New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23

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Measured by its usefulness in the dcvelopement Of
the country the protective tariff IS again un1dinhe.
Y, nation in the world has reached such degree OF
d.Ionr,ont as We have attained in th3 last thirty
vears. In every department Of industry, In every
,v.nue of human endeavCr. have Illustrated the
most marvellous advanc ment. and IN those years We
have risen in manufacturing, agriculture and mining
leading every Other nation In the world IL Is stu Oy
orr opponents that this system enFicAe5 tae le" anu
ND Jvc7ishcs the many. Wealth IN EhehiA mas Dfeh
concentrated in the hands 0; the few. to far greater
.xtent toaq i'm the United states. Cardinal Manning
In December last. wrote as follows on the subject
speaking u free trade: IL, .iL 4,
inc aior market. We have these t") worlds a4W,ih ,
"a opeaIv f,ce TO fate-thc world 81 wealth. anu li'
world want, the world OF wealth s,,iE II its LS
slt a. queen over all t0lers and trdefa ana uc
world OF want knowing what mas Oc Oh inc iho'
The masses Of our people, those who aoOr. whether
An the factory or on the farm, are ncler III '0~'
r. /; ai,o laid that protective tariffs have increased
ne mortgages Of tie country. Ths IS an idle anu
are not always an evidence Of poverty Ihey a[ E
much OftcneI the best evidence OF prosperity. a.
mir that MORTGAGES given for living eApeh9cs; 10 ~
l its for taxc5 etc. DO give evidence Of TIE
Snyerty Of the mortagor But II workman IN L','
~ having accumulated thousand dollars. Goncluug5
Sc wants 10 buv a home and finding one which VII
cat him a. 600 pays 81 900 in ca>n and gives mQsp
&c fo- the remainder OF the purchase money, tnal
S+rtc,.e is not an evidence OF povar;y 1t Is tle
,s+ evidence Of the thrift and perity Of the
,nyta,or Take tn farmer having 1GO acrcs OF Iana
pr wants 10 add 100 more acres 10 his tIrin: lie
has sufficient Accommodations to enable nm 10 aH0 r
first payment and purchases IiI a!2s That
do not moan that he IS distressed ana IN Pot.Tr}
IT means that h. Is getting on-tIat ne mas iai'" III
Yea may try this system of protection by any test
YOU will, care not what II IS ana II mceO' e'e''
emergency aud answers every deualu. ,bie Coy.
More than that. II has never been aeAhst tnls -
enment either ia peace or u war blev 'I in hmerca
for Americans native and natuTaiL'd II ieglsId,es
COR them and nobody else IL mas e eF az And
that cannot be said OF the other revenue taH sso'l
for it the ally Of our enemies IN open ns and
iiocu-es them work and wages. And why Is not NC
system that does these things the oeSJI IheIT b,cb
% re6uirs us 10 give up this market 70 people beyond
the Jurisdiction Of ths country, who Owe 20 an
a. In dS var or by the Federal tax sthercrs in pace
eyceDt upon terms favorable to our citizens
HORACE GREELEY's TESTIMONY.
Horace Greeley. the late distinguished editor and
founder Of The New-York Tribune. has summarized In
a most striking manner the effects TO the country oi
the tro tariff systems In 1853 he Yro'e'
Our years Of signal disaster and depression lave
hcen those in which our ports more easily
flooded with foreign goods those which interviewed De
tvixt the recognition Of our independence and the
enactment Of the tariff of 1899 these which follower
The close of our last with Great Britain and were
sgnalzed by immense mportattODs OF fhDrios tho7e VI
1ss7s42. when tie compromise Of 1888 began To De
seriously felt III the reduction Of duties on imports.
apd those Of 1534'57. when the PolkWaler tariD OF
Is46 had had time TO take full effect
30 similarly sweeping revuisions and prosrstlghs
eyer TOOK Dlace-I think none could take paee-upder
,be swav Of efficient protection. Mr Clay, IN lsJI,
der promiaing that the years preceding the
n.ss ee of the tarh OF le24 had been the most dis
stroUs while the seven following the passage Oh !.T
act Lad been tie most prosperous That our country
lad ever known, said this transfOrmalO9 % the con
diton OF the country from GLOON and distress 10
-pbtnes and prosperity has been mal"y the work OF
American legislation, fostering American industry
Instead OF allowing IL 10 be controlled by foreign
legslatorl. cherishing foreign Industry
fills Is the testimony OF history and cannot be con
traIicted. a..
Governor Campbell in his spcech accepting INC
nomination Of the Democratic state Convention, speak
inc Of the earlier tariffs, said that the tariff 81 Waah
ingtou OF Hamilton and OF jefferson averaged only
IL per cent. These laws he oommends. aud voulo
have US return 10 them. fear be Is not familiar
with those early tariffs. In the dght years Of MI