The Colored citizen., 1894-09-03
in DEFENSE OF NEW ENGLAND.
She Is n Far Larger Purchaser of American
Products Than Old England.

Products Than Old England.
If our country is to remain a prosper
Gus and united people, sectional inter
ests are not TO be legislated against The
south and west controlling the votes in
the congress of the United States to en-
act tariff laws at the present time. must
hold to the conservative view that New
England is their best customer, and
that the enactment of laws detrimental
10 her great industrial interests cripples
her as a purchaser Of the great products
of the south and west.
With three-fourths of all the spindles
of the country, New England produces
not a pound Of cotton, but she consumes
one-fifth OF the whole cotton crop of the
United States, her purchase in 1890
amounting to more than $77, ,00o, 600.
Can the south treat with indignity such
q customer as this2
New England grows less than per
cent Of the wool of this country, but she
uses one-half of the total clip Can the
west and the great Pacific states slight
New England by crippling her indus
tries?
New England, again, mines not
pound Of coal, but uses not less than
$1,000, 900 tons annually in her homes
and factories Can Maryland and the
Virginias, whence large portion Of
this output comes, cast vote in the
congress of the United States that would
paralyze her great factory system and
cause her to put out her fires?
OF all the articles of food for man
and beast New England produces suf
ficiency only of two things-hay for her
cattle, potatoes for her people There
fore she becomes an annual customer Of
the west for not less than 5000, 900
barrels Of -four, to which is to be added
twe-thifds- of all the meat consumed
throughout her domain. Certainly the
west must be- careful for such q Gus
toner.
Manufacturing, rs she does, fully
three-fourths of ali the boots and shoes
worn in the country, she is purchaser
of hides and leather to the extent Of Q
majority of the output Of the country.
Her lumber has long since disappeared
from off her mountain slopes. Now sho
looks to the northwest ami the south
for her supplies to build homes and fac
tories. II these people who crowd the
markets with their lumber are not care
full Of New England's thrift and pros
perity, they must lose one of their best
customers for the purchase Of lumber.
This is but a glance ut the many
sided question Of trade between tho
states, and while solid south stood
with a menace toward all industrial
interests, trying to secure the very last
and least possible reduction of that
protection which has made New Eng
land the peer of old England, these self
same people expect New England to
come with her gold and her silver and
buy the products of southern fields and
southern farms. Let the solid south
stand still for a moments 8 reflection and
count the cost if they would be wise.
for the New England manufacturer
openly declares that If you will give
him foreign wages he fears no foreign
competition. The outcome of the whole
question is that such legislation is but
to pauperize the artisans of the east and
10 bring sorrow and sadness into the
homes where joy and plenty have had
their abode for many years. The labor
ing people of New England as we'll as
the laboring people of all tho country
ought to understand this. One of their
popular notices is, ''The injury of one
is the injury of all" and let this be
emblazoned forever ON all New Eng
lands interests and held up before the
whole country to warn them that if
we would continue our national pros
perity we must care for New England's
factory system.