Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-11-15
THE COTTON INTEREST AND
THE TARIFF.

TIE TARIFF.
This a document, taken from the jackson
(Miss) Soutbr0n, that pots 10 flight all the
theories Of the anti tarifftes. IL is seen that
onn hundred and four cotton planters speak
right out. and assign unanswerable reasons
10 flvor Of the wing protective tariff. The
opinions of such men, based upon practical
experience, are worth a thousand free trade
distractions.
PiaHiers' Manyrsto.
WHEREAS, an opinion prevails IN some por.
tious Of the planting region. that the profee.
tive policy, and especially tho tariff If 1912,
has impoverished and oppressed The cotton
planter, TO m extent sufficient 10 warrant a
fosort to remedial measures 10 resist ito OPP.
Grafton, OF obtain its repeal,
Asp wHERE8s. it il believed by many Of
those largely engaged 10 planting IN This sec.
ton thai the injurious effects attributed 10
the tariff may be satisfactorily traced 10 other
causes il Is deemed proper 10 give public
expression of their opinion, in the hope that
those who diG,r from them may be Induced
to consider, calmly and JiFpassionaiely. bat
earnestly, Whether they are not as much ln.
terested in the pertnanency Of a policy. which
ensures tive general prosperity If the whole
EDIHEEN4 rs tdtAHE WtiJ arc "Hl'Ig iFtklfstttafHlT
and directly protected by it ; and whether
their interests as producers, are not Deepen.
dant on the prosperity Of the co1snrnsrs. Tho
undersigned, therefore, residents Of Adams
county, and growers " cotton, get forth some
Of the yieas which have in1uen"ed them, in
giving their support TO the protec'i ge system.
They are in favor ofsurb q Tariff AZ that Of
1912, because it affords, aa they believe, ade.
dnate protection 10 all kinds of domestic Ia
Dor, and renders us independents not only in
but IN FACT
Because they believe it viii induce al the
North, large investments Of capital, and the
employment Of large number Of IaborCrs III
IN the manufacture Of cotton goods that it
will e4tend the consumption Of manufactured
articles. and thereby increase the demand Of
aw material that IL viii gifo The growers
Of cotton two markets ihstesd Of and one
Of those a home market
Because il protects, indirectly, the hemp
growers, and gives them home market, and
keeps the large amount of capital and labor
now invested in that business, from being en-
pIoyed 10 extending the culture Of cotton
Because il protects, indirectly, the breeders
OF hogs, of horses, Of cattle and Of mules; and
gives them a home market
Because it protects The producer Of sugar,
gives him a home market, prevents the vast
amount Of capital and Of labor invested 10 the
culture Of cane from being directed TO the al
ready redundant production OF cotton =;
Because they believe THAT all experience
proves that lis Ultimate tendency is TO reduce
The price Of manufactured goods; and thereby
benefit consumers Of all classes
because they belieye no one great interest
of the countryi can be adequately protected,
without, in some degree, extending protec-
ton to all other intreyts, and that none de-
rive more essential benefit from the general
prosperity OF other pursuits than the cettsn
grover;
Bur above ell they are in favor of such a
tariff as that of 1912. because they believe the
interests of the manufacturers Of cotton goods
At the North to be identified with the interest
of the grower Of cotton at The south and that
as strength is added 10 these two great int,
ests, the one at The North, and the other at
the South. so will strength be added TO the
bonds, which bind this glorious Union togeth-
err; and they do most soImnly believe, that If
the system Of afFording adequate protection to
American industry be persegered in for but a
few years, all the great interests Of the coun-
try viii become 50 blended, and so dependent
one upon another, that all attempts, whether
of aboIitionists or of abstractionists to des-
troy our beloved Union, win be laughed 10
scorn for centuries to come.
J Metcalf, Thos. Afleck, Benz. o Smith,
] p Ashford, Isaac Dunbar, A Krsey, M
John c Inge5 G Marsh, D Farrar, B
Lloyd Wales, Jno A Sanderson, Thos. T.
Davis, Lie Wilkinson, r C Barker, 6 Og-
den. o MetcaIfe, Lewis Lum, Hardy Sojour- !
ner, Jas Carson, jr, Allen Grafton, Jas. Fl
Mitchell, Gerard Brandon, ] r Roach, VIM. b
C Hall G Stowers, A G Farrar, o
Kibbe, j Thomsbarg. Isham GriinfJ r Nc
Caleb, J { Coleman, John II Thorn, Sam.
..bamberIin, r D Ward, VIM. Bisland, r
&c Ward, Henry CIofard, Jas P
Sessions, Levi Pipes, Tbos Henderson, John
Ker, D Knott, Gabriel B Shields Henry L
Conner, John Rife, Robt Nee ulIough, A N
FR Davis; L X Marshall, Benjamin
Chase, Andrew Grafton, Stephen Duncan,
israel p Smith, w r Bernard, w War
ZEN, G. Calhoun. B Wade, HIamtnn Elliott, A /
Montgomery, ] P Walworth, James Surgetf,
NJ Roufh, en- Nichols, James G
Wilkins, AC Henderson, w ] Minor, John
) Mosby, AustIn Williams, John Hutchins,
: G D~ahlgrert John N Helm, p r Nichols,
B L C Wales. John F Gillespie, 4 L Binga-
nan, A L Bingaman, ir, Samael A Cart
The undersigned planters Of Kinds, Hadi-
'on and bankin counties, fully concur With
hose Of Adams county in the views abo. Elk.
Rich'd N Eubank. James D Ware, r C
w F Smith, Howell A Hall, Chss.
lynch, Thos. j Coffee, SIS Erwine, w YER
G d Anderson, Hector r West, John d
harrison, Burr Garland, John Mayrant, James
WIN Miller, John jenkins, Vim Fl
Bowman. R A Patrick, p w Brien. P Henry.
d Hester, Mlcajah Jackson L w Petre.
MAxIMs FOR MERcHAETs.-The following
from the N. Y. Evening Gazette
Credit should be sparingly giyen, and in
.egrity be the basis of ii.
Guarantees should oaly be taken in wri.
ling. and a consideration always expressed