Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-25

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TnE GAZETTE Of yesterdays
"liigh protective advocates arc fond OF |
comparing prices now with those ofsome
former period, Honesty Ia argument |
wqgld suggest a comparison Of prices
now under q high protective tarih with |
what would DO prices now II there were
tariff for revenue only.n
II IL rather hard to compare prices
now with what prcea would DO Ia a con. |
dition Of things that don't exist; IN other
words, II is difficult lob 10 compare
something with nothing. Tnm GAzErTg's
remark sounds very much like an Irish
bull. But how may we Judge the future
but by tho paetp How then can You 40.
count for the fact that whenever our
tariff laws have been upon free.
trade basis, prices OF manuiac
tured articles after while went upward
ana upward, while, on the other hand,
when oui 'ntih laws have been on the
protective baeia, the prices Of these same
articles have invariably gone down lower
aud loWerP That this Ia fact no free
trader on teti!I Tor revenue only man can
deny. ! chal eng0 denial lhIg pHipg
the inyarigble ful0 Ia thls country, In
which no exception Ia thngB mauuiac-
tuIcd IN this country Gan DO found, II
Hcema to pl Owe ptotiy copclusiyoly that
free trade or lOw tariff meaua high prices
i0r manufactures, end ltgh tNriH or pro.
ttctiYe iorin ine0ns low prices for munu-
! lectures. The only Way that InE
! GAZETTE has TO rebut this conclusion rs
TO fly OF Into an imaginary state 0t elfiira
end got up Imaginary figures 70 suititsui,
THIS won do, Mr. Editors !! 10 too thin.
| Dobl tn realities. Meet facts with t0Cte,
or give 1t np.
And why Is II shat low tanH hos inyE-
IIlgbly after awhile caused an increase Of
| the price OF manufactured oftlclasf
! Hero Ia the explanations Labor and
cRpltal being so much cheaper IN Eu-
r0pe than they are IA the United States,
| whom we have low tariff the American
manufacturer ls driven to the wall, and
scores and thousands Of them driven clear
out OF existence. Manufactures then
] languish 10 the United States, aud the
production OF American goods 10 reduced
TO minimum Tho European manuiac.
turor then steps Ia aud gohbles tho mar.
kct. He has complete monopoly Of us,
and charges US Just what he chooses, and
wo have II TO pay. When he has had o
chance TO put this grief upon us, no never
failed 70 stick II TO us well. That's tho
secret 81 1t, Mr. Editor.
And how is IL that high protective
tariff hringa prices OF manufactured arti.
cles DOWN Here II the explanations a
high tariff bars the foreign fellow OUT or
makes him pay like smoke for the priv.
loge Of coming In. Tho American manu-
faoturer starts up everywhere, and tho
whole country hOoms with activity com
petition and prosperity. American pro-
duction reaches ita maximum, and ptlcef
are brought down TO Il rcalonablo living
profit. inventive talent rs stimulated by
the sharp competition 10 llnd the cheapest
methods OF manufacture, and II is con
stantly accomplishing something IN thil
line. In this state Of AFFAIRS everybody IL
employed, everybody getting good wages,
and everybody happy IL 10 the condl-
ton Of affairs foI which MI statesmen Hnt
good men ebould labor
Then you win say that II this Is tht
result ui protection, why, then, "prolec
tlon docs not protectf' Indeed, ! se'
that Ne do say that, aud add "Wlll some
protective organ tell us why o protective
tariff II advocated II 1t does not protectF
wen, It does protect, and protects "
grnndly from being robbed and ruined bj
foreign manufacturers apfcadsB btoat
shield over us, which they cannot breal
through to rob US, Why, wo were pay
Ing tnoao foreign fellows aome time 40
$3.50 ton for steel rails. There wer
no American manufacturers OF steel rail-
then. Az last congress put tremendou
tnrlff on steel rails. Tho Amtrl
cans Immediately went to man
ulncturlng tho article, and behold
now wa get all the stoel rails We want
s9g 10 s85 per tou II IL had not beel
for this high protective tarh on htet
rails, the English manufacturers wouV
have been rob1ing us to-day NJ the rat
of 81 30 per ton,
would like to see TnE GAzETrh &c
out Of this old free.trade rut which %
longs 10 the daya Of slavery and not '
these days OF freedom, ! want 70 see 20
spreading tho good, healthy America
7 doctrine abroad, aud not this miserable
= bilious, poisonous, RhngronouS Oh
slavery doctrine which you are spreading
!. So shall you be happy. You elreula'
y greatly In my baillwick, and do not I'm
N 10 aue such snakes crawling around Wit
O. out mahhing some OF their heads, You
" truly, A. ~
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