The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-07-20
"THE BRITISH TARIFF.o

( ne Locoloco IarlH OF 1916 IS en-
phaIically the British Tariff, as much sd
as if passed by the British Parliament.
instead of the Locoloco party in the A.
merican Congress. 1t was concocted IN
the committee rooms Of Congress by BFI-
TIsH AGENTS, and, as will be seen by the
following extract from a despatch of Mr..
PAcKENHAM, the BRITISH MINISTER II
Washington, TO Viscount PALMERsroN, iE
is regarded by the British Government
with especial favor, as calculated to turn
the balance of trade in favor of Great
Britain.
The following extracts are taken from
/ Mr.. PAcKBNHAa' despatch:
WASHINGTON, 29th March, 1916.
"MY LoRD-IIER MAJEsTY's GOVERN
"MENT WILL BE GLAD To HEAR that the
Is session of Congress closed without any
=" addition having been made to the rates
" of import duty established by the Ia
riff of last year.
/
"TO ENGLAND at the present moment,
"wHEN 1T IS OF SO MUCH IHPoRTANCE
"THAT OUR EXPORT TRADE SHOULD FLOU-
:. RIsH, in order to meet the heavy de-
"mand upon the resources of the cOun-
"ry, occasioned by an extraordinary i'm
portation of food
:" In this point of view, if the new ta-
"a riff had only produced the same amount
''of revenue as the old one, the result
''would have been very gratifying, be-
" cause to create the same amount of reve-
"nue under reduced scale Of duties, IT
"Is OBVIOUS THAT A PRoPoRTIONATE IN
"CREAsE MUST HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE
T. >---srrIrY OF GOODS IMPORTED, IN WHICH
" INCREASE, ENGLAND, ~ n
"HER NATURAL SHARE. But when we
see that The reduced tariff produces at
"the rate of S25O,OOO a month moro
" Than the high one, the satisfactory re-
"sult of the experiment becomes more
" strikingly apparent.
''Upon the whole, my Lord, looking
p" to the natural effects of an improved
commercial policy, and to the state of
+" general prosperity and well-being which
pervades this country at the present mo-
ment, owing principally to steady de-
mand for all sorts Of agricultural pro-
duce at remunerating prices, think it
can scarcely be doubted THAT THE con
sumption OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE
MUST, FOR THE PRESENT YEAR AT LEAST,
EXCEED THE AVERAGE OF FORMER
( :
"BALANCE OF TRADE, NOW, OWING TO AN
UNFORESEEN CALAMITY, UNFORTUNATELY
g so MUCH AGAINST Us.-1 have, &c.
/ (Signed1 r. PACKENHAM.
Mr.. PAcKENHAM was right. "Her
Majesty's Government was so delighted
to hear Of the continued ascendency Of
British principles in the American Con-
gress, that the above letter containing the
information was ordered to be printed by
the British House Of Commons, as was
Sir Robert Walkers Free Trade Report
What an exceedingly amlable coincidence
Of feeling between the British Government
and our own! Both have decided pre-
ference for BRITISH MANUFACTURES -
The one because they secure the balance
OF trade in favor Of Great Britain, and
feed millions Of subjects who would 9TH
erwise starve-the other simply because
vast majority Of American manu(actu-
rers are WI igs
Locofocoism derives its priciPal sup
port from Great Britain. 1t is but just,
Therefore, that the party should recipro-
cate the favor. What are the interests Of
the country in comparison with the inter-
ests of the party! The former is but
an old fashioned abstraction, in vogue on
ly during the Revolution-while the lat
ter is clothed with all the attributes Of
power and the emoluments Of place.
But will the people--and especially
the hard working people of this country
permit the continued triumph Of British
/ interests We cannot believe it. In
Pennsylvania the Wings are as steadfass
as ever in favor Of protection. With
them REPEAL AND RESTORATION
is the word. Gen. JAMES IRWIN is
the ardent, incorporating advocate Of
the glorious American system of PRO-
LECTION TO HOME INDUSTRY,
and every friend Of the country. Of what
ever political party, should vote for bin.
: Reading Journal.