Litchfield enquirer., 1846-02-19

cnce Of this and ether countries; the
whole scheme is uncalled for The rev.
enue is sufficient for anSsconomical gov 7
eminent; the country is prosperous, and
the people contenied.
the whole productive power Of the
country has bren greater in three years,
(that is, since the passage Of the Tariff of
l642, than during any equal space Ut I
time in our national history. There
have been three periods of universal dis 1
iress throughput our land since the peace
of 1888. and in each case under low du. |
ties. appeal 10 those who remember
those periods; and 10 others. | refer to
the annals of our country. Those pert
eds were from 1898 Qhe conclusion OF
the revolutionary war; to 1883, 1919 TO
1924, 1897 to 1912. 90.
would respectfully recommend to the
SecretarS of The Treasury, who appears
10 have received new light upon the sub
iect of our national economy, IT, examine
The history of the legislation of Congress
at the above periods. He will find in his
own department Of the government an
abundance Of evidence IF The distress
that existed under low duties, and de-
ranged currency"
A revulsion in business will effect ca.
pital some, but labor more. In l94l-'2
the depression in business was SO grent,
that many of the factories were closed,
and in those which continued operations.
wages were reduced from $500 week
to 81 so. exclusive of board and by this
between 1000 and 5000 females we're the
losers. After the passage of the Tariff
Bill, wages were again raised to $500
per week exclusive of board. .. .....
The home manufacture Of cotton has,
10 repeated instances, prevented the fall
of the raw staple; and yet bu: moder-
ale portion of mankind have been cloth.
ed with the article. Nothing, however.
can stop the progress of this manufac-
ture but suicidal legislation, engendering
foreign competition. ... .s.....
The protective system was not made
by and for the New England States ex.
lusively T; the South and West began the
system of high protective duties, for the
purpose of creating market for iheir
prsduce, although the principle of dis.
elimination was recognized and estab-
lished, when the first Tariff was enact,
ed y States possessing the smallest a
mount of capital, reap most benefit from
"a Protective Tariff. We have, in New
England, great productive power;3 We
have persevering, intelligent people, skill
and ingenuity; we have easy i",ercom
municaiion between all parts of the coun-
try by railroads, &C., and money enough
70 keep all our labor employed. In the
day Of financial trouble, how shall we
stand compared with Pennsylvania, Ohio,
4 labama, Georgia, or Louisiana?
=" When the Tariff is reduced so thai
Tho labor of twelve hours will not sup
nor, ~ awe will work fourteen-and, al
he 90 ~" ~ Sme, feel that Congress cannot
take the sinews from our arms, or rob US
Of the intelligence acquired from our sys'
Of public schools es! yA BY the
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awe were, previous to the war Of 1912
. nm agricultural and navigating people,
The American System was forced upon
4 us, and done for the purpose of creating
, a home market for the products of tn,
soil Of the South and West we resisted
the adoption of system, which we hon
estly believed would greatly injure our
, navigation, and drive us from our. accus-
toned employment, into business we
did mol understand. We came into il.
however. reluctantly, and soon learned,
that with the transfer Of our capital we
. acquired ssai'i aiaas knowledge in the use
of it,. and shat so far from our foreign
commerce being diminished. it was in.
creased, and that our domestic tonnage
and commerce were very soon more Il an
quadrupltd. We have g0ne forward
steadily. till many descriptions of manu-.
> faciures are as we'll settled in New Eng
land as the raising of potatoes :.
q In reference to the unwillingness o,
3 several gentlemen of the South to go into
manufacturing, because of the fluctua.
E tons of protective acts, Mr.. Lawrence
: says, New England cannot be blamed
In reference TO our exporting bread stuffS
, 10 England, he declares that, ..
Great Britain is the largest grain.
erpcrting country in The world. although
it is impossible to estimate, accurately,
what quantity Of grim, &c. is consumed
Ia preparing ,G5O,0O0.O0 value Of ex.
ports, by which you are SO greatly benc.
flied. 1t is placed in the laboratory of
that wonderful intellectual machine, man,
which gives him the physical p',wer, aid.
I'd by steaH. OF converting it into broad.
cloth. calico. hardware. sc. &c, and in
these shapes, their whea,s find their way
to every country in tho world" ''.i
He then asks the attention of the Amc.
rican farmer to the fact. that American
-four In Cuba pays duty Of about $40
4 barrel; In Rio Janeiro to 6; and in
many other parts, that the duties vary
from 50 to 100 per cent In return we pay
COIN for cofiss DUTY FREE. .nEA' =
Ourreciprocai trea,ies with Great Bri-
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