The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-04-22
WOOL GROWERS! LOOK AT THE
"PROTECTlON" THE WHIGS
WOULD GIVE 1TYOU m

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1t will be recollected at the commencement O
the present session Of Congress, u warm con,es
, spung up on the question of reference of so muc
OF the message as related 10 The Tariff The wing
were strenuous that it should 60 to the Commute o.
Manufacturers, while the Democrats argued tina
the Committee of Ways and Means would be th
most likely to handle the subject imparlialIy, ant
do justice to all interests. The wings prevailed
and the Democrats were denounced as the enemies
of a tariff, while the wings took the farmer anc
wool grower by the hand, and with hypocrilca
cant proclaimed their victory. Now mark The re.
suit The committee ON Manufactures have repor-
ted their bill for Tarfand just as was commended
by the Democrats, they hare iakea ample care OF
themselves by recommending duty of toriv per
| cent. on manufactured wo0cns, while the luOol-
groUer they leave TO compete with foreign wool
which they would allow TO CONE IN FREE
Verify may the wool-grower excain, sis this the
protection we have been promsed?"
| But that it may be seen we do not mlsstate the
facts, we quote paragraph on the subject from the
last Free Press
REPORT ON THE TARIFF.
"N1r Saltonstall, in behalf of the committee on
.Nanufactures, presented to the House of Repres-
entatives of Congress on Thursday, a bill regulating
the duties on Imports with an accompanying report
which was referred TO the Committee the Whole
tiouse-and the House ordered the printing of
5000 copies, in addition 10 the usual number The
only items of the details of the bill reported which
we have been able 10 gather are the follwng. IL
proposes duty on arooiieas offoriy per cent ad
vaurem; on course goods, thirty per cent; on fine
cotton goods specific duty; on rolled iron, Eng
lish iron, twenty five dollars ton; on hammered,
or Swedish iron, seventeen dollars; pig metal eight
dollars per ton"
Look at it toool-growersi Not word about the
"proeclion" Of The raW material. Here have the
wings been brawlng themselves hoarse at County
gatherings about protecting the farmer and behold
what they meant by it. A handful of alistocratc
nabobs must be enriched and built up, at the
expense of the hearts blood Of the mass of the
producing classes This is the way your interests
are sacrificed, What care they If toreign free
,cool drive the natire wool out of the market
their end will be accomplished. The manufacture
ers will be protected Is it no, time to arouse Is
it not time 10 tell designing political leaders, that
their selfish aims are apparent Is it not time to
break with party which plays the traitor, and
sacrifices your dearest interests without blush of
shame or regret? Is 1t not question of life or
l.de0h with the U0Sl-groWerS Of Vermont?
But we have proof positive that this sacrifice of
the woo-growerS to the manufacturers, projected
by whig Committee by a whiS Congress, is the
result of desigR-not Of accident The last Rui-
iand Herald publishes letter from the Hon Mo-
ses Strong TO friend ia that place, which should
open the eyes Of the woolgrowers TO the game that
10 playing upon them
"Washington, March 90, 1872.
"Dear sr,-The tariff question gains strength
day bv day, Even the iOeos, with The exception
Of Calhoun, Wright and a fep other, admit That
there must be a reuenue Ghich will require a du-
| ty Of 80 per cent On some articles more on some
less. There petitions from all quarers 10 pro.
tect the particular articles manufactured in their
| respective sec,ions;-as for instance, rom New
York, New Jersey ,Pennsy Ivania, to proecl from
from hatteis, ID many places, to project ha,s-and
at last, 80 agents with lots of petitions md statis-
tics, from Woollen Manufacturers 10 project the
H'ooien fabricks, but mol one uord from these
agents for The protection Of Wool. o, the con-
trary, THEY SAY WOOL WANTS BUT VERY
LITTLE PROTEC ZION | have heard it as
serted here by these manufacturers that Vermont
win raise wool for 25 cents per pound; which as
sertion would Of course take the liberty L contra
dict. As the great interest Of Vermont is he rails
| ing Of wooden manufactures, | would suggest
| whether it would not be advisable to gctup Pc
iiiions for the protection of UiO0l alone and
also to appoint an agent who shall be authorized
to represent that particular interest befon the
Manufacturing Committee This is done in dmos,
every considerable interest. But have seer but
one wool man hcre--thal was Mr. Cuts of Wind
sor Co. He was appointed ut their county meet
| ing und has arrived. He is manufacturer aswe
rs wool grower, yet he is faithful to the wol-
growing interest. The same game is now pa ing
here as was played when the tariff was first Iail-
The manufacturers c0niended that icoOl ought 10
be imported free, SO as to encourage the impota-
ton and aid the manufacturers. But Mr. NlaIloy,
who was then at the head Of the manufacturing
Committee, commended that the farmers oughito
be protected AS well as the manufacturers and &C.
ceeded in his object. Very few petitions have ct
arrived from Vermont for protection. Our men.
hers are anxious that they should be sent onin
| good numbers. | hope you will take an interst
in this business and get some acfion on the iorep-
ing suggestion ms soon as may be, and draw uI
petition as short as you please, but hare ii n
| ,cOOi."
Here you have it, wool-g overs. Here ia the e.
suit Of the mighty "whig victory which ws
achic.cd when the Tariff was referred to the COL
mittee on Manufactures at the commencement
this sessiun. What think you now ! DO you lhik
the manufacturers are the men to look for your h.
terest The Wings told you that If YOU pro,c-
ted the manuricturs the manufacturers would po-
tect you. Does this look like III The truth 5,
the knavish wing leaders are Just as dishonest ntv
as when they promised better times, higher wage,
and plenty Of money. Huntington Scntinel.