Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-02-23
TuE pRoJIcrEp TARIFr

IhE IAklfF. |
II the sincere and consistAnt friend of Free
Trade will bat scmtinize the tariff bin framed
b. Secretary Walker and his Custom HOUSE
suboniinates, they ceanot fail To see that.
while ~ Il IA reality no more accOrdant with
Free Trade than the Tariff now exist
ing. II strikes many spserc blows at the Ma.
tlounl intusiy which they NO less than We
should stand ready TO parry. Take these eA
amrples.
The duty ON gp,d Wool il now 3 cents per
Poan and 30 per cent al vaiorem-equal 10
more uhsn 40 per cent. Oh ppog Wool. cost
ing seNen cents PCS pound aud under (Which.
u Was soaPossd. would not com la compe-
uiton with oar ID ,mcstic Wool. though ~oms
'ol itiii- lone so) The duty waS no,nilal-dye
pes cent. Accorlimgly the duty on Wool,n
uOois g~'rully was fixed az so pr cent anil
on Noolta B,ankeis costing less than - cts.
lVtoca pr cent. Wooden Blankets /. a team
covering ule coafser md poorer cloths. such
a were expected 20 be iuiic from the cilasp.
coarse wool, and hcre was a dis, nminati5n
ol ten per cent. IN favor OF the America pro.
Queer. But Nit. Walkers bill purposes 10
rdise te duty on this Wool 10 fResig per
cent. aud reduce that on the Blankets to tea
pcr cent. 50 as TO make a discrimination az
tfn per cent. agGiaSt ihe American manu-.
iaciurer OF these Blankets. Now The Brt-
ISM Manufactures aud ours both 20 To- the
SINE markets iUr ,hiskind OF Wool. on which
ii'e ipF,ntr pays NO duty. III. i thus tu BE-
armed ~ our Government with n ton ncr
cent discrimination ag1igsf our own midas.
try aud an favor OF British. Is this fair, l.
a jest For whose benefit is il ,nad,l IL
an N~oOi.grower so selfish ana -hort-siehtea
- 20 wish such en- adjustment OF dnti5sf-
Nhai can b. possibly gained by iti He
oannoi, surely, conpcie with FOREIGN Wool
/ COSTING hIf saN.ft sn.,tv. 49,.
whetleF the daiy on IL bs5 Der cent. or "a
but the proposed ali us,mcnt ~lepites him al.
30 oi an extended market for his Fuel. Vrye-
tables, beats. &c. which manufacturing the
bisuNet ~ tins country would srcurs him.
Aud WHY
hG'7 Sdk is TO be- charged 20 per cent. anl
all AfoHnyactHrcs Of SIN only 30 Der cent
a margin OF oHly 10 per cent in favor of The
Youngest aud least hardy of our manufactures
oil which the raw staple %inainly comes from
abro1d. Is this enough Col. Young and a
large class like him say they were wfllnp To
protect stringently ina the infancv of our
Manufactures, but now they no longer need il.
suppose ihis were true Of Co,tons aud Wool
ems, why should we no; now proiec, those
branches which have just begun TO thrive a
mpng us-wbiCh are IN their first lest. a. IL
Ncrct Yet here il Silk-one ofihe most iio.
portant-to be- turned or with 10 per cent.
l. that cnough2
Manufactures of Hemp are treated even
worse. The mw material mainly comes from
abroad aud T. Chcaprr there than with e.: the
foreign manufacture has on advantage in the
lesser cost of transportation. Vet Ilcmp aud
It's Manufactures a. with Flax and Linen. are
to be admitted a. IA equal duty OF 20 per
cent, And yet Ne arc iold that a Rcpegus
iaun viii uilOrl a ven efficient Protection 10
American Manufactures
PLAIN UtHd0ic Glass aud IuBsAsTs. with
sH othrr Glass, ere NOW %stringcnily protected
~ ligh specific duties, ihc consequence Of {,
Winch has been . mpid eX onsion 81 TIC Hone
Protection anto diniHHtlsR 81 dcprc The =
acts ere on record ems man Nha viii may
satisfy himself lat W. are now supplied hv =
lur own artisans unArf a prohibit tory duty than b
We ever were from abroad under Revenue du- 5
iy. Yet ell these davies ute 10 b. cat down
70 an al Valorcm OF 20 per cent. on Plain {
Tumble and Window Glass aud 30 per cent ;
on all other Glassware, no IT, 70 tv urc !
hucd ~ ihist ~
Paper aud Book, q ~ kinds ar, 20 be- cui ]
- 20 per cent. 1his will cut on q !
good deal Of repubishing herr. Additional q
copies may b. puutei iof our market irum
ile hrst lonegl editions much below thc cost
81 those edition. At homc-in fact. ior Toe
hare cost OF tir paper aad press wosa. We
shall see bow this operates on tre interests 81
Printers aud Paper makers here.
Diamonds and Prtcious Sio1tsarc to come
N et 10 per cent. under this T4n8. while
nearly all the nccrssaucs of litc gsach as me
poor nan bugs ar charged Three times a.
much. OF Course, we do uotobifci So this.-
Tor We know itis based CA Ule imposs,biijiy
OF collecting q high duiy ou articles oi no SIC
or weight m CON ausOn with their value
but how IL uumasks the knav.sh. dirty dpma-
goeuism with which ihc present Tuin was
assaulted Ihroueh tire contest ofls4l Shall we
not mako the dvcciycrs rue their tricks BE-
lore They have done with this Controversy