The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-09-26

NUMBER 228.

silk dress is necessary; but i, is very desireab
and comfortable to our wives and daughters an
sisters, and we desire them TO have them; and be
cause we do shall we pay double or treble VIII
the lady does who is able to wear the rich silk
and saudy laces Of foreign counlres'
Asaln-onr coarse coItons-aud speak in III
presence of those who understand this better tina
do--lake our duty on cotton manufactures. =
They are not specific; but there is another con
irlvance applicable to them, called minimum dul
which may be thus explained. The law says, ev
cry yard Ct cotton, nIeached or unbleached shall b.
valued when imported, at twenty cents the squar,
yard, and on that value, pay duty of thirty cent
on the dollar. Now, of all the cotton worn b,
the mass Of citizens of this country what does til,
square yard cos, abroad where it comes Gom?-
What do you suppose is the average' We pur
chase, believe, in the retail stores, at from Il
10 cents. 1t is a very fine and rich article, whcl
yon 90 beyond that, The average would be IL
or II l-2 cents, What would be the cost abroad:
Some of it orr cents--lhe mass of it. What i.
the duty? Why you must value the yard at &c
cents, at that value pay n duty of 80 cents on
the dollar. You value it IL, two OF three times as
much as it is worth, then add thirty pei cent
thus making the duty sixty or ninety, and as the
tables will show, one hundred and twenty per
cent. Take those who can afford the shirngs
and sheeling that abroad cost 90 cents What
do they pay Thirty per cen, duty. Here the true
principle is reversed The necessary article is
taxed the highest, if not entirely prohibited, ! be-
leve it is prohibited; but the domestic competition
relieves us from grovious monopoly in tina. part
of the tariff Take up the tables Of impors-
tons, and YOU will find the bIeached co,tors
coming in on the highest valuations Take the
calicoes. Value every square yard at 80 cents ;
then charge duty of thirty per cent on that. All
Of YOU purchase calico. What do you pay for
The mass of wear in this country? Twelve and a
hal or sixteen cents, But the statute values it at
80, and then charges Il duty of 30 cents on dol
lar, Take calico whch costs abroad 80 cents -
That pays 30 per cent duty; while the plain and
cheap article, in common use, pays double and
treble that duty. Here the true principle is again
reversed. The cheaper, and necessary article is
The highest taxed, There is observation-disclosures,
he wrong way, And here think the law defec-
live doubt if YOU don't discriminate enough on
these goods, when you make uniform duty on
Ibn al an all If IL L. ia ia,
80 per cent, tax all the same. Not put an anti
fetal value on the poorer article to increase the du-
~. Still would protect generous y--and 20 TO
The fall extent Of VIA, is just-these manufactur-
Frs of cotton and wool. They should be pro,ec-
ed, but not in this unequal way.
Let us consider CONTINUED Mr. W. as con1ec.
'ectcd with these articles, the prohibilory policy
for that is the policy of our opponents. Sup
pose we carry our duty on woolens up 10
TO protect our manufacturers and
incidentally, in the article of wool, our TURNER'S
we 90 so high with our duty as to prohibit impor-
alton. We first give our manufacturer. mono
poly of the market Then we have only domes.
c competition 10 protect us from exorb,lnnt pri.
'es. But we lose six million Of revenue, and we
must be taxed on some other articles, TO make it
up. And ask any man who has the curiosity to
examine his subject, to 90 to the tables of npor.
sha; he can lay duties TO supply the efficiency of
xix millions made by raising this prohbtnlion
inow Of none bu, the tea and coffee which are
low free And woud 1t be right to give the nan.
ihciurers Of wool and cotton the monopoly of the
market, and then tax the whole community on
hesc necessaries Of life? believe it would be
Unjust aud unequal, and most impoic.
But, we are told, this policy is necessary to pro-
ect the labor Of the country-and tina, ii is the
productive Labor Of the Union which we desire to
'rotect by this prohibilory system. Let US see
ow far the labor of the country can be protected
how far Is in the power Of Congress to project
. We have already seen that labor mployed in
nsing grain, beef, pork, butter and cheese, can
OF be protected, because YOU cannot by duies
hinge the value of them. We export ihem.-
ne country. You can protect IN this sense the
labor. Let us see how it will op.
rate, aud how for labor viii be benefited Here |
nudn. to the village of Watertown) are manu.
lcurcrs, believe, Of cotton and wool, and nj
bout you are farmers raising grain, beef, pork,
nd making butter and cheese. Now the mann
.turers are protected by duty ofsay 80. 40, |
0, 60 per cent on these article at least an av-
rage Of 80 or 40. We will assume that they |
an afford to pay 20 or 30 per cent. more for la
or. But the farmers all about them, the me-
hanics in the village not engaged in these han.
hes Of manufacture, cannot afford 10 pay more
\ i'll the manufacturer say. "IIere is a farner-hc |
an, pay more than I dollars monrh hut am
tolected-I ran afford to pay Is dollars Is |
hat your experience, doubt not there are ma
" aborng men here. Or will the manufacturer
ONE 10 you and pay just as little as will hire You
way from the farmers' 1.-THE farmer pays you
en- dollars, the manufacturer will pay eleven.-
,ut ,rhougl, he can afford twill he pay fifteenth
is not so. My study Of human nature
caches tina, i, is not so. Every man will hire la
n as chcapy as he Gil n, and pay enough only 10
lire the best labor.
One farmer turns his attention 10 growing
WOOL. lie wants two or three hired men.
eirhbor or lis raises wheat. and he wants one