Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-08-28

rave an imprs, to American entcrorise: tie !
machinery employed in its production was studi- {
Vi and improved an incrc Use supply, was the
natural consequence: and increased supply, while {
ha demand remained the same, must always di {
ninisli prices. Would the gentemin undertake |
to deny that the proportion between demand and {
supply regulated price! Mr.. S. hardly thought \
that he would 90 far as that. But, as the gem
tlcman had asserted that duties raised prices, he
was bound to prove the truth of his position by
quoting facts. The man who asserted thing r
to be fact was bound to prove. in court or out !
of court. As lawyer the gentleman knew this
to be so. Now Mr. S. challenged the gentle
man to put his finger on one solitary where
his assertion was true. What ono protected ar
tcle. the product Of American skill and industry.
had been permanently increased in price. after
the duties. however high. had been first imposed
for its protection Mr.. s. had challenged gem
tlcmen. one and ALL to point out single article,
a pin or a needle the price of which had been in
creased after the imposition of protective duty.
They had failed to do it. He had caIlcd on them
mt the commencement of the session to hunt up
some article. Nearly six months had elapsed, !
vet they had failed to fine one aEl lc nov cali
/ Ell on genteme III TO point out one il they could. |
He heard no answer. No article could b. found. |
And vet. gentlemen stood up in the face of the
county and the world. and advanced the posi-
ton that protective duties always increased pri-
ccs. Mr.. 5. made his appeal 10 facts. Let the
gentlemen met him with ftcts. They could not:
they deaf altogether IN assertion against facts
Nov if as Mr.. $ had proved, rro tive duties
had not increased but redu:d ic s.what b came
Of all this 'mor about high prc -. robbery op-
preston. and plumber! 1t vanished into thin air
it had n, foundation to stand on; and gentlemen
were bound by their own principles to 90 for the
protective policy.which reduced the price of mar
uGactured goods by increasing the supply; whilst
on the otl er hand itincreasrdth price BY incrcas
ng the demand for agricultural produce, and en-
HANGED the wages OF labor by increasing its en-
Payments.
Benefits of the Tariff to Farmers.
Gentlemen dwelt entirely on the benefits of
foreign trade. They went altogether in favor
otmporting foreign goods, and creating mark
ct for the benefit of foreigners Would orr own
agriculture be benefited BY process like this p
Nothing could more eifectulllv divert the benefit
from our own people and pour it in constant
stream upon foreign labor. No American inter-
est was much benefited by protective sys
TEN as that of agriculture The foreign market
was nothing. the home market was every thing
to them it was one hundred to one. The Tariff
gave us the great home market while the gem
teman's scheme was to secure Us. at best, but
the chance of a market abroad. while it eilhctu-
t ally DESTROYED our secure and invaluable market
at home. Gentlemen were veryanXious TO COM
, pete with the paupcr labor of Europe. | will
tell them one fact With all the protection we
4 now enjoy, Great Britain sends into this country
. eight dollars worth of her agricultural produce
tons to dollars worth of all our agricultural
n productions (saye cotton and tobacco) that she
G takes from rs.
d This will prove by the returns furnished BY
n Mr.. Walker himself in support of the bill which
n he has laid before the Committee of Ways anc
d Means. Now. assert, and can prove that more
If than half the value of all the British merChan
If disc imported into TIL, country consist of aeri
n cultural products, changed in form. convcrle'
i and manufactured into goods, And invite
>, thorough analysis OF the facts. challenge zen
&c tlemen to the scrutiny. Take down all the Al
IT, ticlcs in a store one after another-e-timate TIA
l. value of the raw material, the bread and mca
r. and other agricultural products. which have ci
T. tered into their fabrication. and it will be ioun
'e that onc-halfand more of their value consists {
II the productions OF the gricultural prOluc
at in its strictcst sense.
b. Now. BY reference to Mr. Walkers report
I'd will be seen that for twelve wears back we hay
I'd imported from Great Britain and her dcpendcl
of Clos annually 81 ID millions of dollars worth
Is goods. but call - millions, while she took of IA
ID o ir agricultural products, save cotton and t,
~ bicco, less than two and half millions of do
l. lars worth. Thus, then. assuming one-half III
of value of her goods to be agricultural it gives t
- millions of her agricultural produce to l.
i. millions of ours taken by her, which is lust to
70 t. one; to avoid cavil. put it at eight to one
re ToteSt the truth OF his position he was prepare
if time permitted, to refer to numerous facts
nj Bat for the information of gentlemen who al
t,l1
1t. IN RS, will tell them that we have impore
RI y"1rly. for twentysiX years. so says Mr. Wall
!! er's repor.) more than ten millions of dollar
e, worth of rJO'icH g0DiS. Last year we impnrtt
to lo,666,l76 worth. Now. one-half and more
AS tn value of this cloth wa, made up of wool, t.
| !: subsistence of labor and other agricultural pr,
i'll dlctionS. The general estimate is that the wo
no atone is half The universal custom among ia
he merS, when they had their wool manuiacturt
IT. on the shares. was to give the manufacturer ha
On the cloth. Thus we import. and our firmr
Nv have to pay, for fire millions of dollars worth
al foreign wool every year in the form of cl.t
p- mostly the production of sheep feeding on tt
on grass and grain of Great Britain. while oar oW
ia wool Is worthless tor want of a market and IN
or i the policy gentlemen rccumm nj To America
Ell farmers. Yes, sir ; and not satisfied with Il
Nv millions, they wish to increase it to Ten mi
re lions year for foreign wool. VIII gcntlemt
as deny tins They dare not. They suppnrtt
ds Mr.. Walkers bill. reducing the duties on WOO
he lens nearly one-half. with view TO increase II
Ib- revenue OF course the imports must be double
OF making the import of cloth twenty millions IL
alr stead of ten and wool ten instead of five million
rs OF dollars per annum.
N, This was the plan 10 favor the farmers. B'i
nd ISL farmers, by giving them the american mari
- G., Their plan was to buy everything, sell notl
TO ing, and get rich. a laugh) What was trr
ry, as to cloth was equally true as to everythin
sSs else. Take hat a pair OF shoes, yard
or silk or lace, analyzc it, resolve 1t into its col
IN s,ituent elements and you will find that the r
nj mitcral, and the substance of labor, and otht
on agricultural products con ',ituted more than on
nd half of its entire value. The pauper labor
Europe employed in manufacturing silk an
". lace got what it eat. no more-and this Is VIII
as you pay for when You purchase their goods
not Break up your home manufacture. and nom
III mlrkets, import everything you eat and drln
lat and wear, for the benefit If he farmers o,