Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-04-25

much more interested in the maintenance ui the
present protective tariff than The manufacturer,
and for the most obvious reasons; high prorec-
tive duties are calculated 10 induce increased
investment in manufacturers; the effect of this
is clearly 10 increase tbes deipaud for The raw
material and bread stutfs produced Ivy the TAR
mers; and the necessary consequence of this
increased demand is To increase the price ut
every Thing the farmer has 10 sell, and. by ~
creaslng the quantity. reduce the price "f .uan-
ufactured goods Thus The proleclive p ,Iicv
enables the farmers 10 sell higher aud buy low
err while, on The other hand, Increased rom2r-
tion o5liges Tho manufacturer 10 sell lower and
buy his supplies al higher rates; yat II Is as
serted in this report aud in every anrl-larrtf
speech, that high protective duties inpasel
for the bcnefi, of The manufacturer a, the AK
penss Of The farmer. Now submit, whe,her
practically the opposite Of this proposition IS
not the lruth and whether such Is moi the ne
csssary and unavoidable result of The great laws
of demand and supply which regulate and CON
troll prices throughout The wcrld.
But agriculture is still further benefited hv
the protective policy. By increasing manulac-
,urers, it wi,hholds portion of the capital aud
hands from agriculture, and converts them into
customers instead of producers, into customers
instead Of rivals; thus diminishing The quantity
and increasing the demand for agricultural sup
plies, and a, the same time Increasing The sup
ply and reducing the price of the manufactured
goods which they get in exchange. Thus In
every point Of view in which The subject can
be considered, the farmer is more benefited than
the manufacturer by the adoption and mainie
nance of the protective policy. By way ef IL
in a village there is one
manufacturing establishment Of wooleu goods;
here The surrounding farmsrs sell their wool
and other agricultural su7pliosi the manufactur-
er, having monopoly, regulates his o~H Pri-
ces, as well as those of the farmers--he de-
mands wha, he pleases, and gives what he will
but suppose high protective tariff on wcoen
goods is passed, and instead Of one woollen
factory there springs into existence five or six
in this village, the existing monopoly is al once
Destroyed; ihers is SIX ii,Des he demand for
wool and proYisinn..--A
aIu Increases the price Of every Thing the
farmer has To cell, and by glnting The market
with ak times the quantity Of woollen goods
the price is necessarily reduced. Such are the
plain and obvious benefits Of the protective pol
icy TO the farmers; yet politicians would have
them believe that they are oppressed and ru
ined by this policy, which can alone render
them prosperous.
MR.. VAN BUREN's OPINIONS on THE TARIFF.
And here, sir, it may not be improper TO re-
mark, tha, Mr. Van Bursn entirely cnncurs with
the Com. of Ways and Means. In his letter
to the Indiana convention he says: "The great
body Of mechanics and laborers in eUery branch
of business, whose welfare should be an object
of unceasing solieituds on the part of every
public man, have been the greatest sufferers by
our high protective tariff, and would continue So
10 be were ,ha, policy persisted in. is to my
mind TOO clear to require further elucidaiion;'
but he further says, what is much nearer the
truth, that high duties &c injurious 10 The man
ufaciurers themselves, for whose especial ben
eft we are told by The committee these high
duties are imposed. Mr.. Van Buren, says -:
/" Excess of duties, which tempt 10 an undue
and ruinous investment Of capital in their busi-
ness, lis injurious to the manufacturers and
how-by promoting competition, and reducing
prices but is not this for the benefit oil The
consumers!
But this is not all Mr. Van Buren says against
the protective policy---hs says, "the period has
passed away when a protective tariff can De
KEEP, up in this country" tina, the tariff increases
the poor mans taxes in an inverse ratio TO his
ability 10 pay" and thai direct taxation IS a
mere equal and just system Of revenue than du-
tiea on foreign goods. These, sir, are MIR. Van
Ruren's opinions upon the tariff, as proclaimed
10 the world in his Indiana letter.
But lot US look LILLE into the details and
practical operation of this bill on the great ag-
ricuI,uraI, manufacturing, and mechanical inter
sss of our country.
In the frs. place i! greatly reduces the duties
on wool and wooIlens Of all kinds ihrse-fourlhs
Of the duties, and more, are taken from coarse
cotlons and calicoes lead is robbed OF more
Than nins-tenths of lis protection. But Penn
syIvania seems 10 be singled out for destruction.
Her iron, her ceal, her glass. her paper, her
salt, and leather, are alI struck down together.
and we are to 60 10 England for iron, coal. glass.
&c. Yes, sir. in 1912 We imported more than
four millions of bushels Of ceal, under duly
of ST. rs per ton. This bill reduces II to one
dollar. OF course you must double, and doubt.
less you will ,lsbls tho quantity imported; and
r. -L.,7 T. ;a.r.osa tho ravenue few