The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-06-21

VIZ Nbut tllllh tildi thCit might NC
something in the argument, but the
truth is that hides are now and have
been on the free list, the enormous
tariff on hides is nothing.
"Revenue Only" presumes upon the
Ignorance Of his readers in these state
ments, as he does in the statement
that English laborers live just as res
pectable and clean as those OF other
countries and can have just as many
baby carriages too 1t would take an
intolerably badly informed man to
swallow such talk as that When told
that the periods OF protection have
been periods of prosperity, he gets
himself over to England, the place
where all his arguments originate and
tells us that England suffered from a
protective policy and SO soon us they
had free trade their prosperity begun.
- ~ h"o IuNi tlldI NOtllu llOl Dt All
answer to the argument that we get
along better with protective tariff.
England has never had absolute free
trade nor perhaps ever will. She is
willing to admit free of duty just such
things as She can produce at home
But if tits true that the people of the
British Empire are so prosperous, why
is it they yearly come to our shores by
the half million as "Revenue Only"
asserts To see the glowing descrip-
ton OF the prosperity of England a
person would look to see this human
tide turning the other way, but no it
flows on in the direction of the coun-
try that has a protective tariff and
away from free trade and England.
If "Revenue Only" could catch the
ears of these dcluded mortals how soon
he would turn them away from penury
and want to aflluence and abundance.
1t must be amusing to an intelligent
and wealthy ,Engiishman and especial
| ly one who is interested in manufac-
turing in England to see the frantic
efforts OF free traders in this country
to break down our manufacturers.
1t is generally known and admitted
that lands are more valuable in the
vicinity Of cities, and it is also true
that manufacturers build up cities and
towns, make money more abundant,
give work to the laboring man, in.
crease the wealth of the country, help
pay taxes, give Il home market to the
producer and infuse new life and en-
ergy INTO all branches OF trade. The
lands in the vicinity OF New York city
are no more productive than the
lands that are cultivated properly in
Tennessee, nor were they as fertile
originally as our best lands, yet they
are worth twenty times AZ much pen
acre as our lands. The only reason is
that they have Il better and more cor
tain market for the products Of tho
soil, For these reasons both free tra.
dcrs and prctcclioni>ts want TO sec
manufacturing establishments built up
among us.
The way to get them, the free trader
says is to withdraw protection.
II was tried by the last Congress,
placing quinine on the free list. With
wha suit? There WAS at Philadelph
ia, Penn, a ma!lufactory of quinine
which give employment to large
number of laborcrs and employees al
good wages, paid tax on large CAPT
tai, helped TO make market for the
products OF the soil, in a few words
did what such establishments gener
ally do, made the people and the ma
ton richer, but our people could not
Eve as Europeans live, and would not
work for the low wages that they dc
in Germany, hence this strong, relia
able, intelligent finn is transferring it,
business to Germany, taking the capt
tai which ought to remain here. This
only shows how soon under free
trade all our people who labor, would
be forced to follow agricultural pur
suits. The farmer would be without
a market money would be scarce
those who, live III cities would have
; little money to purchase with, if thu
farmer could get money to pay hi
taxes it would be about all he would
see. Then VII the time have come
when tic falntrs will be poor indeed
"h( ""ars IN the midst OF their owl
, plenty, and lal ers beside their owl
J golden gathered sheaves." Our man
: ufactorics Gl;n capital transferred L
) Europe, want in the cities withou
: money to purchase, abundance in th,
| hands OF the laMer which must no
for the reason that no one can be founC
who can pay for it.
, The answer of Revenue Only to
t fact proven by Englishman as to tn
: relative condition OF the laboring class
es here and in England is that tn
paper in which it was published is "al
) indian story paper for boys"
+ 1t would be WE'LL if some other paper
| were more like the YOUTHS Companion
: they vould he more readable