Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-09-27
WHOLE No. qoq.


WI. LsH IN THIS F10Hr.-We are not
ri 'l'"se who rsjec, truth because /. hsp.
pens To be announced ~ or scknow led4.
ed BY MI enemy. The great leader Of she :
whig parry himself wr..g - he IL on co.
many questions Of legisl.,isn. is right oss
some others. ant: now anil then u,,e,s sons .
truths lIich come in direct coullics with J
the theories Of his followers.
For example. The wing journals and
speakers a. wing meetings. are never ,ir.
ed Of repeating .ha. log chsins aud fus,i.
ans aud cotton s!lee,iags, are not n III
dearer for being highly taxed y ~ -,ssiH,
but are in fac, great deal cheaper. Ii
this they are c"n,radic,ed not only b1ts
common sense. but by the father II die q. .
'nerican system himself. The following
words were uttered by Mr.. Clay aeon.
gress they will be found in Gales and :
Seaion's Debates. vol. *, p. 465. -
II there is any truth in political econ. i
omy, il cannO. be that the result would .. ;
gree with the predic,ion-for wc are ins
s,rnc.ed by all experience. tina, the con.
sumption Of any article 10 in proportion
to the reduction of it's price, and that in
general i. may be taken as rule, tina. the
duty upon all article forms portion Of it,
price," r.
Mr.. Clay probably little thought when
he was u.ering this plain truth, that il
was to overse, the beautiful theory which,
ais followers have bsen building up with
SO much pains The duty upon an ar,i. :
rIe forms. says Mr.. Clay, q portion Of ito
price. Let US take this rule Of Mr.. Clay's
along with US and try Mr.. Ciay's moder> q
ate and reasonable tariff by il. I
Ox-rhains pay four cents per pound on
the iron Of viii. h they are made. This,
is computed to be It's per cen. upon its
value. The woodman therefore who
spends ten dollars IN log chains. pays
more than six Of it to the government OF
10 the American manufacturer. The du-
~, says Mr.. Clay, forms part Of the
prize. ssa
Smoothing irons pay two cents and .
half per pound in Mr.. CIay's moderate
aud reasonable tariff. This makes an ad.
tii,ion of ab"u, hundred per cent. to ,heie
c"st. According 10 Mr.. Clay's bill, The
laundress. f"r this implement Of her voca-
tion. is taxed two dolIars and half, out
ot every Il which she pays for it. e ass
Sugar pays two cents and half a pound;
,noIa,ses pays four mills aud half per
pound. On :l,ese articles il Mr.. Clsy's
rule be. true. the farmer pays. on An aver
aye. hall The price that they cost here. ei-E
Their /" the treasury or 10 the Louisians
plan,er. afs T.
We are charged with six cents duty on
Il M. IL b
this forms n par. Of The price. and we can.
moi swee,en "ur tea without paying trib-
ute ~ Mr.. WonIsey, who left England to
helb make a tariff for Americans, 0f which,
lie now reaps the benefit 5R
Sa!, pays duty Of sixteen cents on the
hundred weight. Thus makes part Of tho
price; j. is paid tn The government or
pmke,rd by the salt boiler.
Brass keules are charged twelve cents
f.'r every pound they weigh. II Mr. Clays
rnle be true. the tax Cues into the peck.
cts "f Phelps and Dodge. sai ID II
Fu-,ials. The most durable Of all cotton b
fabrics, pay a duty Of more than their
o,,g,nal east. According 10 Mr.. Clay. Of b
every dollar which a lsbore1 expen.is fos /,
Il pair III tu.,ian pan,alo"ns. he pays at
l-a>, tif.y cen.s 70 Mr. Srhenck, VI Mat.
| tea"an.
Shir,ings are sill more heavily taxed.
M"e than half what the iAb.'rer pays for
his shirt ii there is any Nu.l' in VIZ. Clay's
rule, goes ~ The owners vi Tie Lowell fac.
tories. 1t@ 3aa& 2
Pr.n,ed calic0es are brrdened with an
equal TAX The farmer. when he buys q
..a.lc.,e ifock for his wife which casts him
twO dollars aud half. pays the greater
par. III the money. il WE take Mr. Clay's
rule Tor true. To Mr.. Simmons, OF s0ns
other Rt,,nle Islander.
| we nigh, go on in this way through
the whule vi the tariff. l. is true thar
when tie duty is so enormously high a.
IL be wholly pruh.bisory. The price Of the /
ar,icle IL not always raised in proportion ,
IT, the a,noun. oi The duly. hut The only
reason j., thar, in such cases the duty 10
50 heavy tina, il it were added TO the price.
i, would make the price SO exOtbitani that
few per.ons would have the means 70
purchase
Tie increase Of price is however. even
in such cases. All approximation mOre Of
less near ~ the a,nUun, Of the duty impo>,
sed, aud Mr.. clay in laying down the
rule ,i,a, The duly is included in the price.
uttered an i,npor,an. general truth at the
same time that lie pronounced the sever
est condemnation Of the tariff which no
now calls moderate aud beneficial. e.
.sTime has made sort Of railroad 10 etef'
nitv MONEY wa, made 10 make male GO;
u,nbrsllas wsse made 10 b. lieut.; cold water