Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-07-08
TARiFT STATISTICS.

Tennessee. They are canvassing the State with
unusua! spirit. They recently, by agreement,
made Simultaneous publications 10 the people. en-
bodyiug their respective views upon questions of
National politics. The following are some of the
tariff statistics with which Governor Jones re-
fFeahos the memory Of his opponents:
The first Tariff that was passed SUBSEQUENT to
the late War, With 1 view 10 protection adopt
ed in lSlG, and prominent among its advocates
/ and supporters. are found tho names Of John c
Calhoun and Richard NJ Johnsoo two OF the
Democratic aspiran,s TO the Presidency in 1874.
The next Tariff passed was the Tariff Of ls2l,
and it was highly protective, the highest in It's
scale Of duties that had been passed up t. that
! TING. Heavy duties were imposed many Al
/ icics Of prime neceszitv-such as brown Sugar
, cents pound, SaIt 20 cents a bushel, coarse
/ Blankets p per cent dd rdi0rc1l, Nails > GEMS
a pound, Coffee ) cents pound Iron $50 a ton,
&c. These will serve specimens Of the char
! acter Of this act; and the question now arises,
| y no voted for IT? Among the names hch find
recorded IN the Affirmative, arc Andrew Jackson,
/ Martin Van Buren,, fhomas H. Benton, MahIon
/ Dtcherson. Richard II Johnson, aud James Buch-
anan, NO Democratic TX Presidents and three
out Of the five d emocra,ic uspiranls to the Pres.
dencv IN 1914.
The Tatif of l@2S Is next in succession It
has been sly led 1.-The bill OF ahnninatiors" Nv
opponent is the pra ctice of denouncug il in his
pUbIIc SpeeChfS a. ''fe11ttzed TfHldeT. And vet,
strange 10 say, this bI! to fcodlize pluf.der was
voted lor by Martin Van Barren, Richard NJ John
son, Jas. Bachanan, (hfce ont Of the five Demo
cratic candidates for The Presidency in Is Il, tho
first the avorie candidate. It | mistake not, with
my competitor0 Thomas II. Benton. Nathan San
ford, StlaS Wright, &c. BY tho Tariff Act Of
1921 Iron taxed s31 ton, Salt 20 cents a
buohel, Sugar 3 cents pound Colieo ) cents
pound, Blankets 30 per cent, Nails ) cents a
pound, and Cotton Begging > cents the square
yard There were various propositions to reduce
his scale Of duiies, one of which strike
out the article Of Cotton Begging. against which
Mr.. Van Bnren, Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Benton vo,
ted Auorhor, to reduce the dutv on Salt to 10
cents bushe, against which Mr.. Van Buren, and
Mr. johnson voted.
The Tariff Of 1892 followed The duties were
somewhat, lower than in the previous acls and
yet many articles OF prime necessity, the
were higher than the duties imposed ten years
afterwards by the act Of Is -, which my oppo-
nent The habit Of dcnouncing as the WIG
Protective Tariff. The Tariff Of 1892 if not a
Democratic measure, to all intents and pur-
poses. favori'e Jaskson measure. approx ed by
President Jackson, aud voted for by the entire
Jackson delegation in the House Of Representa-,
u"es from Tennessee, my opponent beng Of htt
number.
A comparison Of the duties imposed By iht
Jackson Tariff of 1882, for which my opponcn
voted, and the Wig Tariff of 1912 which my
illustrate his CONSISTENCY A few articles 0
"pr!ma necessity" Git Is upon these that OPP
ponent delights 10 dwell, and II therefore afford
me pleasure to conform my illustrations TO hi
,asic,) will suffice. By the Tariff Of 1912, Sal,
Ga peculiar favoFito with my compe'itor.) wa
taxed eight cents bushe. agains, ten cents bush
ell IN 1880; Iron $50 a ton against $50 ton i
1882 brown Sugar, the same in both bills; Loa
Sugar, "a luxury" that my opponent was unwil
ling TO tax less than trelre cents pound in lS3:
the Wing tariff fixed at sir cents; FIannels /
cents the square gard in 1912. against Is cent
in lS32 cotton shirtings, sheetings and other III
dyed cottons, q cents the square yard ia Isl
against IL cents in 1882.
Ii The Democratic supporters Of the Tariff
1892 plant themselves upon the revenue necess
ties of the Government, the defence WI
apply with equal if not Increased force, 10 III
Wing Tariff of 1872" MIR. Van Buren,, as WI
presently show, lived 50 far beyond his means
administering the Government, to devolyo
large public debt upon his successors, and it W;
the part of prudence in the Wing Congress
provide all reasonable means for its iiquidatio
GREAT FIRE-1 Whole Village DESTROYED.
We learn from the Montreal Herald that the V
lage of Boucherville, about 10 miles below MOI
treal, on tho opposite bank Of the ST. Lawrenc
destroyed By fire on the morning of the 20
ult. The village ironied the river for about
mile, and Its four principal streets at rig
angles with the stream II consisted OF some ii
houses, with population of about l 900, amos
whom were many wealthy families. The fiy
embers reached far as four miles in the rear
the village, where the FIRE continued TO ra
among the farm houses a, IL o'clock on Tuesd
night The Lady Coborne steamer left Montl
al on Wednesday morning for the place whe
the village had been, with provisions, Sc, for /
houseless villagers. Subscriptions to
raised for their assistance.
Fire companies. with their engines. were sc
from Montreal 10 assist IN extinguishng
flames, but they spread with such rapidty amo
the wooden buildings, Of which the village "
principally composed. that the place, with the
ception OF some OF The best houses, was in ash
befora the tiremen arrived. Even the wood
crections the graves IN the church-yt
were consumed, and the church was also bu
down.