Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-14

pany will ever spend amy money on the roa,
or that the road will ever be made.
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THE EFFECTS OF PRODUCTIVE DU
TIES ON PRICES.
The loco iocos are already g%lorying in tn,
fact that prices arr coming down, as one OF
the effects of the recent repeal of the tariff
They are either igaoroni of the Gauss aud o.
all connection between causes and effects o.
ni' the demaSogucs who would willingly see
Tuin stalk abroad aud cover the country a,
with a shroud, 50 that their party may con.
iinue TO b. the recipients of that public plum.
der by which Mr.. Calhoun truly portrays
them as being held together.
They hive been toll that the ultimltc ef-
feet of the fre admission OF foreign goods will
be to break up The home composition Tor the
market, leave it in IN hlnls OF combined for.
oisncrs, aud thus raise the price.
The wings in all sections OF the union have,
at different tunes told what would be the
effect OF certain measures, aud they have al
ways prophccied correctly. In 1882 they
told What would b. the effect orthe removal
OF the deposiles AMI their transfer ia,o the
locdl banks, they toreioll the cn,ct of the
specie circular, OF the destruction OF the T.
States Bank, AMI all that train of iniqui,ous
measures that brought upon the country. debt.
disionor, bankruptcy, population aud more
n%atioual evils than could have flown from any
other Pandora than UNIV is and mad legisla.
tion. They tod WI that our blnks must
boeak under too great imrortations and
that private credit would b, ruined.
They were right, right in all things, right
as TO the effect OF tn tarlGr OF 1872 to restore
prosperity to the people onllh, government
finances, aud that tn annexation of Texas
would lead us into a war. They now saw
That The effect OF tn rcpealo Of the lariff will b.
To destroy conf lencc. induce manufacturers
to throw their stocks into market att roduc
ed price under the just apprehension thai, the
reduction oiduty will induce foreign manu-
iacturers to shiP to this country ell their in.
lcrior gods AMI stale fashions; but any
man who can rel ct, ought to anil will I'M
derstand that 50 soon as these surplus stock,
are soli, tha manufactures of this country
mostly destroyed and the market Is clear for
foreign goods, the price will again rise and
the consumer will pay doarcr Tor a foreign
Product with less money with which TO buy.
We like so much the remarks of Mr.. Stew
art OF Pa, on this head, and they are 50 true.
- ineontroreriiJie that we transfer them ia
our columns; and defy any one to produce
any thing to dlsproye the position that no.
teclve duties on any articlc that we can and
do produce, increase the wages of labor. in.
crease the demand for agricultural products.
increase the amount Of money in the com.
Try and reduce the price OF the article pr,tcc.
ted:
No other interest IN the country was hal
rs much benefited by the tariHas Inc L,rm.r.
und mechanics, aud working men. The Con
tleIuan said that IL injured them by incrcssin,
The puce OF manufactured commodities. ln
The Ecntleman's assertion uas, that projection
did invariably increase he price Of tbe a,li
Gle protected. Now, IN reply, Mr.. s.. popl
disllncly pui forth this assertion. to which n
challenged contradiction, VIZ. that there 10,
cr was o protective duty levied i'm this conn
tg, ON any article which wc could and I'M
manufacture extensively. which mad not re-
quilted ~ bringing down Use price OF that aui
'lej Snd he challenged tr gentleman To poin
toasingle instance iu which 10 was not true
The Trtc Of commodities, Instead of balm.
Ialsed By protection. had been reduced loopr
thifd, one fourth, end even To- one tenth am,
onc-tweith part Of what had been maid l1
them when imported from abroad The cen
tlcman, n be- bod walked up to NAe F,ir
might there have Seen American COTTON. auI
as bod cost, when Use enormous minimum.
were first imposed ioT Its protection bt Isl,
LOwudcs aud Mr. Calhoun. ciehi, h,c CENT
yari. uow ready 10 bo delivered ia ,ut ura,
tity 0nd OF a bcttcT quality. 90 ~r,,u ,epf.
and wooden jeans. sJld bon 1910 at -ttf,.Gt
cents, now selling. al o superior Q%uaIit, fac
thifiy-hNci and these %aTiirlcs were subject "a
thc very highest duties in lhc hole Gaia
loguc-rru,mg, beyond 40 CONVERSATION. Nh
truth al the proposition denounced as am ala
suniiiy by the grnu,mlu. iIat thc highest di
iies often produce thc lowest pd,,s. vbe,
levied On articles whi.h We con supYly tp M
extent OF ouf own wants Hsu uas ite re-
sultoi American industry SILL aud improve
iu,ut. " hen lett iO act out IhtIt ou sgtri.s
sud occupy fully aud freely. their own sp
pr1prate markets without the Disturbing st,
dtstrgctite competition Of thc paup,f laboro