Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-06-27

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that they had absolute possession of the market .nd M
try would feel the effect in rapid increase ~ ;c
The committee had been told that some Of The s. a. ,h
'a were 20 hgn tnsi nsy amounted to prohibition that
OF the duties hundred per cent on the yaue ~
the commodity This cried aganat az an enorn;,v
not To borne But the way test the amount Of the
nifty was to look at the fact. What the effect Of these
high duties had been produce cheapness Of tho
article taxed the country had Witnessed II was ON
these very articles that the reduction in the price had been the
greatest 10 he gentlemen talk would suppose that six
cents DUTY was aadee the price of every yard cotton cloth
was, then the co given for nothing for the
tom duty and ALL cost but cents Mr. H. conceded that
if the duty taken off of ths article alone and the other
manufactures were suffered to continue the effect would
be great But foreigners would acri6ce much TO break
down every branch OF our rising industry.
Specific duties not rotec labor than
to The country had been olo ny the Secre
tary the Treasury that experience had shown an aver
age only of per yielded the greatest amoui4 az re-
The greatest amount When Where Exper,snce
proved directly the The regularly fell win.
the Tariff and continued to fall till the Treasury had neither
money credit and the imposition OF specific duty
levied for protection that at the time produced
to pay the public debt and carry the Government The
obvious The history of the introduction Of the
wool gave complete to the question. How
cheap wool brought in from South America Under
duty of five per cent. All possible guards inserted IN
the law to prevent it, Heavy penalties threatened But
what the actual operation great amount Of wool was
brought in audueny in the face Of the law aud sold at the
high price OF 40 cents, and would be- Under
ad valorem duty, insert what guard please and still the
Treasury would be robbed Men who regarded their interest
only would get round the law by perjury and fraud 1t
common saying and practical principle all the com
mecal world that cuoin-house oaths had binding force
The Importation OF foreign goods now mostly in the
hands OF foreigners They came here and established com
meca houses for purposes OF GAIN which owned abroad
by great manufacturing establishments They sent out
agent to open counting in our great commercial ciss
and by passing his goods through the custom house under
false invoices and nominal prices succeeded running
the honest importer destroying his profits, and driving him
out of the market But them gentlemen said there
Pasers appointed purposey prevent this Yes and what
did it amount to The goods were nspected but by whom
Look at the character Of the men, and take the famous Cap
tain Rynders specimen. Did gentlemen suppose that
merchant who imported goods to the amount of million of
dollars every year, would meet with any great difficulty in
managing such men Not the least. Mr.. H. made in
discriminate accusation, however He knew there hon
est men IN such trusts but if their honesty held out it did SO
against exceeding great temptations.
The tariff question effect the great question Of la
bo 1t concerned the labong Of the United States
than any body else whether regarded the profit Of their la
bo their moral condition. the education Of their children.
protective tariff which gave this vast class amongst
the only efecual guaranty that they not to be
brought down level with pauper labor of Europe.
There something else in this matter which statesman
ought consider than the question where could buy
cheapest Admitting, for arguments sake, that able
buy cheaper abroad, (Which could only be true for time
the prosperity Of the country depended the industry of the
country and if we would go prospecting did,
the question for to ask was what the system which
made labor the most productive What that gave the
largest the laborer 1t system which provi-
died. for labor such various pursuits and channels secured
more steady and more universal employment for its
Gentlemen told that agriculture the natural employ
ment of So it but, while agriculture suited
class of men, there other employ equally suited
the genius and disposition of other classes Protection
ed door for all and, though true that the nominal
price of goods increased by it. would still be benefit
to the country Manufactures dsed their benefits among
all branches of mechanical employment Gentlemen con-
fined their the number OF operatives only who
collected factory, and seemed have adequate idea Of
IF othp
medaey remotely dependant these establishments
The character Of the city Of New York chiefly CONNER
ca yet full one-half of her aborng population
gagged in the various branches Of manufactures and of
chanic trades, the of whom would be utterly Frustrated
by repeal of the tariff great many of these persons work.
ed for wages, and wholly dependant from day day
the labor they performed What would be the eff Of this
bill upon them 1t would be reduce their wages, and
at the time reduce the value of all the agricultural
products of the country
There another circumstance which showed the interest
which the mechanics had in the continuance of the tariff al
though they had been held up greatly injured it,
When great factory was put up in manufacturing towt
who erected and all the houses connected with it. and all
the machinery which filled it Consider the variety Of me-
chanca labor which every such establishment requires 10 o
gnae and 10 continue it TO say nothing of the consumption
of domestic products necessary complete it. Instead of
manufacturing and mechanical labor being held up the ad
yersaes of each other they ought to be made to feel what
in reality the truth, that tc interests denicAl
But ad that manufactures produced great increase
OF capital TO their That very true. Mr.. H. adj
Claimed the TACT OF the
gument He admitted that they produced natural, gra-
dual and in very rapid increase ofweah But
that wealth drawn from the producing classes The
fact can be explained different ground The bounty Of
the Creators hand had bestowed this country great
variety Of Not only soil rich and produc
tive in the highest degree, but hills stored with thb
richest mines We had coal enough supply the world
we had fuel in inexhaustibe abundance; had water
power TO any extent possessed the elements of
ufdcurng country, and that in the richest abundance
When mine OF lead, copper, coal was thrown open
which had slept tor unnoced and unknown, 1t became
at of productive capital As soon wate-
power improved became perennial source Of wealth.
The very ground which factory built increased
in value hundedod and the value Of all contiguous real
estate propoonaby enhanced Was the increase OF the
national wealth from like these matter to be
deporedi Shame upon the whose seishness could
think To the who loved his country this was
that capital should he multiplied by the improvement Of the
country Would they adopt it their policy to keep these
useless and fasten upon of depend
upon other countries who wise enough to improve
advantages fat inferior to ours
But Mr. IL time limited that he could but touch
two points He then went into examina-
ton of the existing state of the manufacture Of salt both at
Kenawha, in Virginia, and great Salt Springs in New
York and he read tables of statistics going show the
of salt made its reduced price, the great market these
features provided for the consumption Of agricultural PRODUCTS
and then he put the pregnant question: who injured by all
this Mr. H. was proceeding I'd notice and reply speech
of his colleague (Mr CoLLS) in favor Of the bill when the
Charmans hammer fell, apparently to his great astonshmen
and Mr. II. resumed his seat