The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-03-01
THETARIEE.

III TARIFF.
The object of this number is 10 show the re-.
mission of goods free OF duty from those nations
who refuse to receive our productions gener-
ally, has produced most Of the embarrassment
under which the country now labors.
BY the official return from the Comptroller
of the Treasury 10 lie Senate, it appears lha:,
in the year ending the first of September, 1871,
S64, 7S5, 440 value was imported free of duty,
and S99.3Sl 1888 in value we paid duty-iho
law enacted at the extra session, imposing a
duty of 20 per cent on goods heretofore free,
not having had time 10 go into operation.
This represents the ratio of the importation Of
fire and dutiabIe goods since the compromise
law Of 1888. By the compromise law, all
silks from Europe, linens, stuff goods, and ma.
ny other articles TO great amount were TO be
admitted free Of duty BY the same law, the
duties were TO be reduced biennially, on the
residue. The effect of the introduction of one
half of the foreign merchandise free of duty,
and gradual reduction Of duties on the other
half. has been to increase the imports very
much over The exports. In the six years fol-
lowing the compromise law. it appears by the
return 10 the Senate. that the imports exceed
cd the exports by S205. 6s5-695, -S34,3l0,-
own official documents. The question will be
asked, how was this immense balance paid.
The answer is, it was paid by the state bonds.
railroad stocks, and bank stocks. Most of
these have become worthless or unsaleable.
Many of them received as collateral security,
have been sen; home 10 bring what they will
bring. This is the immediate cause of The
deep embarrassment which pervades every part
of the country. 1t causes constant drain of
our coin, to pay either The interest on those
stocks, or the principal of those returned
AVhat is the remedy for these difficutieSe The
answer is, such duty or such prohibitory
laws as will preycut an influx ofioreIgn merch-
andize from those nations that prohibit the ad-
mission of cur products, particularly those Of
the middle and New England states. The
aaion is now 10 false position. By the OPP
Grafton Of the revenue laws. the importation of
foreign merchandise has been encouraged
and stimulated without the means of
payment. How can an excess of 100000
for six successive years, of the impo rts over
exports be paid without ruinous sacrifices? IF
eur -four, Cur tobecco. our ashes, our timber,
and other products were admitted this i'm.
-mense excess CT two hundred and five millions
might be paid. As we are now situated, il
must be paid in stocks deprecated in value,
or 10 coin.-AHas.
DISEASES AMONG HoRsEs--A correspon-
dent of the Boston Daily Advertiser writes
Mr. Editor i am induced from fondness
Tor that noble animal, the horse, TO give you
for publication, recipe. which was found en-
snently successful last year, at the South in
curing the disease then prevalent amongst the
horses there; which, find, has recently made
Its appearance here also, killing already many
valuable horses in this city.
The disease is not described in veterinary
books, but it is highly infectious, and fatal if
neglected. The symptoms are swelling of the
legs, inflammation and weeping ofthe eyes,
q good deal of fever, and sometimes a runninG
of the nose.
If attended to in time, it readily yields to
the following treatment, viz Bleed the
hcrse freely in the neck, mouth, or nose; pre-
fer the latter and give Immediately a cathar-
tic ball, composed of sulphur, copperas and nj
tire, in the proportions Of three ofsulp hur TO
two of copprras and one of nitro; the ball as
large as pulIet,s egg. Then give freely
strong solution of glauber salts--as much as
the horse will drink for two or three days, and
NHS SuiC VIII Oc COinplctc. He lOfdpe gwen
after tho symptoms appear. should be of course
the highest and most cooling kind such, for
instance, as corn fodder and chopped straw,
with a few oats, &c.
The Commercial Advertiser saws that
Greenough's statue Of Washington in the 70.
tanda, is a failure, and justifes the criticism
of a clerical friend, who is familiar with ell
that is noble and beautiful in art in the old
world, that it might safely be worshiped with
outTiolating the command, since it resembles
nolhIng In the heavens above, or in the earth
beneath, or in the waters under the earth.
There are % Medical Schools in the Uni.
ted States. the three Oldest OF which are the
University of Pennsylvania, at PhiladeIpba.
formed in 1865; the Medical School of liar
<ard Coiiege, established in 1897. There are
Ii State Medical Societies.
The Alblny Catholic Temperance Associa-
tioa numbers 3 500 members, and is constantly
increasing. under the ardent efforts Of its
Pes J>lf. Rcy. n. SCHNEIDER.