Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-15
EXCESSIVE APPROPRIATIONS

paper, the doctrine that the existing Tariff doc. -
prevent excessive imporalions-that being nou E..
some reason or other, the of the anti tarfTi,s
Suppose for the sake of the argument, we conced. Il,
position conended for by the Republican wha, ,,..
becomes ots old assumption that The lar.T is prol;l
ry in It's character and that it destroys comnerc,q
Either its present opinion is unenabr, or its mu.
ground Of ohjtclmn the tariff was absurd-Gr ;fa.
tariff be probit1y in its character it of course nu,,a
minsh the importation Of all articles up,n which il thu.
operates |. Is true that in the year 1885, The mp,n.
exceeded the exports-and the Republican asks "xh.
did not the tariff prevent this2" We answered IN.
question last week. in the very article upon which thu,
paper was commenlingby stating hat The fleets Of s,
en"e system ;anol be fairly judged Of by single year.
operations, but only be exemprd by lis rrsus,,
series Of years; the too large imports Of one year. wbb
can never be precseiy graduated To the demand be,n,
corrected by consequent dminuun daring the next
/ his plan adopted. We took the four year. ,in..
The tariff Of ls42 had been III operation, Ns42, ls43
lS4i and lSi5,) aud We shaved that during thai pervd
the exports exceeded the imports fifteen millions If
doars-n other words, that sud TO foreiup nation.
tia, amount more than WE bought from them Blu, j, i,
objected that ony nine months Of lS43 is embraced in
lhs esnae;" and it is said that il the .'u,her tlr,ro
were added 1t would diminish the balance Of trade in ON,
favor during that year from 10 10 90 millions, which
deducted from fifteen, would leave only five millions IN
our favor as the result Of the commercial Of
four years Really. should like to know where ,h.
Republican gets this tacl from. The reason that onl,
nine months of 1913 embraced in our table is MIN.
ply lhis-hat in 1913 The fiscal YEAR, WAS CHANGED h.
Congress, and made 10 terminate On the SOh ot Jun.
instead OF the 30ih of September as il had d NJ h,(,,
We followed the treasury iabfs, which, in 1913. in
consequence OF the change in fiscal year rnbr,r,a
necessarily only period Of nine months. II we had
added the "oher three" should Of course have fr
only nine months for 1874, and that would have l,f, N.
aggregates just stated them. The "other ,hre.u
months embraced, it will be seem in our statement
in which there is mol the omission Of day from the com.
Of the fiscal year Of 1912 10 The rls. q, III.
fiscal year lS45-the Whole comprising a period #
lhree years and nine months. We should like 10 know
how tie Republican ascrrlains The fact thai for The
'oher three mouths" Of lS44 The exports were less By
ten mill ms than the Imports though even iii ore ",
the accuracy Of our statement would be affected
since we before remarked those three months cut
of from the fiscal year in 1913, by The change in Tho
period of its close embraced in the year ls4l--,hs
one beginning with the termination of the other.
Our neighbour dues moi think, however, that nation 10
enriched by buying more than il sells. Wel-,hrre il
accounting for opinions any than for tastes But
ina line that indridual would find no d ficul,y
in believing it, in his case, since his gradually
swelling Golfers would be sufficiently dr,nonstra,e If
the iact-and IRE don't know Why nation should prow
poor by process which makes an individual wealthy
But perhaps there something about number VI ind.
vdua's, combined together. and constituting a NAHUM
which the result Of the laws Of trade that would
be exhibited in their separate character But if b.
81, have yet to learn II reasons for So extraordinary
difference ! Admit thai during the last 81 years our
imports have exceeded the ports nearly three hundred
millions Of dollars Are ,cc not no,e IN deLif Enrops.
an capitalists nearly three hundred millions? Unqw..
tioaaby we ae-and it is this balance against us Of in
debtedness. hch represents and is the evidence o that
excess of mporaiens, by which, under an nnw se eon.
mercia system, We have been 50 severely taxed. This
Is prosperous country, however il seems in despite VI
this impnverlshing system. rue-and sn we nigh,
have been prosperous. with great and undev
resources, under worse system. Blu, Nv mneh
more prosperous should be- IT, instead OF owing thrs
hundred millions Of dollars to Europe, we were fr,s
from the debt, and could relieve the pe,pe fran Tho
taxation necessity to pay the ANIMAL ineies, upon p
How much more elevated, tpo wnuid be mr national
character. if Repudiao Of the Consequences Of This
Indebtedness, had not sailed the escucseuI oi 50 many
of our sister States
Another circumstance diverted to, with an air VI III I
umph, by The Republican is susceptible of very ssisiac'
DRY explanation II says tina, ir the four years prior
1872 under hat ii calls low tariff the am,un Of ouf
exports was larger by many millions Than i. has been
during the same period from 1912, inclusive. Thu,
precisely what might have bern antcipattd The 70. I
reign market though still left open 10 us as before
n many respects less advaLta.euu and inviting than tho
home market; ard consequently large por, Of m'
agricultural prod ucis. which were abroad under
low 'arh are co nmed at home under high-spn
changed for domestic fabrics at Low ELL &c. instead
being barered of for those Of Leeds and Sheffield
Gen. Jacks"n's emphatic language. "lnslead Of feedn,
foreign paupers, we feed our own laborers" The agd'
cuturalis, in the words Of Mr.. LETTERS w. finds III.
manufacturer 'by his side" aud TO him he sells event
larger amount Of his products than before when he had
to send them across the Atlantic finding for many
them no den and, and others being Leavilv dued Cos
seqnen'ly, although the table Of "erports" Of sgf'
cultural products may exhibit falling of, their con-
sumption is considerably increased. We think re-
CURES n" extraordinary saenc,y to perceive that tie
farmer and planter is benefited by policy which enables
him TO interchange his products with his next door !
heighh"r whose ports closed against him, ~
stead OF outhenng them with the cost Of three ibousan
miles transportation across the ocean, and finding, wh'a
he gets 10 Liverpool Havre, either the ports barrel
by rroho,ory Duties or his articles Acsvy taxed f
The privilege Of admission.