The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-04
"ran.cent Iimmv."

England would he better than 10 work for
CITY cents day in the United States. To
one well versed In political economy TINS
would not seem to be n startling PROPOSE
ton. On the contrary, such person
would expect II 10 be received withoul
question. But Mr.. BUCHANAN did not ma
the public so considerate. On the con-
trary, he suffered for many years under 'he
charge that be was In favor Of low wages
for workingmcn. and bad all the time the
satisfaction Of seeing his name figure IN
the whic papers rs :. Tcn-Cent JIMMY"
..rIistory repeats i,stlf." Fifty or sixty
wears after Mr.. BUCHANAN made his IeIe-
bra,ed speech to convince the worsingmen
that lower wages might possibly be better
To- hchcr-dependiDg, Of course, as ne
ex ined, upon the relative quantities OF
the peeessaries OF life that the one and me
other would buy-we find n gentleman
who + as prominent now rs Mr.. BUCHANAN
was then engaged in teaching the same
lesson 10 the workinSmen Of this day. III
the report OF an interview which recently
took place between Mr.. MCDONALD, OF IN
diana. and a newspaper reporter, that gen.
tleman is represented as having enforced
Mr.. BucmANAN's language in the following
terms:
"Thc protectionistS lay good deal OF
stress on the higher wages paid ~ we
United States over thos, to operative 10
England. France, and Germany. mat
hIRhHF
lint what the excess il Is difficult To COM
mite. since there is a difference in the
PRICES Of the necessaries OF life. Il -
singular fact that bread is sold cheaper by
the hound or loaf in London thar in New
York. though made from -four New ! ork
sbjns 10 London. Neccssaries other t1aD
food are very much cheaper in either oi
the European countries named than ~ the
United States, protection making MARI =
them higher here"
Bread is cheaper in London than in y
York. though made of -four sent from New
York to London. But in the name OF rea-
son does protective tariff in this country
produce that effect? Isn't il Il Self-cvidcnt
proposition that the bakers regulate that
matter. unless indeed it /, re"nlatc0 by
law. III the -four is sent from New York
10 London. it is sold for a hI2 price in
London than in New York. Nobody Will
dispute that. II follows necessarily that II
bread is cheaper In London han IN New
York. it is 50 IN spite OF the fact that flour
is dearcr. For il the workman in New
York and the workman in London were
both to buy -four ms. Fad Of bread the
former would get his bread more cheaply
than the latter. We should like for Mr.. !
MCDONALD 10 point out tie flaw in that az
gumeut. Beef is also sept from this coun-
try to England, and Of course nj profit.
We conclude, therefore. that al least meat
and bread are cheaper in this country than
in England.
We must do Mr.. MCDONALD the Justice !
to quote from a speech he made in the
United States Senate several years ago the |
following paragraph, which shows that |
after all he is not much Of a free-tIader. |
We quote:
without counting upon any @ ct in
crease in our ordinary expenses. IL ~ be |
necessary for Us to raise over $500, 0O1, 900 !
annually, so that our governmental eX- |
penses require all the revenue that We can |
properly iaise by customs duties, strictl |
confined to the purpose. There is no |
probability that the power to lay and col |
lect duties on imports will be discoptin- !
ued so long rs our Government continues |
to exist, or that the incIdental protection |
will not be all that ought, N justice to the |
great mass Of our people, to re imposed. |
Even England. in her greatest approach
to free trade, has deemed it wise and prl-
dent to raise large portion OF her revenue
from customs duties"
That last extract sounds like the Nir-
ginia, Ohio, and Pennsyly4 IA platform.
1t takes the true grounO. But 20 argue
classes OF this country that foreign work
men should be allowed to compete freely
with them without any and from the Gus.
toms-duties is to antagonize tAe sound
teaching OF Mr.. HEWITT as quoted ~ us
the other day. Mr.. HEWITT said
$50 far as any relief can be provided by
legislation for the existing state Of affairs
the remedy must be found--frSt, in free
ing raw materials from all duties; and,
secondly. in imposing rates Of duty or
manufactured products not more thar Suf
ficient 10 make good the difference IN the
amount paid for labor in the produc' ,On OF
any given article in this country as COM
pared with the amount paid for the same
labor in other countries with which we
compete"
To bring in raw materials free is to aid
northern manufacturers to 90 without
southern ores; but never mind shat point.
just now. Mr.. HEWITT distinctly teaches
that protective duties iciH protect OH
.workingmen against the competition Of
vinen working for low prices in other coun-
tries, and that 1t is the duty Of the Demo-
cratic party thus TO protect our working
classes. Mr.. RANDALL distinctly taught the
same doctrines in speech in the last Con-
gress. Upon whose teaching will the plat
form OF the next Democratic National Con-
yention be based-HEwITT's or MCDON-
AIDS?
And this brings us TO the point we start
ed out TO reach, and TO the lesson we would
have all Democratic aspirants TO the presi-
sdency OF the United States learn-namely,
that when that Convention meets all their
-utterances will he used for and against
4, them by their friends and their rivals
friends. "whoso keepeth his mouth and
his tongue teepeth his soul from evil"
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Postal Reforms.
We printed yesterday very sensible
order which had just been issued by the
Postmaster.G enesal, the purport OF which