Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-12-08

From Niles' Register.
POLITICS FOR FARMERS.
Coi,cluai.al1


Such IL the connection between a.
gricult"re and manufactures. We shall
now notice the folly, or falsehool, Of
those who insist that the laws for the
protection Of domestic manufactures
arc taxes on consumcrs--fhese Iars
hare had one mrdriabie tendency 10 re.
dice Mc prices IF articles protected,
without at all diminishing the foreign
demand Tor the product Of our soil. In
1928. the year before the abominable
tariff Of 1924, we exported I1s mil.
lions OF pounds Of cotton" and 756
thousand barrels Of -four, together
worth S2j, 100000; and in 1896. aO4
millions 81 pounds Of cotton and 857
thousand bills. Hour, together worth
500, $4,000; the quantity and the ra.
iue being both increased, in defiance of
all the am/ut predictions to the contra
ry.t
Taxes, Of some kind, must be paid.
A rerenne duty must be collected; but
whether protecting duty superadded.
Is, or IS not a tax, depends on parficu-
Tar considerations. For example-,he
duty on square yard Of coarse cotton
goods is 81 cis.-but we may buy q
square yard Of such goods, home made,
Tor 3 cents, or three fourths Of q cent
less than the duty. 1t is impossible
then, that the duty is tar. The du-
ty on shot is four cents per Id. but we
can obtain any quantity Of shot at FIVE
cents per lb.-if the duty is a tar, the
shot is worth only one cent per ID. and
so on. The duty on wheat is is per
ccnt--or IS cents on every dollar oi
ITS cost, rs the free trade folks say /;
but is any farmer foolish enough to be
lieve that tar Of the United States
IS collected on the wheat that he grows
and consumes 1t is popular cry,
that duties are taxes SO was the
halloo, Great is The Diana offhe Ephe.
slams \ falsehood, or an idol, placed
IN opposition to truth, and the rrER-
NAL PRINCIPLES OF TRuTu! There j.
duty Of 3 cents per Id. on cotton-is
cotton advanced in that amount, be
cause Of that duty? Pshaw! We
cannot dwell any longer on such sub
Iects-and must proceed.
MANUFACTURES OF IRON.
This Is the leading interest in the
United States, and q great supporter
of the home market, as every farmer
in the Deighborhood Of iron works
knows. The following shows that de.
creased prices have invariably follow cd
increased duties. AS to iron manufac-
lures. no patriot will contend that we
should be dependent on any foreign
nation for them-tbey are essential to
the independence of our own-ayid are
,cifhom substitutes.
The first encouragement was given
to rolling iron by the tariff Of 1916,
when the duty was fixed at $50 per
ton, and SO il remained until 1923,
when II was raised to S57 per ton. -
In consequence Of the act Of 1916. fif.
teen new rolling mills were immedi.
ately erected, without including the
new establishments west Of the noun
tains-and
Sheet iron and boiler plates, DIETER
than the English,) which sold for GI3O
the ton, or 9 years ago, may now be
had for $50 or S14O the ton. We
speak always Of wholesale prices. -
Rolled round iron has had the same re-
duction in value.
Small hoop iron, IA nso manufac-
turc.) protected by duty Of cents
per ID. by the tariff Of 1898, and which
sold for $50 ton few years ago, is
now selling for $40 a ton.
I'll. A. A
made in this country until protected
by the tariff Of 1923, with duty oi
s. cents per ID. and were sold ~ $50
a ton, or six and two-third cents a
pound, now sell for 1885 ton, OF six
cents per ID. though 'ldred' 81 cents
per 10.
Cot nails we're 8 cents per 10. in
1921. and had an average valuc Of 7
cents until 1923. now sell for 5 cents
per ID. The duty on nails is 5 cents
per lb. II the duty is a tax. the value
oi the nails is only half a cent per ID.
These, and such as these, are the
articles Of iron best pr0feciei-and
they show a general decline 81 about
25 per cent. or one |oiUh IN price, az
compared with their value previous t.
such protection. On hammered bar
iron, the duty was Is cents the cwt
in 1916, raised 10 90 ia 1924, at which
Much the ls,rres' amount tl,-t ~ ever Lsd cx-
ported, in on ycr. The aser-,gr of1siC t0Is22.
"slasivr, vas les tlin I 10 nuIiions u pounds =
JcJr.
Boz in ,i'e last wear Nc exported 2es millions
n poands II cotton, ,slicd II 70, $500 Have
liic demand aud Yelae b en- resiuced ~ he ssrid
v - dfieoii u resolve ~hat meant by he "op-
lrc'-iops of the ruth, and uhst u has q eotn-
plain -, hccansc q te prcy,rrs- a manufacture
e"ty q rrriy Ten nilliofss - isNted in Engai,i
- ~ m,ls a tlsr 90 ~ casfs ai,ait cue nth
Ton The motiuess uith Which thr pllotrr. a
NiTEinai submit ~ tlis bas = ays excited oaT 90
rio,'e