Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-03-25

your tariff. YOU force the farmers 10 pay Wv Gno
hundred per cent. upon the foreign marhel piIee
for Your American cotton cioth, Dul you il,an nv,
facturers do not give them in return one ecu.
mare, but indeed less Tor their Dreacs'l,is me-
they col for them beiorc The passaseoi '',e ,ha
Now, Your tariff, 10 be Jna, shouiu ,equns as
consumers OF our tread anbS 10 pay nc i"' n:,.n
exactly the same rate per cent 0Ocae ."s 1901
market prices, as the consumers OF h'an"laI.ne~
goods arc made 10 pay aborc the iorelsn ra.es.l
For all producers should be protected alike, anu
all consumers shouldbe taxed alike ne shrG"u
Yankee thus hedsed in, cxcains: an ny uea'
Sir, see YOU are somewhat OF an ooN,"e.to".s.'
for YOU first confer benefit On the manufactures
and then proposc by protecting your preao S,uhs,
10 take il away" The old farmer repics, lias
every honest man should do as ne wouiu ue uone
by, and if The farmers first help inc n'anu ,aar
rers to get high prices, why should mol me iauel,
in re,nfn he ennallv bound TO aid The farmers IN
Getting high prices and then both would be pro-
tected alike 2" ~
In the great staple States, The mechanics OF an
descriptions are oppressed even ii'o'c ,'an o.; Wv
farmers and planters BY this unjust lari'i poi.Gs
For when agriculture is profitable, they snare us
riches and when prices fall. they are thrown ou'
Of employment The mechanics snHei' men, ~
double capacity; for they are mace 70 pay w
travagant prices as consumers, Whiie INC y s'cin
itself detroys The value Of aSficui''ld. Piou"u
which alone afford them itch harveSss, oy pre-
sentng them full employment IN lheii iespceo''
trades.
AN departments Of industry are benefited by re-
ceiyinr ample rewards Tor their labor. The
working man wants hieh wages-the mechanic
fuN employment al far rates, and The farmer
and planter good prices. But The general erect
OF hiuh duties on imported sopds, is fe0actto"
OF the wages OF labor as well as The ral@e OF our
great agricultural staples II the converse %
this were true, The protective tariff policy wouiu,
BY elevaing lhe wages OF labor and Inc price o.
lie raw materials, iuducc our citizens To abandoh
manufactnres Bul the tariff policy does, in fact,
diminish the wages OF labor and rcdaef the value
OF our agricultural staples, by deprivins US TO
great extent, of our foreign commerce. and cut
ling us off from the best markets, and thus by
ro5Jina others OF their just profits by IFS insdous
operations, il accumulales wealth Tor The mannlac-
,irerS. With great propriely, this whole system
of indirect bountes has been characterised as no,
thing more nor less than measure OF leSallzei
plumber.
In illustration OF what has been stated, The an
neyed tabular statements are referred 10; and as
they have been carefully prepared at The Irea-
sury Department, they may be relied upon as
being correct, The facts which they present, are
clear and convincing. and The banelu influence
great staples Flour, Tobacco, and Cotton, deserve
The most serious consideration OF all those Inter
es,cd in farming and planting The genera and IN
variable consequence Of high tariff on imports,
has been ,cdacsd prices Of -four, tobacco and
cotton. BY glance at the tables, it will be per-
ceiyed thai the periods OF lor and of high tariffs,
arc separated and properly designated, with
Statement, appended coniauingth the gross result IN
each particular period, and a $50 the annual average
quantity, annual average value, and Inc annual
average price per barrel, or per hogshead, or per
pound As these tables contain great amount
of valuable and highly interesting information,
Inc constituent body may greatly profit BY obser-
wing with what general exactness the prices OF
produce advanced or declined, as the tariff went
up or down. Experience will satisfy all rational
minds that hich duties increase the price OF Inc
goods upon which they are imposed, and these
tables clearly demonstrate also that dasA dntles,
by impeding and gripping our foreign commerce
with unerrins certainty brought great detf"e
in the value OF our flour, tobacco, and cotton
Thus il is that the protective policy greatly en-
hQaces the price Of what goods we have 10 pur-
chase while i, al the same time greatly 'mpaus
our ability 10 buy, BY diminishing the value OF
our agricultural productions. Nor can those en-
Gagged in agriculture make up the deficiency IN
their rcceipls. BY increased production The ia
bles prove in the most conclusive manner, that
under The operation ofhigh duties We may nearly
or quite double our agricultural staples, and yet
mol realize as much as we did with smaller crops
under low scale Of duties.
Ii will be found on examining The following
table relating 10 nour, that, Notwithstanding the
boastcd demands OF home market Tor bread
s,ptfs. which the advocates Of protection allegc
will he created hy the operation of high duties, We
exported, during their existence, annually, on an
average . nrc0tcr nuR,hcr OF barrels Of -four and
al ,cdlccd prices, than we did during The period oi
l,c duties. The following are stubborn facts, as
the tables prove our exports OF flour averaged,
pcr annum. from 1921 TO 1924 inclusive, 909,3Io
barrels, at an average price per barrel during that
period, Of So 3d. But, from 1875 TO 1852 inclu-
sive, our exports of flour averaged per annum,
OF, 1862 barrels at an average price per oarrei,
during that period OF 80 80 here !. Is seen
that in The latter PERIOD under the htSh tarlti po-
licy. we shipped more flour, and at less prices,
Than in the first But we will hasten on 10 the
next case in point. From 1888 10 1912 we e.
ported an annual average of 9l62o7 barrels oil
-four. AT an average price pcr barrel OF So vi Tor
The entire period Rnt though we exported, from
1925 10 1882, on an average per annum, l,0l ',io2
barrels of flour. and from 1893 10 1912, only on
an average per annum Of 9462S7 barrels; yei,
strange as il may seem, our exports OF hour, IN
the latter period, brought annually into The country
III more litlllsO ~
rcdacing scale ofduties IL. farmers received 6el-
ter prices for their -four, both al home and abroad
But from 1913 TO 1874 we exported, on an average
per annum, l,l40,02l barrels OF flour, al an ave
rage annual price per barrel OF only "a 60. Not
withstandng the great increase in the average
quantity per annum, from 1913 10 1914 inclusive
over the former period, from 1888 10 1872; yet
The -four exported in The latter, during lom duties,
broush, annually into the country Siii,713 more
money than the larger quantity exported since
The passage OF the present tariff law. The tables
prove that, under both periods OF high tariffs, the
number Of barrels Of flour exported greatly M
creased over The quantity exported under The io"
tariffs, while the tac!s, as 10 II" prices OF the re-
spec,ive periods were exactly reversed For
though we exported fewer barrels under the low
tariffs vet the farmers Obtained much better
prices for their -four, and much larger sum OF
money annually, on that account, came into The
country
FLOUR
A statement exhibiting hc quantity and rG'ie q
FYour, exported annually fiUm 1921 t. 1914 m
cixs.rc. Average
Years. Barrels. Value. price per
barrel
E:xporedin 1921 1,o56,ll9 4,a9s,O43 "a o6
1922 S27s65 5,l03,2S0 IL
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