The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-29
PROTECTION AND THE FARMER,

The colonial policy of Great Britain
sought to starve the manufacturers Of the
colonies to death and force them to buy
English goods with their grain, cotton and
tobacco, and it was this policy, which the
tobacco, cotton, rice and sugar-growing
section Of the South sought under CAL
houn to force upon the North, the section
of diversified industries, whose manu-
features gave the hand to agriculture.
The colonial policy of Great Britain was
the same that she subsequently enforced
against Ireland to the utter ohliteration of
her manufactures. Under the confedera-
ton, which preceded the present Union
under the Federal constitution, each state
had a tariff TO suit itself, and the result
was industrial paralysis and impending
national poverty. The confederation gave
place to the constitution chiefly because
the great statesmen, with Washington at
their head, saw that there never could
be national strength until We deveoped
home manufactures and consumed our
farm products at home. The farmer must
have home market, and then, instead of
each state trying TO stab its nelghbor's in
dustries 10 death. manufactures would
make market for agriculture and aeri-
culture for manufactures. On this point
Hamilton. Jefferson. Madison. Monroe.
John Quincy Adams and every president
from Washington down TO Polk were
unanimous.
The statesmen of the South, with the
exception OF the erratic John Randolph.
supported the policy of protection to home
industries as a necessity for our growt ID
and prosperity until the growth of slavery
aud the consequent jealousy of the North
converted Calhoun to free trade. James
buchanan. SiIas Wright and Samuel J.
Tilden were as untiinching protectionists
as their great leader, Andrew Jackson, and
Samuel ]. Randall within recent wears
stated the argument for protection IS fol-
lows:
Ne man rsn bny another mans labor until he
can sell his owu.
II he buys the labor Of the English or German
workmen. he cannot be certain that they will
buy his in retnra
The nearer the farmer and the skilled work.
ulan srs 10 each other, the rnors OF each Others
labor vii they set, aud the easier anu cheaper
they exchange IL
There = = law of compensation IN all thinrs.
the more wsges the mechanic engaged In 81 Ned
dive sifot labor receives, the more tie huvs OF
The farmer aGd the more he pays aad is abe To
nay foy il
Under the policy OF protection 20 home
industries the annual value OF manufsct
u7ei articles produced increased from
s. So. Sol SO IN 1850 10 about s.. 2I5. orc Gao
~ iSsS. In ISIS the manufactures of the
United States were almost twice the
value OF those OF England. which
sc,e worth almost double those Of
any other nation. The Comparison
todsy $ sul more n our favor.
The market for our immense manutact-
urea product vas ioand almost wholly In
the United states, the richest market in
tie world. We are cur own best custom
ers- Tie free trader thinks the more We
can cell ~ foreign nations the better /.
siIl De 'cF u. but under protection it is
the American practice - purchase from
s5Foad only those articles se cannot pro-
aUce ia shls eountry. To import articles
Ne can produce by competitive industries
: % injgge ourselves. Theintelgigent rev
saus ge.oTmeE does not dispute TIA. our