Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-03-15
THE TARIFF-THE LOCOFOCOS SHOW
ING THEIR HAND AGAINST PROTEC-
q,IONt

THE TARIFF-THE LOCOFOCOS SHOW
ING THEIR HAND AGAINST PROTEC-
TION!
On the 9TH, Mr.. Mckay, for the majority of the
lOcofoco Committee of Ways and Means reported
bill to reduce the Tariff; and on the 9Th, he
made argumentatiye report in favor of this bill,
which report the House, by l0S votes to 60, pirtu-
ally approved. 1t is, therefore, now the avowed
purpose of the Locofoco party to ruin the Tariff
to PROSTATE the country once more by Withholding
Protection-and thus to buy Southern votes for
Mr.. Van Buren,. This is the end at which the lea
ders aim,--relying upon securing their own party
in the North, by the force of party machinery and
the hypocritica pretences, of irresponsible presses
and electioneerers, in favor of that Protection
which the party never intends to grant. 1t is the
old game I; but if there are any honest friends of
Protection among the so called democracy" of the
North, they will not again be thus deceived.
To the Bill: The New York Tribune gives
some of the details, and avail ourselves Of that
paper to show the effect of the bill upon the
wool growers of Vermont
Present Tariff !fcKays Bill.
Wool costing o S,s '9s eI. cts i per ''"
WOODEN Manufactures, 40 per 30
Carpetng (Brussels) & Rugs, 81 30
Blankets, Is 10
Other articles Of wooden manufacture, and in
deed almost oil other articles are reduced from 10
to 20 and 80 per cent. 1t will be seen that the fol-
lowing is the
OPERATION UPON THE WOOL-GROW-
Frs.
The three cents specific duty (the very best part
of the duty for protection is cM Oft is fully e
quail to III per cent
The duty on Woolens is reduced 10
per cent of which about one third
falls upon the raw material, (wool)
being Id
Total reduction 13I-3"
Credit by 10 per cent. increase on wool
costing less than cents, 10
Which being deducted leaves l-3
less duty on wool than is afforded by the prescn
Tariff And this, at the best is the entertainment
to which the wool growers have been invited by
those locofocos who have been crying for more
protection on wool Are the locos really nfraiC
that wool is likely to be so very high, under the a
bused Wing Tariff, as to need reduction, instead o
protection? This seems to be the opinion Of tina
party at Washington. We have here put the mos
favorable construction upon this bill for the wool
grower-more favorable than it will bear, for al
duties are, by This bill, TO be reduced 10 25 per ceni
Sept. ], 1S45 We fear the word coarse" ha
been omitted in this bill and if SO, the bill will
admit wool at only 10 per cent. which now has t.
pay more than so per cent duty.* Again the bill
would seriously injure the wool grower by redu
cling the protection of the manufacturers of wool
ems for it is utterly vain to give even the hghes
protection to wool, if there can be nobody to man
ufacture it.
The Tribune thus speaks Of the bill
This bill is at once destructive in its characte
and craven in its spirit since its success would pal
alyze many branches OF our National Industry
while not principle is involved in the existin
Tariff which cannot be justified by the provision
of Gen. McKay's bill. It's passage would crppl
not only the manufacturers but the growers OF WOO
throughout the country, not only by flooding oil
mars with British goods, but by taking off entire
ly the three cents pound protection lover and I
| boye 80 per cent ad valorem) now accorded to oil
own WOOL II would strike dead at blow the II
FAINT but most important Silk business OF this coul
try, whether growing or manufacturing and wou
bear with severity on the home production
Boots Shoes, and every kind of Ready made Cl'
thing-branches which are just recovering from
long season of depression under the benign infl
ence Of the present Tariff. AS to the various d
} partments of Iron Manufacture except of Casting
1t is hardly too much to say that, in view Of the
! spective duties proposed on Iron and the Manufa
lures thereof, not less than three-iourths OF the
would DO stopped by the passage OF this bill.
! we are sure 1t cannot become a law.
+Mr Sanborn Of STAFFORD In report TO the last Legslatu
spIessns the word coase TO be nugaoy at least not