Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-06-06
the "FAIR PROpOSlTION."-No. Is.
THE TARIFF eUEsTloN.-cosr,svrD.

again recommended the protection of American
manufactures to the favorable constellation OF
| Congress, and in his next annual message on 5th
Nov. 1911, he said
Although other subjects will press more iu,-
mediaiely on your deliberations,a portion of them
cannot but be well bestowed on the just and
sound policy OF securing TO oar manufactures The
success they haze attained and are still attaining
under the Impulse OF causes not permanent, and
| TO our navigation. the fair extent of which is at
present abridged by the unequal regulations Of
| foreign Governments"
In his special message to Congress the Goth
feoy 1873, accompanying the treaty OF peace
which had been concluded at Client the 2lih
Dec. 1914, he said:
| But there is no subject that can enter with
greater force and merit into the deliberations of
Congress than consideration OF the means To
preserve and promote tie manufactures tchich hare
sprung into existence, and attained an unparalleled
maturity throughout the United States during the
period ct the European wars. This source NJ ma
furdf independence and tceoHh, | ANxIoUsLy RE-
COMMEND, THEREFoRE, To THE PROMPT AND CON-
SLANT GUARDIANSHIP OF CoNGREss."
On the 9th December 1915, MIR. Madison in
MS annual message TO Congress, again enforced
me necessity OF protection to manufactures by a
train OF reasoning so patriotic, so conclusive-so
American IN lis character, that we should be hap
Ply 10 inser. it at full length il our space would
allow. But all we can do is To refer our readers
TO It, and beg them to examine ii for themselves.
In Feb'y 1915, Congress passed resolution
requiring the Secretary OF the Treasury to report
to that body general Tariff of duties.
On the 18th F.b'y 1916. Mr.: Dallas, the Sc
creiary OF the Treasury, IN obedience to that
| solution, made long and able report to Con-
gress, maintaining Tue policy of protection and
recommending Increased duties, for that purpose,
particularly on wooens and coitons.
The reader may form some idea of the general
character OF that report from the following pas
sage:
Although some indulgence will always be re-
CURED for any attempt TO realize the national in
dependence In the department of manufactures
the sacrifice cannot be either great or Lasiing.-
The lconvenlences OF the day will be atnply
compensated by future advantages. The Arri-
chlturalist whose produce and whose locks de-
pend for their value the fluctuations of a TO.
reign market Will have occasion epentuaiiy, TO
regret the opportunity OF ready sale for his w DOL
or his cotton in his own neighborhood and il
will soon be understood that the success of the
American Manufacture, which tends to diminish
ue Proht GOTTEN The excessive profit) of The i'm
porter, DOES NOT NECESSARILY ADD TO THE PRICE
OF THE ARTICLE IN THE HANDS or THE CONSUMER"
On the same day that Mr.. Dallas report came
IN, Mr.. Newton OF Virginia, the Chairman of the
Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. TO
when the petitions of Manufacturers of Cotton
praying protection, had been referred, submitted
The report OF that Committee on the subject As
MI Newton was Il representative from Eastern
principally to VIrgnans, we hope we shall be
paTdoned Tor making few extracts from that re-
port.
1.-The States (say the Commitlee) that are
most dlsposod'to Manufactures, as regular occu-
patons, VIII draw from the Agricultural States
all the raw materials which they want, and not
an nconsderable portion also, of the necessaries
OF lille: while the latter will, in addition to the
Dement'S which they at present enjoy, ai,cas COM
mdna 4" peace or an War, at moderate prices epery
species IF Manufactures that their ,ounts man re-
9ure. Should they be inclined TO Manufacture
LOT themselves, they can do with success, be-
cause they have all the means in their power to
erect, and to extend at pleasure, manufacturing
establishments: our wants being supplied by our
own ingenuity and industry; ExpoRrArIoN OF
SPECIE TO PAY FOR FOREIGN MANUFACTURES WILL
CEASE"
In the same report the Committee, after refer
ring to the general advantages of the Protective
system In developing the resources of the Coun-
try, Say;
tages the resources of each will be explored
opened and enlarged. Different sections of the
Union VIII, according to their position, the eli
male, the population, the habits of the people
ard the nature of the soil, strike into that line of
industry which is best adapted TO their interes.
and The good of the WHOLE an active and free
intercourse promoted and facilitated by roads and
canals Ill ensue: prejudices which are genera
TED ny distance, and the want of inducements TO
approach each other, and recprocate benefits
Will be removed; information will be extended:
the union will acquire strength and solidity and
the Constitution of the u. s.. and that Of each
State, will be regarded as fountains from which
how numerous streams OF public and private
prosperity"
Gut oil these reports and recommendations
sprung the TARIFF lSl6-a Tariff decidedly
protective IN It's character, and which imposed
outies averaging about 81 PER CENT, or near TWO
PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE "BLAcK TARrFp''
las the Globe and Enquirer call it) OF 1912!
MS tariii, too, embraced the principle of mi
n,mums, which is the theme of so much
denuncIatlon with the Enquirer, and vet strange
10 say, MI. .Lowndes, the chairman of the COM
mittee OF Ways and Means, who reported the
DiiI' and Mr.. John Z. Calhoun, and four more of
the representatives from s. Carolina, rave their
votes IN favor of that very principle.
=. IL was IN the support Of this bill of 1916 that
MI. Caihonn frst displayed his devotion TO the
principle OF protection, and lent the powers of
his great II ind to sustain it.
In commenting on the tariff Of 1916, it would
ne ungrateiul In us not TO acknow LEDGE the yaua-
BILE services of MIR. Calhoun. To enable The
country to form just IDEA of the extent of their
obligations to him, we suboin the following ey-
tracts from his speech on that occasions
"Neither agriculture, manufactures nor conn
merce, (said Mr. Calhoun,) taken separately. are
The cause of wealth i, flows from them com |
Dlned' and cannot exist without each. The wealth
oil any single nation or individual, it is true NAV
not Immediately be derived from the three but il
always Pre-supposes the existence Of the three
sources, though derived Immediately from one or
TWO oil them only. Taken in its most ENLARGED
sense, without commerce, industry would have
no STIMULUS, without manufactures, il would be
without the means of production ; and without
agriculture, neither Of the others could exist:
"hen separated entirely, and permanently thew