The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-05-25
tFor HE Herald.
TO TIE EDITOR AND READERS
OF THE
tSon1ersot Weekly Visitor"
A PLAIN SIMPLE QUESTION IN
ARITHMETIC AND ONE ~ MORALS.

ARITHMETIC AND ONE ~ MORALS.
The present Polk Tariff was passed in
The summer Of 1916, and went into oper-
alton on the lst day of December 1916.
Il reduced the duties imposed on Foreign
geods by the Wing Tariff of ls42, on
an average about 35 per cent.
In the years l845 and 1916 the Potato
Crop in many sections Of the U. States
and Europe and especially in Ireland was
blasted by disease called the Rot
The grain crop of 1916 was also failure
IN many sections of Europe, though very
bountllul in the United States. In con-
sequence Of which failure of both the
grain and potatoe crops in Europe, it is
supposed hatupwards of 100000 human
beings have died BY pure starvation, up
TO the present time, mostly in Ireland,
some in Scotland, France and Belgium,
&c. Thousands, yea millions of bushels
of wheat, corn &C., and barrels Of -four,
meal, &C., have been shipped from this
country TO those unfortunate countries at
high prices. Shiplosds more are now
beng bought up in our Eastern cities at
increasing prices, thus furnishing mar
let for the surplus produce Of our far
mers, such as was never enjoyed before.
Now to show that Whig Tariffs or Lo-
cofoco Tariffs have nothing, or very little
TO DO in producing or preventing the ex-
poriaiion OF grain, &c. from this country,
tits only necessary to refer to the Records
of our Government. From the official
reports on Commerce and Navigation it
appears that the total amount of Beef,
Tallow, Hides, Butter, Cheese, Pork,
Hams, Lard, Wheat, Flour, Indian Corn,
Meal, Rye, Oats, and other small grain,
Apples and Potatoes exported by this
country into Great Britain during 25
years, viz: from 1921 to 1916 inclusive,
was only s25,095.554, or trine over
one million per year.
In 1891 when the High De-
mocratic Tariff Of 1928 was
in operation, the expectation
ofWheat, Flour, Corn, Meal,
Rye, Oats and other small
grain was the greatest, a.
mounting TO S5.620,l3s
In 1910 when the compro-
mise act was at the lowest
point, the expectation Of the
same articles was the next
highest, amounting to $4,l49,945
In ls45 under,the moderate
WhigISrifT of 1912 the ex-
porta,ion Of same articles,
was only s24e,656
In 1922 prior to the Demo
cratic Tariff of 1924, the ex-
port was the lowest conss-
ting solely ol Corn and Meal
being only Sl4,036
The average yearly export of
same articles during ythe a.
bove % years was only s6s6.0ll
If any man therefore persist in saying
that high Tariffs prevent, or low Tariffs
promote the expectation Of breadstufs,
&c. he must either be iOel or knave.
But to the questions.
The Editor Of last weeks Visitor says
that .FIour in consequence (of the Tar
ifr Of ls4s) is going up, up, up" And
further tsatif the Tariff Of ls48 was re-
pealed and that of 1912 restored, "Then
Flour would no longer go up, but its ten
dcncy would be down, down, down."
ClgEsTIox LII the Polk Tariff of
1916 produced the "Potaioe Rot in the
crops Of THIS Country and Europe for 2
yeats and the failnre Of the Grain crop Of
Europe fOr ] year before said Tariff went