Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-12-23
Political.
REPEAL OF THE PRESENT Ia
RIFF.

REPEAL OF THE PRESENT Ia
RIFF.
4 Immediately after the passage of the Ia
riff OF 1916, this paper was the very first To
raise The cry of" Repeal" Experience had
convinced us that the ad caiorem principle
adopted by that bill, must be traught with
fatal injury to the welfare of Pennsylvania
and all the States interested in the question
Z OF protection. Two years have passed
g then aud the results have been even
more injurious than we at that time antici-
pated. Our predictions have not ouly been
fulfilled, but, the failure Of many of the
large factories, rolling mills aud furnaces,
bear witness To the desolating effects of "a
system, which was thrust upon the country,
Ia secure the political favor of the South.
The act of 1912 was stricken from the stat
ute hook, moi because il failed to realize any
OF the expectations of its friends or to pro-
duce abundance of revenue-for in both
these respects il far exceeded all estimates
but, because it projected free labor, and he
cause it was supposed, that system of low
duties would appreciate the value of South
ern staples. II was assaied on political and
sectional grounds. and there were men in
the North, knouing this purpose, base en-
ough To betray the interests of the people
by whom they were elected, and one of them
sufficiently treacherous, 10 give II casting
vote, in the face of the professions of his
whole life, against the State of his nativity
and the policy which he knew to be that
hest calculated TO advance the great inter-
ests Of the whole country. The experiment,
besides prostrating Pennsylvania, has been
equally disastrous in its effects upon the
South, for cotton is now lower by 80 per
cent. than il was under the act of 1912 ;
thereby demonstrating the truth and force
of the Wing theory, that no market Is SO
good, because none is so sure and steady, as
the home market.
| This Bill of 1876 having, therefore, dis
appointed all the ends for which it was fra
med, has no longer any claim upon public
federation. Owing to the Immense rush of
foreign manufactures, under the attraction
of low scale of duties and the chance OF
false invoices, and to the vast increase in The
foreign importations, which have been drip-
en- into our markets by the foreign revolu-
tions, to he sold against the domestic manu-
! features AT whatever price they would bring;
the revenue for the current year will exceed,
hy several millions, the far average OF the
| Bill. The induccment To purchase foreign
fabrics, which was accustomed by the high
prices and large demand for our produce
during the inmme, has already disappeared,
and the specie which we then obtained Is
rapidly going back, Ia pay Tor luXurles not
needed, and TOR manufactures which, by their
lconpetitiun have ruined thousands Of our
most enterprlSlng artlzans ana mechanics.
| Within The last year rs much as twenty mil
| lions of specie have been shipped To Eu-
rope. The causes for excessive importa-
tions having abare,, the revenue, as n natu-
raj consequence, must fall, and even If IL
could lnainrain its present nlaxiiniIin--whch
every practical man knows it cann0t-it
would not be suiirient to cover the ordinary
expenditures of the government. including
The interest on the public debt already fund
ed to say nothing of the prospective loans
which are demanded by the necessities of
the Treasury.
The appropriations for the present fiscal
wear NJ the last session, amounted 10 forty
sepen and half millions, and we venture
To predict that even this enormous sum, will
not linuidate the actual demands upon the
government during this period. " there is
not mn application from the Secretary OF the
Treasury, at the meeting Of Congress, for
several millions of deficiency. we shall con-
fess ourselves greatly surprised and certainly
such an omission would be in opposition To
the practice of Mr.. Walker, for AT the last
session, hi. deficit amounted TO more than
I fifteen millions
| For these various and obyIous reasons, we
feel il our duty To- renew the cry of "Repeal
of the Tariff OF 1896" Our opposition to
this experiment, was not founded oD consid-
erations of party, but, because we knew IL
must I've attended with the most ruinous con-
sequences to our labor At the time of this
writing, the result of the Presidential cleo
ton is not known /; but Whatever may lie That
result, we shall not cease IN our efforts 10
strike from the statute book, measure
which has spread deaolntInn and ruin over
the land. The Tariff question is no polti-
cal speculation, and we shall urge the repeal
of the British Bill which now Expresses ev-
cry interest of Penn-y lyania, with as much
zeal and determination under one President
rs another. Let our friends therefore pre-
pare for " repeal'' at The meeting OF Con-
yresS. We have the power ~ The House
to pass Bill recognizing specific duties and
Just proiectoii, and more than this, we have
the power to prevent appropriations until
The LOcofnco majority III - Senate shall
listen to the voice of Justice and the wrongs
Of oppressed labor. Much rs we depreeate
such a resort under ordinary circumstances,
il affords remedy, and if our influence eau
prevail, It shall be exercIsed.-PhitadeLphia
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