Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-08-04
The Tarif-Judge it by
it's Fruits.

Aye-by its fruits and so shall you give right
eous Judgment. Tariff, like any other thing,
may be well intended, aud yet so badly arranged
as to defeat the object OF its authors. "The proof
of the pudding is in the eating" Acting upon
this principle, we have never claimed that the Tar
if was all that it should be. We have insisted
that while it was a vast improvement upon the
nc, which locolocosm entnied upon u.s. time a.
lone could develope its good or its evil, aud that
wherever evil, the true and tried friends Of Pro-
lection, and not the oco(Oco Free Traders, must
be relied on to afford remedy. Such is our po-
sition still. The locoloco presses have pursued n
different line, b!indly and unscrupulously misrep-
resenting this law indeed, no measure has been
more abused than this, and never were the abus-
es Of any measure more inconsistent, more reck-
less, or more unjust than have been the locoloco
leaders Of Vermont towards this Tariff. Know
ing that their party in Congress with almost per-
feet unauimity voted against IT, and for the most
part auotcediy because it was protective aud TOO
high, and knowing too, that in the very point in
which Vermont is most conference.-the wit, WOOL
it was the Wings of The north who sought pro-
icction, while the locolucos of the North with
solitary exceptions faiihlcssy withheld their aid
to this nlerest-ler policy has been, to cheat the
people into an abandonment of the tried und trus-
" friends OF Protection, and into The support Of
its enemies, by studiously abusing The Wing de-
tenders OF tho wool growers, aud by Constant and
erroneous representations of the intent aud ell
feet of the Tariff itself. We have heretofore met
this abuse and the Interpretations by connte
II, In
guage of the law and from the ayowed purpose
OF it's friends. Though but a short period has
elapsed since The passage Of tho Tarifi-not yet
long enough for the removal of the obstacles Gre
a,ed by the immense mportaions Of AZ, and by
the large stock, both of raw material and manu-
featured articles, oil baud when the act went inlo
effect-siiIl sufficient effects have been produced
to enable us now TO begin TO rebut the opponents
of the Tariff by The best OF all argumcnts-good
fruits. In the papers recently received we find
facts to our hand, aud we present a few OF them.
Imports. The first effect OF protective Tariff
ought to he a reduction in the mportatons OF
foreign arlices--the effect upon the prices of the
projected article is subordinate to this. Well
then, what has been the effect upon The inporta-
ton of foreign wool? II the quantity is not les
sened, surely the Tariff has done no good and
the other hand, if the quantity is lessened, the
Tariff has produced good rsl-iruts, and promis-
es in future mole good, by improving prices. We
have not The means of making fair statement of
the imports OF AZ and l3, inasmuch as the last
fiscal year commenced one month after the Tariff
went into operation, and therefore the impor,s OF
'42 were diminished by one months operation OF
the Tariff Were it not for this, the decrease in
the importation of wool, ocrasoncd by the new
Tarif, would be considerably larger than it up.
pears to be from the annexed statement But still
the decrease is very large.
Cheap Wool. 1t was objected by the locofocos
that the Tariff would no, protect us against this
kind Of weol hat Tie word coarse" was hum.
bug aud all the enactmenls against frauds in Hi,
sort OF wool would be evude,l. Now let us sec
what has been the practical result:
Wool costing cents OF under for The year ending
Sept. 30, 1912, l0535,99S pounds.
Wool costing cents and I'M
der imported for the first six
months since Oct /, 1912,
s8l 1868 pounds-douje it
for the year, l,762736 pounds,
Reduction caused by the Tariff s,77o262 pounds,
or more than eight tenlhs!
Buenos .4reS Wool. This, it was alledged by
the locoloco presses, would most certainly tail Of
being operated upon 10y The new Tariff 1t is so
cheap aad fne said they, and so easily buried ind
prepared Cor USE that il certainly will he imported
as much ever and compete with ours. Now let
us have the facts.
Importation of Buenos Ayres wool for the year
ending Sept 80, le42, 7,304,Sll pounds
Ditto for six months under the
new Tariff 504,746 lbs
double this, .00949 pounds.
Decrease by the Tariff G,295,3l9 pounds,
or n reduction OF more than six sevenlhs
Fine WooL. Here locoiocos had lule to OBJ
cct even they could not deny that an increase
of duties from 90 per cent. TO 80 per cent. and 3
cents pound specific, was something gained
Their game was TO make The people believe that
nearly all the fine wool would come in under the
smallest duty--hat is, the per ceur. duty on
! wool costing less Than cents. We have Just
seen the lasily OF that game, and now let us look
at the importallons of wool costing over cents.
| lnpOftatOns Vi Wooi CUSHING over Q GEMS Tor me
year ending Sept. 30 1912, 75l 1894 pounds.
ditto over for months under
the new Tariff, l759G2 Ibs.-
double this, 25l, 924 pounds
Decrease, 399,460 pounds,
| or more Than one half!
Such have been The effects upon the importa.
ton of foreign wool, thus showing that the Tariff
has gone very far for the Protection of the wool.
growers.
And how has this decrease in the importation:
foreign wool operated upon the domestic W.
answer-it has caused very active demand ant
in the face of the large stock OF wool on hanl
there has been an Improvement in prices. W.