New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-06

KentncFy with 90 per cent gving.... Iee per snnnm
MISSISSIPPI with Sc per cent, siving.- 1877 per Amum
And now NewJersey. with its Is per cent giving each
one who labors on farm 5000 per annun'
THE BENEFITS OF PROTECTION.
rere vou meet one advantage Of the system OF pro-
teon It increases the number of those who leave the
ranks OF agriculture and engage in other pursuits How
the announcement which this system gives to manufac-
ture and other branches Of home industry tends to this
result may be best by taking area OF country as
IL would be early in It's settlement and then noticing ls
transformation under this economic application. The land
will be found at first filed with farmers and no others
These will all be engaged the production of the larger
crops They raising and cotton. They have no
market except that which they find by export Ihey
send their grain and cotton to Liverpool To get the
there costs 81 and the corn which they sell at their
station for 25 bushe brings 81 25 IN Liverpool
1t adds 90 per cent to price which they receive to put
their cotton in the market The Engishmen con
sumo the corn and manufacture the cotton at these in
creased prices Then they send their calico back 10 the
American farmer and in buying 1t he buys back his corn
and his cotton this increased value and pays In ad
don the wages and other expenses OF manufacture OF
transportation and insurance Some one among their
number wise enough to recognize that the struggle 70
live under such conditions is going against them recoG
nzes also value OF the protection which the tarin
offers to all who will manufacture calico within the
United States starts his little factory The calico
manufactured in this little hui ding made OF corn that
% and OF cotton 20 per cent less han III Eng
Id
the money spent for wages ana insurance mas Deeh Spent
AT home That little mill the beginning nf new era
for the neghborhOod Other Industries followed aiter
this Now the weak who cannot work outdoors get en-
poyment indoors and those who are sNliul, Dat nor
best uses Meanwhile. the farmer finds larger market
for the simpler prodGcuons 9 EIa a, anu o ed
vantage in market which can consume fruits, poultry
vegetables etc. so that he now start upon that
varied production which is the suret source OF agrcu-
tuIa wealth. And the variety Of Industries here lnaugu-
rated for with the mill come the grocery and other
trad tO uTOdUce balance
sumption and distribution and production which Is the
snrest pledge of the states growth and prosperity.
objection urged to this view is that at the begin
Ming least the foreign article of manufacture can De
sold cheaper than the native, and the foreign mahlIc
willing to take the corn and the cotton ana te
wool in exchange True but the iorSln ,S b
cannot take the egg the chckeh the Veg9lD9 ttf NY
or the potatoes; nor can nc ald 10 huld Sch0o!' am
churches and to pay the taxes Ihese are an eiI 10 Tue
farmers thcmselyes Besides the FARMER hno|a hSt w
foreign article vii not long be cheaper. lie has found
the American artisan tne superior Itsc'Ug "t ~
American mind in devsing labor saving inventions:
almost invariably brings such result He looks around
him and sees that already nearly everything made at
home that he uses, Is cheaper than IN England;
for all purposes in the American farmhouse, are
cheaper. American cottons are found ON thS
shelves OF the English shOpEcepcr Boots ana
slc, . s.o ~ oirs npr forks are cbSaper and he
ENGLISH hny them as they do and our rcapcra.
The American farmer Wunid lose II he had 10 my any
Engish tools or Implements lie can here wagons,
carts and carriages cheaper than IN England. Furniture
a small item IN the welkept mouse OF the Amer
can farmer and our furniture Is at least 10 per cent
cheaper so are clocks and wat hes, tn-ware wooden
ware and the glass used by the palmer house
wIfe-al these are cheaper Every manuar tured sIce
il cbeaper to-day in the United States than II thirty
years then 30 per cent were made abroad now les
than ~ per cent The FARMER may Wen louO" tue edu
OF such experience.
THE FARMERS DIRECT AND INDIRECT PROTECTION.
1t so FOR the friends OF ree trade to assume
that the tariff is for the protection Of the manufacturer
only and then to inquire with air Of indignant pity OF
the neglected Why do you suomlt that at the
risk OF wearying you l must insist on reading
the list of agricultural productions which are
protected against importation from Canada
and elsewhere The great staples Of the North and South
wool and sugar-are and have been always protected
Besides on these the present tariff laws impose the fol-
lowing direct protective duties agricultural products
Rice cleaned pig cents pound; wheat, 20 cents per
bushe Indian corn 10 cents per bushel oats 10 cents
per bushe; rye - cents per busheI barley - cents
per bushe; butter 4 cents per pound; cheese cents
10 Der cent in value; peas, nom 10 to 20
per cent. beans, from 10 TO 20 per cent;
unstemmed 80 ccpCs addition 10 revenue duty VI "a
per pound on horses, cows, bulls oxen steers
Feeding purposes 20 per cent those breeding pur
pork cent per pound; mutton 10 per cent? ~hd nay ~
Nm. ia the direct protection the farmer gets by the
American system But the indirect Is much more yslu-
able. BY fostering other udustrie' giving opportunities
and Inducements Tor ck willing labor to 20 into other
avocatiOns it dimnisEes the number or farmers In
the population Gra and " d1hlsn-
Ing the number OF the Iarlei Competitor increases ~
gains. BY causing tie growth OF Villages towns and
cities, 1t gives MIN a home marAet In our nome
market, remember we are no" selling w per
cent OF our production Tni shows it, Ia,
diminish this large percentage % home sdes and increase
the percentage OF foreign" don't think So And these
my The nome market Is the oIy place where
YOU can sell peTshahc prOdlc5-and peItshabe products
include nearly evcrytAL- raised IN varied agriculture
diviull aud the support fOr the many Varied
agTfculture-what raise near the house and III The
what makes the profit OF the smaller farm; and the
smaller farm Is what makes the safety ana the true
grandeur Of our country
THE FOREIGN MARKET LIMITED.
And another reason Is, that the foreign market is lin
tied and can he supplied elsewhere. The quantity OF
grain that Britain needs very nearly fixed quantity
she takes this from II We sell 1t cheaper II not
from Germany, or Russia, Turkey But always
able and willing undersel rivals IN the English
market demand is uncertain, and its uncertainty Il
always against Il Is certain that the English demand
won't above the usual figure but Is not certain that 1t
won't be below The demand vii vary with tLee1ceAcnceOf
their harvests What said does apply 70 cot
ton and tobacco IheFe ~ OI us't u,t susn leiiahl
as there articles Of manufacture And for ibese
the demand i practically unlimited IL rises ana Ias
with the wealth and taste OF The community That uses
them Nearly al manufactured articles are Ike lew
agricultural products, IN some sense, luxury They
certainly are except ID amodefate ne uAutIes IaAe
the fabrics with which "e cover our bodies from these
belle, perhaps, hfty. The two dresses are neces-
aity; very many OF the hfty are luxury.
Take sugar be- and is often. supported without
any. The Door man will use little for ais es aud coffee
but the pastry cook anu the cOufecuOner use large guam
titles TO tickle the palate OF rich mans child But wheat
and corn and potatoes dud much that the raises
are necessities, and not luXure, aud the consumption is
practically limited Whether rich poor YOU will
The same amount Of bread but IL YOU rich you Will
have more furniture, clothes carriages,
wares and merchandise.
THE HOME MARKET TIE BEST.
enlarge this wei known rule o. consumption be-
cause want strongly 10 impress upon the farmer rea
son why the foreign market Is worth little 10 him, less
even than manufacturer. IL view OF the continent
which hold ana The swelling millions that are uding
into f.; and the varying wants o, the different that
grid IT, think lightly o. the foreign market, for the
manufacturer; mucL lees DO It for craft II
is the 1narket, where American manufacturers and
farmers fnd their profits they should labor with al least