Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-07-30
The Thrift.

tariff, or as the editor calls it, "The BlacI
TarD5' oppresses the laboring and farm
ing interests of the country. That the
whole is intended to better the condition Of
the manufacturer, &c.
lnorder to prove his positions, he states
that the duty son all foreign sOootS not er-
ceedjag seUea cents per pound al The place Of
erportGtiOa, pay a duty Of 5 per cent. ad,
UaL and this in2pOSt is IN .faUor Of t0ooI Of
domestic grOa0th. WootS erceeding this price
pay a discriminating duty Of 3 cts, per tb,
and 80 per ct. ,Gd. ,Vat. Our market for the
purchase Of sOool is South Ameyica and The
hind 'oe import from thct country is Of The
first aboUe described quality, and subject to
duty Of per cent ad UaL. But aoe can
purchase as good an article Of a0OoI dt Rio
Jaaeiro, or VaIparajso for from 3 10 T cts.
pc pound, as ne can here at from 40 to 40
cents, so that South .americn is O cheaper
market for WooL purchasers than is The a.
mericGN."
The above is the language Of the man of
the Crisis We hope our friends will read
the article entire, and beconvinced, as con-
WINGED they will be, that the Polk patty, both
i'll and out Of Congress, are determined on
the destruction of the present tariff, Polk,
Tod, and of course the "Crisis," are plain
and square up on this point, Free-trade,
and horizontal tariff, is their motto in
Ohio, But the "Crisis" man must suppose
his readers very stupid, to believe that as
good an article Of wool can be bought at
Rio Janeiro, or Valparaiso, for from 3 to7
cents per Id, as we can here at40 to 10 cts.
The duty OF 5 per cent on the wool above
alluded to, was admitted into the tariff
bill, aye! "the dlack tarB,":t secure the
passage Of the Bill. The wool represented
as equal to the 40 or as cent wool of this
country, is the Coarsost article known to the
whole clip of woolin the world. 1t used
in the manufacture of Negro cloth, and is
about equal to the hip-loCk wool of the U.
States.
Now letus examine this matter q little
further. Suppose we take the maximum
for the South American wool, that is CTS.
per h., add the duty, which at per cent,
will be about one half cent on the pound,
this will make the price "a cents per h.,
and that, too, as good as our 40 to As cent
wool of Ohio
We now ask the "Crisis" man, if such
be the fact, are not the Eastern manufac-
lures (lor whose use this "black aOhg tar
rB" was made,) a set Of stupid fellows
to come to Carroll county and buy the wool
of our farmers at four times the price Of
the foreign article. We think this device
to prejudice our farmers against the tariff, |
is too shallow.
Again, the writer labors to show that there
has been an advance to the consumer in |
the price of cotton, and woolen goods, and
refers to our merchants. We deny that
either wollen, or cotton goods, are higher
in price in Carrollton now, than they were
one or two years age. Cotton goods in the
east, weknow has advanced a shade. This
is in consequence of partial failure in the
cotton crop. Add to that, large exporta-
tions of American manufactured cotton
goods to the ports of China, Mexico, Gen.
trn America, the West India Islands, and
different places in South America, forwhich
our manufacturers receive in return, Gold
and Silver coin. 1t will be observed, that
in each of the bolts Of cotton goods export
ed, there is a portion of American wheat,
ayel and Ohio wheat, too, American Grass,
American meat and American labor. In
this way our wheat, meat, cotton, &C., is
exported. So much for the home market,
created by the "Jlack tcr!G"
But, says the "Criss" man, there is the
tariff laid in Canada on our wheat. That
tariff has reduced the price Of American
wheat and flour, &c Hob! Mr.. "Criss,"
have you found out that the duty comcsUtf
the producer! You say that the duty on
our wheat in Canada, comes of the far
mors Of Ohio, Admitted. But sir, if that
be the fact, why do you charge that the
consumer here, pays the duty yongoods, the
production of foreign laborl If our torifr
is high and the price of the imported article
comes off theconsumer here, how is it that
the Canadian, or British tariff, is paid by
cur farmers! We hope to hear no more
Of the visionary dogma, that the consumer
pays the duty, When he tariff of Eng
land adds ore dollar to the barrel of Ameri-
can -four at Liverpool, the price of flour at
New York, falls ole dollar Now we ask