The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-12-15

add the Msacasster verkmep their wages
for ihose Of their fellows at Fall River
| IL 10 not my purpose 10 renew here ibs
rgumeni 10 favor OF . protective tariff.
Tbs result Of tbs reesbi election must b
accepted ~ having introduced nev poll
icy. We Dn,i assume thai the present
tarif. constructed upon the lines Of pro
lection, 10 10 he repealed and that there
10 70 be substituted Tor 10 9 tsrif, lay con-
sifucied solely With reference 10 revenue;
thai NJ da'y Ia 10 be higher because the
Increase siil keep open sn American mill
or keep up The wages Of 40 American
workman. but ihst 10 every case such .
rate Of daiy IL 10 be imposed IS will bring
10 tue treasury OF the United ST ties the
lsrsest returns OF revenue.
The contention hss not been between
schedules, but bet scen prineip piles, and il
sould be offensive to sasgesl that the
prevailing parry will not carry into legisl
ls'ion the principles aisocs "a by IL and
the pledge. given to the people. Tbs tar.
III biiis passed by the Ho,se OF Rspresen,
ta,ivss At the last session we're, rs / sup.
pose, even in the opinion OF their promoi
tiers, inadequate, and justified oply by the
fact that the Senate and House OF Rspres.
entsiives were not 10 accord. and that .
general revision could not, therefore, be
undertaken.
i recommend that the whole subject OF
the tarIf revision be left to the incoming
Congress. IL is MISTER of regret that this |
work mnst be delayed for at less, three
months; for the threat Of great tsr.ff chan,
ges introduces so mnch uncertainty that
an amount noteasily estlmatsd Of business
insction and Of diminished production
Will nccesspr lily result. IL is possibls also
that tins naceit,iuty may r,su II 10 dc.
cresred revenues from Gu stoms duties, for
our merchants will make cautious orders
for foreign goods 10 view OF the prospect
OF tsrif reductions aud the uncertainty as
I, when they viii take q ,ct Those who
have advocated a protective tariff can we'll
siford to have their disastrous I, rscasts oil
change OF policy disappointed. liza ys
etn Of customs duties can be framed tbs,
will sci the idle wheels and looms of En-
rope 10 motion and crowd our warehouses
With foreign made goods, aud at the same
time keep our own mills busy; that will
give us an increased participation in the
markets of the world Of greater value than
The home market we surrender; that will
give Increased work +, foreign work men
Upon products to be consumed by our PEG
Pile without diminish the amount of
work b. be done here, that will enable the
american manufacturer to pay to his work
men from fifty to hundred per cent more
q wages than Is paid 10 tle foreign mill
md yet to compete in our market and 10
oreign markets with the foreign prod ucer
hat vii fursher reduce the cost OF srtil A
les OF wear and food without reducing a
be wages of those who produce them that h
an be celebrated after it, effects have Q
'een realized. as its expectation has been a
o European rs we'll as in American cities,
he authors and promoters of it will be 9
ntitled to the highest praise
We have had 10 our history several Ell b
friences OF the contra t,i ell cots of rev !.
nue aud OF = protective tariff, but this ii
enerstion has not felt them and the Ell
'erience OF one gem ration ia not highly
obstructive to the next. The friends OF a
be protective system, with undiminished =
In the principles they have adj b
coated, await the results OF the new ex 4