Daily Republican., 1888-09-06


1t Is an interesting and significant fact
that as long ago as I'LL Benjamin Frank
lin pointed cut the advantage Of home
market over foreign one in ractlcally
the same way that the friends OF Protec
tion now present the matter. in letter
written tina. year from ondon 10 Hum
phrey Marshall OF Bradford, Pa, he urged
the importance OF "indultry End frugal
ity as sources of American welfare and
development, aud declared that II the
people would properly consider that sill
they could save by refusing TO purchase
European goods, and by making their
own apparel, would DO just 80 much
added TO the wealth Of their country and
the profits of their labor, The Colonies
engaged In producing p DIVISIONS were
growing very fast, he went on to say, and
coon the surplus would be too large for
the foreign demand at fair PRICES; there
fore 1t was to their interest TO enlarge the
home demand, and cease to depend upon
the export polity. Furthermore, he
wrote
"Every Manufacturer encouraged In
our country, makes part OF the Market
for Provisions within curse yes, and saves
90 much Money to the Country Rs must
otherwise be exported TO pay for the
Manufactures lie supplies. Here In Eng
land 1t is well known and understood,
that wherever Manu- 'acture is estab-
lished which employs Number Of Hands,
1t raises the Value of Lands in the nelsh-
boring Country all around 1t; partly by
tie greater Demand near at hand for the
Produce OF the Land; and partly from
! the Plenty of Money drawn by the Manu-
| factureIs of that Part of the Country.
II seems therefore the interest Of all our
Farmers and Owners Of Lands TO en-
cou age our your Manufactures in pre-
ference to foreign ones imported among
Vi from distans Countries.
Vi u was sound and practical Protec
A. '1CiTine then, as II Is now; and only
~ -. Nrs later the first United States
SdI',,s.s >, Nsged and President Washing.
TON sioned an Net imposing duties on m
norted products for the payment Of the
ruhlic irdebtednes, :, and the encourage
ment and protection of manufactures u
Subsequently Washink ton declared In o
message TO Congress that the safety and
interest of the people rtqu ired such a pro
n,o,ior Of domestic manufactures A'
should "render tae Cnilea fe STATES es.d inge,
pendent of other matt, more Pc.
supp ies;" and sound anu = NJ,
ttctive Tariff measure was enact. III
twenty years aiteTward additional Ia.
laws were passed by each su CeedlDg Con
grees, all designed to shut out foreign
conf clifton AID to give an advantage to
home labor and caEi al, Tbs fathers
realized the benefit OF making the country
materially as well as pc itiealiy indie
pendent. They did not delude them
selves with the fancy that they could
all I'D 10 surrender the domestic market
to a rival power. The .Gliacy of Free
Trade did not confuse them for mo-
ment, They saw plainly that selt.pro-
lection was the true law and pan Of
prosperity, and governed themselves &C.
coEdingly. The same consi lerations arc
present to-day. IL is just as important
now as It was then TO guard our industrial
and commercial interests against for. ign
competition snd e1croachment A Pro
tectve Tariff was right and profitable a
the beginning OF the Government, and 1
Is right and profitable still, IN spite Of al
the talk Of tie country.