The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-29
NEw YoRK, July IS, 1916.

Hy 70 see which grows the highest; but the IL
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a anre.i. aE .g Nav YoRK, July IS, 1916.
To the Editor Of the Uaion. ,. 's.
II is source Of congratulaton that we have had
our day Of fair weather at last II is now O'Clock
a. M, and no rain has fallen The temperature is
warm, but not unseazonsbly so.
SECRETARY walkers interesting report, published
ip The Union Of the 23d instant, would seem TO
candid and rehocnny mind) TO have knocked the
ltst prop from beneath the meretricious platform OF
protection. No Statesman, or political economist.
eyer uttered uuer aphorsm than that contained in
tho following sentences Of the secretary's report;
zine truth Is, that the enhancement in price Of the
Protected articles IL about equal to the diminished
price OF the unprotected. Wealth may be transfer.
red but cannot be created by legislation Il is la
Dor only that creates all wealth, aud the operation
a. ths tariff adds nothing to the aggregate wealth
Of the country, because il does not increase labor
only transfers It's profits from class to another
sid the enhancement Of price on the hand is met
w correspondent reduction on the other" No prob
lem in Euclid il clearer or more conclusive than the
sbove nxioms OF political economy. " s'l .A
How long would the system Of protection endure
were tax-gatherers to 60 among the unprotected
isrmers Of the country, the commercial men and
Saiion OF our seaPorts, and demand Of them the
annual payment Of millions for the benefit OF the
other eiasseS Suppose the bounty To them, and
The revenue Tor the government were collected To
the present extent by direct taxation; that on one
page Of the CHEESEMAN'S book should be stated the
amount due from each member Of the community
% the manufacturers, and on the opposite page
ahould be set down the sum due the government that
where one dollar was put down for the United States
two should be set down for the projected classes or
manufacturers. What would the people say TO such
psiPable demonstration Of the protective SYSTEM
This not not ALL The enormous inequality Of the
system, it is true would be realized TO some extent;
hut VIII addtfinpl L.,
mode Of assessment became manifest, the feelings
" indignation would probably be difficult of re.
straint. hh"'ia,' H-'r 90 -" "'- A''
That the unprotected CLASSES are called upon to
pay the protested operators two dollars for every
one paid into the treasury OF the United States,
would seem sufficiently Unjust and oppressive, il
levied even pre- rata on the property held by the un
protected; but when property is lef wholly out OF
view, and this unequal taxation is levied on what
the people may happen TO consume in the way Of
Clothing or other necessary articles, the inequality
rises mountain high. .a'.'''..' '.rt'. F. u
In our country, the great m ass of the or mil
bon OF unprotected people, are compelled to labor
earn their subsstence by the sweat Of their brow Our
INSTITUTIONS do not favor sinecures exemptions from
toll Where one can live without work, ninety-nine
IN the hundred must labor in some calling or other
That some become vastly richer than others is seen
IN every quarter Of the country. An ought to have
an equal chance to get rich. While it was not the
nsntion Of our government to create favored class
Of oilers or aristocratic ponsyed classes il never
intended 70 tax labor and exempt capital or proper
~ from taxation Il intended to recognise The true
freedom and nobility Of honest labor to Inn pose no
exclusive burdens upon it, TO give il fair and open
field to leave its road open and unobstructed to
competency ard wealth, What are our laws, How
DO they square with the high and noble designs OF
the government The tax-gstherer after claiming
two dollars for the protected to each one paid the
government, would have to tell the aboring farm.
with n large family of childrap or be hard
working blacksmith, carpenter, or the ship-builder
or other mechanic, that he had to pay as much
or more than the millionaire. In other words,
let us suppose, that taking his tax book, he pro-
ceeded to the residence Of Mr.. John Jacob Astor. Il
nnsntoh Mr. Astor's name with all due respect, and
only in the way Of illustration because he is said to
be the richest man in America.) On presenting him
self he opens his book and tells Mr. Astor he has
called g collect his taxes He is asked how much
he ;i I assessed The reply is ss1 What for "
and 50 for the government" "on what have you
assessed this double taxm "Why-let me see-on
so many pounds of sugar, so many yards of flannel,
SO nniny yards Of woollen cloth, 30 many yards Of
cotton, 80 many yards Of carpeting, and SO many
the money" Now, let Is suppose the taxgatherer
goes ten steps further and calls upon blacksmith,
labonns daily to support a wife and or 10 chill
dre, and, on turning to his account he finds it Just
the same as Mr.. Astor's. When the blacksmith
asks for the items on which such heavy taxes have
been assessed he is told they consist of coarse blan
kets, fannels, carpets, sugar, woollen and cotton
goods, his iron, his woolen socks, and multitude
o. ether things The tax on which amounts to s27-
$f8 Of which goes for the benefit of those who made
the articles taxed, and - to the government. Sup
pose the blacksmith asks the tax gatherer how much
Mr. Aston pays, and is told that their are just
equali What would be his establishment when told
that man reputed to be worth $24, 900, 900 paid no
more tax than himself, just able by his daily toll to
support his family in comfortable manner! And
when asking the reason, to be told that it was done
for the protection Of labor !! Suppose the abomi-
nations Of the protective system were made equally
manifest throughout the Union, how long would it
endured" t'h- {',D H2a"1 "@ ''''
You will see the, particulars of the fatal accident
noticed in the city papers. ~
itappears that a large number of deaths occurred
among the emigrants Of Meek's party bound for
Oregon, / could fiji volume with arguments in
favor OF the overland route across the sthmus Of
Darien, in preference to all others for emigrants 1t
can be made safer, cheaper, and quicker than any
other. And what is more, it could be resorted to
IN the winter months when no rain falls in the 18th
mus. How far superior is water carriage to land
travelling ''' '
Stocks were firm to-day. 800 to 400 bales cot
ton sold at about the following prices:
s.. .s'... Upland and Texas, Mo-
H. Florida. bile, and N. 0,
Inferior 4, -. none, none.