Year: 1867

by a trlfle than the same article would
without protection, but if in protecting
the article, by tariff, directly we in
directly protect all kinds of labor, we
sertainly have acted wisely. Now, l
take it for granted that our labor has
got to pay the debts and taxes, twill
certainly be bad policy to diminish its
value by breaking down our manufac-
turers. And as free trade would COM
pell our manufacturers to close up their
business, and their employees to. the
raising of farm products, instead of
goods and wears, and in short time,
leave US to the tender mercies of Euro
pean manufacturers, it is not the
thing most devoutely to be wished. And
what would be the result of such a
policy. First, it would overstock the
market with the products of the farm,
because when you take man from the
loom, or anvil and put him to the plow,
instead of buying his bread, the proda


bility is that he has bread for sale
How much advantage would it be to a
man to have ten thousand bushels Of
wheat. if he had no use for it himself,
and could not sell it. But some one
says, no danger of that There never
| was time when q man could not sell
wheat I recoliect of hearing a man
say that he had himself hauled wheat
to Mansfield, Ohio, and traded it for
goods, receiving at the rate of 25cts
per bushel, and got in exchange com
mon calico at scots per yard, and 9th
err goods in proportion. Now it would
take nice little load of wheat, say 90
bushels, to buy calico dress foryour
better half; quite difference between
that time aud present; 20 bushels OF
wheat would buy to-day, say $50 yards.
instead of ten, but you say hold on,
wheat is high now, we'll so is calico


We do not count wheat high at S1,00
per bushel, we'll put it at that, and &c
bushels will buy 200 yards Of calico at
ten cents per yard. But hear some
one say that it is not the tariff that
makes goods sell high, it is because
there is great demand for it, all right
A good protective tariff, if men have
confidence that it will not be disturbed
for few years, induces them to invest
in the productions of such articles as
are protected. They employ large
numbers of laborers, who earn good
wages. and have the means of procur-
ing good living, which they invest
freely for that purpose, and if the mar
gin Of prophets is good, others engage
in the enterprise and competition soon
brings down the price to a healthy me-
dium Now we hold that every people
should produce as far as possible all
the articles that they make use of, and
although it may cost more to produce
some things in certain locality, than
would to buy it from a more genial
cline, still it is better to produce it if
you can as it opens another door for
the industry of the people and helps to
create market for those following
other branches Under the debt, that
we, as nation, are now tugging every
avenue to profitable employment should
be kept open. We are compelled to
impose burthens, by way of taxation
on all kinds Of industry We may
discriminate between articles of luxury
and necessity, by placing the heavier
portion on the first, and it probably is
wisdom 80 to 10, but we should not
loose sight of the fact that it is our
duty to put on tariff sufficiently high
to warrant the building of sufficient es-
establishments to supply the demands
of the country, and as fer as possible
encourage the building in each state of
a number sufficient to supply it's own
demands, Suppose Illinois had a lowell
and Pittsburgh, I mean the facilities
of those places for manufacturing
They could easily have it and would in
short time if we had a tariff that
would justify investments with the as
surance that it should be undisturbed for
few years, a portion at least of its
surplus products would find a market
at home 1t would be exchanged for
commodities, such as the inhabitants
need, and the purchasers would get it
at first cost, while the manufacturer
would get his provisions and such raw
material as he had to work up, direct
from the farmer, consequently at first
cost Now it might prevent transpor-
tation companies and middle men from
getting slice from a portion of the
loves, but what they fail to get the far
mer and mechanic could divide be-
tween themselves, things that I presume
neither would object to, and for every
extra dollar that the farmer could year
lv realize from his farm, it would ad


vance the price Of said farm at least
$500.


Now land Is valuable just in proper
ton to the amount that it viii pro luce
and the price that eau be obtained fol