The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-06
THE TARIFF.

The wing protective papers are sounding the
alarm about the tariff Of 1912, and excaim-
inc that their Graft are in danger The "Ameri-
can Review" QUOTED by the "New York Cou-
uer and Enquirer'') procaims, "that the country
ia to be convused with fresh anti-tarf crusade,
!. therefore inevitable. The subaltern officers OF
the host which triumphed in Mr.. Folks cleo
,on-the captains of ffties, and ile-leaders OF
tens. who manufacture the public opinion OF the
n,rv--wiIl never rest satisfied till they have sig
nolized their victory by some decided attack on
the nations prosperity. General thrift and content
0osrt are TO them sore calamities." The "Amer-
can Review" declares, that "let the people main
" be well employed, fairly paid, satisfied with
their condition, and steadily, though moderately,
improving their circumstances" still the attack Is to
be made upon the tariff of 1912.
Who can doubt il Will the great body ofthe
DeopIe-that is to say, the consumers contradis-
,;ngushed from the manufacturers submit
10 nav so heavy a tax for the benefit of the few
The manufacturers are becoming rich. They must
become so at the expense of the consumers. They
are clearing from 90 10 SO per cent upon their capital
The manufacturers of cotton and WOOL &C., are reap
ing these benefits at the expense of the farmers &C.,
while the farming interest is clearing or 4 or
6 per cent only. Can the manufacturers expect
tina, the great body of the people will forever sub
NIT to these exac,ions' The people will not remain
,.satisfed with their condition" The manufacturers
are rapidly advancing in the accumulation of enor-
nous wealth Is it 10 be expected, then, that this
monopoly will be contnueds-that this most un-
Jus, and unequal participation of the burdens and
blessings of government shall forever remain
These enormous profits nure to capital, and
not to labor Ii is the moneyed manufacturer who
first skins the cream, and not his toiling opera
tyes.
WHY should this state Of things continued Such
protection not necessaryto encourage and to cher
sh the great body of manufacturing interests in
country. We were told this day, by one of the
most intelligent and enterpiising manufacturers in
the country that they can make yard of flannel,
cassimere-indeed, of almost any woolIen stuf-and
so likewise of cotton goods (bu not perhaps, in equal
proporton,) cheaper per yard than the like articles
can be made in England. He entered into all the
elements of the calculation, and showed it to be a
fact One great cause is, that our machines are much
better for carding, spinning, sizing, and weaving,
than they are in England and these improved ma
chimes have been probably invented under the low
tariff instead of the high. If we can manufacture
more work in the same time, and therefore can make
yard cheaper in the United States than abroad,
what extravagant absurdity is it to attempt to en-
courage their production by high oppressive
t,riff' Facts Of this description must strike and
sartle the people. We understand that there are
many manufacturing capitalists at the North, who
are willing to accept considerable reduction
some who are democrats in the fath-and that the
large body of the operatives are democrats in their
politics. We repeat, therefore, with the Secretary
Of the Treasury that 'the tariff must be reduced to
the revenue standard"