The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-27
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Ruin tn American industries,

A correspondent of toe New York Herald
eays; II wiah the Herald would take tho
trouble 10 make u test OF the useful indus
tries wiped Gu, by tho high war ,ariii,
said gentleman whose conversation on the
probable resultu OF taxation for revenue
only was reported 10 you some time ego.
1.-THE tariff, made by monopolists under the
pretenae that " was needed 10 raise the
largest possible revenue, struck deadly
blow NJ many truly American Industries.
/ wonder the go-called Tree traders have
never made list Of them. IL would be H.
atrucuve Just now. Take The smelling OF
foreign copper ores as one exampis. IL
employed skilled labor, 10 was an i'm
portant industry, giving employment
| 10 many men around Bal lmnre ard NJ
some other points, think IN Massiohus-
/ ctts. We have the richest aud most aour-
dant copper orps IN the world. Nature mss
30 iavorad M thst tho notion oi our copper
mine owners needing additions ar lical
protection l. nonsorss on the &C, OF ~, Bur
! heiore'lsGl We had large trace with Cnlli,
/ which bought from ua a great quantity OF
American manufactures, giving Va In r..
turn Chiian copper ores, which were
! brought no lolurn osrgos IN American chips
| and hmelfCd here by American Nofkmen.
] When. during the war, every body rushed
! Tor = high tariff the Lake Superior copper
owners took care % ret their lhare OF ne
/ lEhnlphhDle ptAt lliuh Ai"g N"t ~ us" 81
thr'n put on foreign copper ores 90 % TX
| "Now, observe what resulled; fret, the
smelling work., purely American Undue
/ tries, were cru he'd out ~ once. Saw soc
ruins some wears Aso. The tariff prohibit
ed them nom gtung their raw h w.
! But that was only the BEGINNING. Oul
ships carrying American manufactures 81
various kinds TO Chic could no longer
bring return Cargoes OF Chilean 0rV. With
out a cargo both ways no mhn can proht-
ably sal! . ship. At first our Yankee cap
! tains tried carrying Chilean ores 10 Eos.
! land but that sent thsW home empty.
! The Encl sh seeing our blupder, sent " ~
| llsh manufactures in English bottoms
60 Chile and freely took IN exchange the
| ores us r. turn cargo Vhus our Amer
| G. n manufacturers nf furniture and hue
drrds Of other Ariicea lost a valuable mar
| ket by the high tariff on copper ores. 80
| you can see To At in order 10 eafch the Lake
| ia. ~rior copper nine owners, who emnoy
/ D crwug ve'y insignificant number ui
men IN one az tle lesst desirable ald least
| paid OF all the occnpations-minng for
| days wHges--lhe high tariff meu destroyed,
| drst, Ameri an smelling works and sec
ond, valuable chipping trade, and finally
destroyed large sud rapidly growing mar.
ket for great variety OF America '
manufluture0--4 market which De
! Eugl.sh now, thapkg 10 tnis single IN
sta1ce OF sO-Caled protection TO Amer.c n
iudlstrieH, elm lst monopoiiZe, and VIII h
il 90 valuable that ihev ran semi-weeRlN
line OF very Ia re aud finely fitted stenm
TO Vtirara 8.
NOW, wn1t h27 happenso 10 toe Amir
car manuiuc urer5 oi copper gOoosY Inr:
Tho protected copper mine owner ac'u
ally charge American. manufactures more
f'r their protected copper tnnn hey Ae the
sa nn copper Tor 10 fore gnrrs in England
sni other Enropeal marrrs Thus our
home manufacturers OF copper * OILS arc
Oppressed IN favor OF ioreigs ere, md this 10
called protection 10 American iudBg'ry."