FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1473, 10 December 1881, Page 3

FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.

The London Times, of a recent date, snya :— -" We _hear a good deaL said in, many quarters a? to tha breakdqwn of our free commercial polioy. tfc is attacked by persoas who profess themselves the advocate* of a greater freedom, but of, a freedom which it is not within the power, of this country to secure. . We. must look below the surface -if we would see what it is that these over-zealaua free-traders are driving at.. An. imposition of duty on foreign corn comes in pretty generally as an essential part of their programme. It is not hard to judge in .whose interest it is that a measure of 'this kind is proposed. A rise in the price of cprn would mean a rise in. the> value of agricultural land in, this country. The rent-receiving class would be #je, only > gainers, from jt, and. jsheii> gains would be ma.de at the. expense of all other classes, But the interested supporters, of a measure w.bich is to haye, these results cotfld do little by themselves. They must call jn sopi^ other 1 class to help them. If ithere exists, a > ojaas Jn > this countty „badly, jnfo.rmed^pn. Jaote and, figure*, ready to grumble" with reason or, without, it, oredulouH, irrational, and indifferent on principle tO;*llpther interests than its own, ifc 'will be in- this that the allies of thft.n&w^mo.yejpeaJ; mt»y, be looked t for with wofft, hjjpei aWftdo^ftMay-thafe; the j desoriptipp x^we h*ye .^gi^en is that of the British "working man. We pay only that he furnishes a good many, 'examples of it, and that it is on liis.siipportlthat the anti-Free .Trade-Unovement most confidently relies. Tfie working man tfnqws' thit .wage's'ar^hlgliln^tfar UniteH :^ia^., Wd'he jtftiiti: af Vreftfoft' for i)j, tfiit the tfnl^trfar^^ tionM* Tli^^S^^'W, iff and discovers tnat they maw five. ' The labo; ■ market "Is LJt, mawer- ot'VfhiSn' he late(t o c6nsutajp*le^lrMp^l4^tM 2 me v stance^ ss Axueric* is aaa a country «r- ?

cum&tanoed as England- is there-is no comparison possible, France is an instance much mojs jn.fPp ( int. France is protectionist,,^"^ with no sucn^ results to the working .classes as American protection jadmUs,. , , Images m\ France are, lower ( than t)iey are, in fingtmdj the working hours We longer,; .and^ the general Bt»pdar^ of comfort among the laboring classes is £ir below that with which the English working man would be content."

" The fruit when fully ripe, is scalded, strained through a sieve, slowly cooked half an hour, then spread on clean plates and dried in an oven, the whole process requiring about two days before , packing away." An Illinois farmer's wife writes that, thus treated, tomatoes will keep for years, and be "just as godd and f reah as when first plucked from the Tinea." I hatb for aoTeral years uoticed that our onion crop that generally follows celery will keep tolerably even all over the piece in moist, showery seasons, but during a drought the tows exactly over where the celery stood the preceding year, and where the soil was more enriched and deeply stirred than elsewhere, will grow right away from those intervening, and many other instances might be cited. — London Qardeti. X'K ' It is remarkable that the agricultural depression so widespread in England has been' little felt in Wales. The most prosperous English counties agriculturally at the prexent time are Devon, Cornwall, and Northumberland. The extremes meet. A v atrocious act is reported from Nice. Some miscreants tampered with the rails, and the train ran off the line, causing the death of the driver and stoker, and injuries to the guard and several passengers. The new piu'e cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly prove a benefit to the public. It has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when st.ictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery mill-nery, and clothing at such prices for cash as gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder in a co-operative society, without the risk of bein^ called upon to bear aportion of the loss should the year's business prove unsatisfactory. Garhck and Cranwell will aim to retain the cofidence which the public have hitherto 'shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial; whether they gam or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash withorder will be supplied with goods at co-operatve prices ; just the same as though they made apcrson<.l selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpcta, floor cloths, bedsteads, beading and general house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, willbe marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of five pet cent, will be allowed to thosewho pay at the time of purchase. G. and C. having realised the entire value of their stock during their late i.ash sale, the present stock is new and cheaply bought. — .An inspection invited. — Garlick and Cranwell, City Hall Furnishing Arcade Queen street, Auckland.