Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-27

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ional Intelligence of Sturdy the following
ciUr from that tact aud firm ls,cnl OF Amer
con industry the Hon. Aulfcw Stewart, OF
'cn,,l,auia. rhc delay ia lis publication
.Io>c from Inc ioCt that il dill not reach thc
'iitor, uuil last week-but Use nodcr will
that thc lettcr has lost NOTHING either la
.hs pungeury or force OF It's truthful remarks:
To nc Editors o( The National hsi,uigenccr:
HOME LEAGUE
HOUSE, oF RtPRFSFNrNrtvEs. Aug. s. lSiG.
lsec this morning that | am usSailcd by the
Editors OF he Union in nearly a column OF
abuse Too having had Vie ''hardiho0d' Co pro-
pos in the House the formation oi a home
lraLuc to usa dmcricuH Instead of foreign
g10ds-to support uur own mechanics, mlu-
uiaCturcra. and farmer, in preference to those
ol Great Britain, aud thus resist the dc,.uroj
purpose 81 the Secretary ot the Treasury to
prevent the substitution OF American lr Tor.
ciIn goods.
This the Union characicrizc, as high tra
sou--as a proceeding against thc Govern
mrnt. Nuw. how the preference OF dmsr-
iCUt To British goods l. Il proceeding against
thc Government !, beyond my competent
sion. II he bad sail against the British Gov
cmucut. | could have understood him. Bat
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this plan at "a home league TO prefer imlr-
icda io BRITISH goods d, pes i ted IN, thcl will
form "a nome league TO prefer Brush 20 A
metiCau goods, ur, in the words ut the Union.
''rJHs5 10 touch an ar'icle pradured los Amer
iCaui manufacturers. Let the Union aud his
friends torn their home lcaguc. and "rc-
fuse 10 iobch any thing produUcd by Amer.
Ioaus-lrt thcm du this, and see what lhr
1utrI iCGH shoCmahcr., h~attCr~, aud other me.
IA "a e..
them form th,ir british icucuc tousc British
guuds in Imposition to the 1mDtcnH icacvct ia
use IwcricuH goods. and SEQ which viii pre-.
vail. let ihcm iry which 4, thc strong 50.
thc BriiiSh or the American party iI ihi,
county. 10 this | have uu objection.
ann lurih,r changed las ,hc Union with ia.
Noriug the tarlnut 1872. Which IL SAYS impose,
d laN at sighiy millions 81 doHGTs, 10y thc In.
creased picc of siytoJt articles enumerated by
thc Sa,rctay oi the Treasury. VIZ iron, wool.
lea and cotton goods. leather. paper, &. lhc
prices oi which have been greatly reduced, as
every body knows, sIu,c the tdrill ui lol2.
Yet Wcurc told that the people ar tuxcicigh.
ty millions OF dollars by the Increased price oi
these articles, OF which the Secretary saws wc
NOW produce annually in the United States
three hundred aud thirty-uue millions ol dol
lars worth. But let the Secretary DESTROY a.
he proposes to do. this immense home supply,
and purchase them from abroad aud what viii
To- ihr TAX paid To iurcigne - Three hundred
aud thirty-onc millions a ycar'-Aut whtre
Will we lind money to- pay az But now docs
the Secretary make out this TAX al eighty mil
lions. a. the Union has IL, or seventy Eve l,-
cuniiug to his M statement ~ adopting.
10 use hi, own words, "ihe position that lh,
duty = added To the price OF ,he import, as al
50 OF its domestic rival.
To show the ab,urlity of the 5 s%craiary's
90 puSlftoH, that the duty - in dii cases aided
10 ihc pr!Cc ul the domestic rival produci.
lct ms take d few other cases, (quitc as fair al
at those selected by the ScC.rtap) anil
the result 10 which 10 brings him. For
tic dJiy on potatoes =, len ccHis al
hu>lrl OF which wc imported last year 2ll.-.
300 bushels, exported 25i.0O0, and puuluccd
roo. coo 900. Now, ID The duty of ten cenls
IS adlcd To the price OF the home supply, thea
ihc potato tax Is $1,000, 600. We produce
lZo 900 $50 bushels CT wheat; thc luty on
H. twcuty five cents "a buslrl: 50 thai.
II thc dity ~ added To Uhe price, as lh, S.crc-
tdry SAYS, then the wheat tax amour sto SB9 \
OO0 600 a year. We produce 900, COCOON
pounds Of c1i'on yearly. We imp1rV~l last
wear. according tp Ia StCrc'ar, = report, 49,
10000 p1uul, oi COTTON. II jhe duty, (thuc
cent, pea pluHd) j. ali Il q, ,hr price al cot
tIru ,hr cotton tax Wtla.u1uut ip $50
Thus q, Will b. seen that, ucyor
ding Co thr 'Crslary , theory, Uhc tax pail up-
ou thc,. adi,!e, of agricultural production
will amount 40 81 OOo 600 PER yclr. being
more than ihc amount uu thr S.Crcjdn'o si-
teen ARTICLES above mcnii1ucl.-Ihc. cal-
cuililons ns 90 whrat. cotton, AMI p,tatprs,
/ admit are oii ab,url, bul not ml,c 80 thau
thu-, of thc Secretary oi thc Treasury.
Having failed HAS mouning in my effort 10
g,t the hnor to Nlnjleati ml7.lt against tbis
attack | have TO await myseil o., Ills tha ouI,
mode icit tor It's accomplishment
y. STEW ART.