The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-09-06


country makes part Of = market for pro-
visions within ourselves, and saves 90
much money to the country N must other
wise be exported to pay for the mAnufac.
lures he supplies Here In England II II
we'll known and understood that wherever
. manufacture Ia established which EN-.
ploysa number OF hands, II raises the value
Of land In the neiehboring country all
aroand II; partly by the greater demand
near NJ hand for the produce OF the land
and partly from the plenty OF money drawn
by the manufacturers TO that part Of the
country. II seems. therefore, the interest
Of all our farmers and owners Of lands to
encourage our young manufactures In
us from distant countries.
The fathers OF the republic appreciated
the necessity for home market. They
were all farmers aud planters They
could not sell 70 each other, for each sup
piled his own wants. This was their situ.
alton. They recognized the Importance OF
diversifying the occupations OF the people.
They must promote other pursuits than
the cultivation OF the soil. They must
have, II they would prosper, consumers
who would absorb the
SURPLUS PRODUCTS OF THE FARM.
The result was . protective tariff, and
under 1t the wisdom and foresight OF the
founders of the republic have been more
than vindIcated. Andrew jackson put the
case as well M has ever been done when he
declared In 1924: SWhere has the Ameri.
can farmer market for his surplus pro-
ductS Except for cotton, he has neither
a foreign or home market. Does not this
clearly prove, when there is no market
either at home or abroad, that there is too
much labor employed In agriculture and
that the channels for labor should be null
tiplied' Common sense points out the
remedy. Draw from agriculture the super
labor, employ 1t on mechanism
and manufacture, thereby creating home
market for your breadstufIs and distribute
ing labor to the most profitable account
and benefits to the country" One-tbird
Of the cotton crop OF the South is consumed
At home Who would not wish that all Of
Il might find market In the United
Statesf We would be better of; you would
be better of. The country at large would
be the gamer II the whole cotton crop was
In our own mills by our own
people. Transportation would TO great
extent be saved. We would make and
buy more cotton cloths at home, and send
abroad far less: idle labor wonid be EN-.
,loyed; idle capital find investment: the
south would increase It's spindles and Its
ooms, and general and permanent pros
)erity would follow.
The tariff reformer seeks to fiatter the
New England manufacturer with the sug-
yestion that he no longer needs protection,
ind should turn his influence In favor OF
he other system. He assures him that he
las reached snch perfection In manufac-
ure, such completeness OF organization,
Iuch advancement in mechanical skill,
hat he has nothing to fear from competl-
ion abroad, and that he has but to reach
tut for our own and the worlds market
md they are his He assures him that he
las nothing longer to fear from foreign
but that his serious danger Is |
rom home competition; that, while he is
indebted for hts splendid progress In in
Iustrial development to a protective sys-
em he has outgrown 1t, and IL u Is TO be
ontinued the people Of the South and
Vest will become his dangerous rivals,
nd that TO avoid this new competition ne
invites him to assist in Withholding from
he states which have been slower In In
ustrial development that measure Oh
eQislatiye aid which has been 90 proiitably
INVOKED by the New England states, and
o which they are indebted for Their won
erfnl advance In mechanical ana indus,
rial pursuits. What do sthe south ana
Vest say to this narrow and provinciai
iews Il may be true that the New Eng-
md n,anufacturer has reached that rank
nj that degree Of perfection when pro-
pction TO him Is not 80 essential ~ u once
7as. but the West and South are
1 exactly the same condition that
lew England was twenty years ago,
nd / am sure will insist that the
ame fostering legislation shall be ac-
prded for their development that has been
) long enjoyed by their more progressive
allow citizens on the eastern coast. Inc
ruth IL,
PROTECTION MUST DR. UNIVERSAL
, its application equally within the
each Of all sections and all industries, OF
should be abandoned altogether. 10
annot be enjoyed by one interest 70 tne
xclusion of another. The New England
,oolen mills cannot demand protection
pom their cloth and deny II to wool, and
hey do not. The rice planter cannot nope
, enjoy full protection agalnst ioreign
he producer OF salt. The sugar planter OF
Ouisiana cannot invoke the power Of
,onrress for protective duties, and yet
any ike protection to industries In other
arts Of the country. The system must
taud as whole or fall As
Iurks said OF liberty, III ~ the
lear right OF all or Of none. II u
NV perfect When universal: IL
lust be protective tariff for all inter
yts requiring the encouragement. OF the
overnment, or II must be free trade or =
eyenue tariff, and rest alike upon all
Iasses and all portions Of the country.
We are different from any other nation
nd It Is that difference which makes US
he best. Our political system rests upon
principle different from that Oh any
Their. 1t Is founded upon the consent Of
he people. II we had wanted 1t otherwise
ne would not have left home. but would
ave remained the obedient child OF an I'M
erious parent. We would not have turned
way from the mother country. We
rould have remained one OF her depend
ncies. We world not have fought our
ray through blood and sacrifice TO indie
We separated TO vet up Tor
urselyes free and independent political
ociety, and that policy Is the best Tor W.
yhicli best subserves the purposes OF our
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