The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-17
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Mr. Ladi. Of Mai ne. ~ crnsre, act

Mr. Ladi. Of Maine. ~ c~nsre, ''s'
week. Ssif:- "a
w. have RreaEF o~r aten,;r, -
building in.sen : !sssss { rrssis ~
have directed our a,teb ., haI'tn ~
IN ronopo'ies by high u a q ME
men. il Is pot the high tartf rr'"cipk
,ha, viu make = comtn"r~i | nsti,g; not
much. The basis OF a comnerrtas ma
ton i. those laws and these enactment.
RAJ, will make al classes flourish amt
pyo,per. We car with our present debt
have a tariff high enough. Add when
re raise . tariff for revenue we can have
4 tariff giving incidental protection and
every interest in this country is sufh
GENTLY supported.
Let us then adopt . wise and conser-
xa,iye course. Let us encourage the
trade With South America. We cannot
compete with England on the Atlantic
for the pext twenty years. liz would DC
very surprising if We could; but We ear
oman trade with South America and Mex
~. We can continue our Pacii: trade
around the world. We car restore our
But we have got Ia do II on
the true principle
There are several reasons that lead 10
he reduction of our We
ought not TO be discouraged. Had We
tent IN with the times, had we adopted
new machinery when the propeller was
| invented. had we not been talking about
slavery, had no. our politicians occupied
| themselves with melting the North
against the South, had it not been tor
that great struggle that commenced 10
1856 when the Wing party went up,
| had it not been tor all this, We should
| have known what steam is DOING and
We should have prepared ourselves 10
| have met the commerce OF tie weird.
Being thus occupied, England came IN,
| what is the RESULT
Now let me state a fact. "hes We
| Subsidized what is called the Go Inns line
| of steamers from New York there wa,
| such adherence in freight that ever,
, TON of goods carried in these steamer
| could now be carried for fou -tcnths oil
| what il then cost. How Is tia? The
| British Government adopre' the new
| machinery and the propeller and they
saved in coal, and when they saved II
! coal they yut larger freightlny capaclt
IN . ship. For instance. 1. II took hi.
! tons Of coal less 10 run ono steamer thar.
| another the space I at would have b e.
! occupied by those fifty tons could be &c
cupied by freight.
The real stcr,, 1T the success OF f.ng
land in upon the ocea1 has
| been her chenpenimq Of the mifer.dt nat
! carries theft eighfr0e nothing more aud
! nothing Ies.. Part Of the reason tina
! We have not equaled England IN com
merce is this: ICE had no capital to dp
| Why. every man knows IN the East. II
| YOU do not know il in the Vest, that U'
| sold our ships and s,n our yards. for a
s per cent bond and hid Il array, expect
mg to keep it uuti the dry Of Want. III
| bond ,rls not tured: and Yankees under
stood uhnt that meant, because We paid
l q or 3 pc cent, local taxation. Nov
! Massachusetts, has abolished the tax
Eight years ago | made the statement
I! in the newspapers that no ship coul"
live in the United States haillng from
Maine, because our local tax Killed the
earnings and killed the ship. was Ia
ken up by a Philadelphia paper aud
asked where | got my authority. mad.
this reply: The Englishman pays moth
ing in dull times. There D,1y be q pc
Rod office ye.trs Of had t.ntes in Eng
lind ,0hen the shipper or the merchan'
of England pays M tao. When 1t Is =
hard year and he makes nothing he pay
no tax. The mau owning a hundred
ships pays not one cent if he makes
nothing with them; he goes to the asses
sor and is allowed TO make out a SEIZED
ule, and he says, ''or the whole my ship
have earned nothing" and he pays npih
IEg.
But how is it here? He pays 81 II :
per cent, local taxation. That is euou.l
to kill any industry IN this country, II
every man knows it. We rtr,i industry
Of NeU England for the kst hundred
years has neuer e,rned more thur 3 pc,
cent; and now in Ged's name can a pco-
pie under these circumstance pay 3 pc,
cent. local tax?