The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-10-30


suited from this course, that, If Parliament /
bad mol nterfered so as 10 remove the cause |
|of distress, The English Government itself
would in all probability have been overturn>
ed. The manufacturers insisted on the strike |
ing of the excise duty Of 3ad. per square
yard, or they could NOT compete NTH the
American factories. and the Recessitv ofthe
case compelled England in 1897 to take off
The ercise duty entirely. Thus it is that the
muchsabused tariff Of 1923 brought about
permanent reduction in the cost Of the fabric
| in England amounting TO more than the pres
ent price per square yard Of the coarser fab
rics-which reduction has done more 10 ex-
tend the consumption of cottons and to hold
up the price of the raw material than any
one thing in the course of its his DRY Short
ly after this master res Il Of our policy, which
seems TO have eluded the observation of our
politicians, and in which millions of revenue
raised by England from our staple were re-
leased, our own disputes at home effected
what England so anxiously desired. The
tariff of 1882 made almost every hempen ar
ticie free of duty, and otherwise affected the
duties on manufactures; and in 1888 the
compromise act established wholly a new
Culloch) hailed as the harbinger of prosper-
ty to England. Indeed be exultingly deca-
ed that those notifications of the tariff had
given a death-blow TO our manufactures.
But, fortunately for the country, the destruc-
tive period of that act was just before the
close of ten years continuance, and we were
not bound by the solemnity Of i pledge long
to bleed under The cruel stab. In 1912 the
wound was stanched. but the whole body
polite was in the very last stages Of sinking.
Yet see how like charm, with the return
ing smile of fostering Government, life and
activity returns, and every industrial interest
springs 10 its feet again. But the grumbling
cotton planter, like the elder brother in the
parable Of the prodigal son, stands off afar
and refuses 10 join in the universal Joy upon
his brothers. return. 1t seems to be the fate
of suothern politicians to he embarrassed
with signal failure in all their predictions
They complained that this tariff Of 1912
would only cause England TO lay counter
vailing duties, and TO shut her ports in q
measure against our produce; but, untortu-
nately for their reputation as prophets anC
wise men, the first thing we hear from Eng
: land on the subject is that she has taken ol
. the last penny of duty upon cotton, in orde
9 to sustain and encourage The manufactur
J. there likewise, Here then is the remarka
s Bile spectacle of two of the most powerful
u nations on the globe rvaling each other
al encouraging The manufacture Of a s'apl
- ttife producers of which profess to regard lhi
'e encouragement (by The nation which is fore
q most to act and compels its rival to do like
Or wse) the greatest curse which legislatio
10 can bring down upon them.
lie What, then, have been the effect Of OF
is protective system on The staple in America
Ell By protective tariffs ii vas first plante
he here.
g. BIZ protective tariffs home market h;
C been built up for this staple of greater in
T. portance than the English market was TWEEN
in years ago; for when the tariff of 1924 wi
Id passed, he whole amount OF cotton mani
on factnred in England was only l3l 900, O0O
IN and the whole exported from the Unite
States was only l42 2-5 millions, while la
te year ass, 900 bales were consumed by o.
r., manufactures, which, at an average of 81
ne lbs per hale, amounts TO upwards of 1872 00C
on 600 pounds.
m. 8. By our protective duties, FIRST the En-
ID. lish excise duty on the manufacture and a
~. forwards her impost duty on the raw colt,
Vt have been removed. As a corollary fro
isb this proposit on, a permanent reduction in I
Id. price Of the fabric has been effected BY I
same cause, so that the cotton grower a
- the consumer Of the fabric have been equa
IN benefited.
80 While these results in the operation
:, : =, that system were effected, the manufaetJ
- of this staple in England has progressed "
oax the increase Of the cropin the United Sta
an without respect TO the duties laid upon
! - fabrics.
~. In this view Of the subject. land belle
~ every word of this argument is sound and
and ed upon established facts.) ask you c
M M didIy to say, is not the cotton planter m
!, = indebted to protective duties than any OF
,ant man, not excepting the manufacturer h
ton self?
hy have attempted to present this subjec
oome new light, by adVerting to one impor
4ar. fact which had escaped the attention of
or. people. IF have succeeded in demons
nor ting the true effect of our protective du
, T upon British legislation, | have brough
, H. view the. matter which demands the atten
,,;on consideration of statesmen. How far
Feet calculated this subject you must Judge
49,. 49, OLD VIRGINIA,
g lot 9o Santa Annals Letter.
c,ad Gen. Santa Anna, Commander IN
of the Tiberating Army to Gen AtmC