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Iutles are imposed Tor the 0eneHt oi inc
manu- lacturer at the expense OF ihs far
nor. Now submit whether practical
y the opposite Of this proposition is not
he truth, and whether such IS not the |
lsc9ssary and unavoidable result Of tho !
great laws Of demand sgd supply which |
regulate aud control prices throughout
The world.
But agriculture is still further bene~
fiued by The protective policy. BY in
creasing manufactures, it wilhdraws a
portion OF The capital and hands from
agriculture, and converts them into con-
sumers instead Of producers, into cos
toners instead Of rivals: thus dimni
ing the quantity and increasing the de-
mand for agricultural supplies and a.
the same time Increasing the supply and
reducing the price Of the manufactured
goods which they get in exchange
Thus, 10 avery point oI view in which
the subject can be considered, the fern
er is more benefited than the maoufaG.
lurer by The adoption and manlenance
of the protective policy, By. way Of
iIlUstra,ion-suppose in village there
is one manufacturing establishment oC
wooIen goods: here the surrounding
farmers sell their wool aud other agrI
cultural supplies, the manufacturer hav
ing e monopoly, regulates his own
prices, az we'll as those OF the farmers
he demands what he peases, and
gives what he will: but suppose a high
protective tariff on wnolIen goods ia
passed, and instead Of one woolIen fac
tory there springs INTO existence five or
six in this village, the existing mOnopo
Iy is at oncs destroyed: there is six
times the demand for wool and proVi,
sions: this increased demspd necessarily
increase the price Of every thing the
farmer has to sell, and by glutlng tho
market with six times the quantity Of
woollen goods the price is necessarily y
reduced. Such are the plalu and OBJ
viouS benefits Of .he protective policy to
the farmers: yet politicians would have
them believe that they are oppressed
and ruined by this policy, which can
alone render them prosperous,
Dir. Van Bursn'S Opinion 0" The Tariff
And here, sir, it may mot be impropsI
To remark that Mr Van Buren, entirely
concurs with the comm,lteo Of Wayt
and Means. 10 his letter to the indiana
convention he says: THE great body
OF mechanics end laborers in eUGrl
branch of business, whose well6u
should be an objeel OF unceasing soici
lude on The part Of every public man
have been the greatest sufferers by ou
high protective tariff, aad would coGIin
ue 80 TO be were that policy persisted in
ia to my mind too clear TO require fur
lher eluoidalioD;' bul he further says
what's much nearer the truth, that higl
duties are injuriOus to manufacturer
themselves. for whose especial beneti
we are told by the committee these big
duties ars imposed. Mr. Van Bnre
says: Excess Of duties, which tempt I
an undue and ruinous investment of ca
pila in their business, is injurious I
the manutacturers:' and how-by pro
noting competition, g reducing prices
y but is not this for the benefit OF tn
consumer?
But this is not all that Mr.. Van Bu
rem says against the protective po ICY
he says, the period has passed ava
when the protective tariff can be keI
up in this country that the tariff III
cresses the poor mans taxes in an il
$ verse ratio 10 his ability 10 pay an
F.. that direct taxation is a more equal Br
= Just system Of revenue than duties {
l, foreign goods. These, sir. are Mr. Va
e Buren's opinions upon the tariff
ID proclaimed 10 the world in his lndiGl
Q letter.
l. But let US look liule into the dela
Ie and practical operations Of this bill
is the great agricultural, manutacluriO
OF aud mechanical interests Of our cou
to try.
Ut In The first place it greatly reduc
h, the duties on wool and woollens OF
le kinds: lhfss"tourths Of the duties, a
es more, are taken from coarse coltons q
or caIicoes: lead is robbed Of more th
g. nine tentbs Of its protection Bot Pei
n syvanis is singled out for destrnctit
all Her iron, her coal, her glass, her pap
- her salt, aud leather, are all slrl
10 down together, and we are 10 go to 81
,ss land for iron, coal, glass, &c. Yes,
10 l842 we imported more than f
az millions of bushels Of coal, under d.
,r OF $l,75 per ion. This bill reduce
n. TO one dollar. OF course you must d
on BILE and doubtless you will treble
40. quantity imported, aud for whaIR
he increase the revenue, A few days
40, Pennsylvania passed resolution una
he mOusly inslrucling US to 60 for pro-
iva ton without regard TO revenue J
.La sir. these are the words, pTolec'