Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-09-09
We FALLACIEs OF PROTECTION.
From nm Australian Standpoint.

Having lived in the Colonies OF
australasia for the last three years
md having lived under both protect
lonist and free trade Governments and
felt all the good and i'll effects OF
both, / feel that the Ameracan people
are being simply robbed through
their heavy protective policy.
In New South Wales we have had
both protection and free trade. Under
free trade everything was prosperous,
wages were high and living cheap,
our laborcrs getting from 8 shillings
or S2 day to $3.50 and our artisans
getting up to "a.
In October 1901, Mr.. (now Sir)
George Dibbs came into power us Il
protectionist and promised all kinds
OF prosperity for the Colony, but in
stead OF prosperity we have had moth
ing but adversely. Wages are now
lower than they ever we're and we
have something like 10000 uncmploy.
ed and have had to start relief works
SO that our poor should not starve.
Everything the poor use has advanced
i'll price through the duty.
Again i'll Victoria where there il
and always has been n heavy protect.
i've duty, things are worse than in
New South Wales. Goods can be
bought for next TO nothing and Mel
bourne, which was the largest popu-
lativc city in the Australasian Colon
les. is now only the second-Sydney
taking the lend.
The duty in New South Wales is
only to raise revenuc-the highest
being only 10 per cent. Goods which
arc manufactured in the United
States can be purchased, even with n
duty OF ID per cent, cheaper in Sydney
than they can i'll San Francisco.
will give instances which think will
prove concIusively that the duty only
goes into the pockets of the already
wealthy manufacturers. Clocks
such rs the pirate" manufactured by
the Ansonia Clock Co. are sold in
Sydney for 81 cents while in San
Francisco | saw the same clocks
marked Mt 81. / know from actual
experience that these clocks are sold
to the Colonial Merchants ut 35 cents
each +. o. Il. New York and are sold
only to compete against the German
article which carries only the same
duty i'll the Colonies, viz: 10 per cent.
Now the duty on this article in the
United States is heavy, therefore, the
Germans cannot compete and hence
the consumer has to pay more for
his article so the manufacturers can
grow rich. Again Sewing Machines
which arc manufactured here such MS
the New Home. Domestic and Whites
arc all sold cheaper in New South
Wales. Clothing such rs under pants
and under vests though manufuctur.
cd here can also be purchased cheap.
or, but must remark here that many
OF them nre not sold as the English
and German articles cut them out.
Your flour. dried fruits, canned fruits.
and Canned Fish can all be bought
as cheap il not cheaper in the colonies
than here.
Now IL tho United States were to
have FREQ Trade. the poor would ben.
ctit greatly by il. Of course few Of
the wages Of different kinds of labor
would most likely he cut down but
against that they would be able To
purchase their goods Mt from 100 to
$50 per cent cheaper. Manufacturers
could not then grow quite 80 rich
and tho people would not have SO
many to0nopolics and trust to fight
against.
In our most heavily protected
colony. Victoria, our grcat
banking crisis started. Victoria has
always been the most pulled up col.
ony OF tho whole OF Australasia. In
1886 and 1887, the colonies was favor.
cd with the presence Of Il lot OF Eng.
lish Noblcincn and capitalists such
rs the Duke OF Manchester, the Earl
Of R1soborry etc etc. These people
purchased land, the pick Of tho col.
onics. mud gave pretty high prices for
il. or course, directly ia became pub.
lie property that these people hal
bought lot OF land, our INSCRIPTIONS
men started booming the land. a
fcw sharp people would purchase an
aero Of ground, cut IL up into allot.
mSnts and be in selling il nt about
1000 per cent beyond the value. Tho
vendors would purchase this land ON
bills or notes Of hand nnd the purchas.
or would do the same, hence the
banks wcrc overloaded with peoples
Gapcr having only fictitious value.
holding deeds OF tho doomed land as