The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-12
PRESS.
Middlebury, April IL, ls4S.
THE TARIFF ON WOOL.

JeWeU on Inc prospects OF wool lot ine coin-
ing season. we could not refuse him an op.
portunity of reply which is found in another
column. The questionable shapes which he
assumes, and The rambling manner in which
his ideas qualified as they are in many cas-.
es by ifs and provisos are presented, have
puzzled Us exceedingly. But OF las. we
think we have tracked him 10 some posi-.
tons sufficiently obvious for serious consid.
Grafton. One thing he has rendered quite
certain, tina, he is willing 10 take 80 cents
for his next clip. This is well said for US
We are pleasedto find he has risen so high.
Our bubble never sweled above 34,in which
surely there is no great characterization
1t would not be thought strange BY the pub.
lie that our good opinion OF the tariff should
lead US to fix the maximum of wool little
above the mark at which our anti wing tar
if correspondent has raised it. Our pre-.
vailing opinion on the whole is, that tho next
clip for the whole season will range from %
10 "a cents per pound, for fine grades.
We cannot wonder that our correspond.
ent is not "in hopes eruliing high in the
nep, steady and united people ,cho are about
10 administer the government" There is
but one thing in which Calhoun, Cass. John.
son and Van Buren,. who are splitting the
slaveocratic democracy into so many frag-
ments, can be united, and that is in effacing
every protective feature in The tariff Cal.
houn boldly places himself upon the ground
of free trade, while Cass and Van Buren, arc
point-no- point. They never speak of pro-
lection for The sake o. protection, but talk
about accidental protection in raising rev.
enue, and finally end their demagogical pal
aver about protection by crying out against
a high pressure tariff, by which they doubt.
less mean the present tariff, tariff which
would PamPer the few at the expense of the
many, and denouncing such tariff as would
enable The farmer 10 obtain good price for
produce. as taking from the mouth Of labor
the bread it has earned; and wien they have
thus shuffied themselves into power CON-
bine with the south, vote with the south, and
give the interests Of the toiling millions of
the north 10 the wind as they have DONE
MIR. Jewett well knows the deusive, unrelia
BILE character of tina, incidental protection
which alone their fears Of the south have suf
fered the locofocos of the north 10 advocate,
and that nothing short Of real protective
tariff can secure the mechanical, manufac-
turing, and as consequence, the great and
overshadowing agricultural interests of the
country.
How then, as he says, can his hopes be
high ia a combination Of aspirants and their
Par:izans who enter Congress with repeal,
repeal, stamped upon their foreheads. and
whose very first movement will be furious
development against the present tariff. But
Prilhee, says my correspondent, the present
tariff amt worth groa,. Then test the
sincerity Of locofocoism. Will they make
it better as their opposition forced the wings
TO luke it with all its defcienciesl Will
they prohibit South American wool at which
every wing would rejoice We shall see
what we shall see. Who ever heard of a
locofoco in Congress moveing any measure
in favor of protection 7 They should place
their mouth, in the dust upon this subject.
During the agitation of this question four
locofocos rose in succession and moved
dimunilion Of duty upon this article and
while the wings voted for 81 per cent, the
locos, with tn. amiabe Mr.. Sias Wright ut
their head, insisted upon 20 per cent, hor.
izontal duty.
We have never entertained doubt that
the importation of Buenos Ayres wool has
had an effect upon the price of the domes.
tic article. Still 10 a certain extent it was
necessary. as the coarse fabrioks into which
- "oo uluSt ObuCIntSc Uc
brought from abroad. The excessive i'm.
Portation of this wool, however, in 1s4I,
was the result Of an uncommon combination !
Of circumstances which will not be likely |
again 10 occur. A long blockade of the |
ports of Argentine Republic had produced
an accumulation, and reduced the price;and
besides it could be imported into the United
States duty free. But hereafter that wool
which may possibly come in competition
With ours, can never be bought as low as
seven cehts and seldom under len, and must
hereafter pay the highest rate
If duty. The reason why it is now quoted
10 low. as observed BY Mr.. Everett, is prob.
bly, that what remains of the immense i'm.
is of The poorest qualities, bought