The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-04-04

and duty of % per cent. on tin, out
OF which the proper cans are made
This duty on tin prevents our dairymen
from having. the monopoly of the trade
'of the world ip preserved milk. and pre-.
vents the preservation OF fruits and veg
etsbles, which constitute so large por-
tion of the waste Of every farm in the
land
To get some idea OF the magnitude of
the interests involved, remember that in
1880. the amount invested in the mills
and other conveniences for cotton man
nfactures, was 1925 900 600; the value
of woolens manufactured, was 1924, 600
900; of silk manufactures, S34, 600, 600;
nf shoe and leather industry. SS6,OOO,-
900; the products of iron and steel
work, 10000 tons. Remember, also,
that in the same year the product Of cot
ton was more than 100000 bales of
Indian corn, more than 1,754 ,00O, 900
bushels; of wheat. 100000, 900 bushels
of oats, 400 100000 bushels; OF tobac
CO, more than 1852. 600, 600 pounds. The
cattle exnort WAS Sl4,000,000, corn eX-
port, $50 600 coo; wheat export, $780,
600 600; -four export. S45, 600 600; cot
ton, S245 100000; lard, $50 600 900;
heef, $l2,Q00,000; pork, $4,000. .000 -
The aggregate annual product OF agr-
cultural, manufacturing and mechanical
industry reaches seven thousand millions
dollars. Imagination falters under such
vast amounts. have them from the
Commissioner Of Agriculture The re-
port from the Bureau of Statistics for
the year 1881, shows that the value of
articles imported for consumption reach
ed S650.000.000. and that the duties
reached 100000 TIE merchsn-
die entering the city of New York
alone, comes from all quarters of the
globe, and is Of indescrlbahle variety,
quality and value. 1t averages more
than $500, ,G00,000 a year, more than a
million and quarter day. There are
thirteen schedules of rates. enumerating
duties on more than l,500 different ar.
ticles, to which about 1000 other mis-.
cellaneous articles are to he added, max
ing in all about $500 separate articles
on which duties are to be assessed and
collected, and bevond these scheduled
duties, there are S23 articles which paw
ad salorem duties, Sal which pay specific
rates, and l44 which are subject to COM
pound rates
These statistics convey some idea OF
the vastness of the interests with which
our tariff laws deal Tnev must be so
adjusted that while no injustice shall be
done to these various and immense in
lerests in their relation to each other at
home, hostile and retaiatory legislation
shall not be provoked in the countries
whose products we tax The mind can
scarcely grasp the enormous production
of our county, when 100 600, 900 of act
i've enterprising people shall employ
their brain and their industry in the de
velnpment Of its agricultural. mineral
AMI mechanical resources. 1t will tar
exceed the demands of home market.
Our tariff law must not destroy the for
eign market. or even greatly impair it,
II we shut our markets to the products
of other nations, they will certainly shut
their markets to US, and generally in the
same proportion. "As We SOW, so shall We
reap again." 1t is often and loudly as
serted that we can repress or even for
bid the importation Of foreign products,
and retain unimpaired entrance for our
products into other countries The
claim is unfounded Reason and expe.
rience alike refute it. Human nature re.
bells against it. The necessity Of the
sale OF the fruits of labor makes it im-
possible know Of nothing which
more jealously insis!e on the enforce
ment of the golden rule: "As ye would
that men should do unto you, do you
even so to them.
The friends of extreme protection as
sert that their system produces at once,
high wages to workmen and cheap pri-
ces for commodities This is paradox.
Il is without reason on its face. 1t has
nothing to support it. The result can
not be cheap, il the elements are all
dear Labor enters largely into the cost
of all manufactures. IL the wages Of
labor are high, the products OF such la.
hor cannot be cheap. If the products
are cheap, the labor must be cheap also
| despise the words, "cheap labor. =
They mean wages low, luxuries none,
comforts none; home. house, food, clo-
thing. education, scant, and failing, the
heart, courage, high hope of the laborer
faint and falling, and his family suffer-
ing. They mean penury, misery, failing
health, failing strength, feehleness, and.
fiually vice, disregard of social and
moral obligation. But labor is cheap,
not only by reason of what it receives,
but by what it must pay for all that the
lahorer ought TO have. II the necessa.
ries and comforts of his life are costly
beyond their due proportion to his
wages, then his labor is cheap, aud its
rewards are scant. L never knew ardent
advocates for protection, who worried
themselves to protect labor. They go
on the principle that the Government
should take care of the rich, and the
rich will take care of the poor They
protect the pocket Of the manufacturer.
never heard that they require the man
ufacturer to divide the contents OF his
pocket book with his employees Every
addition to the price OF home products
or necessaries OF life, falls first and most
heavily on labor. and the very essence
of protection is an increase of price on
the article protected. We have lately
heard that capital is very helpless and
timid suppose we shall so N he told
that labor is very bold and aggressive
The American. Consul at Bsrmen, in
his report dsted October %, 1881, gives
the following comparative statement of
The prices OF the necessaries OF life 10
Germany, showing that the prices of'al.
most every article for family use have
increased since the adoption Of the new
German tariff laws. The prices are Civ
en- in Marks and Pfennigs per Kilogram /:
-@ INCREASE
~ MAY 10. MAY 81
Butter, 220 $40 20
Wheat four, 80 36 1
Petroleum.. 29 81 8
Bacon, Wes'pbalia, 100 100 80
Bacon, American, leo l20 20
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