Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1848-03-18

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gift which saved my poor mother from much suffer-
! ing. London paper.
From, tbe pjUsbrtrgh Gazette.
Tn ,rur ,po> ,,,N,rrlCrIrprps avn MINERS
ar, rr,>,t,y,vI,
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inc great staple ihttrts's VI 'i'C Ht"'o - (;L
syfanla the production Of IRON ana Goa'' upon "'.
her prosperity SO intimately o'P'nus' arc "o" SUI
ierihS 10 snch an extent On account u ''lo l -
prices 10 whlch thcy nave i"lreH' III ems -
inc immense lhPor'"'onS VI 'Oitis" i'o''' " ~
/ awaken inc most SERIOUS "pPI e"'n,i"S ;o
Inc lmPOT'"''htG VI ms So ''," 9o,sI -
branches Vi L ems ~ am" i""tt'"y ~ Wv - 49,;
WHICH, me manufacturer the .i Jlt o.
Fan ana laDoIeI, arc e!'lei um ~ 100 HON
deeply interested, cannot oe eNas '.eu VI w -
" estimated; ana inc question Vi 'i,e ~ -
doWhiiil; Is one VI PloSP'in'y y. " NV .t of a.
citizen OF this state ana 0usit 10 DC VI
r0nS cohsluerion ~ .tic -, co. 'ht r,ot
-: o'''i H. ' - mo-! +bos iotnrrsts wit6in a
sr. r;od and II Is rnnaII obyious that This
AVON, - direc,Iv attribntabe TO reyuISion of the
s,n,, l.i,J mon the same branches of industry in
/ ENGLAND
II becomes MS therefore whose interests are deep
Ir involved TO cnouire WHY the industrial branches
81 his country shnnid necessarily dcpcnd so init
m,tcI,- mon those Of FOREIGN countries that when
theirs arr. nrostr,tr and ruin hoycrs over them ours
are invoIvrd in similar unfortunate crsls-that for
every nnIsation of the FOREIGN market ours should
that no foresight or prudence on our part,
based pnon thr domestic demand or domestic supply,
can protect US against the mprudencc and wild spe-
culations of foreigners.
1t becomes also to enquire, why the late de-
mand for iron in Europe, which inflated prices TO
such pitch that il could not be imported into this
country and Of necessity induced the construction OF
a large number Of Furnaces and Rail Mills for the
purpose of supplying iron for our own improvements
which otherwise must have come TO a stand, having
suddenly ceased abroad, English Iron is now pouring
in upon us at prices ruinOus to the American Manu-
tacturers; and the result - that many mills nave
already suspended operations from ncccsIl! anu
thousands OF laborers are utPrNta oi cIhPo! Iii'i
Their late customers me F"iitodG companies "n,
Drought tieih !H'o eNiNt'"ST' "'i,i'S ny IL P
chase orel%h iron cheaper 'il"h 'e "
rally looking 10 th'F own interests, h9
them ana II Is KNOWN lnS orusrs ior ESlIHn H.,is'
10 tnG Naiue oi c''oIo'oo0' arc ~" so'e ' ' ''0'
the Eastern ot1'es 'tyhS. - =, r.
Inc dePenaGhce Oh li's country upon tlt ii'o i
tonS OF English prices lor ron oI necessity my
the existence OF thIS Dr"cn VI american "'" P'e
emIncntiy fehnsyl' INDUSTRY
We believe this cYIl to be directly traccanlc 10
the operation OF the American Iarit OF 1910 which
when the price is high abroad, increases the duty on
imported from : 3 per ton tor every advance oil SIU
and no protection Is wanted; and when the price Is
low, dim!nShcs the duty - tor every tall oil > ~
per ton, at time when the greatest protection Is
wanted. Or in other words encourages the domcs-
tic article, by extra duty, when no encourage
ment Is required but when prices are ran1ui'y low
invites the importation oil the iorclgn arucle ny di'
1t is therefore apparent, that under the operations
of such a tariff the price OF iron must be subject TO
the greatest possible huctuaions-at one time making
it so high that it cannot be imported at ALL when, by
its scarcity American enterprise, deceived by the
phantom Of prosperity is enlisted in its manufacture
and for a while capital and labor become protably
employed. At another time, making it so low that
American capital is endangered or lost, and American
labor becomes unemployed by the stoppagc OF cur
naccs, mills and collieries"
II is the dutv therefore of all interested in the
nrodnction Of iron and coal in this state seriously to
rn1,,irc whether policy so fatal TO departments of
orr industry essential to national prosperity and in
dnncndrncc will be perseycred in under circum-
s,ancns so different from those existing when the
nrrscnt tariff became law. The general govern
ppnont cannot he insensibIe 70 the REPRESENTATIONS
which it is our duty as Pennsylvanians, as well as
/ r,annf,cturcrs and miners 10 make nor should il
Withhold anv remedy in its power tending to anne
ior,ta ,bo n; and niustcr hearing 50 oncrousIv on
t%nSn bigb ;nor,ant branches Of domestic industry
IL yie,y of The f,rr~o;n.r facts the UNDERSIGNED
d raS,cc,fiI,. rcG7nr,fo,d IN their fellow, mann
ftrers and miners the rronrietv Of holding Trades
Covention nj the civ of Harrisburg on the 22d day
Of Mach rcv far tho nurnosr If drvisinr some pIan
in order to accomnli,b by every honorable endeavor
- remedy for the evils c6mpIainrd Of and of making
Jor-n i,,h IN tho General and STATE Governments
the ininrious effects of the present Revenue Laws on
tno cr.y,ot sto,I, i,terests nj PcnusvIvania
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ereidrG fre o Of r3n an and Coa ,bat
anu III w t asa a, of NJ
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