Holly Springs gazette., 1844-02-17
From the New Orleans Troyic
MORE TARIFF FACTS.


The free trade locofocos. says the Louis
vile Journal, who seem 10 be impressed with
the idea that the encourae cement of agricui-
rrre must BE- al he expense Of all other in.
t. rests would DO we'll To take In TO cousid
eration one or two fsrtS. whcn ne iiud Il
ne published Statistics Of Lowell, Alassachu
sets:
'The consum 2iion Of -four for starch "a
mI!l~, p lnt-s otsS, and tleacAery amouut>
10 600 bills"
Aud. ia addition this. we fad $40 opt-
ra,ives .mpioyed, I, quifing tor food. ac-
cord ng to the lowest estimates. 5000 bar
rpIs more; making in all 10000 barr,is
L not agriculture benefiited by this2 Would
IL be as well for those now engaged in farm
ing if the tens Of thousands now engaged IN
manufacturing pursuits were To go 10 fur
ning2 Who would buy their produces, if
every body IN the country were a firmer
Those products cannot be sent abroad to any
extent, for the reason that foreign nations ex-
clude them bv their high tariffs"
We are clearly Of opinion that the only
way to build up agriculture trinmp phantly IN
our country is 10 enter at once into coinpe-
ttiou with Engllnd in supplying the world
with manufactures Already are we supply
motest islands of the sea. with cotton goods
and other manufactured articles. The Yam
KEGS are already supplying England and
even China with clocks. and there Is no rea-
son. there eau be none, why we may not
supply the whole world with ali the leading
artic les Of commerce The superior iuteli-
gence of the workmen of This country, the
abundance Of water power. of coal and other
fuel and more especially the cheapness OF
land, aud the great abu lddnce and cheapneSs
Of ericutural products far more than COM
pensate for the cheapness of the pauper la
Dor OF Europe.
Here. also, are more facts, from the New
York Il, ibune. in relation 20 another branch
of American Industry, and the effects of a
well regulated tariff We commend the ar.
tice TO the attention of our free trade th6o-
riS's
EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF THE New
York Evening Post, The editor Of which
brides himself on his entire devotion to Free
Trade" publ he'd ediiolaIly the following
article:
"AMERrCAN PINs--We are Informed
that bur "A small qndntitv OF English pins are
imported, and only about fifteen cases were
passed through the customhouSe this season
La consequence OF this, the demand for A
merican pins has greatly increased Slo-
cum. JIlson & Co. 80 Beaver street, have
mannfactory of Ponghke opsie, which
makes fifty two hund ed packages per week,
and can hardly supply the demand "
1t is bv such striking facts that Protec-
tive Tariff commends itsr TO the good O.
ment and sound sansc of practical men.
The Evening Post might have added W hat
is the truth. tnat the duty upon pins is al
most if not entirely proh bjtOfy, And vet
look al the practical result. A better arii-
Gle made bv American operatives. can be,
an I is furnished cheaper than the foreign ar
ricIp could be obtained before the Tariff act
WAS passed In view oi such fattS. hOA
senstieSs. how contemplate aprfar the
lhreadhare AMI of +, fut-d argum-n's of its
opnonentsl Aud b. il rem nbertd too that
It is this Tariff, TO which VAN BUREN
exnresses his decided AMI unrelen'ipq hos
ulnv. ho,h as it regards It's PRINCIPLES
and IFS De FA Isl