Telegram-herald., 1886-05-23


. f.teturzs imported .uf0 CLIL tle alted
States furnished oaly foar per cent. This
.s al tol trls AID il las been gong CA
fof years. 0lf sister republics do Dot
. p4fr d. - us they send t1s.s orders Tor
4aods l0 our oid-ume nga.. the oloedy
Bnusl=r aud our commissioners are
i9re-l to r=.g lpan our loms u-arket,
Eb.el flrl- oat o. b-u0t u-4rset enough
Ira.s ils - a pretty state ~ thiags.
F The problem is, hov o. remedy h. Let
us see Fuat phlosopnef BURROWS pre-
scrbes Ials astute statesman. after
pouderilg loag over .hu Question, IA
sgolFel tle idea that oar lack ~ CON-
1lelce @ltl S1ulh America is due % the
tsct t4 @ there are Dut tW0 lines Of steam
ships 0stWeea here and there. and that
these hass ought % be encouraged ; that
II se soall only subsld,z- those Amsri-
can steamship Anes, every tLiug would
boom, aud tl-re would be nJ desrtl Oi
trade with South America therefore he
+ proposes % douate q large sum ~ money
F O. them oal u the public treas ary. The
gentleman views the matter with the
f iaaudicel eye OF the greedy subsidy
. grabuer
WY 10 the Clihaas bay the most OF
F their goods 10 England Is it because
~ have not the facilities for transporta-
F ti0n No. We have two South Ameri-
F can steamship lines now and more can
easily 0e add-d II the trade warrants it.
10 Is because they eau purchase them
cheaper IN England than here. II man
ia Brazil wants 10 buy goods here, be
T viii have 10 pay more for them than De
does Ia England consequently, be goes
% the latter country ike any other pru-
dent man We may subsidize a fleet the
siz of the Spanish Armada, but We viii
never induce the South American 10 deal
with u until we make It an object for
him 10 d. so by undersslling other COM
pettOrs: and our manufacturers can
never undersell their foreign competitors
until the incubus ot the protective
tariff is removed 50 they can procure
their raw materials free. What possible
chance. for Instance. does tue American
manufacturer Of agricultural implements
or locomotive engines have, who pays
tariff ot IS per cent. on the raw material
he uses, 10 secure the South Ameri-
can trade, when has English CON-
..A1 - tftfs
How can an American wooden man
uiactu-er, who pays tariff of 10
cents a pound on the wool be uses, com
pete for the worlds trade with ~ En-
glshm4n who gets his wool free? No
American manufacturer can compete
win the Eaglishman so long as the lat
ter gets his raw ma erial without pay
ment of iuty, ghile the former Is orced
u pay a protective" duty OF from % to
100 per cent on almost every article
that enters into MS prodaet.
Here Is our Can i1ian Dsiyhbor, who
does not begin to do thu business with
Us that the situation OF the two
countries wOui I warrant Can that be
accounted for on the ground that our
rsilroa1 lines b Canada are not sub
sidlz ad2 Certainly not. We hav, high
protective tariff against Cansd ian
goods; Clnaia got mad aud imposed
high tariff against our goods, aud SO we
are shut ont from tue Canadian markets
by reason OF our own stupidity. What
would be thought Of man who should
propose, 10 order 10 increase our trade
with Canada. that the railroads leading
into thai p-0ylncs should be endowed
with a subsidy lie would be called
silly ignorsmus. Giving money to steam
ship lines will not increase our trade
With S5u.a America, any more than Civ
iug mlnsy 20 railroads will increase our
tr .ds with Canada
Reduce oar tri6I,e-psying tariff: place
orr msnuiscturs- ou the SANE rax mat
srial basis a. his foreign competitor, aud
our export iraie wlI take care OF Itself
DR.. BuRRows has prescribed for the
wrong man; be has mad mistake IN
his diagnosis an has got hold % the
wrong patient r. oas msa Is afflicted
With typhoid fever, you canuo. cure him
By xsv.nx another m4u a 4 dDse OF qnall
on toast. After Dr. Ugg VS. and his
friends have impoverished the manufac-
tursr by dosing him With the ~protec-
tive" tariff until it hangs ike mill
stone around his nesk. TIA remedy Is not
% vote 5000 Of the public money to
sOus01jy elsa under the prstense of aid
F ing commerce. but 90 take off the duty
f on raw M ltsrlsls With which almost every
manufacture in oar Ian is hsnIicspgsi.
ETNA ~ ERUPTION
Thst monarch ~ the volcanoes, Mt
F Eus. - again reported e. be ia full
araptiou. sud toe molten lava from its
mouth IS bearing destruction down its
serried sides We'll nigh one hundred
f s-upaous ~ Etns have occurred within
f che rseorled memory q man. and al or
aem.y sH have been accompanied by
more or less less ~ life r. 1893 an
eruption. srompaniad b. sn earthquake.
F Destroyed forty towns snd some seventy
ave Thousand hves. Bas this fearful loss