Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-30

reason urged 10 that IL Is necssssry to
build up home Industries in the way
af manufacturing aud pay higher
wages to American labor. Even II
protection did this, 1t would be no
excuse for the serious injury IL tn-
tlicts upon other Industries. But II
does not do it. It's Influence is Osne.
full upon manufacturing aud labor as
1t is upon commerce and agriculture.
Look At it's effect upon in.nufac,ui-
ing. T,ree-fourihs OT the successful
Of the United States
have become rich through the making
of patented articles. Having the pro-
lection OF the patent laws, they can
Charge what tnSy piease tor WHIST
they make. 1t 10 manifest, therefore,
that the only effect Of the protective
system upon thea il to increase the
price Of the material they require,
aud thus do them Al Injury. A. tor
the most Of tho other manufacturing
industries. protection takes away
from them nearly all II x,ves them.
From two Ut the principal protested
industries wa have testimony To thi>
effect. A leading paper manufactured
product could well afford to have the
,,rotect;om vara also taken off Of
ex.ry,iimy ,nsv vsr. required 1. buy
in urtier 10 make PAPER. ArwooleM
;" ",nm,sc," "r.r a, ,he ,,r,tr ro"v.uti""
In this c,tv a.;d that n the Law would
10. ,.,,.. .,s. ,r.,,. ~" mr., .,ui..
,"v @ m.,er,si coal m.ohinery. wool
md ,,ther m.tsrisls. n. wuu,d tsks
tree ,r.ds for his wooden goods.
Wha, il ,his hut 10 saw that all pro-
,ectiou gives 10 the WOODEN m .uufAc.
,urer IL takes away frsmi him in tho
increased prices .it msk.s for the sr-
ticles he 10 compelled to buyI Pro-
teclion, 100, 1iinits the imnrke OF rue
American manufacturers. They avo~-
Gully ia Ike tor the titIy mttsioms Of
pssssle ot the United s aios only. tbs
Fs5saraussiy c0.avs wAea there - more
lhan. tte naan,ry csa uol,susus. Whst
d - h-ersseOg hs swrpiu. The in-
sreasesG t,xirs ~ hIch prusoct ctioaloccss.
t0as afiseHlueett from gelnx atr0ad,
aa6 o. esheesfpga. remaims M siif3a the
scurceA al I'D pfSuuc,ion. TIE tnrIxe
sady ySeeee.eAe snpxket the -yrestsss ahs
sdefasn,,dS = tEeReeaeer the d.us sad JhS
EKrps1aE-tk - bSaNSakEaoturer's prUsperi.-
". WhyS uok. uoanulacture for the
tbsussbd nasliiolla aef the wsrid iEng-
land dSes. VIA Whst magnificent
resu.tS! FrnRsISlO 10 1880 uhdof free
trade. EOR3.ndh exports inoreaSed
fron 4s00.OQN,Oa ~ nearly 81, ,tOO,-
OO0, GOO ssasl ske total Of her iutstgn
sre.to frNR oo0O: :OOO. 900 to nosrly a.
|OOo. COO 0O6 Lsss yssr Amsri ! sold
sf nAhafsstared goods TO. Australis.
AsStx snd Africa $4,000, 900 worth,
EwAt5e EnxiAud 10 the saMs countries
Eenld oe6O, ,O0O, 600 worth. The fetal Of
EAmssica's manu- utsctures exported MAS
E10ko00. 600. while Of Esg gland's IL was
f1f:66O. .OOO. .OO0. The world 10 10 be
.upOlted With nnsnu fsetnresi articles.
Why Oh ,uld England Dc Il alI7 We
nave raw material in the zrsatest
abundance. lren ahd soal eau be
tu,p bled from the inOunta side isto
the furBscss, while iu EsSIand they
must xO uwder the land ana under the
| .ea, We have cheaper food. We have
| skill and ingenuity equal to theirs.
| Why not hagIm to nianuf ufavture Tor the
wOrlri? Break down the barriers Of
pretsrt,ou aud IL will coon begin, and
| / predict the day will net be far dis.
tsut when Americs will have more
than half Of that immense lsrcigm
trade which England now mouopo.
Iizas.
Knt the obieetor says ve cannot
cot,i,,ete, with Eusisud becsuse Of the
higher vs9es American lsborers re.
oeiye. PretsctIom, therefore. should
be n,sintaiped 20 keep wages high.
A more u,ous rous untruth WAS never
altered. The y Hsges In England ere 90
per cent, higher lhsn they were an.
der protection. They are SO per cent.
higher lhsn In the protected countries
on the continent, sxd, tsiost sstound.
iua fact Of Ill. the ststistics Of The
late census show that the cash wages
received NV the Enxlish opsratiye In
Ithe ,noet important iuduvtries. are
higher than these paid ~ this coun.
trv. Ii the veolsn Aud cottou rniils
Iof Masaxchaelts In 1880 ths sdnIt
ions r.tiv. reusivAd a 80 nsr veek Far
s,Ttv i,onr., l.hsr. snd IN H.mchestsr
they received sfrht doii.ro for fittv.
M hours' labor. In the iron and steal
lIndustrie.. sbe evs,ags wages per
week 20 sauit epsrasiv vcs iu tie United
tSsalse .v.s ~ 20 psr week. and in
England for the came tsr,u Ia Vas
lS7 IS, THIS Was ls 1880. : booming
wear for iii msu ! fac, urinx iudusfries.
For years before thst time. the Amer
iicau labsrer vas out of smployment
from one.iourth TO ous.half tue time,
wh,le The Euglish Isborer had con-
tiuuuus smd steady SIMPLIFY ment. Aud
rem ember tbst Ill this 10 with the ex-
psnses Of living 40 per cent. cheaper
u Enxlssd than iu Amsrics. How
prsposis rous the aryu,aeat, there fore,
shat ear protective tsriG rAuos, bs
maintained u. give higher WaRss 70
The laborsr, When under FREQ trade In
Euglsud Tie labercr 10 better paid
,hsn IL, America In the most ,npor.
tant Of protected indusiries. chis
fact 10 Just Whist should have teen
anticipated. Protecsiou tsudS to di.
miuish wayes. Material aud ,lsbor
enter ints al manufae, uring. Il What
ever inereases the price Of mstSrial
. tends to diminish the wages iuud.. As
protection does this IL Mustl teHd to
dininish wages. There eau DO no In.
crease IN waYss unisss there cas- be
An increase IN tho espitsl property sp.
mica l,le te tho psymeni of wares.
Prniec,ion does sot inereAsa oan,tal.
. I, keepe ou, foreign sSpitaI vhicS can
hr mo,e nro6tAblv sInle "a In = An.
s,.r,ur;rv,vhsss !, s,erisi Il .h.snsr.
IN drives out forei9n eapitsi vSich
> eseks inS eaimsnt in nAnufa ninrin o.
: n. rHr.,.. m.rks,s hecan.e ehesms.
nst.risi "a. ~ .h,.i..d sl..-hsr.
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