Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-04

any within the last fortnight When was in Pennsylya
MIA in the fall of IA found every body attached to that grea
interest and to is support The question was, will Mr. Poll
support it Will Mr.. Dallas support it Every body sic
yes. Who doubts Mr. Dallas, from the State of Pennsyya
MIA Who doubts Mr.. Polk, with the letter before bin
which he wrote stating il to be the duty OF every Govern
ment Cannot we believe him VIII he impose upon Vi
Pennsylvania Will he impose upon OF the great De-
mocrac State OF Pennsy wanna, which tweys cleo
Dare he or his friends before us with mis-
representations They yielded their confidence and gave
their great to Mr. Polk and Mr. Dallas Il MAIDS Mr.
Polk President and Mr.. Dallas Vice President; End when
this question up, Mr. Dallas himself in the chair ua
tive Of Pennsyvan mode Vice President by the votes
Pennsy lvanans, when the the tariff equally d-
vdel upon the question of prostrang the tariff of ~ be
gave his casting in the affirmative, and settled the ques
ton The tariff Of 40 abolished and this tariff 46
established in It's stead by his casting vote.
Mr. Buchanan, in the speech to which have already
than alluded tells his good friends in Pennsy
may perhaps be in their power to turn this pending
ton and he calls upon The Democracy of the State
it. am willing TO take him upon that issue. [Appause
Let Pennsylvania give her casting vote but let her give
herself by her own strong hand, and not by Others For il
at the pos after the free discussion and experience Of the
past, Pennsylvania votes with her vast muudes Of ntei-
Reut people, and gives the casting for Gen. Cass and
Gen Butler then be it. Let her take the consequence.
Thank God, nobody but herself holds that casting the
present day. hope she will give it hope she will consi-
der II and hope she will give it, when she does give de.
csyely and emphacaIly and therefore would say, if
could be heard by her-on the Delaware 10 the Ohio from
New Jersey to Mary aud-l would say to her that the
people Of the United States look to how Pennsylvania
,cW Herself girs her casting role,
will give few facts in relation TO the great interests of
Pennsyva understand that after the law OF 1912 was
passed. sixteen seventeen rolling mills erected to make
railroad iron business then unknown in this country
think have been informed that the first rail made in this
try made III Boston. There were sixteen seventeen
mills, all erected in the country in after 1872 Two thirds
Of them have stopped and stopped for what Foryve hun
dred wokmen have been discharged Miners wages have
been known to be high and the discharge OF people from these
mills for making railroad iron, has thrown opt OF employment
earning together 81 800 900 year. Labor, therefore,
that amount in these mills Of railroad has been thrown
out Of employ. The imports of on since the tariff
All know that II is said that orders have been
sent out amounting to three millions. We shall the diff
ference by short comparison OF the imports OF ls4s and OF
1916:
Bar iron 500 tons. $500 tons.
ZIG IRON. $500 .......... ....2f,ooo . I,Io
Sheets hoops, rods, and nails. 500 g 2O,+2S
And here the increase is in articles Of the highest
acture-that is articles in which the greatest quany Of la
Dor is ncoporaejor there TO be in this policy blood
hound scent 10 follow labor, and down, and 10
and strange wherever may be found. Sheetron, and
those species Of iron requiring the most labor NIL come cheap
IS, under this system. Now Of these Mills and
especially Danvie in the State Of Pennsy which
the proprieors 500 O00 which they paid in TO the last
cent, it dead and stopped. Aud here will only remark
that if we mean to keep up American labor und these opera
TONS we must hold to protecting our industry from the
petition Of foreign labor Labor abroad is cheap because the
people live poor English iron costs $500 per for wages
willie American iron, the result OF American labor costs
SIS So, because American labor live we'll means
enough 10 educate its Children and perform the duties
OF citizen therefore insist that shall have wages, and
high We know that others Of these iron works
about TO stop. Massachusetts, has
works the first mill in This country, understand, made
here. The wages Of handcrait Philadelphia also
down one-thd-l the hard loom weavers-and fifteen
hundred hands have been thrown out Of employment
have Just advered TO certain interests affected by the pre-
cent tari and few words remain for say respect
the general question And If these hindances
individual pursuits individual occupations and individual
labor, had not arisen, not imposed by this tariff, vet
the tariff such Is, and must be destructive the great
interests OF the whole people, whether manufacturers
And say that because that cannot stand for any
length 81 time this overwhelming importation Of foreign
mod!ties, mhom utter arrangement Of the currency If
The country That take TO he the great and general ques
ton al er ALL which embraces all interests, affects all men,
and extends every where throughout the whole United States
Now let us look At calculations upon this subject The
duties on imports for the year cuuen-ha beginning
with The r Of July last. and ending with the first oi July
neN-have been estimated at the Treasury heiDg likely
amount 70 S32 600 0OC and iha, is mproblbe because
for the year ending the first OF July last they amounted to
ihry-one millions and odd thousand dollars Now
this be ticking the of duties they stand 10
yield Of triy-tvo millions of dollars tho u,eti
iiff requires import Of 600 900 We impau
therefore, TO the amount OF Sl55 600 600 II expect ct
s32 OGOO 900 Of revenue according the establhed
Now, ltt me show you how this il and will give yon
statement made up partly OF thee mpoa,ions, aud ,ay
OF the inporations and expectations together.
The import Of specie during he year ending Jus 80 si
was sci, I2l. ESQ.
Under the tariff q 1912 The imports Exclusive of specie
and re-eIporstion) for the
Year ending June 30, Nctt revenue,
1871 ...... 500 $780, 5is. S26, 49,, $40
1915 ...... l05 5gg, 81 ........... 20, 52a,ll2
l6iG ........ OUis $50. .......... %, 7le G67
Average Of 3yeaTs lOi, 0l3 600 ...... 26,63l, $50
RS, 81 Per cent.
TSpIR TlRIrT oV 1916.
1917 ........l1G, 25s,3 % IA, s6i
less iuan 90 per ccnts loss Of 1--WE millions Of revenue
Il i thus quite obvious that under the tariff Of 1912 We
should have derived from less Importation and
lett tho balance 10 remain with in the Of sppce.
The revenue Of the year ending June 80 lSis, reported
70 have been S3l 700 900 which, the same rate
import Of $3.50 600 OOO The rate Of import has ap,a
really continued about The same.
The EXPORT Of specie Commenced in October ls47 and 6as