The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-10

t that at q free trade meeting in Englan
! she was irritated by the assumption
| some OF the speakers that 1t would be Q
: excellent thing for England II the FIRE
i trade doctrine should prevail in America.
! Then he tells US he got up and said, "thI
those peraons in England who expecte
] that the adoption OF free trade here woul
, be profitable 10 them were greatly mil
} taken" can imagine the smiles OF sat
isfaction OF the great EngliHh merchant
, who have spent 90 much money TO get
foothold in our home market, at this delu
sion OF the American minister.
wish to speak Of this distinguished
citizen Of Boston with sincere respect
but would apply to bim the memorabl
language used by Whittier, the great poe
OF Massachusetts, who still lives anon
you honored and beloved by all, Of Dan
lei Webster, tho great statesman Of Mass
achuaetts, who in critical moment dis
appointed bis friends and constituents:
Revlle him not 1.-THE tempter hath
snare for all;
And plying tears, not Scotn and wEath,
Bedt his fall
And now call your attention to the re
mark made by fellow Senator, will
whom do not sgree in politics, yet tol
whom have q eincere regard. Senator
Morgan does not refer to the worlds trade
and laments that the trainers OF the con
stitution prohibited an export tax on do
mestic productions. He Gays mo othel
government has found 1t wise or expedieni
thus to limit its sovereign power and thus
deny itself the power to take cara OF III
people even in times Of emergency" He
says also that i've could have derived In
caiculable wealth by levyiDg duties on
the expectation OF cotton, yellow pine and
lumber" This is the key al his political
opinions. He sincerely believes in the
wisdom OF q tax on exports, and he be-
lievea in the provision Of tho confederate
constitution that no duty or tax on i'm.
ports shall be laid to promote or foster any
industry. Whatever you may think oil a
tax on export 80 common among nations
in the dark ages and now
RRPUDIATKD BY NEARLY EVERY CIvELIz RE
GOVERNMENT
in the world, you cannot question his
sincerity or honesty. But it does seem to
me that 1t Is scarcely necessary, before q
Boston audience, to discuss the wiadom OF
the policy OF the trainers oi the Constitu'
ton in prohibiting all duties on exports
and allowing without limit or restraint,
duties on imported goods. Senator Nor:
gan, in his place in the Senate, expressed
doubt whether the vast development OF
the internal iron and coal resources Of
Alabama was blessing to that State, be.
cause the labor demanded for 1t advanced
the price Of labor in the cotton field twen.
ty.fve cents day.
Again, he said to the Tariff Reform
League: "We exported during the last
fiscal year agricultural productions worth
more than $52S 100000. II our agriCul.
tural productions should not be at all In.
creased, We would need population in
this country OF at least 150, 900 900 people
to consume them"
This extraordinary statement is but q
fair illustration OF the argument Of free
traders. According 10 this it requires
only S523 00O, 900 agricultural productions
to feed loo, 1000, 600 OF people ior year, or
fvo dollarg and twenty.three cents head.
This may do in Alabama, bnt certainly
would not do In Ohio or Massachusetts.
The trnth Ia, our entire expectation OF
agricultural products is less than seven
per cent OF our domestic production, and
the foreign market for such production ia
most uncertain, unstable and variable
market, depending entirely upon the nc.
cident OF q good or bad crop or war in
Europe, while the home market, consum.
ing more than ninety-three per cent oi
our agricultural productions, Is etesdy,
uuchanging and permanent. The increase
OF our population for the past three years
will consume more Of our agricultural pro.
ducts than the aggregate exported. The
workingmsn Of Now England alone con-
sumo far more Of
THE PRODUCTS OF THE WESTERN FARMERS
than all Europe. 1t Is strange, indeed,
that such delusions will mislesd an intel
ligent American statesman.
Mr.. Morgan says that: "The farmers re.
jeCt the thread.bSre fslsshood that the
bounties they pay for labor to other classeH
are to be restored to them in the benefits
Of this visionary market" "The
only home market the existing tariff has
built up has been for the manufacturer"
Gentlemen, our farmers In the West
have got far beyond the reach Of this Pp.
peal to prejudice, and 1t will not be long
before the farmers OF Alabama and the
South generally, and even the cotton plan.
ters, will learn by experience that the
hungry mouths Of workingmen, engaged
in varied pursuits in every part Of the
country, furnish the best market for their
productions. And you in New England,
even your predecessors and free traders,
will learn that the steady demand made
by millions Of your countrymen in the
West and South for textile and metallic
irabrics, furnishes you hundred fold
better market than you can find, With
all your ingenuity and enterprise, in the
overstocked markets OF Europe and Asia.
II you Join In breaking down this system
In order to increase your foreign market
for manufactures from two to even ten
per cent, you will destroy the goose that
lays the golden egg,
Now, let us drop our post prandial
friends Of the league and consider what
we mean by protection and one or two
matters upon which We may differ.
The policy OF protection is founded
upon the idea that 1t is best Tor US as q
nation to produce, by American labor, as
| AAuuy VI bup a4hSAo1 o0opht4hA W uuuAhA
life and comfort as possible; that to en-.
courage their production We are justified
In levying upon foreign articles that come
into competition with ours such reasona.
BILE rates Of duty as will induce capital to
embark in such industries and
sEcURE TO AMERICAN woRxINGMRN
reasonable wages consistent with the
higher wants and the better food, cloth.
ing and shelter demanded by American
workingmen. The object Of all this is tc
secure the greatest diversity OF employ
ments by the substitution Of American
products for foreign products. When this
policy wac first adopted there were practi
cally no manufactures in America, and
the principal object WAS to develop the
simpler and nuder lorna Of manufacture
and the raw materials Of Industry. Now.
our manufactures have grown to such Q
marvellous degree that they amounted in