The Whig standard., 1843-11-30
From the Marshall Statesman.
THE TARIFF.

! From the Marshall Statesman.
THE TARIFF.
"All concedc that il is the natural effect Of
the tariff to prevent importation, and, of course,
exportatioh. " Grand Rapids Eng.
| /" High Duties-We, says farmer, suffer by
high duties, first, because they raise the price Of
the merchandise we buy, and next, because they
prevent foreign countries from buying what we
have TO SELL and thus throw our produce, at half
its value into the hands of the high tariff manu-
| facturers, who laugh in their sleeves ut their
success. Free Press y
=. The price Of wheat is regulated by the TO-
reign markets, and il will continue 10 be so.---
The tariff is driving American produce out of the
foreign markets already. The last arrival from
New Grenada brings an answer TO our prohibi-
tory tariff, in shape of legislative act copy OF
which is transmitted by our consul al Santa Mar
tha, increasing the duties on -four 10 S6 SO per
barrel Den. Eapounder." sYs,r &.
We might proceed 10 any extent with selec-
tions OF similar nature from every Locofoco
paper in the State One sentiment is common
to all Of these articles viz that the tariff de-
aroys Jore;gn markei. When did we have
these foreign markets, and what is their value
We never had theni Before we can send our
produce TO England we have 10 pay duty of
one-haf its value, and SO of other places. And
five had the market it is Of little value. il is
only Tor small surplusage, the great part Of our
produce being required at home. For FIVE years
the average annual exports Of produce was only
81 l,474,719. And the price of wheat in England
for ten years, from 1881 10 184l, was only on an
average Of 95 cents per bushel, while the ave-
rage price for the same time in the United States
was 81 30! And there were imports into the
United States, in the Ave years above referred
to, Of twice the amount Of exports This TO
reign market is no market; and if it Were, as
Americans we should not rely upon ii, as it is
subject to the caprice Of corrupt foreign courts
l and debt-ridden Governments, which would not
fall to improve every opportunity to faten at the
expense Of our industry. See New Grenada,
| which the Expounder parades with such sympa-
thy, laying duty Of SO SO on barrel of -four.
when our tariff does not affect her one pin, or at
least, not half SO much as Calhoun's horizontal
tarlf would. Her exports 70 US are dye woods,
mahogany, &C., nothing which we grow and
which pays duty Of only ten per cent, which
is wholly paid by the manufacturer and me-
chanic. And as our tariff encourages home ma
InuActures, it is a benefit to New Grenada, as
Imarket, which would not otherwise exist, is
created here for her dye-woods. Yet, behold
her caprice and are the farmers Of our country,
the citizens Of America, 10 be subject TO the ca
prlce OF foreign legislation? Soon would our
citizens be more affected by foreign laws than
BY our own, and soon should we be bringing,
like slaves at the feet of these ,yrants, with Pc
titions in our hands, begging for the removal Of
restriction on our trade, and mere colonsts of a
foreign Government. It is astonishing how an
honest man, as an American, can advocate the
doctrine of free trade. What do we have Go
vernment Tor if it is not to protect us from the
influence and injuries Of foreign Legislation We
might as well abolish il at once. M 8las. |, +
4 But the foreign market is not one-rhirtieth Of
our home market England does not take one
thirtleth part as much produce as the single
State Of Massachusetts This State consumes
annually $42, 100000 Of the products Of the
States. Compare this sum with Al SOC, 900, and
You have the relative value Of the home and for
| eign markets. i'N # Gl2
| But the tariff does not destroy what there is Of
the foreign market. Our exports are not dirnin-
ished by II. Ii does not DESTROY trade, bat turns
| the balance in our favor If we took the course
of our opponents, we should rest cur cause, on
assertion, but our manner is to present the facts
we have not room Tor long tables, but the follow.
4 ing remarks, from the London Times NAV be
considered fair testimony: & g t'7tEE
"After making every allowance for the more
than unusual embarrassment Of trade in the
United States in ls42, the first part Of the above
return cannot be regarded as being otherwise
| than most unavorablc to the prospects Of Eng
lish industry, while The second shows that the
balance Of trade IS turning against this country,
IN manner which renders it doubtful whether
we shall not shortly have TO pay for American
cotton in specie instead Of goods. Nothing but
a very great revival Of the demands for English
manufactures can save us from the evil; and
without reform of the American tariff, there is
very little hope Of any revival at all equal to the
necessities OF the case but we must consent 10
to make liberal concessions il we wish or hope
to receive them" st&
Again, we quote from Niles National Regis
ter, which is authority even in courts of law:
| From September Isl, 1912, to 3lst August,
lS43, the increase Of cotton shipped to Great
Britain from the United States was 534, ,OSO bales
over the amount sent thither the year before
The increase sent to the north Of Europe has
been $685. Increase TO other places 2i,O ,O63
Total increase 595,66S bales" t0
Thus facts bring to the ground objection to the
tariff. 1t is the great thing for our farmers,
our merchants, our manufacturers and mechanics