Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-09-05
THE PALACES OF PROTECTION.
From an Australian Standpoint.

ionist and free trade Governments and
felt all the good and i'll effects of
both, I feel that the American 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 laborers getting from ehillings
or 81 day to $3.50 and our artisans
getting up to "a.
In October 1891, Mr.. (now Sir)
George Dibbs came into power as a
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 were and we
have something like 10000 unemploy-
ed and have had to start relief works
so thai our poor should not starve.
Everything the poor use has advanced
in price through the duty.
Again in Victoria where there is
and always has been a 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-
lative city in the Australasian Colon
les, is now only the second Sydney
taking the lead.
The duty in New South Wales is
only to raise revenue-the highest
being only Is per cent. Goods which
are manufactured in the United
States can be purchased, even with
duty OF l5 per cent, cheaper in Sydney
than they can in San Francisco. I
will give instances which 1 think will
prove conclusively that the duty only
goes into the pockets of the already
wealthy manufacturers. Clocks
such as the pirate" manufactured by
the Ansonia Clock Co. are sold in
Sydney for 81 cents while in San
Francisco saw the same clocks
marked at 81. / know from actual
experience that these clocks are sold
to the Colonial Merchants at s. cents
each F. 0. 3. New York and are sold
only to compete against the German
article which carries only the same
duty in the Colonies, viz: 15 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 30 the manufacturers can
grow rich. Again Sewing Machines
which are manufactured here such as
the New Home, Domestic and Whites
are all sold cheaper in New South
Wales. Clothing such as under pants
and under vests though manufactur-
ed here can also be purchased cheap
er, but 1 must remark here that many
of them are 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 the United States were to
have Free Trade, the poor would ben.
eft greatly by it, Of course a few of
the wages of different kinds of labor
would most likely be cut down but
against that they would be able to
purchase their goods at from 100 to
$50 per cent cheaper. Manufacturers
could not then grow quite 80 rich
and the people would not have so
many toonopolies and trust to fight
against.
In our most heavily protected
colony, Victoria, our great
banking crisis started. Victoria has
always been the most pulled up col
ony of the whole OF Australasia. In
1886 and 1887, the colonies was favor.