The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-05-24

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with speeehos ~ Essd ca he rtrabiiosb
q ss asd Carlisle 90 TIE democrats ssas
Hoah speeches were ablo snd The best gea
srsl prmeuiAilss q The ivo sides slrua 10
,ss vhole DEBATE of eoprssthere hss hesa
! gresi deal 81 rsPeslsiou and Tea really
rsu facia have hs.en brought out Statistics
asa hgafoa without nuH.bf, bsse been
qao,sd ca beth sides. and We presame rs'y
few Il auy conversions bare heca maae
4snoag Copgressmen. bat each side has
been greatly strengthened lie convictions.
II ia alngaiar thai boaesi men Of reoos-
niaaa abllny should diaer 90 radically on
a subjso, 70 thoroughly discussed ADD 80
well understood The reason msy be
foand 10 ,be fac, iba, the taria question,
ia al lie bearings. is very mach mixed,
though there Is rery vide and very mar
bed difference beiseen The principles Of
protection and ifoe trade Or tariff for
revenue,
The Mills bill. while not free trade
measure. neealcssiy lowers protection on
many things tha, pce1 protection, aud
would 90 i1nbt. 90 these articles increase
rather than dimiaifh the revenue, frain
the coastqaen. increased imporis'iots
II also disermina,es 10 favor 81 the Sooili
10 several important particulars. l,keris
most u the dnty % tnsaf, asonihern pro-
anel, and places the dniy on rice at 100
pef cent ehile il places wool and potato .
90 the free list, ihese. with the exception
oi Texas, being mostly Of norihern pro
aucsion. Il also places cotton iies, which
are made Of hoop iron on the free list, St'ie
il retains the duty on hoop iron, wbiei Is
mostly need IN the north. 10 many oil'f
respects the bill is ctional ia It's sppli
cation.
The debate had one good effects forced
the free traders to acknowledge that pro
lection has been benefit to New England
but they try to make II appear that New
England has grown rich at the expense OF
the remainder Of the country. THIS Is
not true. While New England has done
more than her share Of the manufacturing
she has bought most Of her supplies from
the west aud south aud thus furnished "a
home market for their products. Tie
eastern states occupy the coolest aud most
barren portion OF the country. The inhah'
ilants could not compete with the west aud
south in agriculture and turned their al
ten,iou to other things. BY their indus
try aud skill they have accumulated more
property than people OF other sectious ol
the country aud, no doubt, protective
tamil has aided in this result. Yet there
is no reason 10 the world why other states
might not have taken the same advantage
of the protective tanh II applies alike
to all the states, aud manu- situriug CAT
be done as well 10 Vigiuia as in Massachu
se,ts. Now, instead Of elm bing up to tbs
level Of New England they seek, by re
dueing the tariff to pull New England
down 10 their level The effect would b,
even worse than this for il the time shal
come whe manufactures diminish the farm
ers 10 the west and south will be The frs
10 feel il, in the decreased demand fo
their products, aud the increased nnmbe
Of people who are compelled to go Int
~
/ farming for livelihood, Farmers al
quite as much dependent on the msnuiac
,urers as the latter are upon the farmers
II at the present time. the farmers oil tn
; country are at disadvantage the remed'
is no, to be found in diminishing our HON
manufactures by letting in foreign compe
/ tition, but by keeping out foreign good
and making our own.