Show CHAMPIONS OF FREE TRADE your issue of saturday sat Satir arday day march contained under the heading discussing the tariff some excellent general remarks about the responsibility of speak speakers ets we concur iu in the views exor expressed essed in the first part of the article named tut hut laser lacer on there occur some remarks that cause us to think the writer either misapprehended apprehended mis the argument of atie dee atee traders or he was misinformed formed in regard to tolt it hence we asked that the portions of our statistics to which the writer refers be given space in your valuable columns the article says the speakers in the affirmative laid before the audience statistics or alfered statistics in support of free trade which were obviously beyond the power of any human being to check that Is to te sustain or refute by souna loric logic based upon sure p premises rem alses and the defenders or of a projective protect iv tariff did the ame a me thing mong these B s for example were figures which par purported corked to depre represent eat the national wealth of this t is country at different periods prior to IM 1800 The champions of tree free trade had a alot a lot of figures which went to show that the country prospered most under a low tariff and the advocates of protection had bad a lot of figures covering the sume periods of time which went to show that the country prospered most under a protective tariff now these fleuren were worthless they were mostly fictitious 1 no st statistics purporting to represent the wealth of this country prior to 1860 1850 were presented by the champions of free trade 2 the figures presented by us were taken from the tenth census of the united states and are therefore neither worthless nor fictitious for example mr paulis figures on this point were the rho increase in the value of our farms between 1850 and 1860 the free trade era of low tariff was as follows 1860 1860 6 total increase 10 years 3 OW ow yeary yearly increase log 10 per cent contrast that increase with the past 20 years of high tariff awo 1880 1890 total increase 20 years yearly increase 2 ak per cent iti in ten years of low tariff our farms doubled in value in twenty years of high tariff they have increased only 54 per cent the census figures are VOW of par farma 1850 18 BO 1860 1870 9 1880 compendium of the tenth census of the united states 1880 part I 1 page on manufactures mr pauls were as follows the increase in the capital invested in manufactures has been 1860 1850 3 labo 1 yearly increase 9 per cent 1860 1880 yearly increase aj 8 per cent that is manufacturing capital grew taster faster under a low than under a high tariff the census figures are capital in manufactures tear aim amount 1850 1860 1870 1880 tenth census of th united states vol II 11 statistics ut of manufactures page XI of remarks I 1 mr elliot Is statistics on the financial growth of the united states 1850 were wen 1860 1870 70 1880 showing that the national wealth mure more than doubled between 1860 1850 and 1860 and increased only 42 per cent be between tweed 1870 and 1880 mr elliott explained that the th figures for 1860 1850 and 1860 are for taxed property only while those for 1870 anti and 1880 are for all property taxed and untaxed iad we see compendium ath census page tile the census figures are arc 1860 1850 1860 1870 1880 ono 00 com compendium ath census pages 9 and census As an introduction to mr burrows figures his words should be quoted manufacturers say they cannot MaDu manufacture facture certain articles in this COU country atry u unless a tariff keeps out the products acts of european pauper labor the protective tax is levied so that the manufacturer can afford to make the same roods goods as are made in error europe and nd yet pay his bis men american lea wages 4 cc the protects protection on on pig iron is a ton pig iron eells in this country at 17 per ton the price of foreign iron lefore the duty is paid on it is 1026 per ton that is the tariff of per ton enables the home producer to charge more per on for his iron than iron is sold for in other countries and he be charges that touch much more for it we therefore pay to the iron master on each ton of iron that he maxes mares in order that he may be able to make iron and also pay his men fair wages according to the returns of the last census the total labor cost of making each ton of pig iron is 3 SM 6 but we pay the manufacturer per ton for making the iron and tie he pays only in wages for each ton made he therefore steals on each ton of iron he be makes besides getting his labor free of ail cost we pay this to the iron master solely in order that he may pay good wages no one on ever heard beard or of a protective tax levied for the purchase of lands machinery or materials for the manufacturer but only for the payment of wages the census of 1880 shows that for pig iron the vage of product was the tots total wages paid was tons of pig iron matte made that is ia labor cost per ton st 95 tenth census of the united states 1880 vol it ii pages 12 and it 13 of the report he art on the manufacture of iron and steel the iron master pays on each ton to in tons and steals from the money in trusted to him to pay wages on each ton in tons the amount thus stolen in 1880 was the article says of the sugar fig wes uree now they mean that the labor which produces worth of sugar is paid only 4 this is preposterous 44 4 would not pay tor for the labor employed to haul the sugar cane from theft the field eld he declared the figures were taken from the United states census and was undoubtedly honest in the enthusiasm with which he pointed out and denounced the wrongs of a protective tariff but no such figures were ever contained in a government publication Hea li tion the compendium of the tenth census of the united states part 2 pages 2401 1 gives for refined sugar and molasses value of product 1880 total wages paid that Is the labor that refines not produces prod aces uces worth ot of sugar is paid only 4 the article also says prom from these figures it would appear that the manufacturers pay their employed emp loyes 4 while stealing 42 from 1 them hem yes yen such is the case the manufacturers with hold 42 out of every 46 entrusted to them to pay baies wage the number of pounds or of sugar refined in 1880 was the total wages paid the cost of labor in refining pounds being 14 cents it was not stated by mr burrows that without the tariff the sugar refining workers would receive ten times more than they now receive hut but that we pay the re finers by reason of the tariff ten times more than the total wages they pay their employed emp loyes the tariff on refined sugar is aj 3 cents a pound the tariff on the raw material for sugar is 2 cents a pound leaving lea vinga IJ cents per pound tor for the refiner atter alter payi paying rig his tax on raw materials atie only question there can be about how much the refiner steals is how much does he charge for refined sugar and is the duty of aj cents actually paid to h him I 1 m rhe fhe average price for refined sugar abroad for ahe last two years has been under aj 4 cents per pound the average price of refined ned sugar in this thia country is from 8 to 10 bent i a pound the re finers certainly get aj 3 cents a pound more than they would be able to get without the tariff or aj 1 cents on each pound after paying the tax on the raw materials te rials mr burrows statistics on sugar were a as follows value of product 1887 ON total wages 4 j 0 o Value deducting wa wages es tariff paid 15 mi mills Us per pound houna on over three billion pounds of refined sugar deduction wages amount stolen there is no bencus for 1887 the 0 above product to is taken from the sugar trade circulars the paid in wages is estimated upon the basis of labor cost in the census year the figures are given in round numbers mr burrows statistics on wollen goods were as follows value of product otal wages 25 value without wages tariff 67 per cent less the duty on raw materials amount stolen st oleu the census figures are value of product 1880 total wages paid compendium of the tenth con census 1880 part 2 pages 3 if there are any errors in the foregoing statistics or calculations we it shall be glad to have them pointed out and the correct figures given J H PAUL JOSIAH burrows PETER ELLIOT of salt lake lyceum |