Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-04-20
BuRl1N IOWA sArURDAY, April :; 90. 7 1914


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The following clever report was adopt,
cd BY the Canandagaa Association at +,
meeting held on the FIRST of March, In the
Caiisnda'ssr. Town Hall. AZ was reid /,
Z. q. Lspha,h, Esq, ono of i dominated
previously appointed, and was adopted BY
acclaiiaticn. '''itao 7gs sttstfl tiih sett :
II shows that the effect or the black taril
is beginning TO be well understood IN the
agricultural districts of the State. dc
not remember. seeing the contrast between
the heavy taxes which thattaritr imrcses
upon the poor, and the light burdens il lava
on the rich 50 happily pointed out as in thi.
report. Read it:--.N Y. Essaiag Poa..
NV t'a'2R REPORT: a' 10 eaai'a
Where's, The Tariff act of lS42, has
become the theme Of daily discussion BY
the two great political parties q the coun-
try-thc wings being its jealous and open
advocates on the one hand--lhc democrats
contending for its modification on the other;
aud, ~ - ,.o-., 60. 49,.
Where's Our political opponents ore
making most unparalleled efforts, by The
circulation Of tracts and newspapers, flied
with the grosscst dccep,ians and teeming
with false constructions Of the law, and
false representations of its effects, in. the Of;
INDUCED hope that thereby, they may lc
able to persuade the laborer and the agricul-
turalist that its provisions are well calcu-
lated to promote their interest-that i.
brings boun,ies instead Of imposing exac-
tiops7--7tthat it diminishcs The prices from
foreign cost with trapsportatian added, ana
that an adherence 70 the law is the only
way Of sustaining the prosperity Of the
country; and - - ..i+.e,s4 !.
Where's. Many Of those who, voted for
the law did so under tie disagrceaLle ne
cessity Of voting down all bills for revenue
o. else supporting it-fuA as, it was with
faults, and pree nsnt as twas wihe ,but
at the same time expressing The wen fsund-
ea hope, q they, Supposed, haiti would
be soon modified and adjusted to the VAR
GUS interests pf the Country; and atT
Whereas, ", its effects, il has proved
even more disastrous than tie infamous act
Of 1929, (Which Mr.. Clay denounced as
being discreditable to American Legislation,
and it, therefore, becomes necessary that
its practical and real effects should heck
amined and exposed that its abominations
and impositions should be held up 10 view
before those whose Interests have been
most deeply Injured by them; and - .df
=. Whereas, It is law calculated to make
the rich richer, and the poor poorer: To
benefit some four, or five, hundred thousand
persons engaged in manufacturing, and to
tax for their benefit four millions Of agricul-
turalists: To enable a few thousands with
q, capital, Of eleven millions Of dollars, in
vested on the, barren rock of Lowell to
make . profit Of forty per cent; while the
millions engaged in, agricultural pursuits,
with . capital of over twelve thousand mill
lions Of dollars, spread out over the most
fertile soiluponth the habitable globe, realize
only about three per cent: To coniine to q
home market our millions Of agricultural
products and to open wide the market Of
the world to the products Of our manufac-
tories: TO compel the owners Of over two
millions Of square miles of as prolific soil
as the sun ever shone upon, III aclimate as
salubrious as ever nerved the arm of the
laborer and cheered him in his daily toll, to
pay more for their cotton and their woollcn
goods-their sugar and their salt-their
saws and their chains--their iron and their
nails their buttons and their ,thread-the
tumblers from which they drink the pure
water, which gushes in GOODNESS from, the
bouitlful earth, and the window glass which
lets into their, dwellings the bcncfcent
light Of Heaven, while at the same time,
they are receiving less for their wheat and
their flour-their pork andtheir beef-their
cattle and their hogs-their butter and their
cheese.T iTs levy upon articles Of the most
common use the heayie it ex factions Of. the
government, viz: from so 10 200 per cent
upon sugar--from, l40 70 ,450 per cent
upon molasses-ot over loo per cent upon
salt of over loo per cent upon manulac-
lures Of iron and cotton---of from 30 to, leo
per cent upon fannels and baizes-of 100
per cent upon tumblers-tf from so to l6O
per cent upon coal of, more than one hum
dred per cent upon iron bars, making iron
which in England costs only ~ dollars and
20 cents per ton worth here with duty ,ad-
ded 81 dollars per ton-of more than, SO
per cent upon sewing silk--of from so to
200 per cent upon cotton thread-of 80
per cent upon wrought nails and upon many
other articles in like proportion; and
ott Whereas These exactiops, are SO. made
. totake from the poorer classes and the
necessito,ls, the greater proportion, Of he
expenses Of the government, as will appear
from the following statements, viz; Anrar-
tcle Of sugar which costs I cents pays the
same duty per pound as that which costs
six cents, making the duty on the latter
only 80 per cent, while on the former it ex-
ceeds 200 per cent. y, sif, ~ sr.s
4. An article of molasses which costs ont
cent and one mill Per gallon pays The same
duty per gallon as that which costs -four
cents and FIVE mills, making the duty, Of
the latter only l33 per cent. while on The
former It is only 450 per cent. .sg fiigi
An article Of flannel which costs 20 cents
per yard. pays as much duty as one which
costs . dollar and II cents, making ths
duty on the latter only IL per cent. Will,
on the former it is SO per cent.
4 An article Of cotton goods or goods q
which cotton IS d componcnt part, not col,
ored Or dyed which costs only 4 cents pei
yard, pays the same duty as that which
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