The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-08-25
A Chanter from History.

Occasionally VIC hear IocoGoco who docs not
know the feelings Of hs party upon tho subject talk
as if locoiocosn really intended to protect wool To
! be McKny's BILL which nearly passed the house,
! proposed to increase tho duty Of per cent on
coarse wool worth cents in tho present Tariff just
SEVEN MILLS and ultimately to CUT DOWN the
duty wool costing cts from 80 per cent
ad vaorem and cents per pound specific, to 25 per
cent! This is the only way they have offered to in
crease protection on woodland this comes very nigh
! TAKING OFF ONE nALF Of the protection on
Vermont wool in the Tariff Of 1912 This is called
the revenue standard, and ia the best the admins
ralion intimate they will do for the wool growors
And even Paul Dillingham;, who has been in Con-
gress ycnrs, has never proposed to increase the
duty one iarlhng wool which the Polk
prints talk so much about Shameless and bure.faced
protenders
Another item in history. While the Tariff bin was
progressing through the house Iocofoco sought to
increase the duty wool, bat fyo members at Toast
moved to cut down the duty The Waterman, re-
rcring to this subject says;
"Whon the present nriT was under consideration
in the house Of Representatives q amendments ncreas
ing the duties on wool were intro Iuocd by Messrs.
Slide Of VI.
Everett Of VI.
Hall Of VI.
Fillmore Of \. Y.
Briggs Of Mass
Moore Of Ohio, and
Arnold Of Tenn.
all Wings without exception. Amendments rcduc-
ing the rites fixed by tho bill were Introduced by
Mes'rs
Gushing Of Mass
Brown of Pa.
Johnson Of Tenn.
Smith Of Va. and
Roosevelt Of ~ Y.
all ocoiocoa, save Gushing who py ei,c which
is about equivalent. The proceedings Of the House
upon this question so pa'plbIy aud undeniably dem.
onstralcd who were the reaI fcnds Of the wool
growers, that tho Vernon, Patriot, fearing the consc-
qnenccs, if did otherwise, sludously concealed !
them lrom It's readers, and to this day it has never
dared to publish them. Advantage however, i. at /
tempted 10 be taken OF the following circumstances
When the House Bill came before the Senate Mr. |
Benton introduced amendment. similar 20 Mr. |
Sladc's confning the minimum duty TO coarse wool |
costing five, instead Of seven cents, and under This
proposition generally voted FOR by the iocofocos
II was done for Two fold object-frs, to afford. |
where needed, profitable capital ror ecclioncerng
purposes, and secondly omharrass the BILL and il
possible, get 1t back again into tho house. where up
on second trial they hoped il would be defeated
They mover had the leas, semhluco Of serious ulcn
lion 10 benefit the wool growers; they did what they
iii solely 20 shvseryo selfish ends, Not man OF
their party ia either House made The s,ightos, eaor,
10 increase the duty upon that description OF WOOL
which completes wiki ours. Their cxertions were
confined to an article whose importation no more con-
Germs Us than the importation OF Campeachy Ioswocd
When the maia question upon the passage Of tie
'rl came to he taken, crc~y l5cgf0r0 IT, the Senate
md crcy o-2For5 jui o.e in the House voted against
IL and thereby proved ,hat they wero in favor Of
the lhca existing tariff, (which admitted all
WOOL costing les. than : cents FREE, and enforced
'pan oil over uniform duty Of TWENTY per cent.
whereas now it averages FORTY Tho friendship
II The wolf in the fblo Cor the lamb is the o1ac,
'roioiype Of modem Iocofoco ton1shp 70; the wool
growers"