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suits. The joint lahors OF all these classes
constitute the aggregate oI the domestic
industry" of the nation, and they are e.
qualy entitled to the nations "protec-
ton" No one Of them can Justly claim to
be the exclusive recipients of protection,
which can only be afforded by increasing
burdens on the "domestic industry" OF
others.
If these views be correct, it remains TO
inquire how far the tariff act Of l842 is
consistent with them. That many OF the
provisions of that act are in violation Of the
cardinal principles here laid down, all
must concedp, The rates duty imI osed
by it on soue articles are prohlbtory, and
on others so high as greatly TO dmlnish
imporations, and to produce a less amount
OF revenue than would be derived from
lower rates. They operate as "protecton
merely" to one branch of "domeslic indus
try" by taxing other branches.
By the Introduction Of minimnms. or as.
sumed aud false values and by the impo-
sition of specific duties, the injustice and
inequality OF the act Of 1912 in its practical
OpFlduOuS OI ulIttltHl 'ldSS'o hliu PhlSu'tS
are seen ard felt. Many Of the uppres-
sive duties in posed Ly it under the opera
ton Of these principles, range from ore
per cent, to more than two hundred per
cent They are prohibitory on some arti-
cIes, and partially so on others and bear
most heavily on articles Of common neces-
sity, and but lightly on articles OF luxury.
II l. On Irnrnad tl,at mn oh tho trrcotGc Egir
den which it imposes is thrown on labor
and the poorer classes who are least able
to bear it, while it protects capital and eX-
empts the rich from paying their Just pro-
portion Of the taxation required for the
support Of Government. While it protects
the capital of the wealthy manufacturer,
.und increases his Profits, 1t does not hene.
| fit the operatives or Ialorers in bis employ
ment, whose wages have not been iricreas-
! ed by it. Articles Of prime necessity, or of
coarse quality and low price, used by the
masses of the people, are, in mrny in
staGce., uliected 'y it to heavy taxes,
while articles of finer quality and higher
price, or Of luxury, which can he used on
" by the oruIent, are lightly taxed. 1t
imroses heavy and unjust lurdcns on the
| farmer, the planter, the commercial man,
and those Of all other pursuits except the
caDitalst who has made his Investments
in manufactures. All the great interests
OF the country are not, as neally as may be
practi, lp, protected ly it.
The Government in theory. knows no
distinction Of persons or classes, and
should hot Ieslow upon some iavo7fs and
privileges which all Others may not enjoy,
1t was the purpose nt It's lIustrlons iU1n-
ders TO base the institutions which they
reared upon the great and unch@ngirg
principles OF Justice and equity, conscious
! that if administered in the spirit IN which
they were conceived, they would he lelt
only by the benefits which they ditfuscd,
and would secure for themselves Audience
in the hearts Of the people, more power
eriul than standing armies, and all the
means and appliances Invented to sustain
Governments founded IN InJustlce and op-
pr sson.
lhr well known tact that the iarl1i OF
i"42 vas passed by majority OF one vote
la the Snn0te, and two IN The House OF
INt IlFHtINb-IhtS anu bIluL '''b' W 'HO'N
who felt Themselves constrained, under
the peculiar circumstances existing at the
time, 10 yotein.i,s favor, proclaimed It's de-
Iccts. and expressed their determination
to aid IN its modtiica!Hn on the first oPpof-
tunlty, affords strong and concIuSIveevt'
dence that II was not intended to he per
manent, and OF the FXredhcncy and net5s'
Sity Of thorough revision.
In recommending toCorgr'ss reduc-
ton ofrhe present rate" OF t'ty, and re-
vision and modification Of theoct OF i842
am Iar from entertaining 'op'nions an
friendly to the manufacturers; '1n the con-
f trary J desire TO see them prosperous, AZ
j far as they can he so, without imposing
/, unequal burdens on other interests. The
advantage under any system OF indircH
taxation, even within the revenue stand
ard, must be in favor of the manufacturing
: interest, and OF this no'other interest VII
complain.
recommend to Congress the abolition
Of the minimum principle, or assumed, ar