Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-03-28
From the n. Y. Tribune.
THE VANDAL TARIFF.

We cannot believe it possible that the Tariff
bill reported by Gen. NJ Kay 10 the House will
become a law Let US glance at some of its pro
visions -
Coarse Wool {such as docs not enter into com.
petition with our own product) IS taxed fifteen per
cent, while cheap blinkets the produ of the
same wool, are charged but ten per cent Here
is discrimination of five per cent against our
own industry, and in favor of British workshops |!
Wool IA good ariclc) is charged thirty per
cent by this bill, instead OF the three cents per lb
and thirty per cent. now imposed, while Kcrseys
&c, wooden and worsted mi,s, gloves stockings,
socks, drawers shirts, &c. &c. are charged but
t,centy per cent Here rs n discrimination of ten
per cent against Home fabrication. On Wooden
yarn twenty-five per cent disc rimiuoon of ten
per cent. against the American spinner It is not
possible that such Iuinous injustice should be per-
petrated by an American Congress.
Readymade Clothing is charged with thirty
per cent. duty BY this bill 'WelI,' says one,
cant American industry live with thirty per cent
protection p Why, sir, have you considered tina,
wool is charged 80 per cent. and is much higher
here than in Great Britain that most ofthe cloths
and stuffs of which read y.made clothing Is fabri.
Gated are also to be charged thirty per cent and
are higher here than in Europe2 How, then.
will this duty protect our tailors and seamstresscs
The importers of Foreign clo'hing made up by
poor women who work for six cents day. will
swear in their clothes as cheap as an American
Importer can swear in the material and there will
soon, in fact, be 40 protection TO the clothes ma.
kers at all. So of boots, shoes, &c, on which
there IS discrimination Of barely five per cent al
lowed in favor ofthe American workmen Let
this bill become a law and the importation of all
these articles would be quadruplcd within wear.
to the great injury and depression of cur own
But the climax of insanity is reached on the vi.
nous descriptions of Hardpaye These are fab.
Tlcations from iron, which, all are aware canno,
yet De made nearly as cheap here as it can be
brought from abroad. The cost of iron abroad
must, therefore, to great extent rule the price
1ere for some years to come. Yeti bill taxes
'arlous descriptions Of iron, the raw material from
ixty to hundred per cent, yet lets in the hard.
ware, the manufactured fabric, al thirty per cent
Here Isl swinding appearance of projection TO
ron for the sake of binding and Supplying Penn.
yivonia; but the word Of promise kent to the ear
broken to the hope by letting "a foreign iron at
hilty per cent in the shape Of all descriptions of
hardware, and thus crushing the iron and tool in
'fess at once. The passage of this bill would
es'roy Atty millions worth of American property
i blow, and turn one hundred thousand Amer
can Freemen ont ofwork. Bot it CANNOT pass
hanks TO the indomi,able Wings Of Tennessee
nd Maryland
Railroad Iron, il will be seen, is to be allowed
o come IN at ten dollars ton, while that used in
ne poor mans logchain,' &C. &c. is taxed TWEEN
doilarsl We are not here objecting to this Der
ei but the crocodile tears shed over the different
rea'men, OF poor men and rich corporations bv
ormer Tariffs are beautifully exposed by this bill
uo'a watches Je'oeiry, Precious Stones, &c,
Which the Wings were abused for letting in at
, ow duty q i-2 per cent? are LEFT undstulbed =
what will the dupes who have been told and have
repeated that these articles were let in so easily.
rot AVOID smuggling (which was the fact) but to
ayor the rich at the expense OF The poor say now
mere can they hide Say gentlemen Locos
why does your Congress tax the rich mans lew.
sfy gold watches. &c only One,fourtA as much
Is The poor mans logchain7
We have more to say yet of this most fatal
were 1t not fore doomed) bill