Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-15

are greater. the saving larger: but N che
soils In the worlds marken, always the
cheapest and buys In the home mar
he, always the dearest. poverty neces-
sar,Iv results and ensues. II Is useless
for this country to attempt TO compete
with Europe In certain articles or com
merce that are indigenous to her soii'
or that owing to local ENVIRONMENTS
can no manufactured there cheaper
en- IN this country! Why not Inn
mort all such goods and export such
comuodI,les from our own country
tha, arc Indigenous to our soil. or that
wa can manufacture for less than they
can. ,.,..,.
Th,s would seem to be the only sensible
,nd a,atosmanlike solution OF the mat
ter. and the logical outcome OF the
.,,,,,,,o, II Ia true that some OF our
nro,sctcd industries would go out of ex-
istence. under Mr. Darwin's theory Oh
"the survival OF the fittest.' Wen. let
Thorn go, The people at large would be
benefited and we could enlarge ana III,
crease those Industries adapted 10 our SO"
ana our people and exchange those pro-
duc,s FOR the Industries OF other nations
Indlgenous 10 their countries; there would
no an exchange OF goods-no balance or
trade in money-whlch Is mere medium
NJ values. upon which there would be
nroat 10 the importer and saving TO
The consumer, and which would enable
tho masses TO buy the necessaries cheaper
and cause the wealth or the ma
,io, 10 be disseminated over the whole
country instead OF being. as Is now the
case. limited to the privileged and pro-
tccted few. Plutocracy and monopoly
would cease to exist, and prosperity ana
happiness would once more dawn upon
our country.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
The nasco OF our late "tin-baby' indus
try. which seems to have died natural
death. Is an object lesson In its way.
Would 1t not be better TO get our tin
from Wales free, Instead OF taxing our
people under the guse of Infant indus
tries'' for the benefit Of few, and send
the people Of Wales in exchange for their
fin such articles as their necessities re-
quire?
Suppose England were to retaliate and
restore her corn laws and tax every
bushel OF wheat and corn that we send
TO her ports. what would become of our
surplus? We would be compelled 10 sell
il TO her at her own price. and our farmers
would get less for 1t than they now get.
II is said figures do not lie, but 0ley
sometimes get badly mixed, and whilst
TO q very large amount, the resultant
benefits that are supposed by our state
nent TO accrue from this condition are
not manifest or apparent. They exist
only In their Imagination. and appear
only on paper. This being fact that
does not admit OF doubt or dispute, ii
would seem a fair inference and wise
conclusion that these gentlemen must be
mistaken. II would appear that theory
and facts DO not accord; that their IDEAS
upon which their assumptions and rea-
sonings are based are erroneous; their
hypothesis wrong. their logic AT fault.
This being the case. why not follow the
example Of such nations as England,
France, and Germany, and see If the
same benehcent results would not accrue
TO us under free trade that these nations
enjoy? Is II not worth trial? Does it
not seem that our system has proven false
political economy? But there is a higher
ground than this to look at this matter
fronl-as surely as the sun rises and
sets. IL this nation permits trusts and
combines to continue they will rule the
country, and liberty and freedom will
perish. j. S. MOORE.