Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-09-23

the manutocturerst to be inv0iced to the
manufacturers agents In America They
are paid for in Europe by bill that is
made out in American money by the
American agents Of the European man.
uiacturers. These agents here becon Q
rich and return to Europe to enioy and
to spend their fortunes. Mr.. Yield can
not. in his own name or in the name OF
any OF mis- agents, have his importations
landed in America as cbeaply as,hese
agents of the manufacturers do it .tur
him. sHaft s-;' t.--
There is every eviience that the dis
honesty provoked by the high duties at
our chief seaports and all along the Ca
madam border Is as extensive and as
demora'lzing as The. dishonesty that the
old protective duties OF England foster.
ed. Tho American thiet is more scien.
tltic and can be more quiet becaise be
runs less risk than The old English
smuggler|. hut there is 10 reason to
believe that tie, general sie,noralizatin
is .ess; indeed. it must be greater. 1t
hardly need he said, how ever, that the
commission. during s.its Journey along
Ethe Canadian bor.ier has isiied even to,
make an effort tu ksve,tiGate this evil
But il is u strong argument and an ar,
gumenis oiten >in:lAi~A:. As thase cities
against high duties. An investigation
oI the importing trade mFe~ York. il
t " ere lj0. BILE to make il, would put
TO shame the peccadill"es Ot the south.
ern .:mouns,iners,' whom n standing
army oi revenue officers is maintained
TO suppress. fss 10
WhlIe, too. the masses OF the people,
busy these fifteen Years and" b0uyant
with the prosperity that new continenu
whose det elopment really began after
the war made possible, have borne the
burdens Ut protection with less COM
plant than q people under any other
circumstances could have borne them,
the workingmen from their own expert
ence even in the. present prosperous
times are becoming aware OF the injus-
tice they suffer. In. spite OF the tariff
commissions Indifference TO them; they
have plainly and repeatedly made their
complaints known. The po.tsrsr of
Tren. OH, indeed, forgot to call attention
to the fact that their labOrers had PEI
toned congress Tor reduction OF duties
on the necessities OF lite. The duty ON
earthenware. they argued, enriches the
owners OF pottelies, but We receive no
increase OF wages, and because Of the
tariff, our wage money will not buy as
| much as it ought. Likewise the glass
manufacturers Of Indiana forget tO call
the attention Of the commission to the
fact that they oyce sent to Belgium and
hired glass-Olowsrs to come to their
" orks for nominally the same wages
that they received in, Belgium. The
American glass blowers were discharg-
I'd and the Belgian Workmen soon found
out that they were really less we'll paid
than ut home. But these .manufactur.
ers OF glass took great pride ip asking
the com mmission to examine the mirrors
they had made Tor hotel in Chicago
and in asking for. ~ higher duty On
smaller sizes of plate .glass, in order
that they might pay their laborers high
or wages. In Chicsgo'a mechanic came
before the commission aud said that III
WAS once protectionist, but that hi
experience has shown HIM the, iallac!
OF protection. Years ago, wnen th'
duty or many of the necessities vi III,
was lower, he received 81 SO day ant
lived comfortably. He receives only
So so IL day now, and his house rent. hi
grocer's bill aud the other necessary ex
penses vi liyi. g. xis so much CREATE
than they formerly were tina; his lie
II struggle against poverty. The com
mlssiUneIs, .hitemp. ed to enlnDgie hiu
in wsarlsOins questions About Liza khec
ries OF tree trade and prutec: ion. but b
declared mantnlly (and his manner an
appearance, made limp .ssib.e to dout
what he said) that he lived economical
anil worked steadily, bu. tina: he ha
not FIR tn. ee year. been five miles troI
; Chicago; that lie wished TO GO to one {
the states farther west and buy y sma
farm to leave his children, but that b
Gu q not save enough money to e
away. - ''''@ -... .a..
And we have reached under protcc,
i've tariff that shameful condition I
: trade which has caused projected mar
utacturers themselves to denounce pre
: lection and to ask for re,iei from 1t. Th
7 largest manufactures of hardware i
the union, several manufacturers I
8 jswelry and two extensive tanners hav
{ shown the oUmmi ssion how they al
: hindered by tho tariff from export in
goods. All these protests. and the
e are all peculiarly strong. have bee
!. made unssked for. indeed, against OF
! position. The men who have mad
: them either confessed openly lor shove
by their manuer that they expect no r,
lief from the commission. but they toe
advantage ot the opportunity t., spsa
less to the commission than the c0untr,
L Tue political party that shall have Il
, cou, age to tigh. this battle Tor them wi
win their support and bring . new 81
of prosperity alike TO manufactare
and iaborers, and elevate the charact'
and build up the thought Of the poop
that the tariff degrades. Tho time
o coming, and the western people u
r working to bring it near, waen prote'
Il ,ion will seem an uglier relic OF barb
v rism and more degrading 'hindrant
' to material prosperity and to NOR
y growth than slavery was That will
' a bad time for the commission and i
b iavori,es, the potters. the iren mani
/. facturers and the llmberMen.