Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-02

Protective Tariff. First, it Injuries commerce.
Second, if it don't injure commerce, SO much the
worse for 1t. 1t protects the working imam to the
injury OF other interests; and if il does not In
jufe other interests whilst it protects the work
ing-man-that "more strongly proves the inlus-
lice of the law"
This logic may do in the committee Of WAYS
and Means lit will not do in Baltimore.
Then, there is another fact 10 illustrate the sa-
gacity and candor of the men who oppose the
Iarlli OF 1912. 1t is revealed in this same re-
port. make special reference to this report
because 1t was the boosted aud peculiar glory of
the party that put it forth. 1t was intended as
the manifesto and creed Of the Incidenta.ist. 1t
was to explode Protection forever. 1t was to ST.
lence all gainsayers in all future time. Twenty
thousand extra copies of it We're published and
sent all over the country. Twenty thousand CO.
pies twice as many as usual.
me committee start with the proposition, tina,
all duties are unconstitutional which lessen the
amount OF revenue that might be derived from
any commodity, and they say "When given
amount OF revenue is desired to be raised upon
any given article of importation, the committee
regard the LOWEST rate Of duty which will effect
the result as the true and legitimate revenue
duty"
Now, this is the principle they announce. /
beg you to Keep this in mind, whilst l direct
your attention TO some OF the practical eXemplf-
cations they have given of their faith in their
own principle. Their bill, which accompanied
this report, proposed to put upon iron $50 per
ton, being, according to their estimate on the i'm
Portatlons OF that year, I'll per cent. duty On
Brown Sugar two cents pound, equal to 81 per
cent. On Syrup CT Sugar one and half cents
a pound, equal to 81 per cent. On Refined SUI
gar Tour cents pound, equal to 81 per cent. On
oPirits from grain, seventy five cents gallon,
estimated by The committee at 100 per cent. On
spirits IRON other materials (molasses) seventy
cents gallon, estimated by the committee at
203 per cent.
These duties are nearly all prohibitory. And
yet The committee would have the country be-
lieve that these come within their principle OF
'the lowest rate OF duty" which will produce
the highest amount Of revenue. What are we to
gamer from this exhibition of favor towards iron,
sugar, spirits from grain, and spirits from moas-
ses,-thls regulation of duties at 60, 80, 200 per
cent. and upwards Why, that PENNSYLVANIA
iron, Louisiana sugar and Western whiskey have
more favor with the lncidenalsts than MARYLAND
weavers, matters, tailors, shoemakers, machinsts,
saddlers, tanners, workers in metals, and all the
other thousand craftsmen that make our busy city
What IL Is. And thus we see with what piancy
your supple Anti-P-oleclion man bows to the SUI
Premacy OF any great State that can be caoed to
give him vote TO break down the industry of
the rest of the country.
They did not succeed, however in the last
Congress in breaking down the Tariff of 1912.
ana now they come again TO the charge ,-boast-
Ing that they have new and powerful auxilaries
In MIR. Polk and MIR. Walker. They were de-
feated in 1914, upon Alckay's bill, by the fidelity
OF the House of Representatives, and the true
friends OF the Industrial classes there. These
same classes have 10 fight the same battle now
Is not the Tariff of 1912 again worth fighting
Tor! J. p. KENNEDY.' .