 1881, the able-
bodied paupers who had to be sup.
ported by taxation in England and
Wales decreased from POL 900 in 1849
to Ill GOO in 1880. aud the number OF
criminal convictions from $4,000 III
1910 10 15,6O0 in 1881. The taxable
incomes of hor people, rxclu,iiny
ireland, Increased from 925l 900, 900
in 1912 TO 1882 600. 900 in 1880, an ~.
crease OF 1S0 per cent, W hile tier popu-
iation Increased only 50. The value
Of her annual exports was swOliuu
from 951 000, 900 III 1910 to E223, ,OOo.-
GOO i'll 1880, all increase OF $50 per
cent; while the annual savings Of the
working claases, leaving cut of ac-
count The increased comfort and ad.
vantaYes afforded by cheap food and
materials, are esiimate ed to have iu..
creaaed nfroM S24, 500. 900 in 1910 10
Ell. 900, 900 in 1880. To use the lau.
guaKs OF the senator:
"ihese are monumental facts, aud
they can no more bes blinked out OF
signt than the Alleghanies or the
Rocky Mountains"
English laborers aud mechanics to-
day receive much higher wages than
like labor or skill commands in any
other European country, vel her
manufacturers compete successfully
with all other people. or course
there are periods Of depression in
eusiness aud consequent suffering in
all densely populated countries. The
year 1879 was disastrous one for
England her crops fsiled, while those
ofths United States were superabuu-
dant; yet for that Year. the trade of
England with other countries amount
ed to s612 .0O0. 900, her population be-
ing S5.O00.000, while the external
trade OF the United States. with
population Of nearly $4,000, ,OoO,
amounted to only f239, ,OOO, 900, over
30 per cent. Of our exports. being not
only unprotected but heavily burden
ed sgriculturais products were sent
abroad in, foreign ships to feed
starying world. The statesmen of
Englsnd who broke down the long
cherished protective policy of that
country aud established free trade -in
its stead, met with an opposition
as determined as the monopolists
of this country now present to
any attempt to curtail or diminish
their privileges, aud on the same
grounds. Joint debates were had De-
tore the people. There Mr.. Golden,
Mr.. Bright, aud their aiherents laid
down the following proposition;
"rhat in the opinion OF this meet
ing the corn laws aud every other
law which protects one class at the
expense of other classes must prove
iuIuriOus to tko national nrOs par;fy