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THE BULLETIN
Fix this textVoL 3.— No. 118 —New Series.
Fix this textSATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1885.
Fix this textFrlo*-6i
Fix this textThe Bulletin.
Fix this textSATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1885.
Fix this textThe Laud and Industrial Alliance
Fix this textPlatform.
Fix this text“ Fair trade,” “ Repeal or amendment of the
Fix this textLand Act,” and “ Payment of members” are
Fix this textthe principles to which the delegates to the
Fix this textlate Sydney “ Land and Industrial Alliance
Fix this textConference ’ signified their almost unanimous
Fix this textadhesion. We are convinced of the justness
Fix this textand soundness of all three. Had the first
Fix this texttwo planks in the platform been christened
Fix this text“ Protection ” and “ Land Nationalisation ”
Fix this textour satisfaction would have been greater
Fix this textstill. But the struggle upon which the
Fix this textpeople of New South Wales are about to
Fix this textenter is too serious in its import, too far-
Fix this textreaching in its consequences, to tempt us to
Fix this textpause at the threshold to quarrel about
Fix this textwords. The capitalist Press of the colony
Fix this texthas met the proposals with ridicule. Ridi-
Fix this textcule is a dangerous weapon. To be effective
Fix this textit should be wielded by a master—should be
Fix this textsharp and incisive, equally adapted for of-
Fix this textfence or defence. When it leaps from its
Fix this textscabbard at the bidding of a dunce it is a
Fix this textgruesome sight, and suggests doubts
Fix this textwhether, after all, the invention of letters
Fix this texthas not added a new terror to life. No
Fix this textraillery can upset a fact. All the irony of
Fix this textVoltaire would be quite wasted in per-
Fix this textsuading a hungry man that eating was a
Fix this textmistake, and that civilisation without vic-
Fix this texttuals was the thing to be aimed at. When
Fix this textyou tell an English pauper that, owing to
Fix this textFreetrade, his country is able to export
Fix this textmany millions worth of manufactured goods
Fix this textevery year, he rejoices at such prosperity,
Fix this texthut would prefer to hear that y ou intended
Fix this textgiving him a loaf.
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Fix this textOne of the speakers at the Conference
Fix this textthought that “if Cobden himself had been
Fix this textin New South Wales he would have been a
Fix this textProtectionist.” Another believed in Free-
Fix this texttrade “for an adult people, or for those
Fix this textwho had reached the limits of their
Fix this textmarkets,” while a third contended that it
Fix this textwas our fiscal policy that shut up local fac-
Fix this texttories and threw men out of employment.
Fix this textIt is very probable that all these statements
Fix this textare tine. It is certain that two of them are.
Fix this textWhether Cobden would have been a Pro-
Fix this texttectionist in New South Wales is a question
Fix this texton which dispute is unlikely to end in agree-
Fix this textment. Nor is it a matter of great conse-
Fix this textquence. But the nail was struck fairly on
Fix this textthe head by the speaker who said that “ for
Fix this textan adult people, or for those who had
Fix this textreached the limits of their markets,” Free-
Fix this texttrade was the true policy. The foregoing
Fix this textstatement showed that the speaker recog-
Fix this textnised the difference between fully-developed
Fix this textcountries and those still in swaddling
Fix this textclothes—saw that the fiscal policy that
Fix this textmeant life to one might mean death to the
Fix this textother. It is here, just at the outset, that it
Fix this textappears to us Freetraders get hopelessly
Fix this textbogged. They would supply the infant and
Fix this textthe adult with the same food. If the infant
Fix this textsickened and died under the treatment that
Fix this textwas Us look out. Recent English writers
Fix this textsoircely attempt to argue on the subject.
Fix this textThey accept the doctrines of the Manchester
Fix this textschool just as they accept a geometrical
Fix this textdemonstration. From serene heights they
Fix this textlook down on meaner mortals, and say, “ We
Fix this texthave preached our calico Millennium. It is
Fix this textours to teach and yours to accept. Free-
Fix this texttrade is good for England, therefore it is
Fix this textgood for the world.” And the world
Fix this texthearkens for awhile, then hardens its heart,
Fix this textand ultimately inserts its tongue in its cheek
Fix this textand goes its way. So, after 100 years’ preach-
Fix this texting, and 40 years’ practice, England finds
Fix this textherself to-day the only Freetrade country
Fix this textin the world.
Fix this text• • •
Fix this textSome of the arguments brought forward
Fix this textby Freetraders are delightful in their in-
Fix this textgenuousness. Even at the Conference, one
Fix this textof the delegates deprecated Protection, be-
Fix this textcause “there were not sufficient manufac-
Fix this texttories in the colony at present to provide
Fix this textgoods for the whole colony.” It did not
Fix this textseem to occur to this far-seeing representa-
Fix this texttive that it was precisely because such was
Fix this textthe case that a high tariff was advocated at
Fix this textall. He would continue Freetrade until
Fix this textcolonial manufactories were sufficiently de-
Fix this textveloped to supply colonial wants. But he
Fix this textdid not explain how they were to develope
Fix this textat all in the face of the fierce competition
Fix this textresulting from the cheap labour, long hours,
Fix this textand perfected machinery of old countries.
Fix this textIf the mountain would not come to him at
Fix this textfirst, he would wait patiently until it did.
Fix this textIf, with a nominal tariff, he could not turn
Fix this textour wool into cloth, we would wait till we
Fix this textcould. This style of reasoning bears a strong
Fix this textfamily likeness to that of the Southern
Fix this textplanters, who would not liberate their
Fix this textslaves because the “niggers ” were unfit for
Fix this textliberty. It did not strike them that they
Fix this textwould remain unfit so long as they remained
Fix this textslaves. There is another hoary sophism
Fix this textwhich Freetraders cuddle with the fondness
Fix this textof a mother for her ricketty child. It is
Fix this textthis. Suppose, they say, you put a duty on
Fix this textan article—boots, for instance—mark the
Fix this textresult. Capital that should have been
Fix this textdevoted to the indigenous industries of the
Fix this textcountry is diverted to the boot trade.
Fix this textEveryone wants to make boots. The con-
Fix this textsequence is that competition brings down
Fix this textthe price of boots and bootmakers’ wages
Fix this textwith it But, granting such to be the ease—
Fix this texta-suming that men become infatuated with
Fix this textthe idea that in bootmaking alone national
Fix this textwealth and greatness are to be found—how
Fix this textdoes the desire to undersell differ from that
Fix this textin a Freetrade country ? If English capi-
Fix this texttalists find that there is a market in Aus-
Fix this texttralia for English boots or in China for
Fix this textEnglish stockings, then British capital will
Fix this textbe employed in producing those useful arj
Fix this texttiohs until the markets are glutted and the
Fix this textwages fall. Whether a country has high or
Fix this textlow imports a paying industry will attract
Fix this textcapital si long as a fair margin of profit re-
Fix this textsults and no longer.
Fix this textIn a pamphlet before us by Mr. B. R. Wise,
Fix this textthe author refers to the tendency of Pro-
Fix this texttection to create a number of small indus-
Fix this texttries; while those resulting from Freetrade
Fix this text“ are on a larger scale.” He then refers to
Fix this textthe employment of nine men and boys in
Fix this textIhe manufacture of curled-hair in an ad-
Fix this textjoining colony, and asks how they “ could
Fix this textenforce their demands against an employer.
Fix this textLet them strike! The master can still sup-
Fix this textply his customers by imported goods. He
Fix this textloses, for a time, the extra profit which the
Fix this texttariff gives him, and the interest on his.
Fix this textplant, and that is all. But when a strike
Fix this texttakes place in a large industry of na-
Fix this texttural growth, employers cannot execute
Fix this texttheir orders by importing goods, because the
Fix this textvery fact of the industry existing in a Free-
Fix this texttrade country shows that goods can be pro-
Fix this textduced in that country more cheaply than
Fix this textthey can be imported. Consequently, any-
Fix this textone who imported goods to supply his cus-
Fix this texttomers would do so at a loss. Employers,
Fix this texttherefore, have a stronger material induce-
Fix this textment in a Freetrade country to come to
Fix this textterms with their men.” This is delicious.
Fix this textLet us examine it. Owing, probably, to the
Fix this textVictorian duty on curled hair nine people
Fix this textare employed in its manufacture iu Mel-
Fix this textbourne. The English article can be landed
Fix this textfor (say) Is. a pound, while the Victorian
Fix this textcosts Is. 2d. But 3d. a pound duty estab-
Fix this textlishes the small industry i n Mel bourn e. The
Fix this textmen strike, and according to Mr. Wise, the
Fix this textmaster “lets them strike.” He imports.
Fix this textBut he loses Id. a pound by it, and, if he
Fix this texttries to recoup himself by raising the price,
Fix this textsome other person will go into the curled-
Fix this texthair line and undersell him. Let us now
Fix this textturn to New .South Wales. Here the industry
Fix this textcould not pehaps be established at all owing
Fix this textto the absence of a duty. But, allowing—for
Fix this textthe take of illustration—that nine people
Fix this textwere employed on its production here and
Fix this textthat it cost lid. a pound. They stiuok.
Fix this textWhat is to prevent the employer importing
Fix this textthe stuff just as the Victorian did ? It is the
Fix this textsame with a large industry. If the latter is
Fix this textestablished in a protected country the em-
Fix this textployers lose by importing just as they would
Fix this textin a Freetrade one. If not, they would not
Fix this texthave embarked in the affair. And, further,
Fix this textby not coming to speedy terms with any
Fix this textmen on strike they run a far greater risk of
Fix this texthaving their industries “jumped” by out-
Fix this textside capitalists in a country with a Protec-
Fix this texttive tariff than in one with none at all.. This
Fix this textwas well shown in the late strike of boot-
Fix this textmakers in Melbourne. Had such an occur-
Fix this textrence taken place in New South Wales, ex-
Fix this texttensive foreign orders would long since
Fix this texthave been filled up for the Sydney market.
Fix this textIn view of the natural advantages in terri-
Fix this texttory, metals, and coal possessed by this
Fix this textcolony it is depressing to contrast our manu-
Fix this textfacturing backwardness and supineness
Fix this textwith the progress and activity of our less
Fix this textfortunately situated southern neighbours.
Fix this textAnd all on account of the insensate worship
Fix this textpaid to this Freetrade Mumbo-jumbo.
Fix this text• • *
Fix this text“Repeal or radical amendment of the
Fix this textLand Aot of 1884,” is the second principle
Fix this textenunciated by the Conference. But the
Fix this textstoppage of further alienation, and ultimate
Fix this textresumption of land already granted in fee,
Fix this textis the tiue principle which should never be
Fix this textlost sight of by those who have at heait, not
Fix this textalone the good of this generation, but of
Fix this textgenerations yet unborn. It is possible to
Fix this textjoin issue with George in some of his specu-
Fix this textlations, but his chapter on “ The injustice of
Fix this textprivate properly in laud” (4th edit. p. 299
Fix this textctseq) stands unassailable, incontrovertible.
Fix this textUntil this incontrovertibility is acknow-
Fix this textledged and acted upon, all measures for the
Fix this textfair distribution of comfort ard prevention
Fix this textof pauperism rtruet necessarily fail. Until
Fix this textthe people are convince! that private pro„
Fix this textperty in land is a great wrong, no more to
Fix this textbe defended than private property in air
Fix this textor sunshine, the poor and hungry will
Fix this textalways be with us. Multiply labour-saving
Fix this textmachines a thousand-fold, d scover fresh
Fix this textarticles of food, draw cheap motive-power
Fix this textfrom the tides and the sunbeams, but, so
Fix this textlong as a numerically insignificant body of
Fix this textmen can say to the myriads around them,
Fix this text“ This land is ours, and you remain here or
Fix this textnot at our pleasure,” you but deepen the
Fix this textmisery of the masses—perpetuate the sys-
Fix this textte'm of what Hindman calls “the able-
Fix this textbodied paupers at one end of the soeial
Fix this textscale, balanced by the able-bodied sybarites
Fix this textwho produce them at the other.” The
Fix this textsame writer goes on—“The sacred right of
Fix this textproperty ia land was founded upon the
Fix this textmost infamous robbery of the peasantry of
Fix this texttheir own. . . . Under the rule of the
Fix this textTudors England changed from a country
Fix this textTHE POET SWINBURNE.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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