Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-10

le productions Of the fore.,-lr. Ct aln,s.
very hing bVt breai.tuT, and provisions.
LA Is thIs 20 ~ accounted FRI Dr. WslS
IS specific OF IS has q double operaticn-
'utgadv, as ~ 0fesdstnfs aud provisi ms. b.;
tstriigcnt as . ever ding ela.. Wh, c1u
lnubt that famine, and nothing bit fiminr.
ms produced his greatly increased erpor,a
lion Of breadslufs.
Bst what pooIuced ihi. falling of under
ibi, beautiful Tree trsde polirv7 Was that
TOO, the irJit OF the lsriT Ut 1857 WIN has
there been ~ increased exports of c%nttnu7-
) mthern geniismen. cotton growers, how is
thl,f Ant YOU. We ,obsccu-grovers, how
comes 1t that, under Mr. Walkers patent ma.
shine 10 increase exports. the export OF To-
b,cco has fallen uff q million and a hali7-
What say you 10 thai Was this the hsppy
eG ct Of the tariff OF 1867 The Secretary
tells us that the starvation ia Europe ha. hal
iittlr or nothing to do with the consunption
th"re OF our h'rslsiuns: nothing whaie,er.
Well. the starvation has ceased. bresdstu,fs
arc down, and now the redDuhiabl- Mr. Sc.
retsry Walker /. like TO b. caught in his own
tsp! | tell Won that ia few weeks more the
cora laws iH England. sliding scsle and alt,
viii b. Ia tall OPERATION. They were mere.
y suspended, sot repealed. during the fam.
lne; and now, when he famine is over. an,
At Walker IS caught in SIR Robert Peel's Trap
o." corn laws go into luil effect on the fir
day oi March next. and then exports Geese
the revenue falls of, and MIR Walker viii
hive 10 appeal iO MS To restore the tariff a.
1872. to rrptrnjsh his empty sub.treasury. anc
iert his starving aimips and officers civil ane
military. AL home aud abroad.
Referring again TO the low tariff period
truu 1888 TO 1912, under the comYr1mis,
hIli, aud the hugh tariff period, rom 1877 tc
1857, the Secretary si,s the average export,
OF br tadstuifs aud troyisiuns were much lar
ger IN the wears OF low. con pared with higt
duties. Indeed, he repeats this over ant
over sgain, that the export OF hreads,uff.
and provisions was mocn greater under low
than high duties, which NJ says 1.-THE table,
81 tas Treasury cieariy prone" Now, ! pro
pose TO examine some Of these tables, anc
viii clearly prove by them just the revers,
OF The Secretarys position, TO an exient. tina
will aston,sa the Secretary himself, If he car
ne astonIshed Of any thing. will show
that, during four wears Of The period referee
TO, under the tariil Of 1888. the highest tariff
we ever had, we actually exported TO u reat Bri
tain more than one hundred times as much
breads,uhs AMI provisions ~ we did during
-four years Gnder the low duties Of the com,
promis. BID.
Mr.. HoLars said. you mean. | presume, one
hundred per cent. not Que hundred time.
more.
| mean, (said Mr.. S. } what | say, one hun
dred times more.
MIR. Please give me the facts.
MIR. 81 will, and | wan, you to take
them down-eKsmiue them st your leisure,
aud d%i-prove them II you can; here are the
iacts taken from the annual Treasury X.
ports ON " Commerce and Navigation" care
iuily revised b, an officer Of this House.
r,ier 10 Great Britain. not only because sh,
is our principal customer, but brca use Mr..
Walker has r lerred particularly To- our ex
ports OF breadstufs to England. and saws, we
must take more OF her goods. or " she viii
have 10 ply specie Tor our breads; IFS. and
not having II 10 spare. she will reduce The
price on cotton" Bat here is The table
which he woIld give IL he gen leman from
Sou;h Carolina, (hir. HOLMES for his special
attention.