Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-04
COMMUNICATED.
Free Trade vs.. Protection.
M. TIT

Free Trade vs.. Protection.
No. ILL.,
Its curious q oou1try so liberal as this 10
politics, religion and social establishments
should q. the same time maintain en- intoaraut
commercial policy. Error" says MaIezaruhe,
"is the ciu8s of human misery" aud men err
because they are ignorant. Ignorance i, the
parent Of protection. whose history here He will
briefly motto.
The Revolution wss fatal 10 foreign trade,
and manufactures arose to supply the hcme
demand. Peaos. showevar, restored the mol
nal coodiiou and commodities chez peued
Then tho cry Tor protec ion was first heard,
whish. 10 other words, was demand that The
high PRICES. scarcity and evils o! war should
prevail even 10 peace. Whom Congress organ.
iz,d 10 1889 tho scr.mtl, for spoiIs began, eaca
section trying to cutWs Tho ether. Those
original politicians were entirely dominated By
the preludc,s existing in ooDmarc,. 1hers
we're few adoCcltes of freedom 10 that Hous,,
and the tariff then adopted ep,oly avoEed pr1-
tec:iop. 10 1871 Hamilton reported in favor
OF it, because, he Sid, 1t secures, fist, diver
sity OF industry; ssooud, multiplication of ma
chiuery; third, employment to classes not fol-
morly engaged IL tho business fourth. immi-
grafton. and fftb. homo Market" We
note these poiots SIS remembered. First, an
industry exists because IL answers som, human
netd, Given the want and tho lab1r to 80 olg
i; will ali5s, but legislation clnnot diyos fy he
man wants. Therefore it cannot diversity bu-
man industry. The a'ural sato of production
i5 tho STATE answering our needs. bu! if su5s;-
dies aud tariffs draw men from ustural into
favored industries, i! is clear their efforts will
narrow to these. spd iadusJy will not b, 80
vsred as before NordhoH has abundant ev;-
dancc this has occurred 10 our c,uotrv. Second,
machinery Is means. not sn end, and We
"never do business to uss machinery, but We
use msctioery 10 do the business" Hamilton
pa 8 the cart before the horse. Third. W. attack
protection bsciuse it tskes mea frcm tslursl 10
favored industries. The oouutry will pioduc,
what it wants, ard il artificial mears itc;case
the supply beyond this want. IL will bo lost.
There 10 elut, sn1 teEcc our recurring papics.
This is not the first time our Argument spains.
has been used for protection. Fourth, our iuui-
grants sre lsbcrers IS class. We will show
that protection does cot add one cent 10 wages
bot seriously il ares them. If wo prove this,
then immigration is not attracted BY protto ion.
In 1870. wnen duties were tish aud Immigrants
numerous. ool9 2 nor c.. bel,rg,d 10 the prolec-
ted indos,Ii.s Every year will show nearly
the same result. At less. va DO not need to
stimulate i'm migration DOW. Fifth, the theory Of
hCmo market IS to keep the manufacturers 10
buy OF tho farmers their surplus. Now, this is
aussiuing men for what they destroy, not for
what they procCc,-a crying ebsurdity
Sail RI will 20 where nIic:s are higl-
est. whether 10 japan. CT New York. Liy-
erpoo fixes Tho piioo Of our exports to-day,
A home market cannot be secured but if 80. it
would mean limited sales snd contracted prc-
duc:icu. These are Rsripg errors f,r man of
Hamilton . shiliiy, whose worth We ackucw-
EGG, Tbilit We regret be knew less than bis
age, nod pevtr understood lie American
people.
The British turt Us less 10 the war of 1912
thau our owe embargo and Ietalistory ac.s.
All bust oess was suspended; cur artificial sys-
tenn again stimulated, which on the return Of
peece. q ole loudly olsmored fer protection. In
1916 MIR. Calhoun argued for the tariff On the
need of manufactures lD tine Of wsr. But We
answer, ID If wo must provide for war. let rs
keep Gu: aruy aud navy on o war fjotinr.
which is ohesptr ty far; aud (2) the tost
preparation for var is tho accumulation of
wealth, which prottc ion binders, AZ We will
show. lfs couu;r9 can buy it will bav. every
tbrg it wants TIE South had no msnpf ,c
lures, bat vas literally supplied until it bsc,me
Huatl, TO purchase. Webster vas free
trader thep, and exposed protection until his
convictions " re 6usbed by the demands Of a
selfish constituency. From 1916 to 1916 The
sections Struggled fer and against tho tariff
with ohsngicg positions and threats of uulli6-
cato, aud SECESSION. The election of Polk in
1874 gava asoendency to the Souh and 10 &c
duties we're lowered to 20 per oent,, a rate
which remained ill 1861. l. vas 30. 80 bieb
% to rstard business seriously, and this is call
the golden age by reason Of our prosperity, Ia
1860 the Republican Convention introduced its
tariff plank, as the result Of direct bargain
and sale with Pennsylvania, whose support was
necessary to it's SUCCESS. The conirac. was
performed the fo!owiog Year 10 the Morrill,
Tariff Bill uuder whose vicious provisions We
live Today. the national welfare thus made
the subject IF bsr!cr by uoscrupulous poIji-
clans.
We owe much to tie republican party, but
noshlng can cxtenuale this unhalowed trsnsac-
ton. Tho great questions of the war AID re-
construction heretofore have prevented stteL-
ton to this matter. 1t is DOW discussed every
where. and the d,y is Eos distant when The evil
will be removed M,
A mairisge license was issu.d ia Washing