The North-Carolina standard., 1844-10-02

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than Il votes.
! More Letters from Henry Czag!
The Federal candidate for President IN
favor of High T7dres!
The following letter from Mr.. Clay was writ
ten to certain gentlemen in Pennsylvania, in an
swer to Inquiries upon the Tariff question: -
"AsHLAND, 9th September, 1914.
! "Gentlemcm: | this day received your letter,
addressing two inquiries to me, 1st Are you IN
favor of the Tariff Act Of 1642 p and, 2dly,
Would you, if elected, support the Act as it is,
without modification, or would you be in favor of
modifying iP'
81 have so often, gentlemen expressed my opin-
ion in favor ofthe Tariff of 1912 that the only re-
gret feeLs that you should deem it at all neces-
sary TO request any renewed expression oft. New
eItheless, [ take pleasure in complying with your
request in saying that am of opinion that the op-
Grafton of the Tariff of 1912 has been eminently
lsauary; that am decidedly opposed to its re-
peal that l should regard its repeal as great
National calamity; and that lam unaware of the
necessity of any modification of it | am, there
fore, opposed alike TO its repeal or modification.
A fixed and stable policy is what the country now
most needs and l sincerely hope that the Tariff
of 1912 may be maintained, and thus afford a Sc
curity for that desideratum.
81 am, respectfully your obdt servant,
- "H CLAY"
Here Mr.. Clay comes out boldly and unequiVo
caIIy for continuing and making permanent the
Tariff of IS42-a Tariff which taxes the farmer
for the benefit of the northern capitalist and raises
TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS more
than is. required to carry on the Government!
Under the operation of this Tariff fannels, coarse
woolIens and cotons, and number of other arti-
cles Of prime necessity, 1--WE call upon the aehig
merchants who have just returned from the North
to bear witness to the fact) haze risem greatly be-
y0nd their former prices, while at the same time
money is daily getting scarcer, and the produce Of
the farmer IS falling; and yet Mr. Clay says he
would regard the repeal or modification of the
present Tariff law as " A GREAT NATION
AL CALAN1ITYn! What "great ma
tional calamity" to take off restrictions from
trade--to relieve the farmer-to give some slight
hope of prosperity to the trampled and suffering
South? A "great national calamity" to DE-
CREASE THE TAXES OF THE PEoPLE2 To mo- !
lfy law which reduces and keeps down the pri-
ces of corn, -four, cotton and tobacco2 All it
aoou1d be great calamity to the vampires who
are drinking the life-blood of Southern and West
ern industry 1t arouId be calamity 10 the capi-
alists and manufacturers who grow rich upon
the hard earnings Of Others to cut down Tariff !
which feeds them out Of a golden spoon, and sends
the other members Of the family to drink from a +
slop-tub or starve Mr. Clay wants ga fixed
and stable policy" That IS, in plain language,
permanent taxes upon the people. No matter
who complains; no matter if all manufactured ar
cles rise in price, and all the products of the far
ner fall in price; no matter if the poor man has
o pay under this fixed and stable policy" one
hundred per cent upon his iron, his salt and his
sugar; no matter if the South whers, the North
fOua5SheS, and so long as this is the case Mr. Clay
viii yield to no voice which demands even mo-
zifc0tiOa of the present Tariff law! Hear it,
people of North Carolina! Hear it, ye Federal II
members of Congress who voted against the pres
mt tariff law, but now support Mr.. Clay in his
Efforts to fix that law permanently on the people.
But Mr.. Clay has written another letter on the
Tariff, dated just one day after the letter quoted
above. This is the glove letter. Both these let
ers were intended for Pennsylvania, and they
show his anxiety to produce effects favorable to
IiIilScli III Lndt uudltGI I1GIG IT. lS- r. I
ASHLAND, Sept 10th, 1914.
"DeGr Sir: 1 duly received your favor of the
10th ultmo, and along with it, half a dozen pair
If ladies' and gentlemen's white and black kid
gloves, manufactured at your establishment, and
which you have kindly offered to my acceptance.
thank you for the present, and for the friendly
motives which induced you to make it Mrs.
Clay pronounces the gloves very superior article
And, as far as l am able to Judge if we can obtain
sufficient supply of such American gloves, we
iced no longer be dependant for that article, upon
Europe. They appear to possess great strength,
IS well as neatness, and we were particularly
struck with the beauty and excellence of the
Stitching.
have attentively perused your observations, in
egard to the manufacture of kid gloves, and the
nadequacy of the protection at present afforded by
'ur laws. They seem to me to possess great
weight, and | cannot doubt that the views vou
present, upon being properly laid before Congress
viii command attention and exert influence. What
trongly recommends the encouragement of this
ranch of manufacture is that it would bring into
ctive employment great amount of female labor,
which is now idle or unproftab1y occupied
But my dear sir, it is useless now.to speculate t
ponthe advantages of cherishing this oil any other
ranch of American manufactures. The question {
now depending before the American People,
yheher the doctrines of free trade or fair protec
on to American industry, shall prevail. In a