The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-08


bicber wares in the Truited States
would NOT He = formidable drawback
Mr. Presinent there is one co,npe-
tition which orr mannfacturino In
dustrv has TO encounter that is more
noweyf,I in limitino its Growth than
narhans anv other cause Tits found
in the INVITING and bounteous fields
of American 9gricuIh,re This was
the case jn.our Colonial times it is
50 now. and if will continue as lone
as we have fresh. yiroin soil and large
areas of territory for r o,r neonle.
It requires high wages, the very
highest, and even they are often in
sufficient Tn keen a man in workshop,
mill, coaI.nit. or rlass foundry. when
within his reach IS a home Of his own
on his own land where in his double
capacity of proprietor and laborer he
and his family can enjoy the entire
fruits Of his own labor. 1t is not that
the nrofts of rarminp are greater than
other avocations; they are pro, erbial-
" smaller at this time; but there is
an Instructive tendency in the Anglo
Saxon blood TO land-owninr. This
instinct giyes to agriculture a social
dipnitv and personal independcnre
which compousate for its ueaper
profits. and very often the cares and
disappontments to which it is subject.
The marie Of the freehold is more
potent than that of wares of hire. The
thrilling associations Of the homestead,
where wife and children live in secu-
rity and peace and love, can not be
measured by u scale Of dollars and
cents.
II is therefore the cheapness Of
lands and the superior attractions Of
agriculture which have made it the
more powerful industrial competitor
of manufactures.
Now. sir, the avowed object Of
the protective system is to counteract
+h;s sunorior ottractivnness Of arri-
cultural industry and to divert cap
;taI and labor from if into monufac-
tnras II i NOT ,rotoction AGAINST the
counotition If ioreirn manner labor
tLa4 tbn duties are lGyied but AGAINST
tLo cor,ro+ition of nm, own home ao-
ricnltural indnstrv If is fine Gonna
tition Of fine industry which produces
our exnorts and which brinos back
;unorts in oxcbonre aoainst which
tbs tariff system is designed to oper-
a+o ond bnnco ;ts afrarl- have never
failed to arret, tbe increase of the pro-
drct;on or woolth h, means Of aori-
culture and TO cause fine proGts earn.
ed in tbe field to he maid out to ii E
forgo and tbo mill This nojnt ha.
Lo6n elaborated bv other Senators.
Mr.. Prosidentif in the coures Of my
remarks I have said ANYTHING which
has left fine imurossion that am il
! the slightest degree Indifferent to the
progress Of manufactures IN TIM
country, ] have expressed myself un
fortunately. III have not impressc,
those who have heard me with m,
! deep sense of the importance Of then
as diyersirying our industries, as
source of national wealth, as Il mean
of elevating and advancing the hu
man race and ennobling our clyiIlza
ton through those great appliance
/ of science and art by which tn
( mighty powers Of nature are mad
subservient to the wants of man, an
if | have not expressed sympathy #
p them whenever | have been compcIIe
cast to vote that seemed not teno
n ing to foster by taxation their indus
tries, it was because professions al
I 50 cheap that but little faith isattacl
- to them.
If they would listen to me wouI
i say to them that wisdom would dI
a tate concessions lna'eIIai an" '"[
d upon TINS question. oeIIeNe u
If the movement lor revenue reform al
o lower taxation can he largely gu,''
o by them 50 as To cause no snocN
10 existing interests Il 'heY VIII u'
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