The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-11-20
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Such is the connection between fagYicuI
is~s and manyacturss. We shall now no.
toe the folly, or falshood, of those who
insisishat the laws for the protection OF
domestic manufactures are taxes" on
consumers-for these lavs hare had one in
rasiable tendency 10 reduce The prices Of ar
iicIes projected, without at all diminishing
the foreign demand for the products Of our
soil. In 1928, the yeur before the " a.
bominable tariff Of 1924, we exported
l73, 200, 900 lbs. of cotton,t and 756, 900
bbIs. of -four, together worth 5,40O, 900
dollars and in 1896, 2O4 millions Of
pounds Of cotton and 857, 900 lbs. -four,
worth together %, $4,000 dollars, the
quantity and the value being both increas
ed, in defiance of all the a,vfiI predictions
to the contrary.t
Taxes, ofsome kind, must be paid. A
revenue duty must be collected but
whether protecting duty super-added, is,
or is not, tax, depends on particular con
siderations. For example-the duty on
a square yard Of coarse cotton goods is 8
Ia cents-but we may buy square yard
of such goods, homemade, for eight cents,
or IA Off cent less than the duty. 1t is
impossible then, that the duty is tax
The duty on shot is cents per lb. but we
can obtain any quantity Of shot at cents
per lb.-ifthe duty is tar, the shot is on
iy worth one cent per lb. and SO on. The
duty on wheat is ID per cent.-or Is
cents on every dollar of its COST as the
6 free trade folks say-but is any farmer
foolish enough to believe that tar Of the
United States ia collected on the wheat
that he grows and consumes 1t is a
popular cry, that g duties are taxes f: so
was the halloo, Great IS the Diana Of the
Ephesians.' A falsehood or an idol, plac
ed in opposition to truth. and the ETER-
NAL Pm ycIPAL OF TRUTH ! There is a
duty of Scents per lb. on cotton-is cotton
advanced in that amount because Of that
duty ? Pshaw We cannot dwell longer
on such subjects--and must proceed.
MANUFACTURES OF IRON.
This is leading interest in the Uni
ted States, and a great supporter Of the
home markets every farmer in the neigh
. borhood of iron works, well knows. The
following shows that decreased prices have
invariably followed increased duties. Al
to iron manufactures, no patriot will con.
tend that we should be dependent on any
foreign nation for thein-they are essen
tial to the independence Of our own and
are without 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 1928, when it was raised
to $37 per ton. In consequences Of the
act of 1916, fifteen new rolling mills were
Immediately erected without including the
new establishments west of the mountains
and
Sheet iron and boiler plates, (better
than the English, which sold for 1870 dol
lars the ton, eight or nine years ago, may
now be had for l3O or $l4O the ton. We
speak always Of wholesale prices. Roll
ed round iron has had the same reduction
in value.
Small hoop iron, new manufacture,
protected by duty Of 8 cents per-lb. by
the tariff of 1928, and which sold for S loo
ton few years ago, is now selling for
$120 ton. ..:,.,. ,-r, ~,
Btazlers' rods, which had nerer been
made in this country until protected by
the tariff of 1923, with a duty of three
and a half cents per h., and were sold at
$3.50 ton, or 6 % cents pound, now
sell for 1876 dollars ton, or 6 cents per
Id. though TAXED" 8 10 cents per-lb.
Cut nails were eight cents per pound
in 1891, and had an average value of
cents until 1923, now sell for 5 10 cents
per ID. The duty on nails is 3 cents per
u. Ifthe duty is a tax, the value Of the
NAILS, is only half a cent per lb.
! These and such as these, are the arti-
cles Of iron BEST PRorEcTED-and they
shew general decline of about % per
cent. or one fourth, in price, as compared
with their value previous to such protect
ion. On hammered bar iron, the duty
was As cents the cwt. in 1916, raised to
90 in 824, at which il remains.
J. twas worth (the superior qualities
tMuch the largest amount that we ev-
cr had expored in one year. The aver
age of 1916 to 1922, inclusive, was less
than 1 10 millions Of pounds year. ,r.