White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-01-30
RESULTS or PROTECTION.

RESULTS OF PROTECTION.
We think that it is nowhere claimed
that tho tax imposed by tariff on i'm
portations weighs upon rich and poor in
proportions equal to the ability Of each
to bear the burden. The only argu-
ment in favor OF the system is that it
may be 80 adjusted as to advance the
condition OF the laboring aud producing
classes of the country, by enabling the
employer to pay higher wages to the
laborer and by furnishing to the farmer
a better home market for what he pro-
duces.
1t is claimed that under protective
tariff the man who performs manuel
labor can procure better remuneration
for such labor than under another sys-
TEN and that DIS manufactur &c. will
be carried on more largely, in Il country
thus projected from outside competi
tion, therefore farming operations will
become more profitable and the country
generally, will advance more rapidly and
surely than without this sytem.
The American system Of protective
tariff was first put in operation in l96l2
and was never disturbed until after the
census of 1890, a period Of about thirty
years. A comparison, involving the
effects, for the decade of 1860 and 1870.
the period embracing four years Of civil
war, would not be considered fair one,
; but from 1870 to 1890 this system must
have shown all the benefits which could,
under any circumstances, be established
for it, aud indeed, these years are now
pointed to as the proof OF the advantages
Of protection to the country. But those
who 50 confidently offer this proof are
ignorant of the real condition OF things
which they imagine have been 30 pros
porous under their favorite system.
When the facts, as they really exist, are
brought to the light It will be seen that
the couutry's progress has not been
what they claim for it and when brought
plished before protection became one of
the features Of our policy it is shown to
have lost in every essential which goes
to make up ths SUN Of advancement
and prosperity-increase in population,
in wealth, the number Of people who oc.
cupy their own no mes and the Profits to
be derived from peculiar pursuits OF the
country aside fIom those artitcially
stimulated by the application OF pro.
lection.
During the ten years from 1850 to
$780, before the enactment of a protec
tive tariff, the valne of farms in the
United States increased 103 per cent
From 1860 to 1870 there was all increase
in this tpecie7 of property Of 80 per
cent. From 1870 to 1880 there WAS an
increas Of 10 per cent. And from 1880
10 1899, 81 per cent.
Tho value OF all live stock in the
country increased fr M 1850 to 1860 d
irihe more than 100 per cont, while from
. 1850 to 1870 this value Increased but &C
: per cent from 1870 to 1880 there was a
=, loss in value Of live stock Hnd from 1886
to 1850 it's value increased AZ per cent.
The increase in population from 1870
to 1860 was 3j.l.2 per cent; from 1860 to
1870 22.6 pr cent, from 1870 TO 1880 81
por cont. and from 1880 to 1890 there was
. a gain OF % per cent.
The total wealth OF the nation from
1850 to 1860 increased 1T per cent, FROM
1860 to 1870 S6 per cent, fiom 1870 Ia
1880 10 per cent. aud from 1850 to 1896
81 per cent.
Tue number OF families without homes
in 1850 was I por ceat OF the whole, 10
1850 these homeless families had in
creased to 10 l.2per cent.
While the amount Of land in cultiva
iion largely increased during the period
: Of the practical operation OF this system
$50 to ls90-and corresponding in
crease in the volume Of farm products
> rseultc |, the value Of these prnductt
was little more iu lS9J than twenty
years before. The value Of farm pro
ducts per acre was az follows:
In 1870 sl2ls, 10 1880 $3.50 aud il
1870 &C 80.
II the manufacturer has boon able tC
accumulie large wealth through th,
advantages ot the protection these la@i
afford him from outside competition, tb'
figures aboiA given, taken frnra censni
reports, show from what source hi
\ wealth has been derived. II hss. un
justly. been drawn from the farmer au,
iabJrer AMI whils the manufactures ha
been accumulniing. the farmer has beef
compelled to stand by while the law va
taking from hir hard earned substance
To- swell the bubk account ol ihose VII,
had no moral right 10 II and who la,
toa. nG.hiEg towards earning it.