Show PROTECT HOME INDUSTRY we have received from delegate to congre came the copy of a bill introduced trod by congressman Cong kelly foi the protection mostly of oui home products we notice that ho favors a duty on all things imported that we produce which is nothing more or less than protection to the manufacturer and laborer some favor a free tariff on everything ery thing imported aiom foreign coun tue it would be the best for the country in this they labor under i great mistake banff governs the commerce of A county it regulates the puce of a commodity as well as the demand without a tariff on minu articles our mills facton cs laborers and mechanics would be idle or work for a mere pittance as aboy do in foreign countries remove the tariff and boods would be cheaper chea pei wages would be low and antei arises many of which arenow furnishing employment 0 halt a million men and consuming all cf our cruda material would be closed down and the men thrown out of employment this would be the outcome if foreign manufactured goods admitted free of duty the would be bene fitted because it would enable them to indulge n luxuries which would not be such a heavy drain upon then purses but how baies the poor mana nothing to do and if he his at such ruinously low wages that he can barely keep his family supplied with provisions and clothing mr kel 0 recommends in this bill a lona list of chemicals oils perfumeries eries and spi iea which he thinks ought to be admitted free of duty if there is any thing that ought to be cheap it is medi cine perfumeries eries it be admitted free alio poor could enjoy them to some extent although with less lavish perhaps than their more fortunato neighbors these baay be termed eiers but if they are within the reach of the common laborer they can enjoy them if not tho ne cearn of life arefa more and to give employment to this class at decent wages is whit vo should like to see air includes among matteis in his bill a tax of one and one half of one cent per pound on lead ore and acid dros on lad in pigs and bar molten and old refuse lead run into blocks and bais ind old scrap lead ufa only to be re manufactured two cents per pound lead in sheets and shot and three quarter cents per pound copper imported in tie form of ores two and one halt cents per pound of fine cop tamed therein As will be seen from the above kalley wants to protect out silver and copper interests which 11 a arsat item to the people of ato west take the duties off of to metals and it would imay millions of dollars invested n this industry and make thousands of idle men capital would lain away and seela new fields and turn iuan liming mining towns into desert waste lead and copped with krotec that other tafe would remain wild and alc to the laborer and capitalist |