Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-21

rif; The cot on - Of me sam. qna'lY,lo
b. sold IN the same mlfkp'; who pHys
the "a cents per cwi difference Of duIy,
the BRUSH consumer or the American
pro1ucrr2 WnU'd the Brush manulac
turer give 81 cents per cwl. more Tor
he AIne ricaD articles. so as 10 pay the
dury than he could by The India article
for7 No. says the leading modern dem
ocral, bul the India article would sell Tor
the Increased price Of he duty paid oD
the American article. " this he true,
then the dury ol 72 cents might just as
well have been eVied indiscumlnaloiy
on both articles so far g. the Brush con
gunner was concerned. Such is The ial
acy OF this doctrine.
DOES THE DUTY RAISE THE
PRlCE2
Certainly ii dos, says the leading
modern democrat, precisely 10 the ex'
tent ol the duty imposed u II we're
not so, Why do Tho manufacturers de
mand high duties? THIS question is al
together satisfactory 10 tho person who
puts it, and is deemed by bin entirely
conclusive Of the matter, when 10 truth
IT is just as great fallacy as The other, as
ali our experience has fully demonslTs.
ted even al this very day under The
high larIlf Of last year, goods were neV'
er lower, as every one knows. II the
position ol this free trade school was
true, the price OF goods would Immedi'
alvIy have risen upon the pass age Of the
tariff Of 1912; then how do you account
for the desire OF the manufacturers 10
to have duties hight We answer, that
they may be protected 10 fair domestic
as we'll as foreign, competition; without
being subject, with their limited means,
to be overpowered by the concentration
Of the capital and pauper labor OF Eu
rope TO crush them, hat those monopo
list may have the exclusive markets oil
America for their own goods The
moment they can destroy our mahuiac
lures the field is open, hence they car
afford to make a temporary s'crlhce !C
reap the reward in The end. Hear Lore
Brougham on that point, and see how
precisely he suslains those views.
/ The imports 10 this country OF 1915
amounted to Sl130O0O00, while the
exports we're but $50 600 600 The
embargo and the war had proved TO be
nurseries for our domestic manufactures
and they were fast rising to the point o
supplying the demand al cheap rates
. Great Britain saw this, and al once ap
! pird the power she possessed ihroug'
I her vast capital and cheap labor to crusI
D the American manufactures; hence III
) excessive exports from that country T.
: this 10 1914 These exports were mad
beyond question, al a great sscrihce oil
. the part Of the British manufacturer
but their object was TO destroy our man
5 ulaclures at blow, and not 10 max
profit on their goods. Lord Brougha1
, in his speech in parliament let out tn
secret. He says: "Ihe peace Of Amer
5 ca has produced somewhat OF a simIa
effect, though | am very far from placin
a the vast exports which II occasione
c with those 10 Tho European market h
Q year before; both because ul,imate
s the America will pay, which the PS
>. haused state of the comment render
= very unlikely. and because it lrdS we
: acorth Vhile to incur a loss upon the fir
n expectations in order By Tie giut 10 Still
b IN THE CRADLE those RISING MANUFAC
!. TUREs in The United States.
II IS one object OF the protective law
y 10 prevent this The American MANI
; raclurer requires only to be protected
o a healthy and uniform competition wit
others. The tariff for protection give
o this, while the external and INTERIM
,, competition brings down ibe msnufa
II lured article 10 the lowest price f
e which il can be afforded; the supply
n all times being greater than the nere'
= sary demand oI sny given arllc e. Il
n manufacturer as we'll as the mercha
II or trader, being in direct compelitic
D with other manufacturers and troder
l. at home and abroad, it is impossible tn
= any article con remain day above Il
e lowest minimum. But manu'aclur
3 are,
G ITO be Continued,