Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-03-15
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FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH HIS, 1914
THE TARIFF-THE TARIFF IN
DANGER,

"A Dill mas been reported. IN the House |
of Representatives of Congress, by the Lo-
co Foco Committee of Ways and Means in
that body, which, if passed into Law, will
essentially change the present Tariff, and
stop our country, midway, in its present
course towards high and palmy state of
prosperity. 1t is time for our Wing friends
the advocates of American Industry
those who are in favor of maintaining the
products of our own land, and the avails of
our own labor, against the growth of foreign
soils, and against the labor of foreign hands,
to be on the alert, IN this matter.
No man, who loves his own country, and
rejoices TO see her people in state of pros
perIty and happiness, and her great interests
in Furnishing condition, can fail to have
perceived the happy effects of our existing
Tariff. 1t has brought our country, with
tho most unparalleled. celebrity, from the
depths of commercial torpiude, bankrupt
cy and distress, to a state of active enter
pr,sing, and successful business. 1t has fill.
ed the country, by natural course of COM
mercial operations with the precious metals.
1t has furnished the government with an
ample revenue. 1t has set our manuiaclo-
ries in motion. 1t has given ample employ
ment to our mechanics. II has provided
freights for our ships, and infused activity
among our merchants. 1t has provided rea-
dy markets for our farmers, and taken off
the surplus Of our agricultural products. In
fine, it has carried its benefits and its bes-
sings to all the great, predominaling public
interests-and in no department have its
benefits been more prominent or eflicacious
than in the favorable effect it has wrought
upon the manual labor of the county,
Will the Wing Party Of these United States
stand still, and see measurc-amost the
only one that the unpropitious circumstan-
ces under which they have been placed has
allowed them 10 perfect, and carry into
operation measure which has far more
than realized even the most sanguine hope.
and expectations of its friends-wll they
fold their arms, and, without an effort for it.
defence, allow the destructive horde of Lo
CO Focos to lay violent hands on this mea
sure, fruitful as it has been Of benefit to thu
whole people, and to demolish it at a single
blow?
We have scarcely time, to-day, to 60 int
any critical analysis of the new bill reported
} by the destruc,ives in the House of Rep
!, resenta,iyes. Our readers will perceive tina
it is most cunningly devised, to concita,'
t the producing interests of Pennsylvania AM
Louisiana, and to carry them against IN
!. manufacturing interests Of the Northern an
4 Middle States. We trust this nefarious plo
= will not succeed. We indulge conGden
d hope, that all those who have contributed t.
o establish the present excellent protecliv
a system will stand firmly, shoulder TO shoul
der, and maintain the principle, until il is S
+ firmly settled as IA part of the National Pol
! cy, that no assaults Of reckless parizar
r can disturb l-no effort Of wicked aspiran
d to power shake it from its firm foundation
g the confidence and support Of the people,
lie Atlas.
Of The following synopsis of the bill is COZ
* from the Baltimore American:
Is On all coarse manufactured Wool Is per cent
T. On all other, 80 per cent.
On mi led or fued Cloh 2Ope cent.
n. On all Carpeiina of cotton, wool hemp or max,
OF per cent, other Carpetlng 30 per cent
ne Woollen Blankets, 20 per cent.
a. Hearth Rugs, 80,
10 Woollen Yarns, o.
de Worsted Yarns 90
Woolen and Worsted Gloves Stockins, Shirts, &
20 per cent
Fannes of all materials, so per cent.
ad Manufactures Of Cotton, and OF wnIch Cotton Ell
be component, part % per cent.
e Manufactures of silk, excepting Boliing Ciolhs
VI per cent; silk Boiling Cloths, Is per cent.
oil silk Twist and like material, 20 per cent? Fle
n, and similar Silks, Is per cent.
n. All other silk manufactured articles, 20 per cent
no Manufactured Hemp 80 per cent? Cordlla IL
ig and Flax, % per cent
- Gables, Cordsge, Gunny Cloth, &c Soper cen
y" Oil Cloth The same.
er Bar aud Bolt Iron, not manufactured IN whole
n. in part by rolling, els a ton.
ty Bar and Boil. Iron, made wholly or IN part by 70
Al. ing, $40 ton.
l. Old Scrap Iron, sig dollars a ton.
Nv Manufactured Iron, 80 per cent.
Screws OF Iron 30 per ceniun.