The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-03-14

life imported from abroad, than they had to
pay under the oppressive and much abused tar
i'll OF 1912, when produced at home.
But there is another position taken by Mr.
Walker in favor Of the free trade theory, which
cannot let pass unnoticed. Mr.. Walker distinct
" avows it to be his purpose and his policy, TO
prevent ''the substitution of rival domestic pro
duets for similar foreign goods This purpose
was more than once avOwed by Mr. Walker in his
celebrated report of 1915. 1t is his declared poll
cy to put down the productions Of American in
dustry, American rival products" and give the
American market to our foreign 'rivals." And
these are the principles and policy openly avowed
by an American Secretary, and sanctioned by an
American President-to prefer the productions Of
foreign TO those of American industry-to send our
money, fifty millions ofdollars more than was re-
quired under the tariff of 1912, to get the same
mount of revenue. And why send this fifty ad-
ditonal millions to support and enrich foreign Ia
Dor instead of our own! Why destroy the mark
cts for fifty millions of the productions of Amer
can agriculture and American labor combined,
and supply its place with the productions of for
eign agriculture and foreign labor! l demand a
reason for pTeferring foreign to American produc-
lions. ask our President and Secretary, why
they prefer foreign hats shoes, boots, coats-eve-
nv thing they eat, drink, aud wear-tc those, Of
American manufacture! Why they prefer for
eign sugar, salt iron, and coal, when our resOur-
ces are abundant and inexhanstible and our labor
ready and willing, with proper protection and en-
couragement, TO bring them forth But mol
This must not be permitted. domestic rival pro-
duets must not, says Mr.. Walker, be substituted
for those of foreign countries, and especially for
those of England; for, says Mr.. Walker if we do
not take more British goods, England viii have
to pay specie for our hrcadSiufS and not having
it TO spare, she will bring down the price Of our
cotton" No wonder this Report was printed in
the House of Lords; and its author would APP
pear much better advocating such doctrines be
fore the House Of Lords, than before our Ameri-
can Congress. They were British doctrineS-nOt
American; and they must he so pronounced by
every true American heart. Yet We are told, that
Mr. Polk is the model President, and Mr.. Walk
er the model" Secretary; and a pretty pair of
models" they are. y laugh.) Queen Victoria
would surely grant patent for such model" l.
neTicdn sta;emen as these But let them look out.
Old Rough is coming, with his check shirt and
home made coat, to pitch all these miserable mod
els and British doctrines overheard, to 90 where
they belong, TO Her Majesty, or their friend Don
Antonio Lopez dc Santa Anna.
But, sir, Mr.. Walkers ostcnSiblc object is rcve-
nue.. He reduces duties TO increase revenue, and
this can only be done by increasing imports in a
greater ratio than the reduction of dutics-for in
stance he has reduced the duty on hats from fiji
" to thirty per cent; on shoes, from fortyhve to
thirty per cent on rcady-made clothing he has
reduced the duties from fifty to thirty per cent
on smith work from sixty one TO thirty, making
an average reduction Of more than forty per cent,
on these articles. This will, Of course, diminish
the forty per cent, unless the imports are
increased in the same proportion. Now, why i'm
port two-ffths more shoes. hats, clothing ready
made and blacksmith work from abroad, and
throw our own mechanics out of employment, 10
beg or starve, and give our money to foreigners
by millions, without adding cent to the reyc-
nue--robbing American industry of lis just re-
wards and giving it TO foreigners; and this is thC
way Mr. Walker favors AMI supports American
labor, the ''toiling millions"