Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-10
THE TARIFF.

III ,f' "ikcS-bdrre Advocate, over the signature
of "Mfilin,' on the subject of the Tariff The
following extract is not without interest The
writer, after quetins the speech OF the British
Chancellor in lS?i, promising ircc trade, pro-
crcds to say:
Twenty years have passed away. and has the
British Parliament abolished her Protective Svs.
tenn Have they followed crt this pleasing this
plausible, this liberal theory of Free Trade, Oh.
no. The sy>t.m in all its effectiveness still cx.
lists.
The facts I am about 10 state viii create sur.
prise throughout Iuzrrnc. | confess that was
a>tonshcd on reading Them
In 1899, the duties paid. on American produce,
imported into Great Britain
was S26,Sia,I77
In $50, @S.360. ! 80
Only think of it--twcn1y eight Millions of
Dollars, imposed by Parliament. aud collected in
~ single year. from United States Produce inn
ported into her ports,
Is this Frc' Trade CT is it imposition with
vengeance
How can amy man with an American h"ar,
h"atns IN his bosom. after this stand mp before
'he American People and oppose The Tariff
Self dcfrncri> the first law of Nature
Whatever others may think Iavow nv entire
appreciation ct Governor rorr"r's message on This
point. aud with him take pleasure in bclicviar
That The policy ~f standing by her own inter,
.stS, has been Tor The la> half century. Too dcep
~ fixed in Pennsylvania to be abandoned with,
out struggle, anA asan---.It is idle To talk of
reciprocity Of trad, when England will not re-,
""'ve our fonr nnd"ra prohibitory dnty of three
dollars harrcl--for to receive her coal and i.
ron free, or nearly so. Of duty
Let us suppose half dozen citizens Of ofI.uzcrno,
'irslrons of obtainn. Cotton, Woolrn and either
Manufactures, Of England, mite TO send ont
v'ssel TO London or Liverpool, loaded with our
rcducticnS 10 exchange,
4. says-'l will put in 100 barrels Of Flour
lBut, let me s"e-how much duiy-,ax-or pre-.
mum must pay. b"i"r" they will allow me To
sell t'-'Two hundred aud eighty dollars,
That won't de-, 4 will sell my flour a, Home,
eat il first,
i. says--'i will send Il tlrnSand dollars worth
of Ham or Bacon, What will they tax tina,
Seven hundred and fifty dollars" i ran't stand
that. I'll wear home made FIRST
{. says-'l have five hundred bushels Of capital
Potatoes; what will they charge me on these,
Here they worth >l7j dollars The answer
is-you must pay tax on the 800 bushels of
sidO, or nearly loo per cent I'll boil them up
for my pigs first
d. says-'1 will send 100 tons of our beautiful
Anthracite Coal 10 Baltimore, trade it for Tohac.
Gu, and take that To Livcrpool--for know they
have Coal plenty and wont take minc-wha,
will they charge me- on 500 dollars (Amercan
cosO of Tobacco Answer, Thousand per cen,
50, 900 dollars,N
But why proceed, Prohibition, or the mos,
enormous rates Of duty, meet YOU upon every
article ,ha, they can possibly supply themselves
with elsewhere And yet there are very honest,
well meaning. but in our apprehension, most
mistaken men, who think we should repeal our
Tarif-let in British Manufactures at low rate
ofduty, and lei our own establishments 90 to de.
struction,
Looking to the Massachusetts 'MorAssrs SrcK.
rRs' as our Manufactures, let Us enquire if they
will take the produce of Luzerne in exchange for
Cotton Shir,ings, Shcctings. Calcoes, Woollen
Goods, &c. Yes, freely, and no duty whatever
is demanded,
The Boston Atlas, of january > lsii, state.
that for 1919 there were imported into that city,
Flour, GlO, ,96i barrels
Coal, ll7,i5l tons, all but 1000 tons being
from Pennsylvania
Corn ,jiO, 3OG bushels,
pt "a Inn sl,al. tl,a