The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-04-05
HIGH TARIFF.


peared strange to me that there should /
he any difference of opinion among
East TennesSeeans on the question of
protection to home industries; but
there are men among us who oppose
the protection of infant manufactures
in our midst. Strange to say, men
who are benefited by these manuiac
tories that have sprung up, and are
springing up among US, advocate
doctrine, which if carried ont, would
sweep them from the land and leave
us dependent upon the work shops Of
Europe. 1t is generally admitted that
a mandatory that will give employ
ment to large number of persons Is
beneficial to the community in which
it is located, that il is beneficial to all
classes of society, and To- no class more
than the farmers.
Such manufactures gives markC;
tn the farmer FOR all that he has to sell
at his own door, they help pay our
taxes, give employment to those in
search of labor, build up schools ai,i
help build school houses, in short they
make towns and cities-they make
wealth where poverty existed before
But the free trader SAYS it will nn.
do to give protection to these manu-
factories they call it Bold Robbery"
and say that suit OF clothes which
costs $4,000 in New York, can be
bought in London for SOL 90, but If
the tariff was off, the same clothes
would he bought as cheap in New
York as in London, that the man is
cheated out of $500; this free trade
argument originated with the New
York Times, a republican free trade
paper, and has been endorsed by the
Louisville Courier Journal and other
democratic papers. Admitting for the
argument that the figures are correct,
how does it happen that the people of
New York dress better than those of
London.
copy an article in point from a re-
cent number of the New York Ledger,
a paper devoted to literature exclu-
sively. The article is headed: "A
Well Dressed City" And it is as fol-
lows: What well dressed city
New York is said an English lady to
us one day And, indeed, it is the
truth. In long days walk you will
meet few who are not comfortably
clothed, some splendidly, many nicely
Workmen returning from their toll
will bear about them the black oil
white marks OF their trades, but SET
them ON Sundays or holidays, and
they are really snugly dressed, the
younger ones in garments of fashiona
: BILE cut. Nursemaids are well shod
nicely aproned and prettily capped
handwriting women wear good wool
EN- shawls, and almost always put III
! their hair tidily.
One might say New York is vel
dressed without making mistake
1 though many a woman is, doubtless
dying of heartache for velvet, satin
/ real lace, and jewels, all beyond he
: means. To a London eye this mus
: be astonishing; for in London, in tn
poorer quarters, hardly anyone is de
Gently clothed. London il 30 over
:, crowded that the closest student Q
political economy cannot solve tn
: problem how it shall be fed, how
: shall be clothed, how it shall be pr
, vided with paying work. Thousand
! starve to death every year, thong
: there is great wealth in the city, an
: more private charity than is known
i New York. Charity is a constant dl
!, ty there, and everyone who has spar
!, penny can find one who needs ii
= bread it viii buy"
England wants free trade in Anne
!, lea, which may elevate her poor, |
, dropping ours down. Do our Peep
nj want it? PROTECTION.
m Blountville, March %, 1884.