The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-05-09

II as extensive clrculauOn as pOSslDIe, CeI-
tainly admits of no question. The reason OF
this high appreciation of our Secretary's talents
Will be plainly enough seen from the fol
lowing statements, in the correctness of
which, the utmost reliance can be placed
We copy from the Piasbrg Gazette.
FACTS FER WORKMEN.
We avail ourselves of the figures of The
Tribune TO show the food Of goods that have
been poured upon our market through the OPP
GRAFTON ofihe tariff of 1916. No one can
read the details Of the operation OF this law
and resist the conclusion that home labor has
been sacrificed without the least return
The following table shows the exports
from England 10 the United States of plain
calicoes.
1916. 1847. Increase.
Yards 10,640,2l5 41,519,244 30.S79O29.
An increase ofnearly hrte hundred per
cent, in one short year. Under the old law.
which made the plain calicoes pay a speci-
fic duly. things were not so, as The figures de-
monstrate.
Exports 10 the United States.
lC44. 1910. 1910.
Yards 1861, 800 12,412,9SI 1O,64O,215.
Do not these figures show that the old law
regulated the imports, prevented excuses,
and kept our home labor harmless compare
lively from the pauper labor OF England.
We now give the figures in relation 10 the
exports OF lace 10 US in the sane time:
1916. 1S47. Increase.
Yards 4,O52,49s s,721,s3s 4,669,34O.
An increase of one hundred per cent.
Now, let US take the export ci cottonlhread:
1916. 1S47. Increase.
Pounds 422.462 s42,4O7 4l9.945.
and we have another hundred per cent, in
crease.
See how regular The export was under the
old law.
1913. 1914 1945. 1916.
Pounds 3SS,779 100000 493, 999 4ak462.
The laborer can SEQ that the fee-trade
tariff has robbed him of the labor of making
in one year the following articles:
Calico yards 30.S79. OPS
Lace, DO 4.669,3lO
Cambriss & musIins, yards l,o4S,654
Cotton & linen do 5lS,3SI
Cords. velveieens, &C. do 20O,OS2
Calicoes, printed & dyed, yds. 80, SGS sos
Total yards increase 68,IS3,9O5
Threads lbs 419,945
The increased export of the above goods 10
the United States gives 10 every good Wing
and democrat inhabitanV, men, women,
and children, more than three yards each
The time has gone by for pretending that
James K. Polk, or any OF his political assocl>
aIes. are as good tariff men as The men The
Wings would put in charge OF the Govern
menI. The tariff OF 1916 has shown its rot
tenness, I'D the fact is hut too apparent that
foreign labor is swampiug US. Shall we SUI
Snch is the view which is taken ofthe mat
ter in Pennsylvania. The following are
from different section of the country.
wOoLENs.
A HEAVY SACRIFICE The Newburvport
Herald says:-One of the New-Y York auc.
roneers sold last week 6OGO pieces of WOODEN
cloths. in 600lots Of len pieces each. in three
hours. The proceeds OF the sale amount to
S2OU,Uuu. Ihe goods probably cost the three
mills 10 which they belonged $3.50 600, per
haps much more. They were all manuiact-
ured within the last three months.
This with other like sales was made TO
drive out the foreign cloths which have flood
ed our markets under the Polk Tariff Ills
but temporary expeJient; it would cost too
much 10 keep it up. II the disturbed cOndi-
ton Of Europe does not cripple her energies
Tor time, the Americans must necessarily
cheaper their manufactures. They cannot
do IL on the capital, Tor thai is sunk in brick
mortar and machinery; they must do it on
The raw material and Wool fell from
10 cents last week in Boston: orr young
men and women are not going TO the factories
as usual. We repeat, there is a speck Of
hope in Europe, otherwise Vermont will this
year reap bitter fruits from The Polk Tariff
The Keene Sentinel says:
The manufacturing interest is every where
depressed, and in many cases goods have
been necessarily sold at auction at ruinnus
prices. The same cause would have opera
ted as powerfully Il year ago, but for the fam
inc in Europe, which brought the specie into
our country that was absorbed in The Mex
lean war.