Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-23

by the British tanfll Who The same, who pays the
wiudow.tax. and the bread tax. and a thousand others be-
sides the same from whose capsciOus pocket ere taken
year after year. TWO hundred and fifty millions of dollars,
TO famper a king and pension an arisiocrscy John Bull,
the patient, the enduring, the tax paying he. every time
he smokes a cigar. or inhales a pinch Of snuff, OF lndulg-
- IN a quId Of tobacco-he and be only paysi u. HIS gov
ernment levies the tax. and upon Lim-not upon The
American planter. not upon the importing or retailing
merchant.-but upon hun. the consumer, falls the enor-
nous duty. Try 10 pursuaje him that his tobacco would
be no CHI aper. II freed from the tariff tax. Explain TO
him that pretty theory OF cur Ameican ro'ectioni'is.
You may spare yourself the trouble. John Bull l.. loyal
aud ~creduious. and II Is 10 very difficult matter, IN or
binary cases. 10 cast dust in his eyes but for any thing
20 lslpaby absurd, he has a lllle too much ,ard sense, 10
swallow that.
In ,hi- case the fallacy Of The doctrine sta is forth in
the extreme; In the case Of a protective tariff tax OF
forty or fifty per cent. on cotton n wooden goods, 1t eP-
pears in tie degree only but IN both the principle Is Ideu-
tIcal.
An OH ector still .cplies, perhaps, that the cases are so
far dis>Imllar, that tobacco l. not grown IN England, and
thus domestic competition IN the article does not exist.
Suppose tobacco were grown there what, then, would he
the result Either tie EneIsh-Grcwn tobacco must then
fetch seventy-sevcn cents a pound. or else no importer
could IF ri to pay The seven'y-iwo cents duty. ln The
latter case. the revenue would he wholly lost. In he
former case. besides The tax actually obtained by govern
ment. anoiher tax would be paid by the to- acco consumer,
not into the treasury, hut mo the pockets OF The tobacco
raiser. or rather of he owners of iobacco-gfowing lands
they would obtain ten tunes The real value oil Their pro-
duce. he British taru tax on wheat l. q liaCtlCal lIus-
traion precisely in point. That article as grown IN The
country, aud domestic competition exists. The annual
produce Of whea, IN Giedt BI ain and Ire and, according
To the latest authorizes. Is about IN" hundred aud twenty
five million bushels a year. (.NOie lis average
price. Which used Ia he nearly Two do lars aud a quarter
a bushcl. has. for tie last twelve years, been a dollar and
seventy .Gsr cents. We Of the western country could
supply he Eng 18Th market with wheat, worth srNenty-hVe
cents at home, for a dollar and a quarter OF, C I'VE ten
cents a. an additional margin, aud say a d,hGr and Mfr-
W. fire cents. Free ftatc M corn, then. might hp expected
To bTIng wheat down II least forty cetis a bushel IA lug
land. We may consider The Brush consumer. therefore,
a taxed by The corn laws forty cents per bu>hel on a hun
dred and twenty-five million OF bushels That -, FIFTY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS annually. But The average reve-
nuc derircd 10 He Bnfsh go1erHmenf, during The last
twelve or f,uriefn wears from The tauf "n wheat Is less
,han a million and a hGf of dollars a year. (.\0tc > !
Tie rsciIcal result of The English corn law l., therefore,
that an annual tax of IF millions - levied upon the pco-
pie If Great Britain, Of which hprards Of f'iy-7gM
niMo ns and a kaLr is paid into tie pockes u the tand-
o,epfrS. and hss than q million GaG Q hay into ic cg.Ders
IF the go4eynmenk Here l. broicc,ion destroying repe-
nue.. as ali high protection does. Here Is the Brush Ia
borer the oppressed consumer, not only pylng tie tamil
tax which his government imposes. tut. for every sing (
bushel Of wheat on which be pays that tax INTO the ma
iIonsi treasury. hr paws 1t ou THlR,l bushels 10 the no
biiiy and landed arl-tocracy OF his ceuniry " men. as
Jeff rson expressed IT, :" booted and spurred, who rides HIM
legIiimateiy, ty the grace ot G.d.'
But the corn laws of England irjure the produce trade
OF other nations. our own Tor example, rs well as Cypress
ing the British consumer. Doubtless they do. lie evil
FLEETS of ,hrs. had laws III not wholly conined t. The
country where 'hcy are enacted. Aud wba' IA comfort
il must b. to The l.b,er of Britain, when Tie earnings
Of two days cut OF SIX are stolen from him, week alter
week, AID year after year. hy a protective bread tax, To be
I told, TIA, Prussia. aud Germany. aud America, are crarnp-
ed IN then ioreiga commerce 10y the SINE inquiry that
daily plck> his pocket.
And tins system Of legnlized plundei it is, which we are
unhlushineiy tod that we-repub!rcans and freemen a : we
claim To he-arc 10 admire aud 10 Initiate. But let these
importers If Brush systems speak for themselves. Ia
an address winch has recently been officially put forth by
/, the american Institute" the mouth-pi,ce of the New
+ York rro,fctioni-ts. we find the orator declaring 1.-The
English have always pursued this policy ot encouraging
only their own people" And this policy. lie proceeds 10
saw. "has rendered them the most wealthy and most pow
erful nation upon earth" HIS conclusion Is: Nv ny
should we not follow such a prosperous example J
One true thing this advocaie of protection does say
Great Bn'all IS pIobab,y the mos, wel thy na'ion upon
earth The average income. per head. ot her enure pop
ula'ion. is upwards of a hundred dollars a year fly per
cent. higher. proba5 v. than the average IN these United
States. (.\ofe g. But how Is that average income d.
vid, Her people might be-wi,h such an income they
ought To be-comforah.e and happy. Arc they happy =!
Are they comfortable! To those who read the EneiIs'i
journals, and note the tales of misery with which these
arc daily filed. he question may seem pat IN mockeiy-
For others 10 whom he secrets OF The rri~on-house have
not hccn djsclos' d. permit me to submit a fw authentic
items, recent, furnished TO me by the kindness of o e OF
The u ot active members OF hat excellent association. dali
" waxing stronger and holder. AID destined, ere long. 10
obtain a mai riy in Parlianent-the anti co'n-law iesgue
of Great Britain.
read first from the statistics Of an annual report. re-
Gently published hy The Liverpool branch Of the league
In r,frnce 10 the general condition Of Great britain, the
report says;
In our naruG cturirs cou' ties. every e'reaiA i.lalits,i, and
receiving parish relief. Itls. low yer ~ u y"n 80
tie wi Ole amount OF suffering. Tie ouor OF tein= iran"ed -
a panpcr Is = prevalent among the industrial popuMiion' ~"
on tie parish JaAds."-tAo'e y
AID the London) League Of November II, 1913
informs US:
"Na meeting OF tc Br'sh assertion leli in Man esier ls
,t,r. / =. in tai capital. ct 1850 id a ifants. u ere were "eiu
ally no. tss thar .3ttO persons, or one 90 eeefy ~ IN " stale o
utter dcsttut4on.'
How eloquent are these mute anl sispie figures, l.
thai garden land. where wealth hCds reVel, and luxury
has sci up her thronc-on that iaud. If which we are 4
envy The prosperity. and emulate the exauple-the"
PaupeTism declmales the population. Throughout ih'
length and hre adth Of Eneland.-" merrie Eng aud i'
longer more than ore man out of ever ten must beit
down hi> soul to receive Al the hands OF q stfahg'T-at
inso'cnt oficial. perhaps-,he bitter dole of charity.
> Woud YOU look yet closer upon thI- picture OF whole
sale %sun.rngl quote again from the Liverpool report
ar.r stating hat tie counsel OF the association had d'
reci,d an official examination into the social oordi ION o
heir own town. the report od1s, that they had hr>t select
: cd VauxhalI ward though. from the large number o
= su,eri r n~echaaics living III the ward. 1t l. proba''e ina
= the average condition shown lh.fe IS supsrs'r 70 1.a
!, might Be fund for tie 1Aoe borough Anu "ha' !
r he coudIilon 81 this ward Listen
e .xe,ry sx ,iou~and families reside in vsurlai ward o
n fsn,aiss wer, ex. mined. every care fei's TAKEN 20 ~ "'e1
!. racy ia TIE return "ed u w : ioaaa. 49,. "s''
d ~I.5-7 partially employed and
. ~ ~. 81 :" IN. Z. TN. TIE total earnings o. 49, hm.ie
! snroaa ted 70 faOli per week. Icing o. p. rwo 6ol.is w..
!. = a :, = ,,iv,s thus caviug oMy f99i 70 fe o.Tt1ed amon- ~