The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
New YORK, Oct 10, '9l,

| Vllle IN July IAsl al
mutual protection in tariff roonefy,
and under date of Sept. IA, tbs as
ISOLATION issued an appeal to all
bunco-steerers and believers In thelt
to aid in the organization OF local
bands of bunco-steerers 10 every
North Carolina township, TO swlnole
the farmer, the laborer AID the NE
chsnic" into voting for Protection.
On the back Of this circular are sew
enteen reasons why the latter should
believe in the robbery Of the farmers
by the mill owners, OF which the hrsl
ten are enough TO copy:
|. The protective policy has built
up towns and cities throughout The
country.
9. 1t has doubled our foreign
trade since 1860, and stimulated do
nestle production beyond calcula-
ton.
3. It has expanded, diversified
and multiplied the useful industries
throughout the Union.
4. 1t has increased our manufac-
lures fyerold in twenty years.
| 5. 1t has vastly improved the oon>
dition of farm laborers, in respect
alike to wages and to the markets.
BILE value of their products.
6. It has created diversity Of
emplovments for American skilled
and unskilled labor.
8. 1t has reduced, through home
competition the price OF every man
ufactured article.
8. 1t has turned capital into TO-
900 useful channels Of enterprise.
10. 1t puts 80 per cent. of the an-
nual product into the pockets of Id
| Dor.
Each one IS an Intentional mis-
statement of fact, intended to deluoe
and deceive the voters of North Car
olina-in other words, lie told de-
llberately and In cold blood.
TIE first of these lies is too patent
for reply, bat the second is one of
The meanest kind known, being a
suppression of the truth. Oar for
eign trade more than doGbled in the
Free Trade era of ten years between
1850 and 1s60-witn wooden sailing
ships. before steam and iron made
cheap frcights. Turn to the report
OF the treasury Department for 1890.
page 80, "Commerce and Naviga-
tom:
ls5o-Exports of m'dise $4,000 223
1904 S1f 9t2 433
Increase Sill ,342, 200
Per cent. of increase, 127
Now compare this with ten years
trade under Protection, on the same
page, and see which increases trade:
loso-Exports of n'dise ss23,94G.355
1890. '' SIS ,293, SIS
Increase s21,347, 40
Per cent. of increase, 2.
Bot the actual net increase Of
$17l,342,200 under Free Trade and
of only $213i7,475 under Protection
does not tell the whole story these
ounce steerers hide from their vic
Tins. What has been the actual in
crease in the past nine yeaTs2
lssl-Exports of m disc sSs3,925,947
1890. - s. 845,293,S2S
Decrease $3S, 632 ,l19
Per cent. of Loss 4.
Bat what would have been our
foreign trade auder Free Trade and
without this Protection theft? Take
the fkures and estimate:
1850. Observation-Disclosures. S134.9O0 223
1850. ..... 5I6,242. 200
7l4O26,36
1880. 1,5l0,S39,s $3.50
1890. 5, 400, 100000
These figures are not imaginary.
Between 1850 and 1860. under the
Free Trade era we were increasing
our foreign trade much faster than
England. 1t was our Free Trade
that Protection ENGLAND adopted in
1850. England's exports in 1880
with one> half our populatior, were
$1,393 $3.50 and the only reason
why ours were not very much great
er was the adoption of England'-
discarded Protection rags in 1862,
which chokeh oar foreign trade and |
NJ ade it decrease $5S.632.1l9 IN the
past niue years, when Protection got
in Its finest Work. These facts are
submitted for the benefit of any
North Carolina farmer, laborer or
mechanic, who may be approached !
BY ore of these hunro-~te>iers or
Protection thieves with reason No.:
9.
Take the fourth lie. Turn to page
90. of the Compendium of the Tenth :
Census-the latest official figures.
The capital invested in nanuiactur>
ers is given as follows:
1850. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1888, 245,551 |
1860. ......................l ,OO9.S55, 40 !
1880. 1880, 272,6 O6 |
The same increase under Protec-
ton that we had under Free Trade
would have given US over s., 900 900,
OGO. The capital invested doubled
in ten years under Fee Trade and
has only little mole than doubled
under twenty years Of Protection
In The cold search light of the cen
sue what becomes of any ivefo!d in