The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-01-29

me cOflkIdWS 90 mo luil eiIeCt vi uo lIst
day of Marci next and then exports cease,
the revenue falls off, and Mr. Walker will
have 10 appeal TO rs TO restore the tariff of
1912, TO replenish his empty sub-treasury,
and feed the starving armies, civil aud mil
itarv, at home and abroad.
He next tells US with infinite srisfaeto on
that his report in favor of free trade and
British goods in 1915 was reprinted in Eng
land; that ,.Sir Robert Pee! raised his eyes
to the light of'ruth7 No wonder Sir Rob
ert raised his eyes i establishment. No
wonder that he suspended the duties on
breadsluiIs. and let them i'll TO feed Ireland
that was starving But when that fit Of
starvation is relieved the protection TO Brit.
ish ag culture as well as manufactures is at
once restored.
The Secretary asserts that under high
| tariffs the export OF breads,ufs 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 under tho
highest tariff we ever had-I mean the
"blll of abominations,' the tariff of 1928
we exported to Great Britain England,
Scotland, and Ireland) q hrndred times as
much breadsuirs as we did during four
years from 1885 to 1899, under the low tar
if Or compromise bill oflS33. Yes repeat
ii; during four years of the operation of the
bill of denominations" our exports of bread
stuffs wheat, flour, corn, and corn meal)
were one hundred times greater to England
than during four years under the compro-
mise bill. Yet the Secretary says the ex-
ports of bread stufs have uniformity been
less under high than under low tariff!
Here Mr.. HOLMES. of South Carolina,
called for the proof of Mr.. SrEwAEr's posi-
ton
Mr.. STEWART. The gentleman shall
have it. | will give it 10 him. Here it is.
| have got it from official reports, carefully
revised by AL officer of this House. Her.
is the result. He would give the details i'll
tabular form hereafter; they were ready, bu.
he had no time to read them now; his BRET
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
fom South Carolina Mr.. HoLMEsl with the
information he desired; he could only give
him the aggregates.
In four years. from 1885 TO 1899, under
low duties, we imported from Great Britain
S253 900 900 worth Of goods, equal to 1858,
900. 900 a wear, and she took from us during
this period ofiow duties, S94 500 worth OF
breadsuts, equal to S23,657 per year. Well
now for the high tariff Of 1928, which lasted
four years, from 1928 to 1888. During this
time, we took from Great Britain + 900,
900 worth of gooIs, equal 10 S35,0o0,0oo a
year. and she took from us, under this e.
Enormously high tariff, S9,504, Gil worth of
our breadstuhs, equal to S2,376,o6o per
year. We under the high tariff, taking Il
bout half as much of her goods, and she
taking one hundred times as much OF our
breadstufTs. Yet the Secretary and Presi~
dent say that low duties always have and
always VIII increase the expectation OF our
breadstufs' Yet the Secretary says that if
we do not take more British goods in pay
for our breadstuf5, "England will have TO
pay specie for our breadstutfs, and not
having tito spare, she will take less Or pay
less for our cotton"
Yes. let The gentleman from South Caro-
lima Mr., iIoLMEs! put these amounts down
and disprove them if he can. Lethm take
il TO Mr.. Walker; il he does not, will send
it TO htm, ALI call upon him 10 vindicate
himself from the charge Of having given his
official sanction and the weight of his high
station TO these gross msstatements, calcua-
ted, ifnot intended: 10 deceive the people.
He has stuffed every page almost OF his re-
port full OF breadstuis. But am mistaken
if he will not be sick Of his bteadsuiis be-
fore all is over. \ laugh In 1886 we
imported eighty.sM millions worth OF Brit
i.h goods, and she took from us in breads
stuHs the heavy amount of S1,6si; that Is
we take $500 from her in her manufactures
to every single cent she lakes from us in
the form of our breadstuffs. And let it not
be forgotten that of those very manufactures
more than one.eight part of the whole val
ue is made up of British breadstufls consul
med in the making of the goods (When
| say Britain, mean England, Ireland, and
Scotland, not her dependencies)
The gentleman from ILLINOIS MT VIC
CLEnNALp congratuaes himself very
highly on ,he repeal Of he tariff of 1912.
Now, he probably forgets that his own dis
trict consumed, in 1886, S373.9l3 worth
of British goods to every S7S2 she took OF
It's agricultural Notwithstanding that his
district consumes in proportion TO all others.
Yet we are congratulated Oh the great in
crease in the export OF breadstutts under
low tiles!
What have here stated I hold myself
bound to maintain. The statements cannot
be successfully contradicted. They will not
be contralicteA l doubt whether it will
attempted. They may reply, bu: they cam