Telegram-herald., 1890-09-06
MORRILL, or THE TARIFF.



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tlaas ki1inx tirs1ss q the Fres traders.
i 3 feli e fsets and hg1Ees sustaining
cur ProtecEiVs Po11ey aad favovlng tAs
provisions of Ehe pending bill We t2-
tract IS freely as oor spaee VII peTElit'
The ball nov under consideration. II
several instances, As eonsplcu0Gsly n that
q tn, o1srs al increase u the duty, and
fo- the purposs q giving employment 70
larger numbers of lzboriag men. for The
pcrposs Of keeping AZ h54s and paying
Ous IaAny millions Or money which now
l. sent abroad % the neglect q our own
natural resources. ani which require no
more days of actual work than an equal
producs requires ia any foreign country.
We have the tn ore. va hsvs$he iron.
and we have the coal. Thea why should
We annually send abroad SIS. .0o0 900 IN
gold for TIM have 10 idea thar the in
crease 0s ths duty win eaase much. II
any, increase ia the cost OF sheet in, and
feel assured that IA 10 long time after X
takes effect il VIII De much lower II
price than II ever has been Protection
VIII serve. as ia ths case Of Bessemer
steel. 70 vastly cheaper the article.
IL appears. By adding 20 the free LIST
o. the inportatsOus for the last fiscal year
the articles proposed 70 10 placed upon
TIC free list BY the present bill. that jast
about ore. half Of our impO-tatlOns from
foreign countries win be absolutely free
from All customs dUties-that is to say,
the dutiable importations viii be dimin-
ished from $is4. s53. T57 to 1878, ,936 $50,
ana VIII increase those of the free list 90
SsSj. .494.SS7. No other government that
reliss upon reveaus from imports for
its support makes SO large p share
nearly oae-hsh-free TO al the world
II the rate OF duty covered the entire
inpo-tations it would be an average
duty Of % per cent. Making so large an
amount exempt from duty it becomes
necessary % impose higher rates upon
foreign articles OF luxury and foreign
fashions requiring skilled labor and con-
surned by those able to support the bur
den.
High as our customs duties may ap-
pear 70 be they have not and will not
shut out the foreign merchandise of ma
tons where labor commands much less
WAGES than il does In America, nor
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American people never obtained general
merchandise at less cost. The i'll nat
ured denunciations poured out upon
manufacturers by our oratorical Free
traders indicate that they prefer the
prosperity of the foreign manufacturer
10 that of their own coantrymen; and
they would compel the latter to manu-
facture as cheaply as any foreigner, pay
no higher wages or abandon their bust
ness. The real purpose is finally to
break down and degrade the present
scale OF wages OF the American work
ingman throughout the United States.
If our manufacturers were destroyed
Of course the importers and foreign
manufacturers would prosper, though
American citizens should have TO quit
their trades and learn TO raise their own
breadstuffs or starve. How much would
farmers be benefited by large increase
of their products with no increase of
consumers?
The leverage that lifts up Protection is
not really the demand of the menufac-
turers, which might perhaps be disre-
garded, but it Is that OF their worknen,
who must be paid the American rate OF
wages, or their employers must abandon
their business. Even the Democratic
national platform Of 1888 declared that
''oar established domestic industries"
were not to be endangered. and that the
revision Of the tariff should be done with
"due allowance for the difference be-
tween the wages Of American and for
eign labor" This discussion thus far
does not show that any Democratic SEN
ator has the slightest sympathy OF regard
for the doctrine set forth in their own
platform, and yet the facts remain that
there are such industries and such differ
ences Of wages. Wherever they see Pro
lection they strike at it with Free-trade
club.
There has been a glat OF misinforma-
ton disseminated concerning the cause
OF low prices Of farmers products In the
United States, concealing the fact that
prices are depressed throughout the
world. and some robust Free trade par
tisnns have been reckless enough to
charge il 20 q Protective tariff. with the
vain hope Of conoealing the obvious re-
srslt Of Free-trade. OF Of = revenue tariff.
which could not fail TO sink the prices Of
7 agricultural products 70 lower deep. as
the bitter experience Of British farmers
abundantly proves. The only possible
remedy within reach Of the American
farmer Ia positive Protection against
foreign competition. and such enc0ur-
agement 70 other avocations a. viii in
f crease the consumers of their products.
In England the opinion Of those c)mpe-
tent 70 judge IS that one-half 70 two
thirds II the lands under cultivation ara
heavily uOrtgaged.
Farm labor. except II the time -
harvesting. receives the lowest wages IF
anv kind q labor ia Europe. where they
bring ont even The women and children
+ 70 bronze thsir faces ani legs in the heat
q the sumner sun. ard their lands,
descending from fsudal times. are often
held In large estatss. Taers s nd doabt
that the value has been diminishing. snd
F that much q The lande5 estates is enc1m-
bered by mortgages. le7r1 salisbury has
said more thaa once thss the condition Of
the farms-s IN Greas Britain is de-
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