Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-03-05

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MORE OF THE ssBLAcK TAnrFF.-The
Boston Post, the leading free trade paper
in New England, says:
ga company has been formed in this
city with capital Of one million dollars,
and lave purchased a privilege which in
the course OF another year, will set in mo-
ton two mills OF $4,000 spindes each, to
manufacture De LANES, &C."
AGAIN-The Hartford (Ct) Times,
another full blooded Locofoco free trade
paper, says:
"One hundred thousand dollars Of stock
for new cotton factory. to be located in
this city was subscribed last week."
The "horrid tariff" will certainly ruin
the country if it is not soon repealed. as
new branches of manufacture are spring
ing up in every section. What a detri-
ment it will prove to Western farmers in
increasing the home marke, for their pro-
ducts Rochester Democrat
We should suppose the tariffies would
exercise some little caution in giving such
statements to the public in support of their
absurd theories. Do they really think the
people are utterly incapable of comprehend
ing the facts SO clearly manifest on the face
of the above. Why, this investing of i'm
mense sums in machinery and manufactures
is the natural operation of the tariff laws
When the great mass of the people are COM
PEELED to paw a tax of 80 and 40 and SO per
cent on these manufactured articles, it would
be strange indeed, if companies with a CAPT
tai of one million collars, did not embark
in the business. 1t furnishes the most profit
able investment they can possibly make; an
investment sure, as long as the tariff laws
continue, for their immense profits are es-
tablished, and their collection forced bv these
laws. If Congress will but pass the neces-
sary laws, imposing duty on imports into this
territory, we can 60 into the middle of a
tracklesss prairie, where there is not stick
of timber, or drop of living water within
Is miles, and erect a steam manufactory of
the prohibited goods, and make it profitable );
but who pays for this unnatural and forced
condition Of things? Why plainly, the great
mass of the population, who the laws compel
to buy from us.
But then comes again the humbug of
''home markets." for our produce, and a
himsier veil never covered the features of
any hideous measures. Even suppose that
the operatives in every new mandatory es-
tablished, were so many added 10 the former
number of consumers, what effect would it
have on the products of western farmers?
Or suppose that every operative in the new
mandatory was taken directly from the
field of agriculture and his immediate place
was not filled up, what effect would it have
on the produces of the west! Just about
the same effect that dropping pebble stone
in the middle of the ocean has on that body
of water Racine and Walworth counties,
probably furnish grain enough to supply all
the manufactures in the Union with bread
stufs, and for every new manufactery estab-
lished, innumerable acres of land are put
under cultivation, furnishing bread stuffs c.
nough for thousand such manfactories-
Yet the great object of protection is TO make
home market. Is it possible that such
humbug can obtain any permanence with an
enlightened people. Let us look little
further at this home market theory. Sup
pose the establishment of the steam mill we
have spoken under the wise protection of the
law. 1t is a most admirable thing, it will
make home market at once, simply because
the people cannot 90 abroad. Foreign goods
are prohibited; they must purchase directly
or indirectly eff the home manufacturer, and
he must take their produce in return. The
manufacturer cannot consume all this pro-
duce, but he has the monopoly Of 1t for. for
eign market. The price of his goods is regu-
lated by the tariff laws; the price of the
farmers product must be regulated by the
foreign market; because it is only in view OF
that market the manufacturer can buy it -
What is the result then? Why plainly that
the farmer pays an exborbitant price for his
goods and gets for his product in return jus,
what he could get for it without tariff
minus always the per centage which the
manufacturer must have in the purchase and
| sale of the products. Most admirable home
protection and home market: how can we
, help but admire and love thee.
1 The immense tracts of land which in the
west are yearly being brought under cult
vation, will eventually require the whole
f world and more too. if they can get it, for a
market Doubtless bread stuffs enough can
be raised between the Alleghanies and
Rocky Mountains, to supply the inhabitants
of the whole world; yet our wise law ma
kers would confine our market to the little
4 strip of land from the base of the Allegha
MES to the Atlantic What admirable and
far seeing wisdom on the paIt of our law-ma-
kefs. Why don, they pass law to prevent
the mighty Mississippi from finding its
way to the ocean--or Niagara fom thunder.