The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-02-03

The bssl criisrioas to Judge Of their poli,i-
cal eounduees. Aud such, | say, wall al. 1
ways be the consequences OF repetition
OF .hs experiment. Mr.. Walker says thai
they never have followed. say they al
~sys have. Their whole theory is ms
take, and practice viii ever SO prove Il 10
hs and when it is pu. forth IN the very
face vi facts which every intelligent man
XMAS. Il 10 difficult TO resist The conclu
sisn sha, i, is done To deceive; that thsfe
Is on Object TO be attained BY misleading
the pubac m,ni.
Again: the Secretary asserts that low
duties have always been accompanied by
greatly Increased export Of breadstutfs.-
And he aufibltcs the sudden augmentation
in these exports during the last season. no,
10 the iamiae in Ireland and over the South
Of Europe; not al all; but solely to his
model iar,,f Of 1886 Tha, is what has
done il all. Low duties, not starvation,
have induced the people of The old world
suddenly 10 eat lndian meal and call out
for American -four and Americas beef
But wish TO ask him-and put the same
question TO Southern gentlemen IN this
House lit this reduction of duties is the
thing which has produced so large an ex.
port Of breadstufis, pray why had i. not in
this same degree Increased the exports Of
cotton and lobaccol The export Of cot
toa under This model tariff OF cur model
Presidenthas been less BY S4, 100000 than
the average exports Of ten years past, from
1885 to 1915.
What did this, What produced this
falling OF pnder this beautiful free-trade
policy! Was that, too, the fruit OF the
tariff OF 1916 Why has there been no in.
creased export of cotton! Southern gen.
tlemen, cotton growers, how is this ? Aad
you, We tobacco growers, how comes it that
under Mr.. Walkers patent machine TO in.
crease exports, the export Of tobacco has
fallen of a million and half? What say
you TO thai9 Was this the happy effect o.
ahe tariff Of 1916 ; The Secretary tells u:
that the Starvation in Europe has had liltl,
ornofhins 10 do with the consumption there
Of our breadsiuif, nothing whatever
We'll, the starvation has ceased, breadstuf
are down, and now the redoubtable Mr.
Secretary Walker is like TO be caught i
his own Trap, | tell YOU that in few week
more the corn-laws in England, sliding
scale, and all, will he in full operation
They were merely suspended, not iepea
ed, during the famine; and now, when III
famine is over. aud Mr.. Walker is caugt
in Sir Robert Peel's trap, the corn-laws =
into full effect on the first day Of Marc
next, and then exports cease, the revenu
falls of, and Mr.. Walker will have to az
peal to US 70 restore the tariff Of 1912, I
repleaish his empty Subtreasury aud fee
the starving armies, civil and military, q
home and abroad.
He next tells US with inhnite satisf.
iion that his report in favor Of free tra'
and British goods in sl5 was reprinted
England; hat g Sir Robert Peel raised
eyes 10 the light of truth" No wond
Sir Robert Peel raised his eyes n asto
ishmen,. No wonder that be suspend,
the duties on breadstuffs, and let them 10
feed Ireland that was starving. But, whc
that fit Of starvation is relieved, the PR
lection 10 British agriculture as we'll
manufactures is at once restored.
The Secretary asserts tina, under hi,
tariffs the export Of breadstufis has al.a
fallen of. The whole experience OF &
past, he says. estabIishe. this general fat
and he wants our farmers 10 look al t
fact. Nov, aver ,ha, for four years u
der the highest tariff we ever had me-
the bill Of denominations" the tariff
ls2s-we exported TO Great Britain En-
land. Scotland, and Ireland) hunde
times as much breadstuffs as we did duiii
four years from 1885 10 $50, under t
low tariff or compromise bill of l53
Yes, repeat il during four years of Il
operation of The bill Of denominations
our exports Of breads,uffs wheat, fou
corn, and corn mesl) were one hundr
times greater TO Eng land than during t
four years under the compromise bi
Yet the Secretary says the experts
breads,ufs have uniformly been less und
high than unler low tariff
Here Mr.. Holmes, Of South Carolin
called for the proof Of Mr.. Stewards pc.
lion.
Mr.. Stewart. The gen'lsmas shall ha
u. VIII give IL 10 MIN. mere IL Is.
have 60, il from official reports, careful
revised by an officer Of this House. He
is the result. lie would give the deta
in tabular form hereafter; they were re
dy, but he had no time to read them nov
his brief hour was fast running away, al
with all the hasle he could make he wou
not be able 10 get half through what
wished TO say. Bat he would furn,sh Il
gentleman ffom South Carolina VI
Homes) with the information he desired
he could only give him the aggregates.
Ia four years from 1885 TO 1899, undo
low dates, we imported from Great Bria
S253,000, 900 worth Of goods, equal
$4,000, 900 ayear, and she took from |
during this period Of low duties s9i 81
worth Of brcadstufs, equal 10 s23, G57 pr
year, Well now for the high tariff
1908 x.t.cl. las,ai E,ur yaarc fron | ~