The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-11-14

m late epeech, that he. aogelhtr = ith al
mott rn.iIs Sonih. soled for n. Tanfl 81
1916. Nsi.hrr Mr. cslLoua npr Ma.
Cl-y. deserve any particular praise for
re support ahieh HEY gave y he de-
rr,minsiirg TniG 81 1915. That TART
"a, o Democratic mrnursy and both
tlIese msn ~ere prominent leaders in The
DtmacIsiir Tanks.
lnilai TsriG. the msnufarnFss a cot
I'm. costing les tlisn IS cents per square
I. ysre, afe th.rgee vi b duly 81 25 pei
rent e. i've years. and 20 pr cant. al-
'sI ih'sr years. tOgell,ei wilL IN sddiiOnsl
d'ty e 20 pes cent. il tmPnrrsp ON sny
other plarr. thus . , ard Of cuilnn worth
!, obly 5 renls. o. any sHm uadsr 25 cents.
a slurd si25 cents. and an adj ianai
duly 81 10 per ctnI. if,mrerlrd from Ear
rope. AMI 20 per cent. ifbrongLI IRON be-
yori The Cape 81 Gsod Hope.
The present Tariff Of 1914 imposes .
), duty 81 80 per cent. On 81 tI.Ihs cos ng.
lees ilan 20 crnis- 'Fhe present. tariff.
J therefore, OF 80 per cent. on niOinum
Of 20 cents imposes . smslsr duty ihan
tie Ianff 81 1916. which valued tie CLOTHS
al 25 Cent?, as the minimum valuations per
square yard. added 10 per en-. ,f from
EHrofe. or 20, per cent ifkom Asia. and
\ then on llia, amour, charged duty of25
per cent. for three years. . do per eeni,
sftraard
The isrfT Of 1916. imposed a duty o.
$40 per TIM on hemp--in illai OF 1912 the
duty runs rom $50 10 $40 per ION.
| The tariff Of 1916 imposed . duty on
sugar Of 4 cent Ter pound, that Of 1912
81 cenIs. 1896 molssstr s ceIi. per gal
Ion. is42, 81 M II. rer pound. tia, is 81
rents per gslloo. instead Of 8 cents.
! The isr;ff OF 1916. Was o democratic
measure. il. whole framework Was CON.
sInc,ed with an eye single 10 making the
p, lie Of the United States independent.
commercially independent Of Eng.and
and The world. By means oi Tie revenue
ahch they paid TO acknowledgements.
Il Thus the revenue rxiorled fom the pro-
rlc, after serving the purpose Of moving
The wheel Of government, sas no, los,
like wasie-waier, but was, ly TIE wise
continuance oil discriminating duties, made
10 put ,n,o busy action the wheels Of lnaau-
. f4c,ur'ng anil mechanical Industry which
. would otherwise have stopped and have
thrown Amerlcs back 10 serslle depend.
esee- on Europe lar articles of primary
necessity. But the benz 6cisl Effects Of
the discriminating tariff policy. commen-
ced in 1916, did mol si,p here. By pro-
lcctng the produces of M nafseturing
and mechanical industry in America,
againa Tie products Of Euroteaa Iauper
Dor, il extended The sgg,egae demand
fr Amer can labor. sndthus Increased the
wages Of American laboreis. mechanics
and srlizans Of all kinds. The wages al
labor, h. every thing Else. is Influenced
: by supply aud demand, By the scti,i.
~ and inactivity Of business II re.
qures no Learning or knowledge Of polit-
icsl economy, for any msn Of god mo'h-
: &C vi, 10 perceive, tina, tariff, by giving
activity 10 various BRANCHES OF business,
: nu.t increase the demand for laboi.-
; Nutliing but metaphysical abstract. ms,
! drawn ir"m bewiileung sopLi<ms Of Ea.
glib syst, ms Of poi,t'cai economy can
conirover ,hss position. or make prac'
: teal, sensIb'e man believe herwisr.-
r But another great benz fl Of the d.scrimi-
, uaing tariff Of 1915, Of Madison. war
: which preceded il. aud Jencrson's r.
= s,tirh,e policy whIch preceded the war,
2 Wa, that it not OILY laid the ground
work Of commercial independence, for
ell articles Of primary necessity. bui il
liberated the American plant r., turner's,
: mechanics. lsbo,ers, and the po"r every
where, throughout the Union, from the
: tyranny and exactions Of monop ,lst'
/ and the aTarice OF importing merchants.
:. 'Fn iilustrate-if We had no mills of our
: own. bit had 10 send our wheat to Eu-
: rope Ia be ground into flnur. j is evlden,
: that the importing merchant, would cell
= aaur wien hey brought tito this county.
) for such prices as they could get.--!Ur
double or t.ebls prices. il they could ex
roir ems The domestic manopohst and
: Spectator would purchase the -four from
I the importing monoPolis,s u sell again,
= and would ex,or, whatever prices the ne
cesst'es Of a people wanting bread wonll
, compel them TO give. Under such cit
= cums;ances. a discriminating duty on i'm
post D fl,ur, By causing the gradual erec-
, t"n Of mills, 10 grind our own wheat.
= would soon go release the people from
l the exsc,inns and ararirc OF the monofo
lis's To make bread chesp. The Poor
, man. eating cheap bread with the NOR
b eP"ly PROSTATE at his fee,. might well
, smilc a, those deluded P"h'ical scono
, mists v no would rail- al the tax on i'm
ported fl,ur as tax leeellrd a, the r, OF
, aud no, against the rich. So also the
r poor man wearing cheap clothes. under
: iujlcious discriminating ta'ifl. can vel
e afford TO pay liule IN sustain that sys
E TEN. hich made his clothing cheap. BY
: bresking down, through the agency ~
domestic maruia lures o, every man
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