Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-04-05

put uo dulhJ vi any fdte o. dutU h0WcDT hlgH
provided the government is economically admins.
tered.
PROOFS.
q" instead Of duty per cent proposed IS or II per
cont of duty is sufficient % should be found
gary 10 produce revenue to dey the expenses of an ooohom-
either Of oserates OR ANY OTHER from being fred up-
On"sPeeh IF Mr.. CLAY Feb 70, 1885, introdueinge
promise 6M
CONTEND therefore, with entrc confidence that is pei
impose duties to ANY AMOUNT WHATEVER, thirty, Jor,y
or more pr cent? subject to the single condition Of az oconom
The Senate, March :, 1912.
Cd. Mr.. Clay is in taror Of The Wing Tariff Of
1912, and therefore the assertion that he is for 60
ing back to reduced duties is false:
PROOF.
Extract of Mr.. Clays letter to Mr.. Merriwethcr
of Georgia, 1643.
"Inak the present Tariff main il right and OoyEing
much rood There may be defects in it, of which
to be corrected by supplemental legislation"
Thus briefly and pointedIy does Mr.. Cluy's own
language put down the locofoco lies in reference
to this subject.
C2.) Here is the old humbug about coarse ,cool,
and we insist first that this wool does not compete
with ours
Proof
For more than year we have had a per cent
duty on this wool, and a pound of it would there
fore cost but z cents and three mills IF it conpe
ted with ours our wool mustdherefore be reduced
to equal price but actual experiment has proved
that our wool has risen from 25 to from 80 to so
cents pound-in other words has proved that this
wool does mol compete with ours.
In the next place we insist that if this coarse
wool does compete with ours, the locofoco bill gives
no protection and is therefore humbug and an in
suit to the wool-growers.
Proof
One pound of coarse wool costs Z cent5-loco-
foco duty cent-tota 6 cents pound. We can
not raise pound of wool for that sum, nor double
that sum.
(3.) The Free Trade doctrine is here involved,
that duties are taxes on the consumers If true,
Mr.. Patriot, what right have you to ask for any du
ty on wool what right, sir, to tax the consumers
to benefit wool-growers any more than manufac-
turcrs. The doctrine is false, and the prices cur
rent prove it If this bill ruins the manufactures of
silk cotton, iron, salt &c. the foreigners will mo-
nopolze the market and charge what they please
Time and again has this experiment been tried
On the whole, the Patriot is now to be ranked as
an enemy of Protection beyond question. Its
milk and water apology for reduction of the Tar
if shows where the wind lies; shows that it is
ready to swallow any act of the party, right or
wrong. We are glad that some locofocos will not
be bamboozled. Pennsylvania goes dead against
this Tariff, without distinction of party, and in the
following proceedings we see that there is the same
spirit in some parts of Vermont. What will the
Patriot do with the rebcllious locofocos of Punev?
TARIFF MEETING.
Pursuant TO a call, the Freemen of Putney with
out distinction of party,) met at the Chapel OH Mon
day, March 25th, 1874, to take into consideration
the Tariff bill recently reported to the House of
Representatives by the Committee of Ways and
Means, and to take such action in relation thereto
Is in their judgment they should think proper
The meeting was called to order by Ii. ii. Bar
on, Esq. On motion, chose
Hpn. PIlINEHAS WHITE, President
J. J. H. fI sSopDApD, }viee Presidents.
w. B. RIcHARDsoN,)
r. w. KEYEs, Secretary.
On motion of David Crawford, Committee of
Xix were appointed by the Chair, on Memorials.
A Committee of SIX were appointed on Resolu-
ions. I
The Convention then adjourned to I-2 o'clock.
On The Convention being again called to order.
David Crawford from the Committee reported the
blowing Memorial, which was adopted unani- Y
nously and the officers Of the Convention were re-
luested tosign the same, and forward it to our
in Congress and one of our Sena-
ors
10 The Senate and House Of Representatives of The t
Unlted States in Congress assembled: r
Your memorialists, the Freemen of Putnev in .
he county Of Windham, Vermont, being assem-
lied IN Convention, without distinction of party I
m this 25th day of March, 1914, feeling strongly f
esirous that the present Tariff La,c may be per- +
nted to remain in force until the effects of its OPP
ration may be fully and fairly tested and beiev-
ng that if so permitted the best interests of all
arts Of the Union will be essentially promoted, d
re alarmed at every agitation of the subject in r
congress; Therefore, we most solemny protest a. :
ainst the passage Of the bill lately reported to t
he House of Representatives by the Committee of
Ways and Means, modifying and materially alter d
ng the present Tariff-consderng that the pas C
age of such law would be productive of the Il
lost disastrous effects upon the industry, business
nd finances of the country. Y
k w. keyes, from the Committee on Resou W
ons, then reported the following preamble and
Believing that, in the language of our decara- ~
on Of rights, Government is Tor ought to be) in
tituted for the common benefit protection and Sc a
urity Of the People," therefore
ReSolred, That political economy, and justice to G
urselves, require that the expenses of our general
should be betrayed by Tariff of i'm a
ost duties, always discriminating in favor of those
rticles which we manufacture and for which our u
ountry produces the raw material. c.
ReSOlred, That although the Tariff of 1912 is
OF all that we could wish, and might be altered for
le better in some minor points, yet, believing that
Idden changes in governmental policy are iniuri- ~
us to the industry OF the country, believe that
he proposed remedy is worse than the disease Sc
Resoired, That, as descendants of Ethan Allen {"
assessing portion of that regard for the best in ;,
'rests Of the country which animated his breast "
nd those of the worthless of the revolution, we can X
OF quietly submit TO have our rights wrested from
S and our interests Frustrated by unhealthy and
nwise legislation.
RESOLVED, That we deem the late Tariff bill re- 81
orted 10 the House Of Representatives by the -
ommittee of Ways and Means a blow directed at ,
e interests of the country, and as SUCH we SOL e.
nnly protest against its passage. tn
Resotred, That our Representative in Congress d,
requested to use his utmost efforts to prevent the
of tho hill recantlv rnnortcd III