The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-24
The Locofoco Tariff.

The Locofoco papers, of this country, are not
alone in their encomiums upon the British Free
Trade Tariff Bill of 1916. The English papers
join with them in lauding the scisdOm OF that Bri-
fish party in this country. who opened our ports
to admit the fabrics Of Great Britain, at a nominal
duty, thus bringing them into competition with
our manufacturers The London Economist says;
ITO the United States alone, (says the
Economist,) the increase in the amount
of our shipments in the present year wit
enceed any thing on record. On a few of
the leading articles the comparison for
the first six months is as follows:
Exported to the United States in the first sir
months of 1876 l847
Cotton thread lbs 3l4,S42 435. O69
Plain calicocs yds 6.1l6,285 e2,57l,485
Printed do " 7,643,35O 23,914,58l
W%oolens, all kinds, 6 7O2,234 1921 6l
Silks, yds 88,l52 l24,343
Linens, 1890 l3,639,2ll
Do entered only by
valuation 6 500 39,647
Besides these there is an equally large
increase in cutlery, metals, and every va
riety of goods, for all of (which the orders
continue to be upon a very large scale"
Scores of other papers exult in the same strain
Among them the European Times almost employs
the very words ofour Locofoco contemporaries;
making allowances for large quaint
ties of goods which have doubtless been
despatched in vessels to America on
freight, there can be no doubt ofthe vasI
increase which this branch of commerce
has thus suddenly obtained. 1t is salts
factory also to hear that large orders fol
the fall trade, embracing other articles OF
manufactured goods, continue to arrive
Thus, so far, the wisdom which has die
tated in the United States so considera
BILE u modification oftheir tariff is as com
pletely illustrated by the above returns
as that our own Measure offree trade ex
hibit, up to this period, the most crafty
ing proofs of success"
1t must be remembered that the people OF thi
country will buy no more than they want and tina
all that immense increase will take so much worI
from our Manufacturers and the laborers, whic
they employ. Well may British Journals eXu
over this increase of their expectations to Amer
ca-well may those men, who have not the pro-
perity of their country at heart, join in with men
the fruits, the legitimate fruits Of this darling Loc'
ioco measure is here exhibited and although tn
price of grain which this Tariff was to keep PHI
fallen to its lowest notch, yet the European Time
4 tells us "it is satisfactory also 10 hear that larg
y orders for the fall trade, embracing other article
: of manufactured goods, continue to %arriUe."-
l.. Where then is the reciprocity of the measur,
r England aud Ireland have good crops and no lon
4 err rant our BreadstufEs and yet orders for gooC
j. continue to arrive from America. Specie no
!, returns to England aud the balance of Trade wi
o be against us. These are the fruits Of that Loo
foco Tariff and %evinces the ,OisdOm and profour
II forethought Of its trainers. The Famine, in E
le rope, for awhile afforded them premises, upC
which to base a false argument; but the FalniI
exists no longer and our good Locofoco farme
a. who have been deceived, will now have to tuI
,e their attention 10 what they have been in Il
Of habit Of calling a humbug-the Home Market
ID But with such an increase in our importations
is we have had for the last six months, in a fe
III years cur home market will be comparative
Sc v~aiuetess. Then unless there sheald be anoth
famine in Europe, where will our farmers find
market for their Surplus Product
N, EYrA Southern Locofoco editor. on his W
ok North writes home to his paper that he did n
by visit Washington, because Nobody was there a
k. Nobody was in the white house.
This editor helped to put Nobody in the VIII
On house and this Nobody appointed the No6odi
who fiji the different departments.