Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-19

theirs.
such most clcarl y must be the practical and
Inevitable operation of this rule. ii carried out.
Aud are these the benefits aud blessing this
Administration has in reserve for the poor
mInt' said they were
Was tins misrepresentation | submit the
question with confidence to the good sense of
the American people.
sad that your report, for the first time i'm
AN official form, had promulgated the doctrine
oi Tree trade, which isopenly and distinctly
avowed; and, TO enforce the argument, refer
cnCe Is made 90 the 'ireC-tad existing among
the States: and it is declared that reciprocal
nee trade among nations would hes, promote
the interest OF ALL that 1.-The manufacturing
interest opposes reciprocal free-tradc with
ioreiSn nations land ii it desired reciprocal
e-trdde with other nations. il would have
desired very different tariff from that of
1872"
These are your positions, and inferred that
yoxxycre in favor of PRE- TRADE" a
8Ae this too an "egregious misreprcsenta-
tion7
said that the policy recommended by this
Administration, If carried out. would he ruin.
Gus 10 Pennsylvania, because her iron and
oths manufactures were carried on mostly by
manual labor, and not, as in New England, by
labor saving mac hincry, and that therefore. to
ton OF skill and experience, she must b. pro-
tected against a too free competition with tlae
| depress -d and lowpriced labor of Europe
Your report represents the foreign market as
air1mpoTtaI,tfR the farmer, whilst the home
market YOU Sfider ofsmall comparative con
sequence; yefBappcars from official documents
that our annual exports ofagriculiural products
(deducting cotton, tobacco, and rice) have no,
LOT ora series OF years eXsessed am average often
millions OF dollars year, whilst the domestic
market amounts to more than fifty times that
sum. Massachusetts, it Is asceraned, imports
and consumes annually thirty-three millions
of dollars worth of the agricultural products OF
the other States, whilst Great Britain, from
whence we import about fifty millions of dol
lars worth OF manufactured goods annually
tone halt OF the whole value OF " Itch consists
OF agricultural produce, raw material, AMI the
subsistence of labor.) does not take, oi all the
agricultural productions of the United States.
(eNcludng cotton, tobacco, and riCe) two and
a hall millions of dollars worth year: thus
estimating one half the value of our imports
TO consist Otagricultural produce converted in
TO goods, IL follows that we import and con
sumo about twenty-five millions of British
agricultural produce in the form of m,nuiac-
lures, whilst she takes less than TWO and half
from us; so that we purchase and consume ten
dollars worth OF British agricultural produce,
converted into cloth, iron, and uth.r goods. TO
one dollars worth of the same articles she takes
from US. Yet, according to the report, 10 the
farmer the foreign market is every thing and
til: home market nothing.
Inc report says that protective duties are
levied exclusively for the benefit OF the rich
monopolisis, at the expense olthc farmers and
laborers. Now, ] contend that Just the reverse
OF this Is the truth That the practical effect
OF protection is to increase the number of
manufacturing establishments and thus tes-
troy monopoly by promoting competition, aud
that by Withdrawing labor from agriculture to
manufactures, YOU not only diminish the sup
ply, but at the same time increase the demand
Tor agricultural produce, pnd of coJrs, increase
us price; whilst, or the 9th hand by increas-
ing manufacturing establishments YOU increase
the supply of manufactured goods, and of
course reduce their price, so that the farmer is
thus enabled to sell for more and buy for less.
II demand and supply regulate price, thiscon-
clusiOn Is inevitable. Yet the report saws
'the tariff is double benefit to the manulac-
turer and double loss to the farmer
The Secretary of State (Mr. Buchananl I'M
derstood this much better, when he sent
toast some time since TO the manufacturers
OF Pttshurg TO this effect The election of
James h Polk has saved the manufacturers
from being ruined and overwhelmed by ex
cessive competition. lie was right. Ii GER
ainly did favor the invested capital, the mo-
nUpolist, by checking competition. and there
by keeping down tie wag' 5 Of labor and the
produce of the isTmcr, which would i'm
different result, have been enhanced in price
by an increased demand. This is illustrated
by the fact that at Pitlsburg, shortly before
the tariff OF 1912, the laborers i'll the factor
les were put OH half work, and of course hdB
pay; and almost Immediately alter its passage
they were restored To full work and fan pay.
IT Is for the sake of the laborpI and the farmer,
therefore, that | advocate the protective poll
cy, and not for tie erich monopDlis's the
only class that will be benefited b. tn course
Of this Administration in the check thcif roll
icy will give TO competition and new invest
mcnts OF capital, while the "poor laborcr"
AMI the farmer will be the onl, sufferers
submit to- every man Of practical common
sense whether such must not be- the result
And yet We are gayey told by both the Mes
sage and Report that PROTECTIVE duties ope-
rate exclusively for the benefit OF the rich cap
italists, at the expense OF the poor labortr
and the iarmer'
But, finally, this whole question, so inter
csiing TO the American PEOPLE, turns upon a
simple question OF fact. "Do protective du-
ties ultimately Wcr6dsc or reduce the Drices
OF the articles on which they are leycd2'
Now, The Message and the Report Gsgums
(bui idli to- prove IN single instance thar
PF0ieciioe duties have increased prices, and
are therefore oppressive and buricusomc.
while. on the other hand, assert. and am
ready to- prove by your own documents. lev
every prices current and cvcy merchant i'm the
country. that the prices Of protected goods
have been reduced by competition since the
o'ious miHimuaS and specific duties were
| first imposed tor protection IN SIC TO one
halt, ouc-thiri, olWioufth nui in some in
stances 10 on".NMh Tdr' Of what they were at
! that time, az i1 tba cas-, ol coarse COTTON.
/ glass iron nails. &c; yet in the lace of those
undcuiuble facts. " is asserted that the duf,
| (nine cents q rad--l5J peg ceut.. is added
| Co the price Of Zoe domestic as well m tina i,,-
! ported goods. and j., pail by the cops,,r,r,
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