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there i ose good which hss grow out
q Ire pfsFent election canvass > Il has 4.
Weakened gcFfxas spirit Of rEauirv a.
n1ohs the psefAe into The IaesiTaSI tlle ia
Ind and tscialEn ID be adopted IL theset-
lied pol,eYao the rnuntry. .Clsk aud the
taria had become so linked togeihef
ing the opponents III the former, ID the
tuilEess n their prsipdices, would never
I'll now lock into me latter. hui blindly
rerudiated E,-on account Of the: ccunex.
ion.l These preludices are dailS giviag
/ way and every man is DESTROYS bf omen q
4 lag ~ folame ol instruction. lis exam
aae rs conteats, and Judge of he SUBJ
leet mattel iof himself. Que zahis class
I1aa N 7ulfsfs wha his ssaaa sana: nse of
lhas fnfellaetnsi aeusssss IS L IL
time, has isatistied himself, and ddsires Is
satisfy our readers. Ihatva protective Ia
fEfH dees tYdace thepfice 81 the Imported
Iffticle when i comes 10 competition with
4 similar aslicle of home maiulaclure
We has handed us by way of example, =
comnsraiiye staiefnsnt Of prices Of lew
arlicits Of very general use, before the
fafiH OF lsf2and since that TanG was
enacted, NON whiehil appears, that.
The prices of imported feeding Laes,
y Consumers. bY the dozen. 10 lsA.
waenlihe duty was g Of rs per cen,
were as follows: mo "a So. rs; No 4.
81 10. No7 $3.50.
By the TaFiT of 1872 The. duty vas
riised e 30 per cent, and an IN poflai.on
Il1 lsfienables the importers TO sell the
lame arIc,$ 1T The following prices f.
Nr :, So 5h; No A. 81; No 4, Sc.
Grif irons imported Sept. 1913, under
4 ,dufysoi 81 her emit cost lhe same AZ
those Jmpofled Sept. 1910 when tie .dn-
! N was 'aai3 Of a5 pfF cent
sfaglshs III rougM Amis. leasing sizes,
kllxprnny and eighlpenny, imported un- :
fef lhe 30 pfr cent duty Of 1912. cost II
cert pfrlb Jess than The same sizs did
.!gnI 1910 and ~ when The duiy was low :
1 Bhcctmitk's Jfiiees eos, i 10 :. cents
PeF ID. Jess under The 80 per cent duty of.
lSl2, than they ala under The previous
lp%er duty.
Iiosssstrs ana ,s1ssiges are, Imported d
fhe sane,prifss uhdfk the high duty OH
ls42, that lhfy were under the loweg
dm'y.
From these facts it viii be seen. that
4 Is not the consumer but the fofeiga
WHO paysihe dufy; ansthat
The effect OF fhe Tatif Of ls1g bias been
70 give us these Articles, some 1T lower
and none aihigher Ptices in consecuense
Of the protective duly .Ndrt5sk fIaah.
-; a--r--y.yyxsss
Iqr Revenue Ia Tariff for the Government,
but not for the People. Who do, they
mean by the GOVERNMENT Why, the
dear otice@helders They must have
money and those gentry insistthat they
ought 10 have The privilege of buying
their goods from TIE Brihsh,3 with the
money they get from their Offices. They
want 10 buy Hats Boots, Shoes end
madefby their dear friends, the
British, who died % whip US twice and
make slaves Of Us, and couldn't do it,
Now Henry Clay thinks thai American .
Mechanics cab, make those things we'll
enough, and he ID determined to give
them chance 10 ID il. by giving them .
against the white. siaye labor
ol Europe, But opg Federal LEGO stump
ers caa't ard won't stand The present Ia
rifT, because II imposes % high dutysoa
Trace CdGins.@ This il 4 sore grievance
upon lie office holders, 10 be sure. They
buy SO many Chains, that the duty will
break the poor fellows up. One OF them
was making al vociferolls speech the 9th.
er day against this very duty, saying that
il was a DOLLAR upon each pair Of chains.
and coniended, as they all do. that the l
duty vas sdaedi,o The price Of the ehaisa.s /
How n5,hat be 4 inquired q stprdy cd
farmer. when bought a-pair last week
for eigityssepen ceRtsIP abe orator chang
ed his subject and exclaimed Teros
igW Join TIE British H. Lancaster (O:)
Express. A Ill.,
Muse of Mr. Bascom - The Globe IS.
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