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

March list, II i" 90 {"
April LIST. 81 ea "
May 1st. 81 g 60 &
June 1st. 81 /" 90
Jul y list. 81
August LIST. 9 9!
September 1st. 81 l04
Nor have the MANUFACTURERS suf-
fered from the operation Of the Tariff Of
1916, as the following quotations from
the N. York Prices Current fully prove:
ARTICLES 1874. 1847.
Brown cotton fanncls,
Hamilton mills, per
yard. ia cts. III cts.
81 inch brown sheet
ing, Indian head, 81 81 "
81 do. shirtings, ca
Merrimac blue prints, III " II {"
1t would seem from the above that the
manufacturing capitalists have not been
quite rnined under the operations Of the
Tariff Of 1916, as their kind friends il:
Congress and the Federal press general
ly predicted they would be.
The humble, but equally worthy Sop
cratives" have been alike fortunate, as
will appear by a compa rison Of the aver
age wages, per week. for the years 1914
and 1847, viz:
Wages Of females,
(clear Of board, SITS $500
Now let me briefly recapitulate the
triumphant and glorious results of the
Tariff Of 1916, which l have established
by facts and figures, which cannot be
shaken, because they are drawn from the
most authentic sources. They are:
LIST An increase Of the exports from the
port Of New York, during the first eight
months of the present year, in the ratio
of eighty per cent, or seventeen millions
Of dollars, in round numbers orer those
of the corresponding period of 1916.
Cd. An increase in the num6rr Of BUSH
els of grain exported from the U. S.
during the year. l847, over the number
exported in 1916, in the ratio Of more
than one Auudred and fifty per cent? the
excess amounting to t1centy-sir millions
Of bushels. The same quantity Of grain
exceeding in value the quantity exported
in 1916. in the ratio Of more than t1co
hundred per cent, or THlRT1-SlX MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS ~!
Sd. I'm increase If Reuenus during the
first nine months under the tariff Of 1916
over the amount collected during the cor.
responding period Of the last year, under
the tariff Of 1912, of more than THREE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS g.!
4th. An increase Of the puices Of agri-
cultural products, ranging from TWEEN
FIVE TO nearly one hundred per cent.
5th. An increase IN the prices Of num-
facsured articles, IRON, &C., the produc'
ton Of which was to be entirely "ruined'
by the tariff of 1916.
9Th An increase Of the ,cages Of Mt
Operatives" in manu- featuring establish
ments.
might show that the business Of oul
canals and railroads had increased al
least thirty per cent. over the business Of
asst year, if had time and space to use
the ample materials | have before me.
| may say in conclusion, that, never
was public measure more triumphantly
INDICATED in the magnificent results
which it has wrought out, than the tariff
Of 1916: and never were the predictions
Of the panic-makers Of Federalism more
overwhelmingly refuted, and their au-
thors Frustrated by the irresistible argu-
ments Of facts, than they have been by
the facts furnished by ,ho operation Of
the present tariff: 1t would seem, ifthey
had either honor or conscience left, that
they would, in view Of The facts above de-
tailed, acknowledge their prodigious cr
rors, and thus atone in some measure 70,
the gross and shameful imposition which
they have attempted to practice upon the
honest Farmers and Mechanics Of this
country. lam, very respectfully
e.. Your friend and servant,
........ EDMOND BURKE.
Col. S. C.. STAMBAuGH, Lancaster, Pa.