The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-23

This time Mr.. POrter's letter TO the New
York Tribune deals with the woollen in.
dustry Of Germany. 1t is a letter which
every free trads ought to read, though be
have 10 take day of to do it. The article
is packed with facts which show that the
woollen industry is rapidly growing ia
psotectionist Germany, while the same In
dustry is on the down grade in free trade
England. 1t also shows that under free
trade the Germany woollen industry went
from bad to worse. Here are the figures
from official sources:
In ls12 the total value Of The exports Of
wOulIsl and wOrsted goods, including worsied
yarn, from England, was III ROUND figures
$4,000 VUO; IN 1881 1t had declined 70 SIG. :
UOO, 10, u decrease VI so, 000OGO. Ia Germany
the exports 0t yarns have been steadily In
crsaslug, especially under projection, leap
lnp las IirsL year Vi the tariff from Sl4 S75 600
IL 1879 u $2S, $50, 600 in 1880, 10 Woollen and
worsLsu yarns tue exports from England
s,nce 1871 nave declined almost one.hali-the
dec.iuu being steadily every year from $50
66o,U9Oln 1872 % $40, l28 4sO In 1881. lac
SAME IIOlds true III lhe exports OF oIner wool
ian ,snd worsled goods liz 1879 England ex.
ported IN value over 500 00U,G0O; III 1881 II
hsu decreased " $0U,UOV,UVO. In Quantity
Germany decreased III exports unuer FIes
Trace, from about 81 $50 QUO pounds In 1877
70 q, l2G.U OO pounds III 1879, add theb sud
denly creased III 1880 ~ ", ia, 600 p0unul,
aud Ill 1881 " 1904 ,U0O POUNDS, while the
yAlueo oil Lne expOFts0 OF WVol4en AnuIactufes
has increased lrUnI about VI, 0OO, OOO In 1871
TO $4,000, 600 IN 1850 aud $41 ,OU00O0 III 1881.
The Iut4i value OF Vie ANIMAL exports OF M0o!-
leu and WUrsted gOoGs, including yarns, from
Germuuy, is therefore about 100000 or
SG.OOJUJ less than the decrease III the
sanu class OF exports from Great
Bri ain IN the decade ending 1881.
Protection In Lhis CaSe has not only enur-
mOusIy increased the home product, and de.
crsGsed the imports OF the manufacture
yarn and Cloln hOm $TO.OUOI00u in 1874 TO
S44 100 100 In 1881, but 1t has Increased the
annual ex pOrIs irUm SlO,OOUOUo TO S7O,OOJ,'
Gov. Germany under Projection has come
nearer BY 2GC00.OU0 10 supplying her own
WANT, and Yet CAL manufacture CheApiy
enough TO increase her foreign market
$J0,0OU, 0G0. o. tpe other baud, england has
lost SO, wv, 00U Of her foreign trade and L.
creased nei importation OF Woollea inanuiAc'
lures about 100000.
In this industry 100000 persons are EN-.
ployed in Germany, 100000 in England
and 10000 in the United States. Under
policy Of free trade competition from
Belgium and England the German mills
were forced to reduce wages and some Of
them had TO shut down., But now under
protection the mills have started again,
there is more work aud higher wages. In
Germany wages are very nearly up to the
English scale. 1t is gratifying TO know that
in the United States wages in this branch
are nearly 100 per cent higher than in Eng
land and Germany.
Our very intelligent Consul at Aix-la-
Chapelle called Mr.. Porter's attention to
the immense profits and large fortunes
made by manufacturers in that place while
the United States was laboring under the
disadvantage Of what might well be called
q tariff for the importer only. Woolleu
goous were higher in this country then
than now, and the dollar that went over
the sea to Aix.la.Chapelle never come
back. Free Trade says that this is as it
should be. Protection says it is throat.
cutting policy and never ought to be. Free
Trade says We ought to legislate on. "un!-
yersal principles" Protection says let
every nation leeislate for itself. We con-
tinue to be indebted 10 MIR. Porter and the
New York Tribune for striking proofs Of
the isllacy OF free trade theories.