The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-03-14
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/ EFFECTS or PROTECTION.
hhnesfT has regarded rassfully ne ef.
iecis 81 Che Tariff conu0ssrsy, mdss 10
stuck nilh Ii.e IsiIgre ofIhs Free Tssd.'
wTllsFs 20 msel lie sase pses.nssd q lie
siss o. Psoifetias. .Ilere!' er,es Fee
TFadfr, il On article oh which de duly
I. 20 per esni, add whish 10. 10 some "a
hnl. siill imPortd-ii i rs per eesi.
higher lhsn u uohld he 10 ghs ahssnee Of
Fsnd. Sir. ven ere mi.t.kes,' ia
answered from our sids: l. OF a The Pa-
ses CuETen; trace tie prize OF this srticIs
llforgh the years when hen ras mach
lover duty ar none a. 81, and you win
see ihsi u uss hnIs OF 20 ehsaFsr lhsn
than nov: Often mnrh dsarer. III The dn,v
has indeed been . PIolsrnss ore. and has
aided 10 tuild M domssic produclien IL
lbe article. You say yop dnn's see hoiU
ibis 70. bui IRE 90, and il is noi mslerisl
shelhtr you or We see The roy II csnef;
'ke spresl ]. 10 fae:s 10 test DOR warning
theories. Yos say thsi Improved ma
ehinefy and processes account fer ibis
ehesptnlne; bit we show you that there
has been like impf0xrnsni 10 the prog.e-
i'nn Of other articles mol pfoise,sd. or
largely produced BY Us. snd on thee flere
Aas been no corresponding resgnefion of
price. Why won's you lace The Price
Current
And now 10 . few additional facts:
LNsEED Oh 70 sPscis~d by The Past
and Journal Of Commerce as an srseLe
wLish We migh get great deal cheaper
IL there was no Pro,ec,ise duty on il. The
duty is IS cents . gallon. just as IL was
fixed by The TsHf Of 1872 ikson6rnedby
that Of 1928. TRAINED by Wright and Van
Buren, and BY ltal Of 1892. Under he
COMPROMISE Act Of 1882, This du,S sunk
gradually down TO IN average OF l6 cents
per gallon 10 the year esding with An
gust. 1912. During tbaiysar he acreage
price Of the article ia this n,orkst ,cas n
frJae oyer EIGHTYNLvE Gems Ser
gallon. Since then the du,y has been 9s
cent. gallon sgain, aud The acsage prize
for The year ending uith.4ugua issf (.As
first year under the present Tarh1 so,
s2d els. per gallon. For the six m
intervening between The eluse OF that war
and the prssen, time, the Average prirs
has been az cents per gallon. 30 fh.t
while the duty has bean ipasessed O cents.
ihe cost q Linssed Oil 10 The America
Consumer has been rnly 0 cent? lees per
gallon for an average Of Do 10 pon,hs
since the passage Of 30 1'siT than for
The twelve months preceding: The prics
through Noyemser. DecsubS, and jan
nary, vas but IS cents; and though /, has.
risen since in consequence Of The penersl
and rapid improvement of business. ne
doubt not that il sill sooa be brought
down again by domestic compe,itios, un.
less ,ssfe i considerable rise in the yAv
material. So much for Lipssed OIL
IRON is another article on which great
shess IS laid BY the Free Ttadsrs. Wa
freely admit Aa, The duty on this article
IS heavy. and that the presen, effect 10 .
small augmentation Of the prize on he
seaboard, above The loves. rate 10 hich
1t was forced down under the low duties
OF Al, 2. But We ere conf,len, a few
years experience and improvement in
eur processes, facilities OF transportation.
&c.. will ensue the home production of
Iran lower than j, was ever imported, and
that without depressing The wages OLA
merican ~orkmen. At any rate we have
now abnndan, evidence that the present
duty, while it is sustaining our owa Iron
works. aud enabling item 10 sxrand -
we'll as flourish, is Bringing a goody re-,
venue into our needy Treasury. and "a
king il in good par, on, Of The pockets of
Foreign Nations, which tax almost all cur
products so heavily. For illus.raticn-in
1899, we imported Bar Iron largely from
England, at 6rst cost Of go l5s. 10 gIO
los. per ton; in 1913, we imported a
much smaller quantity a, "a los. 10 .e5
los. reT ton-rather difference. So of
p'g Iron: We bought largely of Great
3r< lin in 1889 8, Sc S.. per ton: in .Is43
We made nearly our whole supply az
nuch less cost than this, and imported a
cry little q. SO los to 81 IS. per toa.
fake Off the Tariff, break down a good
art Of our own works, and increase our
IMPORTS to the former smount, and ne
osbt not that The British price would &c
p again. : ~
And now for an item illustrating the
feet Of Prteclion on Cottons and Fam
y Articles: -..#z So =
GLAzED MusLINs came in free Of duty
ISL. The best quality, IL Yards
'lde, sold al I'll cents. The American
fscle oi the same quality and W id.h then
ost 81 per yss~--he msrke. very limit
q. The new Tariff imposes duty Of
bout 80 per cent. on this sr.isle, and
ow far better srsiels, Ii wide, is sold
I 62a cents. How This 10 done, We have
epea.edy explained. 1t is easy for tie
Importers to call the duty on this article
90 per cent. il they please; but who
ares since i, has greatly reduced the cost
. our consumers! :..
An item for the Farmers:
ENGLISH SALTED SHREP SKINS came
n free Of duty under he late Yarif. were