Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-08-08

| W. '''' ~ W VI per CT.
Woolcns, rAlnlels IS per cent. 20 per cent?
Examine for YOURSELF" said the loco ,ruuph,,,lv
here are eighteen Important articles zach of which 10
higher Under the present ranf than that If 1923: tho
list Is p'r"cty cnfeet VIZ. o,1Dnry prepared HIM.
sell" ana ne kn'"- pr hs is better acquainted with the
SUBJECT than any other inan in the country"
When t'e loco paused sad, ''nnt SUPPOSE move
Ia yon thai there is not = word of truth IN what Nj,
NW't''oy says-Ihal this list is Incorrect from begin
Mug ~ end f,u can't dat, sir, yor can't d., il IN
ernPied tho loc'. As Ia that we shall see rep,d
on. suppose 40 prove It. what will You think of
MI N"'dburyF why" said III. loco, al shall
think that he has deceived m~-yr,s,ly deceived m.
ana shall never again have confidence IN what he NAV
state Are you IN earnesl}' asked. "P.rfec,ly ,,
replied he. 'heoause dp not hrlrve yon can prove
whai van say well y said ''nuw Tor the proof -
Let US irsi take tho ten artcles bots coal rrdsye
coi.un lace, ssldletv sho-s, twnr erock-ry apann.d
ware and woollen ca,nlcls Now; here il an anhenca.
ted copy OF The lanh Of 1923. will Civ. YOU week
'"esamne ii and defy you TO- fad any menion ,oiat
o." ~ aug oieW Meseiei articles IN it, instead III lay
my highcf duty upon them than the At Of 1912 il
lays n" dn'y upon them at ALL the fac, IL. Mr. pood
bury has inserted these Ca articles .io he Act of 1913
ana as'igned them dnins for the purpose vi max INV a
e,npars" between Tie iva acts; he first makes act
OF 1873 aud then compares II with the acl of 1872
wna' o' YOU think OF such conduci}"
The h,co took the Act Of 1928 read il aver verv
carefully, could fad nothing about The l.n articles an
I"ar.d much confused. and renamed stlent.
No", SAID |, ''the eight other articles (sks steel
glass, glass bottles cottons wool-ns, cotton bayyny
aud nlssses. are included IN both the acts; hut viii
sho~ y"n. thai even here Mr. Woodbury. has commit.
ted gross errors Here copies of the ,wu acts ex-
anime them. and ym will find the following facts:
Inc duty On Silks by the act If 1912, IS per cent
On TIE bregn cosl-no from 80 la 60 per cent as Mr.
Woodbury. says. The duly Is Tor revenue not pru,,c
ii"n; there are silk manufactures in tins country to
project.
In, duty on imported Steel, by the Act of ls42. i.
the same a. by the ACT Of 1925 ABOUT per cent or
ooPer cw, Upon such kinds ii steel as are manulac-
'utd IN tins country tho ac, al Si2 lays duty of sbou,
% per cent 50 per cSt ihls Is an exception
Mr. Nn"pury takes The exception for The general rule.
lie duty upon Ciss. by the Two acts. Is from 80 10
AZ per cent instead Of Mr. Woodbury. 400 500 per
cent.
The da.y upon Glass bottles by the two Acts. is Al
70 The gross. no. ro" s. 80 10 81, as Mr.. Woodbury.
says.
The minimum duty on all Cot,on,. by III. Act oi
o2o was 80 per cent. The Ac. OF ls42 reduces ,hs t.,
3Jperrsnt.
The duty on Wooiien,, by the ac, OF 1928 was ,bou,
% per cent The acso 1912 reduces this H. 40 pc.
cent.
The duty on Cotton bGegng. hv the act Of 1929 was
een's the square yard and no, 81 cents as NJ. Wad
bury says Tins act ol 1912 reduvcs this To cents per
square yard
Thsduy on .'Lla,s.,, by tho act Of 1924 wa Ioc,s
per gsllol. and NOT 5, Ms Mr. Woodbury. says Tn,
at, "' ioA2, reduces THIS IN quite cents per gallon
D., mus II viii no seen, Nr Woodbury. has MT only IN
erpard the tarH bill of 3 with len u. the ,iph,e
articles In his lat, bat has nutd gross errors IN re-
gard T." the other eight. particularly wn,li4n. cotton
hagg'ns. and m"losses. What III you nnw ,hnk Of VI r.
N"dburvi-has hr grossly deceived you1-wlll you
believe his statements M iurel
! ION" SAID the loco, mir. Woodbury. must have
made a,nslahe." "hr. " ~mbury,"l replied twas
convicted Vi these MEASUREMENTS the Senate Of In.
u > ana told, al thu time that his tspe was framed
'r the express purwse o deceivng The people, and We,
he had Mt the honesty correct his
although frequently called On Sd To do ID, not. b.
srrh yi', in'tss his example and persist IN error
when ni'fnrd If II. A5yvs all things d., nat suan
produce Mr. Woodbury. table la show that tn. Tariff
"f S42 higher than the Of S2S the '.b Of abon
nations. ~"
Before could this last sentence, the loco was
gone. ] wvnder whether no Will ever br,ar IN MIR
Woodbury. list agan
pom examination, Mr.. Editor, I fad that there ar.
only two ARTICLES the duties upon which higher nv up
act Of ls42. than by the previous tariffs t.riny and
one Or taco kinds 9. steel came, we'll accoun, f,r
ms Increase except 1t hi that the humsne Wbps Of
Tue 2Ith Congress, knowing the which those n
'lcts are sometimes put for the purpose Of self destruc
ti"n, wished 10 check their importation ana thereby ss
p1roa OF our Loeuoeo brethren from the inryitahl,
Consequences Of the elec,,en in November. 1874. Il
such was their reasoning. canaoi approve Of IT, am
decidedly ct opinion that the ssner that mschirvou
stock Is eadcsed, the better will h.f the Country
ANTI liUMBUG.