Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-02-16

tHeN a4"dNS nave. NEW whole theory Is
a mistake. and practice win .xer so prove
il to be; aud when it is put forth in the very
face OF facts which every intelligent, man
knows. il is difficult to resist the conclu-
sion that ii is done to deceive: that there
is an object 10 be attained by misleading
the public mind.
Again: The Secretary asserts that low
duties have ALWAYS been accompanied by
a greatly increased export of brcadsiutis
And he attributes the sudden argumcnta-
ton in those exports during the last sea-
son not TO the famine IN Ireland and owe.
the south Of Europe: not al ali: but solely
10 his model tariff OF 1916! That IS what
has done il all. Low duues. moi stafNa-
,ion. hc induce. the people OF .he OLD
world suddenly 10 eat Indian nieai end
call out f., Amen can Hour and American
beef. Bal wish to ask hiu-aEd put
the same question 10 Southern gentlemen
in this i!ouse-it this reduction OF duties
is the thing which has produced so large
an export Of breadstutfs. pray why had IT
not in this same degree increased the en-
ports Of cotton and tobacco! The export
Of cotton under this model tariff of our
model President has been less by four
/ millions of dollars than the average ex-
ports Of ten wears past. from 1885 TO 1915.
What did this. What produced this
falling off under this beautiful free-tradc
policy! Was that. too, the fruit Of the
tariff of 1916! Why has there been no
increased export Of cotton! Southern
gentlemen. cotton growers. how is this!
And YOU We tobacco-g growers. how comes
it that. under Mr. Walkers patent ma
chine 10 increase exports; the export OF
tobacco has fallen off a million and half!
What saw YOU to that! Was this the happy
effect Of the tariff of I346s The Sccre-
tary tells us that the starvation la Europe
has had little or nothing to do with the
consumption there of our brcadstuffs;
nothing whatever Well, the starvation
] has ceased. breadstutfs are down. and now
the rcdoubtable Mr.. .'ccretary Walker is
/ like to be caught in his own trap! tell
YOU that in few weeks more the corn
laws in England, sliding scale and all,
will be in full operation. They were
merely suspended. not repealed, during
the famine; and now, when the famine is
over, and Mr.. Walker is caught in Sir
/ Robert Pecl's trap, the corn laws go into
/ full effect on the first day Of March next.
and then exports cease, the revenue falls
off. and Mr. Walker will have to appeal TO
us to restore the tariff of 1842, to replen-
ish his empty Sub-Treasury and feed the
starving armies, civil and military, at home
and abroad.
He next tells us with infinite satisfac-
ton that his report in favor Of free trade
and British goods in 1845 was reprinted
in England. that '.Sir Robert Peel raised
his eyes TO the the light Of truth" Nc
wonder Sir Robert Peel raised his eyes in
astonishment No wonder that he sus.
pended the duties on breadstuffs, and lie,
them in to feed Ireland that was starving.
But when that fit Of starvation was relie-
we'd, the protection to British agriculture
as well as manufactures is at once resto-
| red.
The Secretary asserts that under high
tariffs the export Of breadstufs has always
fallen off The whole experience of the
past. he says. establishes this general fact;
and he wants our farmers to look at the
! fact Now, aver that for four years un-
/ der the highest tariff we ever had mean
the '.bill of denominations, the tariff Of
18o8-we exported to Great Britain Eng
land. Scotland. and Ireland) a hundred
times as much breadstuffs as we did du-
ring four years. from 1885 to 1889, under
the low tariff or compromise bill Of 1888
Yes, repeat it; during four years of the
operation of the '.bill of denominations
our exports of breadstutfs (wheat. flour,
corn. and cornlneaD were one hundred
times greater to England than during four
years under the compromise bill. Yet the
Secretary says the exports Of breadstutfs
have uniformly been less under high
than under low tariff!
Here Mr.. Holmes. Of South Carolina.
called for the proof Of Mr. Stewards posi-
ton.
Mr.. Stewart. The gentleman shall have
it. | will give it to him. Here it is.
have got it from official reports, carefully
revised by an officer Of this house. Here
is the result. He would give the details in
tabular form hereafter, they were ready,
but he had no time to read them now; his
brief hour was fast running away, and
with all the haste he could make he would
not be able to get half through what he
wished to Say. But he would furnish the
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr
Holmes) with the information he desired;
he could only give him the aggregates:
In four years, from 1885 to 1889, under
low duties. we imported from Great Br.
tAih S-Co.OOOsOOC WOItiI Vi gCOUSs equal
to S63, 100000 a year, and she took from
US during this period of low duties 1884,.
629 worth Of breadstuffs, equal to S23,.
657 per year. Well, now for the high tar
iff of 1928, which lasted four years, from
1923 TO 1888. During this time we took
from Great Britain 81 az 900 900 worth of
goods, equal to s55,OoO.oOo year; and
she took from us. under this enormously
hiei. tariff Sa,504, 24l worth Of our bread
stuffs, equal to s2,37s, o6o per year. We
under the high tariff, taking about half as
much of her goods, and she taking one
hundred times as much Of our breadsfuffs.
Yet the Secretary and President say that
low duties always have and always will
increase the expectation Of our breadstuffs!
Yet the Secretary says that if we do not
take more British goods in pay for our
breadstufis, England will have to pay spe-