Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-25
THE TARIFF.

In another column The reader will sco srecime, If
the eulous enquiries addressed by the Secretary of bs
Treasury TO the manufacturers IN order, by The infoima
ilnn elected, to enable him, To adjust tariff system
whic, PARTON Of the lococos have determined to sub
siIiue fur thai planned by heiaihers Of free insu
ilohs. and which was constantly adhered 10, with obvious
advantage To all the great interests Of country, until
ambitious men seized upon il as question, which. from
lis complexiiy, might be easily mysed and its effects
pladsby mlsrepresehed, The Of selIsap.
erandzemen' But for its connection with party polilcs
the people would never have discovered we are sure
that they are 50 sorely oppressed by it, Of op
ponents assert that they Never there miJer
system of taxation devised by human ingenu,y-neyet
one which operated with less severity, with more
equality. upeu all classes and upon all interests But the
people Of the Southern States have been so often and SD
soemny assured thai it is unequal and uinous in its on
eraon upon them, and especially upon the agricultural
class, and men of talents and eloqnsnce have dwell 50
earnestly upor disastrous tendencies, and drawn such
gloomy pictures Of lis esoallng effects, that is a,her
matter of astonshmeni than otherwise that 50 large
portion Of them, forming er Judgment from ual re-
suits rather than from these specious arguments and Bit
ter dtnunciaons, found giving lheir support IN the
protective policy. Particularly is This the case, when
we remember, that, when this conlIuversy first coIo.
menced, The South was nearly unanmurs in opposition
10 that policy. The change in public oplnun upon this
subject is highly credIlable to the intelligence OF the
Southern people, who have shown themselves capable of
yielding even the decided convictions 10 the eyl-
dence Of facts.
Among the DIES picabe accs resored 10, for the pur
pose OF rendering The protective system unpopular with
large classes ui the community, The attempt to show
that operates with peculiar severity upon the poor
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the following paragraph transferred into number Of l
rofoco papers from The Richmond Enquirer, as speci.
mems ol the present dulles;"
Per ccni Per cent
Goal II Champagne wine l2
| Coarse cuttons so Silks ~
! Iron 95 Fine Linen e5
| Salt ~ Precious s,opes 10
| The poor, who eorsume SAIL in any of lis numerous,
preparations pay lax Of ~ per cent on every particle
used he factory stock owner, after getting 80 Der
cent dividends buys champagne wine, and is taxed 10
per cent only. The workman ~o buys cotton shirt IS
taxed 50 per cent. The manufacturer, whose wealth
makes him afford linen shrl, is taxed 25 per cent
II the foregoing statement were fair disqualification
of the operation Of The existing tariff i, would be su.
lcen reply TO the Enquirer and its copyis,s 10 say thai,
in these features The hg tariff of 1912 is far prefera.
bile TO any system which has ever been enacted hy To-
coioco Congress, or devised by Locotuco President,
tariff than was assessed upon by General Jscksons
scheme, (VerpIancks BILL and low, 1--WE think, Er
we not able 10 lay hands upon ii.) as that
provided by Mckay's bill last year. And il deserves 10
be specially remarked that Champagne wines and silks
the low duties upon which complained Of were
admitted duty free until the Wings came into power, If
II be wrong 10 lay heavy duty on fon salt co,,ons and
COAL w lie there is lght duty wine and silk how
will the locos account for their conduct during the
twelve years they held The rens of power, from 1928
10 1870 in permitting heavy duties remain upon the
ormer. while they levied, for the greater part Of ,ha,
lime, no duties at all on the latler2
Agaln-We might well returt upon those " no urce I
the foregoing arguments, that for the existing rates Of
duties they are themselves responsible. It, therefore
those duties he so very odlous the Condemnation falls up,
on their heads as well as upon They stand beos
the country IN The not very agreeable attitude of sell.
confessed Gu pitts and self de amesl For TO say moth
ing of The fact that Silas Wright, whom the Locufoco
Baltimore Convention afterwards unanimously nompa.
ted as Mr. Folks Vice President and James Buchanan
who is now Mr. Folks premier, voted for the prcscn,
tar, and have since been thus endorsed as entirely or
'hodoxto say nothing of this fact il is sufficient to
state that the Locofucos had an overwhelming m,r,rl
In Congress al the two las, sessions and vet they mel
nef reduced the duties coal, iron cotons or salt moi
raised them On Champagne wine, silks fine linen OF
precious stones' What follows? Either their assertion
that The lormer are too lgh and that the latter are Too.
low Is nsncere and hypocrcal, or they deserve ,heml
selves the denuncalions which they in Yoke upon Others
Tor falling 10 equallze them For if the WHO'S he cen
suraoe tor Imposing such tariff upon the county, ar
not the Locos equally deserving of blame when having
'he power to remove The evil they have nevertheless
FUSED 10 do 500 We think the very clear one.
But the foregoing statement is faorantlv decepyfl
low comes 1t to pass for example, that the duty on coil
tons Is %, and on salt II per cent Was that the PER
cenfuni when the existing duties were unused II val
not The per centum originally much lower becaus
Tie prices OF col'ons salt much higher Under lh'
STIMULATING Influence Of protective duties the production
OF these articles has greatly increased as To force
auc'ion OF prlcesand the Of the per centum
pee" me necessary eject of that reduction in price And
ms one Tact demonstrates the benefits of the PROTECTIVE
'ys'en' instead OF It's Injustice and inequality which
was designed 10 show For example: When the prs | i
eh' ony on collons was Imposed, the consumer had
pay Tor Them say 20 cts yard-and yet the duty was
then only about l2a per cent The domestic fabric
coming into competition with the foreign reduced tho
ce OF The article 10 per yard and of course The
""'y IS now oo per cent. upon the COST Does moi The
consumer see how he has be en- benefited as the per
nm dmyhds increased and by the very circumstance
"hch mas caused that increase So far from being
tpy