Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-05-30
THE TARlFF-HOW TT WORKS

The friends Of the Tariff have abundant reason
to reIolcel The policy imperfect as isis do
ing much, very much, towards relieving the en-
barrassmen'S OF the country. The system, so long
dtsordered by the nostrums Of e9perimenters u
fast being pnrged Of lis impurities-heah and viz.
or are again returning--"the Nation breathes
trcer and decper'-and pro. peri,y is again com
ing back TO our stricken land
! The n. Y. Journal of Commerce, Free Trade
advocate, Of the 18th inst SAYS
LAND Ho:--The great cotton manufactures
OF Lowell and other parts OF New England have
sold out their heavy stock sleek and clean and
are now wor".ng on contracts. A gentleman
who was IA Boston on Tuesday, was unable IN
buy bale Of sheelins of,he make of either Of sew
eral factories whose goods have heretofore been
lying piled up The goods have recently raid
wneLever tncy have been shipped, exciting dc.
manf that has swept the market. A comnarison
81 tie cash price of the lower grade of cotton
cIoIh at boston aud at Manchester, proves the pri-
ces are now from ten 10 twenty per cent Chez Der
on ms SIDE than on the other; so that the Bosto.
mans have actually made shipments to Lverpool
WIN orders to pay the duty which is but ten per
cent, and forward the goods to Manchester for
SAFE what becomes now of the falsehoods which
have been rung through the country for twenty
years past, about the impossibily of contepd;ng
successfully with 'she pauper labor of Euroncl p
We can on,work the world in anything for which
our clrcumstaces are fitted"
ms is the language Of a paper that has been
the loudes ~ lis denucilon of Protecton-that
mas ever arg ed that the effect Ct .he present Ia
rH would be to raise the prices OF domestic manu-
'ac'1res There cannot be n more triumphant
argument on this point than the fac, cited above
Not only can American enterprise and skill
nd I,t, h. l. i
ready oulstipped her and our fabrics are now TO
be found in the English malset competing with
inc proud nation that has formerly held the rod o.
yer us and thrown around our energies the same
oonds which have held her own laborng classes
deonsed and powerless The Tariff. so much Cd.
posed and denounced, has unclog sed our machine
ry OF foreign fabrics-ordcrs 90 to Lowell and
Boston instead Of Manchester and Liverpool
the trade is within ourselves or in fact becoming so
the warehouse of our Cotton Manufactures
which one year ago were stored full to give room
TO foreign imporations, are now cleared slick
and clean'-ihe prices are fifteen per cont cheap.
or IN Boston than in Mancheser-and the wheel
is beginning to turn greatly ia our lnvor What
a gratifying fact what phenomenon IN our
commercial history What American. who longs
Tor the tune when our nation shall be lndepen.
dent, at least rs much 50 rs any nation in the ma.
lure Of things can be docs not feel within bimseIf
a revival Of hope which be has 10, for long
time eNperioncei-a ioy-n heaufh priie-an
assnmnceihai the per iod is fsi nearing when his
own country Will no longer lean heavily upon
The arm Of England or any other nation /
The Immediate edtc, which this sa,e Of ,hinps
"'li most nssoreily have upon every class can be
easily traced. The eastern manufactures once
more m iull operation, viii give employment TO
labor, those laborers nns be fed and hence
c nsnd : created Tor the Produce Of the country
ana ihus u The asrleuliuralists bene6ticd There
are no cash duties 70 De paid, 20 lake away the
specie and render oar currency unstable Al or
change will he o''ablished between the rnanuf,r.
''tef: Of me -ss and the Producers Of the Wcs,.
which vail be great source Of internal trade.
and will also enable the con. ,rners Of P,oduce
on The one hand md lis on the o,ber 70 s,,nrIv
themselves by heir particular kinds OF labor In.
ae'i g. classes viii 5e beae6red The mann.
se'ire Of wool'n goods il this country. will
1'00''ess' specify advance as has tia, Of cotton