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

American steel for locomotive tlrr-. q -
good quality a. the English st~sl formerly
imtor,el. ts furnished AZ four AMI thres
quarter cents pr pound AMI delivered fr-s q
co-t a. the point shsrv the lccom0tive- are
manufactured
Tbc-s Illustrations might - Indefinitely
multipici In soolens, IN cotton, In leather
faiFic.. In gla-, In proluct. u leAd, q brsss,
~ oopg-ri inie..i. In The whole rouDi of
Manufactures. u val 10 found that prO,.ctlon
has bruught down The prios frOin tie rate
charged by the importers tsfors protection
bad built up the comp-ting nlAnufsctars In
Amsrica for many article- se pay ls-- than
l. paid In EuroTs. N - Tsy higher for other
things than Il Iaii scru~ The - today.
figure plainly indicats that 80 Tay -. than
us slsouli have t..n oomI-lIsi b. ray n ths
prOisctivs systsm hal not bssn adopted. sDi
/ h.g Mf. Giadsioass Attsntion ~ The fact
that ths Auisriosn Tcop.s have much more
~hsru~ith 81 pay than they ever had or
cuuli have under frcs trade
UNFsaAiIELED h,1AoAD ooSsrRucrIos.
Mr. OlAlstons bllily ounianis that "kcsp-
iEg capital At home by pr1tection !. dear pro
duciiou. AMI u = dslusion from top % bot
tom taks direct izsas sith him on that
proIasitioa Bstws.n is'O AMI the prv-nt
tina considerably NOR. thas ioO,op mrs~ q
railroad have ts.n built IN tbs Uhii~i stats
The sis.l rail ani other metal oonnsrte.i thsrs-
With involvoi - vat . sum % moasy hat 20
oouI ~, have ben rai-sl b -nd cut q the
country Ia gold coin. Ths total oo-t ooald not
have iss.n l.-ss than t5OoO,Oo. lO We hsd
large Interest b. pay shro~i On ths pablio
dsb,. AMI for nlns y-aTs after is'O goli ~ss
At pr,miam In the Unit~i stats During
ths-s years noarly 900 nils q rall-sy
we're constructed, AMI " impurt English rail
Ani tAy for t -lih goli bought Al . lsrgs
prrmlum soui hATs t-sn impc-ihsA
very arro pr0porti0n q the railsay saisr-
pr..s ~oai - u.cc-.ity hsVs t-~n atAn-
donsi n The export ~ god % pay Toe tbsTss
hal t..a tie coudltion pr~c~isnt 10 their
c0ns,rlcti1n nat the mAnufseture Il sissi
rails a. home gave an unu'.n-e stimulus 70
basins-. T.nsof tsou-aa,is q uien ~crp pah
.-psi wage, ani great Investments and graf
enr.chmout. flli8wsi ths line % the new raj
AMI of.nei b tho American p~opls hrgs
dahls flr ent.rpriss not thsretofors acossihl~
Tie graln grorsp q the ws-t AMI tho
cotton grossrs % tha sJlth rill olsrrve that
NJ Glallstons L1lls out b them cLssrfgl
prJsprcii Th-y "shoall proiacs more cereals
ani m1rs cotton 40 loo prioss'i Mr.. Glad
stone sylieuty oousiisrs The prs-sut prios-
q c-rral. O. a. cotton a. high pric~z"
Prois.tiunists ose many thanks b Mr..
GlAlsions f1r BIZ ogtspnksn msls q dealing
With ths question q frcs trslA lie gives
us hs CONCLUSIONS vithout guaiiacation AMI
~ithoui di.yui-a Tee Amerioan ires trAisr
l. not - slnc.rg lls 10 ever pr,-.nilng half
truths AnI h0illing iacs tho other hall, thus
Grating falls imprvssi0us ani lcaiing to fAl-s
cJuclusilns Ths s-stsu farmers Instinct
IL wiar than NJ GAistonss phuo-ophy.
Ths farmer kn0ss that tbs iArgcr The hous
market ths t-ttsr Are bic prices, AMI that as
the -ous market Ia narrowed bis prio-. fall
Mr GiAlstons makes another statement q
grsai fansns.. Ani u great value Com.
raIing the pursuits la the Unit.i States
uhlch require no pruts-rtion uith thu-s that
are pru,srtsi. be saysi "No aivvrsary -iu,
think. venture upun saying that ths prudt.
| Ars Arssr Ia prulocts-l than in unprUtsct~i
iniustrissr TnIs L. very true Ani Mr.. Glad.
s,ons may D. surpri..i O. bar that tho COZ
stAnt obj--tion male by American fra
| tr.isrs against the ''prUtectei indusiries,- s
hs terms them. s that tie pr0dts derived
| from them are llegitimatsly lArge
Mf Giaisf1ns makfs another olutention,
Ia which. ir1m the American point u 'isr.
/ b. loass. o4t q slght = Controlling factor,
| anl b.ur. rvfsrs an elect a. tha ~rung cau-a.
| Rsgarling ths sIVancs q -A.v- Ia Engi-ni.
/ b. says "Wages sLlch have b..n partially
anil relatively higher under pr0t-ction have
| t-.,lms bIth gvnsrAlly AMI Al-Dlutsly hi igtsr.
AMI greatly higher unisr fres trsia" 10
not d0ubi ths fact, bat vsutgro ~ sl.gv-t
/ that such alivancs la sag-- a. th-rv has t-sn
| In Engianl = rsfsrabls b anothsr aBi PAL
| Iabls cau-s- nAm.ly The higher sas-- IN tbs
/ initial state, which have constantly temptsi
/ British msshanic. to emigrats, AMI -hioh
~oai have t.fnptsi many mur. n ths induce
ulsnt q an Aiyanco la sAsvs AZ home hai not
t--n inierIs--si
ENGLAND usFtors rRorrCrIoS wHTn
sEsDEn
The paal q Mr. Gladstone iOf frvs trails
/ rrachss ~ highest point In the dcclArAiioa
that all pr0ts,.ti1n l. morally a. -su a. eno-
nomlcaliy btL' There Il prUtecti0n on -
a. sell a. on ani Mr.. Gladstone, ~hils
chancsllJr ~ ths ctch~lusr, carried throagh
parliament q bounty u Iis,oo % q line
q steamers running bsiwcsn England Ani
the Unit~i Stai.s-a prot~-ti1n that To-
/ gan IL ycan b.i1re frrs trAis Sas pro-
/ claim-i Ia English mAnuiacturc., and oon-
| tnurl nsariy tsyuty years after. In The
ph1ls T.riol % tsvnty dve year an aggre-
gate u many miliioas u dollars sas pad cot
~ prOtsct ths English line against AL com
p.titi5n
Do.- n0t this Justify the opinion that tho
Engli.h T.1llcy % frs trade u urgsi where
| Englsnl can holl The Cell against riVals, ant
that sbrn c0mpctiti0n leavs- hcr tshind shs
rrpuiiate. ffs- trade AMI Substitutes tie ms,
prOn0aucsl form % pr0tsctioui
II will uot ssrag- NJ Gh,lst0nss Keen Oh
-ryation that British intsr-is In navigation
noari.h wiih -. rivalry AMI have incrcs-si
Ina greater prup1rtl1n than any other q The
great interests u the United Kingdom Ask
/ hi. canilI Aimlsion that u l. the ons inters-t
which EnglAni has prUtectei steadily and
lsteruinssily, resaril-s. - consistency AMI
regards. u sHI-n-s. Nor vii hr. GlAistOns
| fail o. nots that navigati l. the -eaks-t q
the gruatssi Interests Ia the United Stats.
b.oau-s n l. tbs one which the national gov
srnmsnt has cinstanily rsia-ei 10 protect
| We really f,.l ~ much afrAh q prOtsc-
tlon a. "a A. Mr Gladstone s u proisctioa
ca lAnl The positions q the American con-
gr,-s ami the English parliament on this sub
I.,t Ary prsci-,ly reversal Engisnd has
never t-cn Afrighisi by TIE surd sgt~aiy.
AMI, whie se have stool still In impotsat
fear. abe hAs taken p.'--s.siou u thu -~ss by
the luiiciOus, ani even The lavish. inter
ppsiti0n q p-cuniAry al
TAAMEH AND LABOkEA 0Er TIE BkSKur
Mr. Gladstons feels sure that, though the
Irotsctsl Manufacturers In the Unitsd
State may dolrish and prusisr. they DO -
a. the sxTeu-s q the farmer. Both Nr.
GlAdstons and the American fra tradsr
have, thea. the duty q explaining shy the
agricultural states q the vet have grO-u
la wealth during the long Tsr'ot q prot~c-
ton at a moru rapli rate than the manu-
featuring states of TIE oast
In isdO eighi manufacturing stats of tho
eat rvturns.l an aggregats wealth u u, H.
0.oO T-saty yea- Afterwards. by tho
census of is-O, the sams states returnsi an
aggregate wealth % ti6.Sls, ,0pODo Ths
rate Of increa-s for the twenty yeArs va
slightly more than 2i6 Tsr cent In iso
sight agricultural states u the west dllinolA.
Indiana, lows, KAnsas. Michigan, Mimi
sta, Sebraska ami wiscoasinl returned sn
aggregate wealth q t2,2'l ,OoUo Twenty
years afisrv ards. by the census q $50 pro
t.ction al the while In full force. tbs-s
same state. returned an aggregate wealth of
OH, s,OO,0O The rate Of increase Tor The
twenty years vas 30 pr cent
The cas- viii b. equally striking n ~s tAks
the fiftssn southern states The rate Of In
creass Tor the twenty y~ars vas ~ pr csnt