Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-08-05
THE TARIFF
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THE TARIFF.
from tc Apru 10 a. the eraphic
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u i, ccrtala nov thu, the tariff question
vii be- The theme of discussion during The
approaching Prc.ii,uilal election. We
arr decidedly opposed to The reduction u
duties imposed On articles Of for,iga man.
uhcturc but welcome any action looking
10 the anal soluiioa OIL an important issue,
conccrnIng which The people cniefisln
widely divergent views, ani which ~ uc-
uevc seriously .uterfcfcs with the business
Interests o. the nation while the policy
OF thc government With rcf,reu .e % The
tAr.r remains in doubt. millions ~ capital
vii De- idic. All thousAnd. ~ hbor,rs be
deprived of employment TIA, Is 10 ini.s.
pcusibic o. thc welfare ~ The country At
large
The Democratic party l. nov on.cialiy
commlit,d to TIE policy OF "rcseuae r.
| form" Shir1 mesu- sssutuaily free
trade policy The R.puhhcsn Convention
that meet. .l Jane Nil beyond doabt
aiogi platform opposing auy g'u~ral re-.
/ dlCtou of datics A. an Illustration q
thc eject of ,oN tAnr dailc.. Dc gs take
ne article of ga plate Or sKamp.c. VITA
I the present iu'y ou that article 30 ls im.
I possible % manufacture 10 In thIs c'uutfy.
I To iuy ou thc manufactured article i
oniy i.iO O.ris p,r pound. While the duiy
on The shtst IRON used To- a. manufacture
L. cents. although The process OF coailug
the Ifon plate, wl,h un l. d.m,ui AMI
costly Thsr, O. consumed 10 rn plate 10
/ The ytriou. mtuufac'urr. of safc 90. 90
'.as annusliy. Of which NOT one pond Is
Manufactured within the borders Of the
Un.tci Stats In i.ss when The price OF
/ ia p'stes-thc market % which Is cniifeiy
controlled by foreign Manufacturers vas
raised o a. oO per box. a company was
established .n nsmmier. IA fof AZ pur-
pose Of competing with foreign mauufae.
lures
The article manufactured ~ this company
VA superior 10 the Imported article and
Tor awhile the new company prospercd
an male money Owing % This oompe-
iltlou. the price 90 tln Nas reduced 20 500
box Flniing these American maunfic-
turers could comp,te with them AZ this
price the fof,lgn manufacturers dropped
the price o $500 per box. Immediately
compelling these American manufacturers
. discontinue the process
Now hai Congress come b the r,scue
OF The home producers and deprived the
foreign manufacturers % the power they
possess by reason % cheap LABOR ~ con.
trol The price To- the American markets OF
40 article Of which eyery family i con.
sumcr. What would have been The efccii
The thousands % laborers Necessary %
prolnce annually SEQ Oo0 90 pounds Of
iin plate woui have been employed 10
America Instead % Europe the price
would have been reduced BY home compe-
tliion below The point that We arc com.
PEELED 10 pay The foreign Manufacturer
TINS PROPOSITION - NOT n,sEp oN TuE.
oEi. HgaGafi rrperisEcs % Als lssa dea-
oagra'si fl1i rarious articles of naHHfic.
iars lar, is,a reduced TO- price as direct
rs'ui ofAIgl protective iaf.ss
For Instance Prior 20 the high tarln on
ladies oossets, the price % corsets was en-
tlrcly nxed BY foreign Manufacturers. 20.
lowing the tariff of ls6l American manu-.
factories have been established. skilled Ia
borsrs employed and machinery perfected
which, with the natural competition Of
capital, has reduced the price Of oorseis
Ear below The price formerly paid ~ for
eigu makers for IN inferior article. In
cotton goods the larger aud older cstAb-
lishments la Massachusetts, aud Rhode L.
land challenge the world both 10 price aud
quality Of the fabric, aud upwards Of TWEEN
~ thousand packages AVE been exported
70 Europe since jan. I, 1855, large por.
ton OF which entered the ports OF Liver
pool and Manchester, the very centres OF
Engllsh Manufactures 10 eleven years,
from is5s 10 is,2 Inclusive. the production
Of steel rails Increased from 100, los tons
o i.C96. $50 tons. The Unitei States pro
ducsd more steel rails In issS than any
country 10 the world. surprising even
GreA, Britain. The rapid developmen, Of
these Industries has been stimulated by
protective tariff and The result has been an
Increase Of production from 800 tons In
lsss 10 nearly one and half million tons In
iss2, and what Is more 20 The point, In ar
riving Al correct conclusions A. 10 the
value % protection 10 home Industries, the
price per ton has been steadily reduced
from slss.5O In lscs To $500 In issS.
san further. hundreds OF thousands OF la
borers have been employed In this vas,
production OF rails, not only In the blast
furnaces directly bu, In the various auxil-
iaries thereto. Now, 10 demand legislation
from Congress tending 10 destroy or even
10 cripple this industry would be 10 bring
national misfortune.
10 the South and West the same prOtec-
ton which has been 30 wisely aud pronta-
bly, accorded 10 New England. IL necessary
10 develop those sections, 10 give employ
ment 10 thousands OF needy hands, 20 EN-.
ploy mlllloss Of Idle capital, and 10 build
up, A. only labor and capital can build up |
large sections Of undeveloped country.
WOODEN goods, glass ware, cutlery, all
kinds Of wooden ware, agricultural imple- |
meuts and various other articles are man
ufaetured and consumed 10 this country al
prices materially less than those that pre- |
vailed when foreign manufacturers had the
power 10 q great degree Of controlling the
American market
II IL argued with great earnestness that
American lsb0rcrs are not protected bot
that manufacturers only are pronted BY |