Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1844-06-21

.... a. H|H' q h#A IS NAA# A'..tH#iAtA@
Or She sake of esfabIsaiae aver dues,
men TO pay a lower 7fce aaler higher
duuee.
b, the people Of Tennessee saw
through lhIs miserable sopsIslry, and
REJECTED me man who euleavored to cir
eamyeut them with such 1emagogae
appeas
4 lev extracts from the Pulaski
speech Of The 29ih OF September NJ.
show al once the eafhro ri the IieH1-
erauc candidates mind, The p2or nfih
ces or uhrch he re1ei when s'unP1ng
Il though lhs S.sle, and his claim 10
tae support 81 those Who would protect
American industry against foreign CON
petition, and who per.cr the Interests Of
their own coUujrymen 10 those Of ba
ush mangfactorers Speaking Of The
4, of 1872, he sad
lie would enumerate a feW articles
with the la1 imposed upon them by the
new law. A. specimens from which lis
geueral character c3old be seen.
The late Tariff act imposed lax
Of : cent per bJsheI Of s. pounds Of
saIt-2t cents pound on brown sugar
/ cents per square ward on cotton bag>
gInR--5 cents per square yard on gunay
cloth, frequently used as substitute
Tor cotton baggIag-on aHYis, black
Smiths hammers y slejges = cents per
pound ON cut iron nats--cents per
palHd-an mil saws, cross Gu saws 4
Pr saws one dollar edch-ou axes,
\ Nes,hafeaels, p.ane irons. chisels anj
wees. SICK Is scylhes, spades or shcyeIs,
aaj ron chains - per cen, o the VI De
on bar ron not made by rolling Il daI
Ilrs and finale BY rolling 3 dollars
per tou--on pig iron 80 per lon-oa aln
ue.s - cents per yard 90 manufactures /
o. WOO. 80 per ceat-1n manufactures I
election 30 per cent on the value &c.
4es
Now, although we have overlhrown T
Tn tlraralmeni a hundred tunes alrea I
~ ~ exhibiting tables showing each g. +
every one Of ;he articles adduced by GoI
Po.k TO be as low IN price aud The most
Of them moch lower than they were be
fore this lernbe "laXjngo tariff went
mo operation, we viii take the trouble /
10 expose his sophistty once more.
Take SAT The Wing Tariffs duty =
e ght cents per buShef-and sail ], loieer
now to the consumer than IL ever WIS
even at Tie iolccst point Of the compfo.
M Sc duties,
The duty us,lf besides IS no, so high |
As That Of the Polk Tariff Of 1892, which
taxed Il ter cents per buShen
The only table @e have al hand is of
The prices IN Boston during years from
l795 to 1913 incl Isigs. And We fnd II
IS not hail as high as il was under
the Polk Tariff Of l832-and FIVE cents
iousr thank when the duties were de,
pressed 10 the lowest puut.l
How do the people like this kind Of
Taxation which makes every thing
cbeaperl
Take other articles which Col Polk
enumerated rs being so highly taxed;
and observe the fall OF prices, and then
say whether you would not like every
tax 10 bring similar reduction IN the
demands upon your pocket
Iron anyiis from ls40 10 lsi4 fallen
10 per cent Bars from - TO Is per
cent. Nails, II aud 10 per cent. Pig
Iron 70 per cent. Scythes 80. ShoyeIs
II. Axes u. Mil Saws, Cross Cut
Saws in the like proportion have fallen
as has been The case TOO with matches,
plane IRONS, vices, DC &c
With regard 10 the manufactures oil
wool ond cotton, upon which this can
didate dwells SO continually rs being
taxed, every man and woman in Ten
nessee can give his sophistry decided
contradiction. Every body knows that
wooen blankets. yarn, mils and gloves.
cloths, &c sheellngs, cotton yarn. CALI
co, driIlngs, hanneIs carpeling. DC &c,
are much lower now than they were in
lSIl-2.
But, in order TO furnish intelligent
readers who understand tho sublec,
with an adequate specimen of the sys'e.
matte deceptons, which ere practi ,ed
upon the people by the Free Trade rs
IN this quarter-and 10 let our friend,
al a distance know what manner OF
man Col Polk is, we quote a long ex-
tract from this Pulaski speech: and we
are willing after The remarks we have
made 10 let ii go the fancy sketch and
all
The consequence Won d he that al cotton good
OF the coarser description coming under 80 cents DC
square yards, must eilher he rrohibned entirely Of
brought IN al greatly ncres sed price to The con
sumner And this Wa ona u the conWrancea re
slFt IN LA Ch tbe I,
tufef al home 10 folse The prices and charge The CON
'nmen more for similar articles which he made
This "ss called p'otocuon; protection to the north
orr manufacturer, al The expense OF all who bou Qh
and consumed cotton goods. lie said hs must re-
ale on occurrence Winch had Laleln cnma IN ~