Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12
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The Eres Trade Club &C tina Protective Tar Z
LesEue-A OhnIeaSe to the Pre-
tecGfo,!zts CT Ohio.
Clfzeland Pain Dsaler.

Cleveland Plain Dsaler.
Lee Mcbride. Presiden.; Elr y N. Avery, Sec
Rotary; Onosrs and Mem0era OF the Westera
Reserve Protective Tariff LeagIs:
GENJLRaEN-WEe the grgsBiZ Stion OF
your lesgue wss announced through the
press, aud credited with being non .perti-
san, this Eon-parlissn club welcomed
with pleasure to tue arena "a advocate Of
the theory we have organized &c oppose.
You announced II as your purpose to
secure f.ir discussion Of the tGrT qnes-
ton and t. "dlssemina:e trustworthy
information" We desired suca discus
sion and the dissemination of "erust-
worthy Information" and promptly on
September IL addressed 10 you
81 invitation fcra public discussion, as an
earnest CT the good filth with wnicl we
claim to be willing to submit both stste-
msn.s Ct fact and reasons 10 the Just bus
seva,e test I public criticism We de-
! sired 60 eErly answer aud early pGblic
discussion, ana so named S, p.em5sr Is,
By which da(e we requested tas. cur IT,
yits,i0n DC sccep.ed or dec!iaed. Oar
oniy answer has beel ths announcement
by your secretary that the communication
| had been properly referred. The lapse CT
time warrants the inference Tat the refer
snce was to be method AID the easiest
OF It's tasl deposition. Whether Iais
disposal OF on. Invitation TO di:cuss the
tsri9 c1sts doubt upoa the caadpr Of your
statement CTS wish for thstdiscusgion or
rs cop;ession,t thai your theory will not
stmi. e Gxamiasaioa, we must leave the
public 20 Judge.
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spproysl end commeadssiJn, sad 70 ad-
vance, the ceuse Il hss espoa5ed by ten
pees,e aud ilss ciscussioa, end, above
ali, oy vigorously sdaeriGg to statements
th1t will oesr the test Of SEARCHING scs 2
sis sad upoa the NEST csreiu! considera-
ton VIII in all reepccts acco:d with traih,
1. IS no. seeking !0r gay Of It's members
special "protectiCn"b by taxation If Others,
and, while we GEEK eqIslIty CT all before
the law and the liberty OF free exchange
os the fruits Of toll and the privilege OF
masiQg the wages Of labor purchase tbs
isrges5 reward, we sre wiling tc
submit ell claims to TIE IN,
bissed, unprti lGiced and ncr-psrti.
aru Judgment CT al enlightened
and patriotic pablo. We ere sure tas'
We appeal to men who will rot accept
that phIsses becoma EYllcgisms by reps
tition. We do not presume that the peo
pie wao ere so ig1orsl: OF history, Cithel
st homo or abroad, that we can pervest il
or talsify it End expecs that our reputs.
tians for cslCor can escape unscElhad
Nor Go we balieve TAFT we would long BIZ
credited with sincere pom. partisEnsbip o!
honest philanthropy, or that our state
| anil lraH,~ ~
attention or our literary perussl when i
vzs seen that in the advocacy CT cul
esuse we were guilty CT either reckless
ness or abandon.
IL cur discussion, then, We shall en-
deavor to exlioit = temperance in srga-
mont and hieli,y 10 truth and logic
which will not lose us she respoc: o.
even those who, from interest, biss OF
honest conviction may di6er from US
Having neither selfish nor partisan End:
in view, We may honestly follow the
Imp of truth wherever Il may lead.
! II view OF your declaration that y3r
have Organized for tie purpose, lmone
Others, OF Disseminating trustworthy in.
iormsuop," how do you reconcile tht
statement in your preamble that "eveFs
repeal ef cur protective duties In the pas
hiss heel followed by disastrou:
Consequences to both capitsl and Ia
Dor" with the following historical facts
During the period from 1850 to 1860
Ten years Of low revenue tsr4 f-the whCle
value Of ell our wooden msnutEc:uTe:
Increased more than ~ par cert. Tn
number CT hands employed increased IS!
per cent. The amount CT wages il
creased 81 per calt-tWice rs fast ss the
Increase in the number CT hands. In tht
New England states the increase IN the
valus oi the product of this industry WIS.,
G2 per cant. The Increase IN Msssa.
cRaSetts WAS 81 per CEN, in Rhode Island
l76 per cent, in Vernon 6l4 per cent, K
Ms,ae $50 Per cent.
Ia tbs manuiac. re OF hosiery the in
crease in The value Of the product WAS, in
tha eastern ststes, 4Sl per cent. l. WEI
523 psf cent ia ConaecS CIT, 81 per ce96
in Nav Hampshire and S73 per cent. 4
Massachusetts.
Ia cotton factories the, vaiue IN ths
product in the U aitsa States increased n
per cent {; The number Of hsdds emplo56f
increased pa per cent; the snount G.
VIZ es paid increased SO per cent. In New
England the ilcsesse il the wine Of TIT
product wss over 81 per cent The num-
Der Of hs0ds employed Increased % pei
cent, and the amount CT wages increased
So per cert. Massachusetts increased
her produc: II per cent, New Ranpshirt
So par cent. Rhode leland over 81 pc
ceut Connecticut 116 per cent, Msint
1871 per cent, Vermont 274 per cent.
In the six New England states TIL
increase in the vsl1e CT The product In tb
manufacture OF b0ot7 and shoes WAS s.
per cent. In Massachusetts the iucreas
was 92 per cent, in Connecticut 10 pc
cent, in Msine 80 per cent. and in Rhod
Island SS7 per cent. The production IL
New England alone in 1860 wss create
than the aggregate production Of all II
states in the union in 1850. 4
/ In the manufacture Of hsrdwaM M
England increased the value AAe