British Workmen And Free Trade

From ft pimplilet eotltled "Competítion Of Foreigm-rs," is-ui-d recently by "The Workinan's Association forDefense of British Industrr," -e tsk tlie followng: Instead of tlie exporta to forcign stateH exeeeding the import.", M l Ibe se in many liinda, you tmy Of foreignent several milllons' wortli more cvery yeur tlniii they let you sell to theni. Tlie result is painfully clear to every man among us with liis eyes open. In the towns factories and workshops are cloted. In the country farms are abandonad. Artifisans are standing idle at street corners watching the arrival from foreigti countries of the articles thelr skilltul hands should have made. Agricultura! laborera are traniping the roads and throngiug tliecitiea In searchofthe work the descrtrd cornfleld cannot Lonjrer give them. Lists are fliven to show the principal articles imported and used in England in 188C, which could and should have been made at home and added so much to the wealtli of the country, viz. : Manufacturad Articles value, ?185,000.000 Partlallv Mauufuctu'd Articles " 90,000,00(1 SuudryUnenumeraled Articles " 50,000,100 Total $385,000,000 Animal Produce v'ue, SSOO.O'iO.OOO Vegetable l'roduco " ,000,001 Breadslufls (Wheatand Flour) " 150, OO.HOO OtherGrains ¦ ' 5,0 ,000 Total 76tt,0O0,UW The revenues are nest considered: 275 milllons derived from Interual revenue, exclse, llpenses, Htamps, land tax, housu duty, property tax and lncome tax. 100 mlllions frora custom duties. 45 milllons from postal service. And about '25 mlUlons from mlscellaneous sources. It i. notcworthy that many of the articled oti which duty is imposed cannot bc produced here. Tea, coilee, cliicory, currante, cocoa and tobáceo are unong these, and are scarcely leis important to the peoole thiin bread. Would it DOt be better to defend the honest, legitimate industry of ourown people, and help them to remunerative employïni'iit and live at reduced expense by ranking the produce brought from another country, bul which could have been produced at home, pay a share ot home taxation and let the tea and coftVe pot of the mother and wife be free? The The poor rdan't pipe of tobáceo mihi also be saved some of the 4.),000,000 it now pays. Afler recouiitinji the decline In British trade, exports, shipping and farming, the pamphletconcludes in these words: The distress among all classes can cause little surprise when the state or atralrs, here brietly collated, iscalmly considered. Tiiere is but onepossible remedy, and that i?, unión for the defense of Brilish industry. Yet this condition of things, so vigorously depicted by British workmen, as the result of England's tariff-for-revenueonly policy, Is clamorously demandfd by one of the political parties of thls country, and even adtocated by the President. One of the new building materials which is likely to be lound useful in many ways is salt. Among the carpenters salt is found to be useful as an aid to heatingglue. When, as is usual Injolners' and cabinet makers' shops, the glue is nielted in a jacket-kettle, surrounded by water, it is said to be advisable to put salt in the outer kettle. The addition of salt rises the boiling point, and therefore allows the glue in the kettle to be kept at a higher temperatura than could be obtalned witl) water alone, and this is advantageous to the work. The masons tiud their use for salt ia adding it to cement mortar ia cold weather to prevent it trom the bad effects of freezing. The followiug very pertinent conversation was heard between two farmers on our streets yesterday: "Helio!" eaysA., "1 ece yourold supervisor is being talked about again for rtnomination." "Yes," was B's laconic replj-. "Well, he is a mighty good man on the board, you wil] all go In for him again I s'pose, won't you?" "Yaas, he is a good man, but if we don't break in any steerp, we never will have any oxen, you know." "True, true, but in this insiance who pays for breaking in the steers" "Watl," says B. betltatlnglr, "waal - t looks like the township would have to."