Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-06
HIGH DUTIES MAKE Low GOODS

rh; ,oradox is one OF the fayorlte huInbugs OF the
Wings It is said to have been repeated IN the Ilay
Minor Bolts when he let fly his shat, against the re-
annexation of Texas. But it was not always the re-
ved doctrine of all the party We are indebted 10
The last "Valley Star" for the following paragraph
copied from the "Yeoman" of the Isl April, ls4o
Perhaps no truths easily demonstrated IMAM
| these . ,n
"That the HIGHER THE TARIFF, and the more dun
cplt il is to procure the of payment, go the
HIGHER THE PRICE of all imported goods, as wen as
the SAME KIND DoMEsTlcs MUSl NEcEoSai.'
IY BE TO THE CONSUMER; and the LOWER the
Tariff and the easier it to procure the means oil
oruep, in like proportion will both DOMESTIC ASH
FOREIGN GOODS BE CHEAPER TO THE CoNso-
MER or in either ,cordS, less Of has Mbor ana PToa"ee
,etl bun ,ohat he needs" &c.
Has this simple and demonstrate truth OF lS4O oeen
changed into an error IN lol4-precsely AZ ~. =
have changed their character from dRt-Froiecf'on 10
Protection? Is il all hocus pocnS with these politicians
Nothing stable-nothing cer,a'n-but does 'ehae oe-
come Uack according to their own interests ana tne!
own tactics In "A high prices are sa'a TO produce
low poods-but in 40 the higher tie art, the higher
The price of all imported goods, US well as similar
domestics With what facility do these gentlemen
Jump Jim Crow .
/ But what further do we see ? Who put upon US the
black Tariff of Sl2; Who but the manufacturers ana
their friends with their lmporiuny-their ioooy meH'
bers-ther earnest pettons-their pathetic declara-
ions that unless the minimum principle was carried
out and the duties were considerably raised, Their ma
nufactories must suffer, and their looms and iofgeS
would have 10 stop?
II was the manufacturer, then, who insisted upon
raising the dutisS-ahough we are now toio, lha'
the higher the Duty the lower the price OF their manu-
actures and the less Of course his proht Strange IN
Decd But such is the first absurd consequence OF the
paradox in question. -
Again-who is now anxious to change the OH! OF
lg12-to reduce the Tarff-to abolish the mlnimums:
sc &c Who in favor Of thu BILL recently reported
by the Committee of Ways and Means: Is It the ma
nnfacturer: Oh no! He is the most violent againstit
1T is the manufacturer and his political friends, who
are the most violent in opposition TO any reduction
Here is the United States Gazette of rh'ladeiPh'a,
decided Wing paper, which is raising The cry, that
s.Ihc Tariff is an Danger'-who advertises Tor 1.-THE
friends of the Tariff" meet on Monday afternoon
to xpress their dissent from the action oil the majority
of the House Of Representatives, and to appeal to the
Wings Of the upper House (he Senate) 10 stay the
tide of ruin which the madness of party is seeking to
let loose upon the na!ion Tide Of rum And this
cry is raised by The manufacturers and Their trends,
notwithstanding they have been earnestly told by the
condtd and homcst Wings, that the lever he du'ies The
higher tner goods, and the greater their profits
These single facts are conclusive against this mo
dern humbns of the Wings. They show that profess
sion is one thing truth is ano:her-that the Wings
have not vet dropt their uDcandd and dishonest policy
of 1910 1--WE speak according to the dialect OF Mr. New
ton himself) Q. + ID.
The following, from Inc ~ ~. hfgtSeT, WIZ PROVE
what benlfts the Farmers TO expect from high Ta-
riff
"THE FARMERS PRopucE-FALL or PRIcEs.-The
Tariff men tell Us that several kinds of manufactured
goods are cheaper than they were before the pre-
sent Tariff put on, and therefore, they say that the
Tariff has the effect TO lower the price, though II in
creases the duties. But they choose to forget that the
fall in prices has been the the free articles as
well as those paying duties Thus, plaster OF Paris,
free article in 1886, was four dollars ton; and in
1914 free ALSO is but dollars and fifty cents ton
Coffee that was free in 1896 and is free now, in
the former year from u ii cents the pound, and now
bu, 81 10 II cents Now if these had been mannfac-
,ured goods, on which the Tariff could have operated
we should have tables OF figures spread out in every
Wing paper to show what blessed effects high duties
have IN reducing prices But let US see how this sys-
tenn has worked the farmer for 1t is from the SOIL al
Ter all that the real wealth of the country is first dug
These farmers snid to have higher prices for
their produce and at The same time gel their store
goods cheaper Compare the year, 1856 and $50, when
the compromise force, and the dnes were fall
ing, with the present period When the Tariff Tint wa.
to give the farmer high prices his produce, is in full
oDcratiOn: