Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-07-16

OppressOr Of the mass Of the people and
the cradle Ofa privileged 4 Sris'OcIacy.
The lastcsAsus shows that only AboH.
Ons.iWsnly-Ihird part Of The population |
ofthe Uaited SAFES are suEaged 10
mscha nicAl trades and manufactures.-
Il may be safely sStlm a ted that one third
oflhese are employed in house building
and such other lISdes ss csnnOt be sftec'
tad or protected BY a tariff. This would
leave but about one thirty second part Of
the population employed in such trades
and manufactures as may be Affected BY
tariff. lf the wages Of those who
labor in factories are lncre ssed (which is
very dOubtluI,) BY a tariff, the demo-
Gratis are perfectly willing that they should
enjoy all the advantages which may be
afforded by tariff high nOugh 10 raise
a revenue sufficient to defrSy the eco.
nOmical expenses Of the government; as
a tariff is the least objections BILE mode
Oftaxation for the support Of the general
government. Enreality the stockholders
derive the only material benefit BY pro.
lectiVs tariff: But sdmitling that all
those bployed il manufactures are bens'
6led, Is il just that duties on imporIs
should be levied expressly for their bene-
6l without regard tOa revenue-and that
thirty-O one farmers, mechanics and labor
ers should be taxed 10 increase the prof.
is Of one manufactured We know il is
urged that a tariff does OF raise the
price Of goods, but this assertion is 80
absurd and contrary to both facts and rea>
son, that il seems undeserNng Of notice,
if ii were not for the apparent sincerity
with which it is adhered to. No one
will deny that tariffs tax. and If there
is'no tax there is no revenue for the
support Of government.
But, the advocates Of high tariff for
protection say that the foreign manu-.
Iacrurer pays this tariff BY reducing
the price Of his goods, and that the A.
merican consumer pays no higher price
than under low tariff. II this be so,
what be comes Of the protection EOT
which The high tariffiiess contend so
slrenuOpslys II an increase-ygf tariff
makes no difference in the price Of for
eign manufactured goods; the foreign
manufacturers can cOmpete with our
own as we'll under a high q under low
tariff, and it Is then useless 10 attempt to
pro tect hume manufacturers BY q tariff.
| On the other hand, il the tariff 10 so high
as to prevent competition between fore
eign and domestic manufacturers, BY ex'
cIudiag foreign goods, then the object Of
revenue is defeated fOI when the impor>
taliOn Of for eign goods ceSSes, he reVe-
nue. derived from il is cut of, end :hO
necessary cons equeRce would be resort
TO direct tSxaIiOn for the support Of the
national government. But facts prove
that the people Oi this country do pay
whstsver tax is imposed BY tariff. The
present tariff is e high protective one,
passed by the last whig congress; and the
rise OfpriceS on necessary wearing aP-
paFel is enormous ADD most extOrliOns
ale, SUce this tariff went into opera.
ton, the prices OF calicoes have incress.
ed, on an average, about fopr cents on
the yard, and the prices OF other cotton
goods have increased two cents yard
Il is estimated BY an extensive manufac-
tnrer in Boston that one hundred and fiC
ty millions Of yards OF calicOes ere COnSum>
ed annually in the United States. An
increase Of four cents a yard on this
quantity, amounts TO six millions Of dOl'
lars which The people pay, under the
new tariff, for the benefit Of few stock
holders in maIufacl Ories in the east, ,whI
pocket this amount Of increased profit ,Oh
that article alone, The quantity Of other
kinds OF manufactured cotton consumed
is estimated al four hundred aud ffy
millions OIyardS, on which the price is
Increased under the new tariff, on an
average, Two cents a yard, making rise
on this article Of nine millions Of dollars
which added to six millions rise on cal
icoes, makes rise Of fifteen millions Of
dollars which the people pay, under this
tariff, into The pockets OfS few manu-
faclurers Of cotton alone. Add 10
this the equally enormous amount paid