Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-10-04

Co The Harrisburg Argus is informed, that
the ballottngs of the confcrees were in type be-
fore we saw lis request.
e. We publish, in another column. the pro-
ccedings of the meeting at Northumberland. in
favor Of Mr. Foster, which we omitted las, week
for want Of room We do not, OF course, approve
of the proceedings Of the meeting nor do we con-
cur in the opinion that large majority of the !
people in this county, are opposed TO Major Dew |
art. That there is considerable opposition 10 Ma !
jor Dewart, IN Northumberland and Point, we
know, and there may also be some slight oppo
siton in few other districts in the Forks. Bat
IN the other districts OF the county, he will re-
ccire an almost unanimous vote.
II is 10 be regretted that a third man was not
nominated The fault however is not Major
newart's, nor his confcrccs, who made frequent
overiurcs tn compromise matters by taking up
another man, either in this, or Dauphn county.
These were all invariably rejected by Major
Foster and his friends There was no alterna.
a candidate, and if the democracy Of Northum.
brrand and Daurhin ATE true to themselves and
TO their cause, they will give him their undivi
dcd support. Major Foster will fnd that he will
make hu, poor show in this county, at the CO.
ming election.
O. Joux SSYprR AND THE TARIFF OF 1912.
Under this head, the Union Times ofla ST week
contains an article of four or five columns, from
the Hon. John Snyder, giving his views OIL the
Tariff of 1912 As pains have been taken to cir
cuate this document" through our county, we
deem j, our duty a friend Of The Tariff Of lSi2,
TO give our views in relation 10 it, We are dis
posed TO believe tat Mr.. Snyder is perfectly
sincere in his notions about the tariff Bet there
never was a nau more woiully mistaken in his
facts and differences, than Mr.. Snyder, We have
neither time nor room 20 notice The article as iul-
" as we would like and will, therefore, advert
10 few of its statements. He proceeds 10 say
"Thc Tariff OF 1912, has been more than three
years in operation. Is there a man, woman
chlld in Pennsy lvania, that can point 10 one sin
gle prediction il has verified No; not one -
We can hardly believe M Snyder serious in
asking such question The whole coun,r,
| would almost unanimously respond, yes There
J is scarcely prediction that has not been veI.
fed. Mr.. Snyder then proceeds 10 Gaote the re-
port of the Secretary Of the Treasury showing
that in 1914, the imports of foreign merchand ze
! amounted to upwards Of los millions, which Mr.
! Snyder declares exceeds that Of any ?receding
[ wear since the existence ofour government, upon
! which he builds an argument, showing that high
protection has flooded our country with foreign
goods, This is something like the boy who
builds cob house for the purpose ofdcmoIishing
! II at his pleasure, the substratum or foundation
of which, is Just ahont as substantial Now
mark how few plain facts will demolsh this
"bascless fabric OF a vision" So far from The
imporatious of Sli exceeding those of any year
previous, We will show that they were less, not
wltnstasding the EstuTa increase Of the com
mrrce OF the country. la 1854, the imports ex'
cecded 1913 nil!icus in 1885, 1919 millions; in
1886. lGS millions in 1897, ii9, millions in
1888, 100 millions; in 1879, ldl millions. Ia
1899, the compromise act went into eti,c' Tht
imports then were IS millions, and each sue
cerdng year as the duties decreased, the imports
were lNr1t1Stu. rom lNSl 10 lN<f, NHth 'Ht
duties averaged IS per cent, the imrortation'
for the four years only amounted 10 $50 millions
From 1886 To 1910, when the duties under th'
compromise act only averaged i3i per cent 'h'
imports amounted to the enormous sum OF +G'
millions These facts, which are subs,an' ate'
by the records, speak stronger than mere words
and prove most conciusively, if"common sense
required such proof, that large impor,ations ar
not caused by high duties
Mr., Snyder says "PVtection adds 10 fheprio
the article aud 10 fhe quantity The protected az
iicie, whieh is brOrea By the immense importation
wkiet consequently must prore injurious 10 oil arti
cles produced IN our country" We have alread
shown that this is not SO in regard to mpor,alions
Nor is it substantially true, that il adds to the pric
, ofthe article protected. In 1896, when the dut
of $50 per ton was taken off of rail road iron, III
, average price in this country, until 1919, when
+ duty of $50 was again put on, was about s55 pc
ton. In lsi3 aud 1874, the average price was bu