The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-03-09

lower price than they were when the
duty was levied, and which have been
constantly growing cheaper and
cheaper, Notwithstanding the duty :?
Certainly can. Here is the list:
Steel rails. Paper.
Cut nails, both steel Paper and wood pulp.
and iron, Starch,
Wire nails, Salt.
WIRE Soda ash,
Cotton ties, Plate glass,
Bar IRON Common window glass
Cutlery, GoDlets,
Hoes, Glass jars,
5hovels Tea cups and saucers
Axes, Plates,
Scythes. Bowls,
Sviton cloth, Earthenware
Calico, Horseshoes,
Cling hams Horsenals,
Thread, Hats and caps,
Yarn, Mitens.
Flannels and blan. Pitchforks.
kets, Curtains
Underwear, Carpets,
Silks and ribbous Tapestry.
Stockings, And many others
Shoes.
| could readily double this list from
memory. The price these articles used
to bring and the price they are selling
at now are a matter of memory also
with me. / will defy any free trader
to name single article, not a luxury,
which we are manufacturing in this
country, and is protected by duty,
which has not been cheapened in the
same way. ] mean, of course, any arti-
Gle that we have been producing for a
length of time sufficient to get our fac
tories we'll in hand. My first PROPOSE
ton is true beyond all question. 1t is
not question of theory, but a simple
question of fact. The facts are all on
my side of the case.
Now comes the second question
Would this cheapening process have
been the same had we never produced
the articles in this country? l answer,
No. Why not? For many reasons.
a. The supply of such goods would
to keep prices up. Any increase in the
supply tends to cheaper the price OF
goods by creatinga sharper competition.
(2.) So long as no such articles were
produced in this country, American in
genuity, system and funds would not
and could not be utilized id perfectinp
machinery and inventing new methods
of production. g. More than that
the history Of the past proves the cor
rectness of my position.
Now comes the last question of Mr..
Collamer: "If we are now undersellins
the foreign producers of those articles,
why not put them on the free list p
The reason is that we do not claim to
DC dOlO w PlONuOO piOtOSeCu EOOuo ~,
cheaply as they can be produced in the
Old World. So long as Americans pay
more than twice as much por day fol
their labor as foreigners pay for theirs
we must protect our manufacturer
against foreign cheap labor, or else re.
duce the pay of our workers to leve
with the wages paid in the Old World
or else shut up our shops and go out o
the manufacturing business altogether
The free traders say, "Of course, shu
up the shops" The protectionists say
"No, keep them open and keep then
running" If we shut them up ou
own people will be thrown out Of EN-
ployment. Our consumers will be il
the power Of foreign producers. TIL,
supply will be diminished, the price o
the goods will again be advanced, ant
the ruin of this country will surely fol
low.
The first object Of projection IL not :,
make the price Of goods high or low
The first object is to put American
manufacturers in such position tina
they can do business prosperously, pa,
the high wages customary in this coun
try, and hold the home market in tn,
United States against the foreign manu-
facturers who pay low wages. 1t is jus
as necessary to keep the duty on stee
rails when they are selling for $50 TOT