The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-04

The protcctionists ask us to bclieytthat the
foreign manufactures paid this duty. or
e3i more than we gave him for his goods.
No saiic man can believe that the foreign
producer was no stupid IN to make us a
present Of his goods and pay VIZ n bonus Of
s3a for taking them of his hand. During
the same year we imported spirits OF vari-
producers s22la,77i. The duties, on which
amounted to s3,i5a6ia. No one hut pro-
tsctio6ist can believe that the thrifty for
eign dealers III spirits made ,is a present of
S2,212, ia worth OF goods that year. and
1--we us a bonus OF S9HSS for taking them
off thcil hands 1t Is true these are Isolated
oasas, but thar fact does not weaken
the argument II tho ror..sn seller pays
the low duties lie pays tho high dupios also,
ard 4 nc does not ply tile high one, neitne..
does he ply tlh low ones
The object Of piotectivh tariff is to eli
able the American producer OF gUthls of the
same kind rs those taxed to get higher
prices from the American consumer than
lie could get In the absence of the tax IL
tariff laws do not have THIS effect, they do
not accoml lish the end fot which they
were passed That they do have this effect
IL ascertained from the fact that each pro-
tected INTEREST protests against any reduc-
ton of the duties laid fot It's benefit Con-
sumers here pay these higher pricas. and SO
uuCN uAC tuAcu IOl Oily Oh lIlDOTucu EtOhS,
but equally upon like goods produced here.
Protectionists tell us, and your Repub-
loan leaders are telling the people all
over this atnte that our system of American
industry Will be broken down by what Ia
called a tariff for revenue only They refer
TO the rapid growth Of our manufacturers
since the present high laws passed
into effect, and say, because Congress came
down on you with Its little tax, how you
have prospcred, The nearest approach that
we ever came to tariff for revenue only
was under the Walker tariff, from ls41 to
1851. Now, according to the United sta. es
census returns, the increase in realized
wealth during the decade 1880, under the
Walker tariff was 10 per cent During the
decade 1000, under the Morrill, tariff. it
was - per cent, and during the last decade,
lSio-SO, under the same /, stem of tariff, 1t
was on y 10 Ter cent The realized wealth
In 1910 was about r O,0n,tOn,O0D, accoi ding
to the census, or about s24 90, o,u,n.R, allow
ing for the depreciation of the currency.
In lsSo the realized wealth was estimated
ut s4a,oN,OO00o. The increase, therefore,
during the decade 5000 was Is per cent
which IL n fair estimate Of the increase I'M
der our present tariff, rs ara INST the III per
cent under the Walker tariff Of $1,000.
The difference I'm favor Of the period lSon-tO,
as against the period ls.o-sa, is, therefore,
Is per cent These facts do not support the
theory that our system Of industry would &C
to pieces under tariff for revenue only.
But Senator Sherman tells us that the nues'
ton oil the wages OF labor, is the vita ques.
tion in the argument i'm favor of protection
and SAYS he would not vote for a duty mere
ly TO add to the profits OF capital He goe'
for high tariff because he says it has the ef
feet OF opening up new employment for In.
Dor and diyersifNing our industries Now, a.
to opening up new employments and diversl
| flying industries the statistics, during thu
al 49, In l-.sy hn ayifi n
| show that the advantage i on tho side OF q
tariff for revenue. But as to the vital argu
| ment of wages Inthe first place. a mucl
smaller part OF the cost Of ~ PRODUCTION Il
chargable to wages in the protected manu-
| featuring industries than in agricultural in
dastry. Now YOU Leople in Iowa are en-
gagged chiefly In agricultural pursuits, ant
/ You are under the necessity of competin.
in the open MAJ kets of the world against tn,
cheapest labor in the world-the Ryot labo
| oil India, and the Fallaheen labor Of Egyl {
/ Ii our agricultural labor manages to compel,
without protection against such cheap la
| hor, the manufacturing labor certainly ough
I, survive without protection against TIN
| far dearer labor of Europe, and especial,
| England, where labor 10 dearer than IL is any
where else i'm Europe. Now, turning again t
| the census we find that the average annua
wages Of hands employed in manufacturer,
| indu stries was Sa,l in 1880 $50 in 1850
4
in 1870 and siti5 in is>,. The increase dur
| ing the decade of the Walker tariff, was L.;
| per cent, and the average increase for TIL
/ two decades Of the Morrill, or presen. TART
was only 10 ) per cent This shows that
tariff for revenue only works to the nd
vantage of the laboring man, and no
a .ainst his interests as protectionist
suppose. The only possible effect tina
prot, ctive tariff can have is t
produce a high riced home markc
/ for all manufactured articles sold here, ant
| the result is that the great bulk OF on
people. who are engaged i'm agriculture
pursuits are compelled. under this system
| TO purchase all their supplies in our HON
market. which is the dearest market in Tn
world, and sell the produce OF their farm
in the open markets OF the woLld-th
manufacturers, under this system. pun
chase their supplies in the open markets O
| the world and sell their commodities i'll on
home market, which Is the dearest ma Ike
| in the world submit to the intelligenc
of this people that it is both unjust and un