Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-11-21
Wheat and -four,
Indiancorn, meal, rye, potatoes and 's's'ss
apples, l,797,W

- a.
Indian corn, meal, rye, potatoes and .'s'sss
apples, l,797,0
Upwards Of fifteen millions Of da,,.
value. And with these facts, know s
whole world, that the American farma.A To
duce n.uch more than can be consumsd Pie
merica, we are told that they are mn 10 A,
Protected! against what or whom sI'ec .S
man who makes the assertion knows. ls
true We export provisions, and do -. u
port them; and until we have become y" ~
porting nation, it is worse than absurd - TO-
of protecting the farmer-i: is fool;sh @t
wicked; for the writer must know he i and
ged 10 attempting to deceive. And woa,s
protected 40 per cent. according to this.s.a
cious gentleman. The whole import ~ . YEA
in the year 1914 was 1851 400 in valps WOO
duties received were $72,s20, or lust ..s
ard half per eent.-one per cent. less Mna , g
l24 per cent. at ,chich he cavik
But the shoemakers and tanners are ..;f,
be protected |; the former so, and the latte. "
per cent. In 1874 we imported, of lea,S.S
tanned. sole and upper, l,474 lbs, and IA o.,
pairs of shoes, all told. and worth toeehss
$25,935. During the same year we erport.S
of leather, SCI ,95l lbs. and lO5,94l psin :,
shoes, worth together, 800, 900. And ~,
we are told that the shoenakers are protec,ss
and that, too, when it is notorious that H..
class Of men are In a most distressed co,5:
ton, because every article of clothing ia ra,sa,
in price by the operation of the tariff, Will
the market for their produce is lessened. tn
means Of the community being redued by N.
same cause, they wear old shoes and 90 with.
out new ones, when they would not do SO wen
it not for the injustice PeEpetrated upon them
by means of the tariff.
Well, let US come to the tailors. They ha,.
SO per cent. says this tariff advocate. Wba,
Say the returns Of imports and exportss n
1912, under the Compromise act, the irnpor.
tations of clothing, ready made. and tina, made
inpart, were to the value of $2S 3I2. Tn
1874, they were to the value of $3.50 BOZ
Under very low tariff, the tailors have hardly
any ready made clothing imported to compel.
against, and under the high tariff they hars
nearly q million Of dollars worth! This,
the protection they receive. =
This is owing to the fact that the tariff hs,
SO much enhanced the price of the cloth on
which the tailors' work, that it is cheaper TO
import clothing read .made, and pay 50 per
cent. duty, thai b purchase either American
or English cloth, and have it made in Ameri.
seamstresses engaged in making clothes in
this country, are ground to the dust. and hard. d.
y can eaFnenough to keep soul and body 10.
gether. These are the blessed results Of the
tariff Of 1912. We might go on to show that
neither the blacksmiths, the satilers, the tin.
ners, nor the paper makers, are or can be pro.
tected, under the present or any other tariff
but We have said enough to show that the op
fann of fhof
operatives is oppressive to the last degree; TIT
only persons who are benefited by it beins
the iron masters, and the woollen and cotton
manufacturing masters, and the glass-makins
masters. They are protected, and they ar,
enabled, by the operation of the .arff Of 1912
to plumber the whole community, includin.
their operatives. So much for these assump
ftions.
And now, in conclusion Of this article, WI
will answer the question which we, have quo
ted above: -
"Reduce these duties TO 1914 per cent. anc
will not all these be sacrificed and ruined to
gether -
| No, sir; they will not. Reduce these du
ties to 1875 per cent. and the iron masters. anc
the Woollen masters, and the cotton masters
and the glass making masters, Will be compel
W. I" i'o"NC 0iSli t'llCcSs dHo 10 De C0uten
With more moderate gains than they now wrjn{
out Of the pockets ef the toiling hard wofkip!
millions. Tfes operatives would have fiji
work; and paying less fortheir clothing, wouIl
use more OF it, and more of other articles thar
! they now do or can do, which would bene6
all, for the produce of whose labor demand
woul be thus created; and this would reac
throughout the whole country, make al! elias
ses prosperous, and the whole country wouIs
gam and be happy. though the grasping CAPT
tailsts and monopolists would have to be con
tent with from 17ro to ten per cent. profit, in
stead of thirty, or forty, or fifty per cent: an,
the farmer would gesfrom fve to ten ins.ea,
OF fromsa loss or 20 gain, 10 two or three pc
cent; and theopefatives every where wouIt
have full employment, good wages, in conse
tquence' and cheap clothing. Such would b.
the results of duties at twelve and half De
cent. labor would obtaini:s just reward. an,
capital would receive fair and honest, ins.eae
OF an enormous and unjust pso6t.