The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-14


ernment, that should not be the Oppres-
sor of the toiling millions but aim 70 Sc
eure to them Justice and, prevent them
being robbed Dythe schemlng teWql 3dI''
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ALL candid persons must admit thai
England is at the head of all manufac-
turlng nations. She d6ties eolnpetrtTon
although her manGtactuGeIs have no
government aid. American manufaer
turers, on she other hand, have what
they cali ~prOtecriOr, that is assistance
from powerful government. Now as
d matter OF fact, the Unprotected BTltlsh
manufacturers hnd their best ana
largest customers in the United States,
sending in 1881 over one hundred anu
hfty million dollars worth Of her manu-
factures to this country, anu it has been
largely Increased since. In 1877 Great
Britain sent us but thirteen million Oi
iron and steel products, and III 1851 over
forty mfllions; in cotton goods twelve
and half millions III 1877 TO eighteen
millions III 1881. ..a-a.I sa. ~ a,.u1
Now, If Tree trade is such alterriDle
thing, why these resuIts? And If pro
lection" is such an unnliXed blessing as
It's advocates would have uS 10 belleYe:
why the panies and. business puIn thai
we have i'll this eOntryS ''. .t .-
protection journals are ever ready
to contrast this country and England;
but care not to tell all the truth III thai
connection and are ready to blame free
trade as thecause of all the sOcIale evils
with which England is afflicted; keeplng
but of the accounts those deep rOOLed
pOisons III their system that have come
down from former ages; royalty ana
arisGOcracy, with established cluEch,
land tenure etc., making Lhelr prlyileg-
ed classes superior beings regarding the
tOiling millions as serts, are still eYlls
pf vast magnitude and can Only be cured
by striking at the root Of the system. i.
! An exchange thus ably meets another
view of this subject: .......... ...f..
Vice, poverty, crime, disease and an
enormous deaIhraLe eXlsJ III English
towns. The Legislative power 01 PaTlla-
msnt the Anglican, Roman ana DlSSenL-
ing churches, good men and WOmen all
with these evils. What are The causes
bf these eyilsr Benson, the new Angll-
can Archbishop. of CanJerOury,Ii ianl
Manning, the Cardinal ArchDlShQp Ot The
Roman UhuTch,WOuld be- amazed W heal
Lnat free Trade lS at the OOLlOm VI them
all Such men believe and Leach OkheTs
10 believe that strong drink Is chletesl
among the Chief CAUSES. Dlsmal anu
squalId dwellings,, like the New 1OFk
tenement5, drive their occupants 10 the
puulIc-hOuse OF The OeeT-shOp ,for cOm-
tort, relaxation and xcltement,,. !. Ot 2S,l
$50 houses in Dublin over 2,3QQ Winch
shelter over 10000 peTsOns,J have been
condemned AS unit tOr human nablJaf
tion. Since 1875 PATllament, by lts
eArtisans and LabOEeTs dwellings, Im-
DlOyement act" and similar, laws has
been trying to remedy lhe cO4dltlOn Of
things. But the difficulties are manl
fold. Where shall the people 0e jhpnsed
while the demolition Of these. nlthSl
places is going on aud decent dWelliAgs
are going uplu How shall unhea1nk
houses be condemned and qestroyedf I
Who will furnish the capital AMI
where shall building plots De l0annt
How shall the people De educated OUT Ol
their inherited hlth and squAlOI and
hruakenneSsl The only reyreatl9nz OF
the least prosperous class of British wQrl
kingmen is strong drink, B0ngnb al a
briceJ which would make their hOmes
tOmfOrtable If DECENT dwelling gould
be had. The Salvation Army and. Blue
Ribbon Society aTe al work on the dis
ease. If the British manufacturers
could be rid of the cnrse Ot grOg, which
takes every Saturday and every MOndaJ
but of the working calendar, aud 0theT-
wise limpairs The efficiency Of Brltlsh
labor. our American manufacturers,
klinging 10 state and pEotectlYe taxes
| which enhance the COST Of OpTOdqeLlQn,
would be driven perhaps even from tbe
home fieldl No wall of customs duties
could be built, high enough t0 defend
| them, for in the bTacing aiR of freedom
an army of perfectly sober wOrkingmen
| and wOrkIhgW1 1fneIFo In Great Britain
| would oveFleap all American "cRSt0m
| house barriers. If American manutae-
| turers are to lean on Congress as infants
lean on a mothers breast, aud are never
| 10 try to stand or walk alone, they should
hope and pray that drum keAness, iR0yeI-
| ", squalOr, q1arlellings and the social
as well as physical degradation W hle9l
&rOg brings with u, may be ypeTp petual
among British wOrkingmeAq then wives
and childreDi pan a1yd sEa 9nislI IDai
American manufacturers have no such
inherited vices in their working people
TO contend with. Capital ~ now but a
little cheaper in England than in AmeF-
lea. Our American climate is quite rs
favorable to manufactures as the Eng
Iish, Welsh or scotch. American ipVen-
tiOn and energy far suTpass, as HerbeFt
Spencer testified, British energy aud
| Invention. Abundance OF cheap and
fertile land, and an undeT-peOpled eOqn-
Try have, it is true, made labor more
Valuable in America than in England,
but we must pay freight over 5000, !, mile
Of ocean, and raise a million dollars a
day BY customs duties. This surely
should be enough to ''equate" even such
differences. Why, then, cannot Ameri-
dan manufacturers win the dayin q free
| fight, if not handicapped by protective
| taxes? s gu.H I .8Iailusa DO .au3
| Mr.. Porter may OF may not fairly set
| forth the facts about the enormous in7
drease of wealth in Great Britain during
| the last twenty years of free trade.
| Those facts, however, can MOI more be-
| concealed than can the distance from
| Kew York to Albany. The probate and
| succession duty paid in Eng glandishO
| the accumulated wealth OF the m0neyed
| classes to have amounted to .5i200-
4 T4r,ra ns1xa A.. 80 In