Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-02-11

ask-tn1ss>i. br the tufur ~ hkunrot may
almost r-luire-you 10 make an s.imi~icu 20
m- which IL % tb. most rs.oas character.
namely, this that there 10 . grcs, DIAL of
capital unioabtsdly kept 81 Lotns by protes'-
ton, not Zoe the pauo- ~ dear prosioction,
which is Partial waste, bat Toe another Kind
of waste, which "a sheer AMI alsolnis and
totally uncomI.nsai~i. Tkts 10 the waste In
currri In the gr,at ~ork Il distributing cum
,nsiities 10 the pric. q iroa 90 u cotton
cloth !. lncrua-s.i ;o Irr cent by prOtectiou,
then N. caIstal rv.luir~i by s,sry wholesale
anil every retail distribats must is incressd
In tho sams proy-rtioa Tie dis,ribator is
~, AMI cannS, L., IN bis auxiliary AMI s-~en.
TALLY lonBesiio sofk. IfO,~rtsi by an import
duty. any more than can the scsyengsr 90
a.. chimney sep m. import duty aiis
o. the pficc hs tsys. AMI cn~gucnily to the
circulating capital which b. rypuircs In orier
,o carry ga thl. trafic, tat u all. nothing
20 the rate - prodI which be rec.iVc., aBi
no,hing whatever to The enployInsnt which
hs give. Tbs f0rcci Increment - caIaial
..ts in moi,on ~ lslsor. ani Il cnmTsll"i o.
wofk Ia tie uucoysrei fehl q oTsn trasle. u
has ut ths Ifiua face aIolossy such a. that
aIsilsgy may Is shlCh the isun maker 90 ths
mill uwssr may make. that b. IL employing
American lab.f which wouh not othervi-s
l.cmploycl n ihe waste undsr pfO,sii's
luty u OIsf cent H. q waste q "a T.r c-nt,
a.. waste - ih. sttfa osp.tal r-Juiroi IN di.
tribuii a sa waste q i0 I-r c.nt On the
cat q tlis orsratiou. fur % sccymTlishss Ab
slnicly noihlng ga l.half 10 the couimuniiy
~hich solii nj d. ssoumIli.b-i -IuAlly "
il,s comm.iiiy ssrr ~ I.r ceui - la Ific.,
Iust .. tha r,siu,sn distrihuting ttters ai .
shilling Isffofms ~ t.tier ~ other scrvic-
than ths I.-tuian distrlatlng lsttsrs At .
I.nny Ilui - disiributop the nams u
hesiun. they constitute ihe vast army of the
~holesai, ati retail tTssio.n.n q q country.
~iih all th. wants srI=riAihiug io them. A.
ounsumrrs thy arr tarrd on al pru,eci"l
conn..litirs. a. che a'lis- q rfuiuo-r, IN tho
busus.. 20 Distributing. they arr forcsi o. do
-ilh ns.r. oaTliAl What coall H. dons a. sell
-iih 49,
rnprtCrIoN CANNOT woRE isrssriALiI
hot ths visv q The genuine psu,-cti1uisi
un.lsr,iABl D. b, thu, Ifot~rtion !. = mine
- wvulih. that gf'-,isr sggrvSais rrunt ~
,ult. ffum What yuu soah call ks-p,ng laiur
AL oapital at houF than frotn isilins th,m
~ .inplnyn.nt sh.fvver Ia The sbols
.ofl icy can dni 10 ms-, c'onomicaily.
llut n thore D. this lhbofn fertility In The
tstnritls tell. Why arr th- -rv,rsl states q
tie unirn tfr,iut~i frum applying " within
their o~n u-I.ctive tnflsrsi n III asgre
gate suuli ls male rirb.r by this iniernAl
Apils,atiun q prutectiau b. th- tafts, shy is
lt nj - arpii,lf Op the other hau.i. " the
craniry. a. = sbols. -uaI by ihis De- Nv, -
nab a., r.rh-f. bgt Iuurer. thruugh The in
,.ffsrrtos With ths natural lass q IFullc
tn, thsn hos /. u that by similar inisrfsr.
sno- tlss asgrrsais - the state. th- grvai
camnt1nssaliA - America, can D. male, In
IL. gsnsral t.siAnce shs.t, Mt Is,"ryr. lot
rtci.sri
Dot. 10 ArBt.ca. i.-ai-. The ioaiOusly tall.
sa,i,,l fisli u lcar pruisctioa. thsfc 10 a vast
ot.u stIau-s q cheap prciuciion, uansly.
Ia tho vl,is ma. 90 s"ak ruughlyl - Tho
Agttcultaral prpiucts - tlr country. not to
mouii1n such gifis q ,hr sarth a. iis mineral
ollA IN raising ih~-. The Am-r,oan caI4iAli,i
viii hni ths demand q the sorAl unrthausi'
81. hoscs,r h. may incrcase tie suIIly. Why.
then. u b. o. carry his capital al'ru.si ~hsn
tb.fe !. prudiatis smIipym.ni fof % At hoins'
n Ts,is-ilau s ncs--ary io ksp Amcrtcan
eapital At home shy j. pii the vast capital
nos sus,aining your ,louss-iic agriculture, aB,l
raising cunmulitios for sais ai fr- trade
pficss. stI.iri~i a. other cuuntris-i Of, cun.
,,r-iy. sincs ,asi capitals hUl an inlimiis.i
n-ll for srupl 'yn,rui in cheap doms-iic irv
dUctilu Sttiiuut pru,s.-tiln. shy ts ~ dsmun-
,,raiei that IF,ts-.tion - ~, r-Iuir-i In or
de- o. hep yuur uapiiAi at hufn-i
SO alvsrsary all, think. ycntarv uTon
an.s.fing this by saying that the ITuhts are
larcyr ln pru,sciei than In unpruiecissi In
du.tris.. l--auss tie is-i opinions s-~m o.
testify that Ia ypar prutsciel trs.i.- psOhts
arv har,i JF,s--i by ragrs
Nv claim l. this. 4 cuaniTy csnno, I-ss-ibly
rai-s Ia. Agsrvsats sage faBi by prOt~-tlou,
,sit mast Inevitably reincs a. IL is . cua.
,riyabcs &C. prsiutln lng dear AMI ior sslling
dear. un.lss cpy.r u . -all or fsDc- -hich
shuts cat the cheaper foreign Ariielc, ~
han licat- u on simissiou by the imIsssition
q hsayy hns Sc, may ior tho moment
allow II D. l.. I.-sihls that. In souns particular
trat, or tra,lc.. sage. may - raisssi az The
sit.a-s q th. community in cun--lpcncc Il
fso,s.tiln rhsr. as tims when ADsrtcs
l.llli .hif- &c Urrst Brttain. namely. t.fofs
the Am-rirsn rsgolsti1n She uow imps~-s
hsavy Iutiss o. prvyent uur builiing shifts
fof hsf Eysn my osu r-7nlle.tiou go-- tack
to The T.fisi. lst-.n atty AMI -syeuty
y-ars az. -h-n by Tar the uF-i, AMI al-p
the l-.,. part q trade l-tsesn u' sas csrri~i
la Amsrioan botton.
IT nAt RaisK wkGGs ~ osk rRAoE
n The labor market, although open - Tie
.orll, b. ln.afficisntly sipplI~i. then the wage
earnsr may possibly. IN given csse, con's Ia
tor share u the monopoly price - ,hiIs
II The haul WORK D. one rpulring lOag az
p-vuilcsship lso o. call ~. AMI thereby im.
p.silns ihs acco-s - domestic oomp-,itor.,
this vii augmsli hl' share Thru shy noi
ths ilis, s,ms one ell Ask. In al os-ssi Bs
eaa-s the community In the given oa- psys
The pric. % the mOnoJ.iy-thAi 10 to sAy,
thrO-s the prov o. waste, AMI b-sus,, ~hils
Q trader In q multitude % commciitis- may
lo.e uJon cue oi them, and ys, may have
god bAlsBo. sheet upon The ~hois. he must
10, Abi cshno, lo-s upon them all without
c,Asing o. u Q trailer; and . nstioo, ~.th r~-
sJ.ct 20 its aggi gate oi prciuetiou. 10 -
single trader.
Without, ther, absolutely dcnylng u b 10
pr~ibls that Ia soms isolat~i and srccptionAi
ca.~ there may L. . relation between pro,~c-
tioa Iani all pro,~cnon. - far - u 60,
monopoly AMI high wage-, ! conieni that 10
r.ser generally the high rate d ~Asc- In the
United Stats 10 this oAass voah bs nothing
IN. than prrpn-teroos
"IIow, then, 10 10 that America, which, ~
you say. mak-- enormous waste by proise-
tion, nevertheless oatsiriI. all other coan
uic- In the rapid accumulation of her
vralihr' Ny general answer s that the cas-
ls Ike ,hs, % an iniivld dual ~ho, With waste
ful eIprniitur., has vas; fortune. such ~
to leave him large srcs-s of r~oeip's
Let the otssrve, first, that America pro
duces an enorrnous mas of cotton, cereals,
meat and Other commciitis~, which n odd
IN the unshelt~rei market % the sOrh st
such prsces as 10 gill yisli The prciucsrs
are nn~i Cor the tsnont % ths protected In
terss,., and reoeiye nothing Ia return; but
the world, the Whole advantage Of . vast
natural trais-thst s to say, . trade In
which production !. carri~i on ~ . minimum
cost In capital and labor ss compared With
what the ret % the wOrh can DO. America
inyits- AMI obtains In q remarkable degree
from al the world one % the great elemsnts
of pruluction, without tar of any Kind
namely. capital While --curing 10 the cap
italist proiuosf . monopoly in the protectsSi
trais>, shs allows all the wofli 10 do its
b--i, by frss immigrstion, 10 prevent any
corresponding monopoly In ths class "a work
men- Shs draws upon bsnk u natural 70
sources - vast that 10 easily bears tho-s de
dnctioas u improyidencs which simply pre-