Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-23

saddles. brldlrs &C., g., ~ ~ "o M
China and Glass. ~ w : eo
Tin Ware-brass kettles, &c III w "
Woolens-bankrts, CLOTHS, =. m
fanneis. haizs, caTpest, &c. - w 81 w
Cotton-.hirines. sheetnes,
towels, table cloths, print os m
ed cacors, &C., - w - w
IIaIs-men'Si w0menss ana ~ m M
chlldrrn's. ~ w W
SILK soods-dresses, gloves, zoo & m
&c,
sa7l so slO7 90
Thus. il appears, that il the outlay be 1911
so the sum OF ;:lO7 90 is paid for duties alone !
Our estimates are taken from the Journal Of
Commerce-one OF the ablest Commercial papers
in The country.
Now. who GETS The benefit Of this lax, whioh is
levied on the consumer Does il 20 10 iced and
clorhe he cperalives of the North Not al all
For no mailer how much The owner oil The faco-
rs mar be making, he pays The operative only SO
much as will secure his labor. 1.-The can employ
workmen Tor 25 cents day, ne is not So liberal
as To give them dollar, though ne might well al
ford il.
The AK paid by the consumer in the language
of MIR. Jefferson, goes into The pocket OF the man
i.factuyer, The millionaire, who is making from 10
10 % per cent on his capital And il is paid, for
the most pail by the farmer. who, with all his in
duslry and good management, is scarcely able 10
live in comfort and educate his children.
Are there any who still doubt that III, y are pay
ing this taxa
Here is more evidence. II is 10 he found in the
report Of Mr.. Saltnnsall, from the committee
ON manufacturers, made on the 3lst Of March,
1912 10 Congress- on which The tariff bill was
based Il ,caS the report OF high tariff commit
tee and the evidence was furnished BY the manu-
facturers themselves. They say that English baI
iron, (he most necessary thing 10 The farner,)
could be delivered in any seaport town in The
Union, (after paying duty OF 20 per cent? and
sid for S37 per ion. And yet The Wing Tariff
laws so high duty upon il, as 10 make il cost
the consumer, now, sos TO IS! just tUics as much
as would cost without he duty.
In The National In,eliigencer the leading Wing
paper in The Union, OF The 2lsl Of March, 1928
we find this precious orceau:-"Thc manuac-
turing interest is al this moment he ter projected
than any other interest OF the country" MAN
uac!ures are, besides, already The only prospe-
rous interest OF the country: Mey are Furnishing al
the erpensc of every otier."
When, my counrrymen, will you he aroused
from your eihargy2 When will you be awaken
cd 10 true perception ofyour dearest rights, and
most sacred ineress2 When will you arise IN
your strength, and crush this system oil monopo-
ly and oppression? Il is destructive OF that sound
maxim in legislation, "lhe greatest good 10 The
Creates, number" II is grossly unequal and IN
Just. Ii taxes The many for the bench! oil lhe
few. Ii robs labor of lis reward-exacis from
toll bonus 10 iuyury-akeS iron him that
hath not even that which he hah," and desoiaies
The South TO gladden. The garden Of the North
Let i, not be supposed that we are hostile TO The
manufacturing establishments. We would be
pleased 10 see them springing up III The country,
and fourishing in common with all other iEter-
ests, but we are opposed 10 STAINING them INTO
existence by species of hot-house culture We
are among The number who believe that all The
industrial interests OF the country should De los
tered alike; that each should stand upon lis own
bottom. We war against that spirit OF inequa-
lily, by which The earnings Of one branch OF In
duslry are put into The pockets OF another branch
Let each depend upon its own legitimate re-
sources, They will then be established upon
more healthiul and enduring basis.
II may be asked, where the system is TO end
The spirit OF monopoly "has no limit. II has IN
creased-is increasins-and ought 10 be dimin-
ished" In 1916, Mr. Clay said lha. he believed
three years would be sufficient 10 enable our man.
ulacturers 10 compete with The foreigner. Eight
years passed away, and The duties were then
raised still hisher-aierwards The "bll Of abomi-
nations" was enacted, which SO nearly visited
upon The country The horrors OF civil war and
bloodshed. Al this point solemn compromise
was proposed by the friends of protection. "Give
,uaions and agilalions for n,ne years, and the
manufacturers in ere,y branch will sustain them
selves against foreign competition" This COM
promise commenced with high duties, but pro-
yded for the gradual reduction down TO ~ per
cent. /. contained this clause:
nAnd from and after The day last aforesaid,
(3O,h day Of Sept, 1872 all duties upon imports
shal be collected in ready money and laid for The
pnrpose Of raising such revenue as may be neces-
saw 10 an economical administration Ct The Go.
ycInmeni-and fur TINT purpose shall DC equal upon
all arilcies according 10 their ralue, which are moi
by this act declared 10 be entitled 10 entry suhse-
oucnt 10 the said 30h day OF September lo42,
free Of duty" go,
The opponents of protection were willing to ac-
zen, The terms proposed. They were willing 10
become "heweIs OF wood, and drawers oil waller
for season. in order 10 ensure theirireedom al
teryards. But they required some assurance, that
IF rbey abided by the compromise while lis oPe-
ration was injurious to them, when that pc
riod had passed the friends Of protection would
keep the faith on their parts.
The following we're some Of The assurances g.
zen. "Honest John DAVIS" Of Massachusetts,
said: ,.. sh,,,
abide By The compromise, while she supposes J.
beneficial 10 the Tariff States, and injurious 10
her. and when that period shall close, The frieEds
II protection shall then propose 10 re.eslablsh The
sysier: ,shot honorable man. uho totes for Mis b1a
ro,ld sustain such measured Would not South
Carolina say, you have no right 10 change this
Law. il was founded on compromise; you nave
had the benefit Of your side OF the bargain, and
now demand mne2 Who could answer such
declaralionl"
And what was the language of Mr.. Clay?
we cannot torbear IN introduce il here, although
i, has been 50 frequently quoIed:
"If his measure (said hey should be carried BY
,ne common consent Of both parties, re shall
have all security history will teitsjuliy record
Tho transaclion-narTale under whal circumsian
res The bill was passed-that il was pacifyng
mcasure-lhal it was IS oil poured frcm he YES
sel NJ The Union 10 Itsore peace and harmony
10 The country. When al this was known, what
Cong ess what Legislature, would NIL The ones
toni What man, who is entitled 10 deserve The
character of an American statesman, would
stand up in his place, in either House OF Con-
press. and disturb This treaty OF peace and amily2"
And yet, oh shameless lIeachery no sooner
had the nine years expired, man these very men,
who had solemny agreed lha, afer that time the
dn,es ,huuld be t'eQual upon all articles accord
ing 10 their value" passed Tariff bill, which obli-
terated every trace Of The compromise, which IN.
nosed duiy OF about 100 per cent on most Of The
neces.aries of life, and admitted $4,000 600
worm Of goods free from duy-a Tariff bill which
was Denounced even BY The New York Courier
and Enquirer, MIR. CIay's special organ, as being
400 high ior The bes, interests OF The country
higher far higher than MIR. Clay recommended or
APPROVES But 10 his lasting shame, be 1t said,
MI. Clay himself stood in the very predicamenl
which he so helingly pourrays in his language
above! For although be did not ISLAND up in his
place in either House OF Congress, and disturb
that treaty of peace and amy"-simply because ms
he had no g'ace assrs -ye! he sat a9vn in Ibis
Cone as follows 1.-THE tariff OF 1912 has opera,-
ed most beuefcially, and am utterly opposed 10
lis repeal."-CommeDIis unnecessary.
This was moi tariff for revenue. I, was more
protective in us whole scope and character, than
The bill of 1928, or any other which has been in
operations since The foundation OF The Govern
| ment.
The Democratic Tariff Of 1876, with its low
dulies. has welded 5000, 900 more revenue in The