Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28


bacon ol Indaua is worth S4 percwt at
New Orleans 80 that pay 81 10 ess
for six dollars worth Of my produce than
the farmers Of ln1ana pay for four dol
lars worth Of his The price Of nv cot.
ton in the English market does not de
pend upon this price oi The products oi
Indiana. upon which feed nv slaves to
make the crop, hence my policy ls 10
bring down he price Of meats and bread
s,ufs, or slave food, as low as posslbe;
which will give me the greatest profit
on the crop, a0d to do this require
free trade or low tariffs Of dutles on Brit
lsh manufactured article, so as 10 enable
them to give me more for my cotton 70
sell 10 US again. manufactured; while by
h e same operation. slave food is brought
down tc the lowest price by the deslruc.
tion Of the home market and increase Of
produce, turning our manufacturer into
farmers" WoUld this reasoning satisfy
an Indiana farmer that such was his pol
icy, even if it should the British and
southern free trade schonl2
HIGH TARIFFS PRODUCE SNUG
CLING.
This objection is frequently urged a.
galnsl hlgh Tariffs. The writer Of the
pamphlet has but repeated the argu~
menIs Of Others on this point Thai
reckless persons and lreebooters should
be wiling to risk the consequences ol
(orieitng their goods 10 an attempt to
eVade The vigilance Of our revenue off
GERS, is, perhaps, to be expected, wheth
er the rate Of dulles be high or low ;
little pre- judce 10 The revenue, however,
was experienced from that source by
government under the high tariff duies
Of 1928, as the amount ol revenue COL
Iected al that period will satisfactorily
demonstrate. However, with this very
position Of the danger oil smuggling in
his mouth, the writer introduces the low
duties imposed by the tariff Of l842, on
eweIry articles that are Of little weight
and bulk and Of great value, which 10
the amount OF thousands Of dollars could
be smuggIed about The person Of each
passenger from abroad; and intimales
that the low duties imposed was 10 ben.
eft the rich, when he must have known
that it was to get some revenue from
these articles Of import, and, if possible,
10 make them contribute something 10
the National Treasury. What had be
come Of his dread Of smuggling when
he condemned Congress for not leVylne
high duties on such srliclesl the effec
Of which would have been 10 place tbt
whole trade in the hands of smugglers
1t is easy 10 find fault with particular
duty. on 8 selected article without know
ing the reasons for lis imposition, as The
writer OF the pamphlet is we'll aware
which might have prompted him 10 seek
Tor some other motive than the unwor
thy one he charges for the imposition oi
a low duty on these articles, He seems
hard 10 please.
MARKET THROUGH CANADA.
The Tree trade modern democratiu
party points US to the channel througE
Canada TO the British market, and lei
US here is free trade for the produce 0
the north western States. This is on
of their opposing arguments 10 The doc
trines of protection, and the necessity 0
fostering an American market for A
merican produce. We will briefly ex
anime Ibis boasted boon We have Civ
en- a table shelving the duties levied il
: Eng and on Anne rican as well as colonia
!, produce. The following extracts, from
high authority. will place this matter. il
} lis True light!
"The colonists have been incessanl,
urging the demand on the mother coun
try for their bread sluffs. but have bee
denied this boon on the ground that sucI
an arrangement would enable Ameri
cans TO send in their grain free from du
: ty, accordingly, last session ol The Can
adam Parliament, a duty Of IS sterling
: per imperial quarter, or 4Ad s'erllnI
per imperial bushe was imposed on A
merican wheat. which act was reserved
: for the assent OF the Imperial Govern
ment, that unless the latter admit Cana
da grain free Of duty The act will no
take effect The provincial ParIiamen
will probably impose dulles on Iresl
meat, on cattle. and all SORTS nf grain
the article Of pot or pearl ashes, flax
hemp, bacon, hams, hay, hides and me al
pay an additional duty TO that levied b.
Sir Robert Pee's tariff under the pro
vincial act. 1.-THE new law enacted b!
+ the Canadian Government goes into OP
/; Grafton 10 Jolly next, the following will
be the duties charged on American pro
, duce landed in Liverpool in British res
sells; with regard TO provisions, duty o
Be- per cwt, has been imposed on sallet
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