Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-12-01
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The Tariff az raAc

the pen Of The distinguished Commission.
er ot the Patent Office, the Hon. Epmr -
BURKE, which may be found upon the
Arst page Of our present number 7, /
= htgniy inte resting and valuable docu
mens, and should enlist tie careful peru.
gal Of every reader, ,eitbout distinction
Of party. Itswill be seen from this state.
ment, that the exports from the port .,
a,ew ofk aiosie, for the first eight months
= 1885, exceeded by large amour,
me exports Of 1s43, 1914, 1e45, and
1910, during the same periods Of those
respective years. But our Wing friends,
VINO advocate the Tariff Of .1842. aver
mat the Tariff OF '46 would have exnlo-
oeu oy Its own natural operations, Fad
MOI an unexpected foreign demand for
cur products, occasioned by the failure of
ne crops in Europe, largely increased
the balance of trade in our favor. This
argument might be good, had not another
circumstance made it's appearance, equal
uhexpecteG.-and had not other ar,;-
ries besides those OF food rece;ved On
'nc'eased value from the operations Of
sne present Tariff: Our Wing friends
pretend TO estimate the expenses of the
present war at from eighty to one hun
urea and sixty millions of dollars. At
leas' one-half of this amount they calcu-
'a1e Is expended in Mexico for the sun.
port 81 our army. Admitting this to be
'fue' and assuming 10 be correct the low
cal estimate which our Wing friends haz-
nrd upon the expenses OF the war, (Which
IS eighty millions Of dollars we then find
mat the excess Of exports since the adop-
lion Of the Tariff Of '46, will not exceed
Inc pretended amount expended in Mexi-
60 lhen we may safely conclude that
the one IS fair offset to the other
oan any one recur to period, in the
history OF this country, when every
branch ofindustry was in more prosper-
Gus condition? Ifthey cannot. then we
must attribute this prosperity to the lepi- !
Innate operations Of the present Tariff.
and not to extraneous circumstances 30,
1u'a'ed 70 benefit the industry of the
country for the time being, and no long.
er. But disregarding entirely this in
ceontroyertlbe proof Of the virtue Of tho
present Tariff, let us examine ano,ber
iacl' winch IS even more simple and sa-
'ls'actory than that we have:just noticed.
Our opponents pretend that it is the Iaroe-
~ increased foreign demand for food
Which has operated to make the present
Tariff SO popular. To destroy this feeble
argument, it is only necessary TO re(ar
The reader 10 the increased value Of ort;-
eies under the Tariff Of 1916, which have
nothing to do with appeasing the hunger
OF famlne.strclen world. Let US take
me articles Of Wool, Hemp, Cotton, New
orleans Sugar, Kentucky Tobacco, &c.,
and ascertain how the prices Of these Sc
Veral articles, under the present Tariff. ,
compare with the prices in 1914 and AS
under the Tariff Of le42. IN Oct, 1915
American Saxouy Wool, per H., was
worth from SO to SO cents, and in Sent
l847, from 90 to As cents per h.. and
poorer qualities in the same proportion.
Hemp, in Sept. 1914, was worth 800 .
per Ton, and in Sept 1847, from $40 to
$3.50 per ton. New Orleans Cotton. in ,
Sept. 1914, was worth u cents per h.. :
and in Sept. 1s47, from 12a 10 l3s cents
per 10. New Orleans Sugar, in Sept.
1874, was worth ! cents Fer h., and in n
Sept. 1847. u cents per ID. Kentucky n
Tobacco, in Sept. 1914, was worth 6 Cts I
per To-, and in Sept. 1847, u per ID. \
This This we think proves conclusiveIy, that t,
the present Tariff is not indebted to the /,
famine 10 Europe for its popularity. But 7
while we are guarding the interest or,he e
farmers, It may be proper .to inquire Il
whether, by SO doing, we are injuriug the b
business Of the manufacturers? To this n
We answer, that both wooden and cotton i:
goods bear the same price now that thew m
aid " 1914, and the female "operatives'' c,
e place Of receiving Sl.75, which was a
ne amount paid in 1914, clear Of board. p
low receive $500 per week. There is O.
fact connected with this su beet b
y may az we'll notice, which appears to
trlke US as very important. Our oppo-
'ents claim, that Europe can produce all
nc products necessary for her consu.np- ',
ION. Under her present system Of agri- = :,
ulturc, and facilities for producing, we :
eny that such is the fact. We have had =
n Wnrv hest ~ s,, 80 !, -. q