Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-01-22

rr'|effon. Is inice a heir political soundress-
And .del ~. win always belize consequences
q ep-'i.ion q The expcriment. Mr.. Walker
SiraTS hive. Their uhole theorr 4 4 nis,si-:
ma nfac,'.s win ever 10 prove 4 4, be and
when Il j. rnl forth IN The very face q tls which
rrerr inI.|'ieenf man knows Il 3 di|eh1 40 rr-
ST Ie c11<losion that il Is done D i1t1Ite thaf
ihete ! a. 0ljcci 70 Be aiiainci B. misleading
he public mind.
have aluaYs been accompanied By 4 greatly In
erased export q bneadstniIs And Ne attributes
flIc snide1 augmentation IN fhosc expofls DURING
ihe last season not 10 he famine In Ireland and
orcr the South q Earope; not Al all but solely
10 his mosicl tariff of 1851 That Is what has
done Il al Low duties. not Starvation. have m
dnced the people Of The oM world suddenly 70 eat
Indiaa meal and cal ont ier American hour and
American beel But wish % ask hina-and /
/ PAT the same qn.sli0a % Southern gentlemen in
IL Hous-if this reduction Of dulles Is the thing
whfch has produced - large an export Of bread
stuffs. pray why had Il not in this same degnc
I increased the expoTss Of cOtion and Icbace0l Tie
export q catf08 under this model tariff OF our
mSiei President has been less By four millionsof
dollar han the Average exports Of Ten years past.
Wkai didthisl What prcducedthis falling ofI
under Ibis beautiful free-,rade pclicyl Was
/ thsf f0u, the fruit II the iariG 81 1916 Why
/ has there been n0einercased export Of eotfon
Soufhsrn gentlcmeh, es>ton growers. how Is tbs I
And you. ye tobaceo growers, how comes L that.
under Mr. Walkers patent machine 20 increase
/ exports, the export ~ bobacco has fallen OF .
million and halfi What say you to that ~
Was This the happy effect Of the tariff Of 1916
The Secretary tells rs that the starvation In Eu-
rope has had iiile or nothing % do with the con-
sllInptionth VI our breadstufs; nothing what
ever. Well the starvation has ceased, bread
daiis are down, and now the rcdoubtable Mr..
> cretary Walker Is like 70 be caught IN his own
Tapl I tell yoa that In 4 few weeks more the
com-iaws in England, sliding scale and all will
b. in full operation. They we're merely siis-
pended, not repealed during the famine; and
now, when the famine Is oeer, and Mr.. Walker
Is caughtin Sir Robert Peels trap, the corn-laws
60 into full effect ON the first day Of March next
and then exports cease, the reyenue falls of and
Mr.. Walker will have 10 appeal 10 as 10 restore
the tariff Of 1871. 70 repIenish his empty Sub
Treasury and feed the starving armies, civil and
military, at home and abroad
de nexttells us with infinite satisfaction that
hs report In favor offrce trade and British goods
II 1915. was reprinted in England that g Sir
Robert Peel raised his eyes 10 the fsAt ef irWth
No wonder Sir Robert raised his eyes in as
t0nishment. No wonder that he suspended the
duties on breadstHfs and let them in 10 teedlfe
land that was starving. But. when that fit of
starvation is relieved, the protection 10 British
agriculture as well as manufactures is al once
/ restored
! The Secretary asserts that under high tariffs
| the export of breadstufs has always fallen OIL
The whole experience OF the past he says esia-
blishes this general fact; AMI he wants our farm
ers 70 look at the fact Now aver thatfo four
years under the highest tariff we ever had
mean the "bill of abominations," the tariff of
| lH33--we exported to Great Britain England,
Scotland, and ireland, a hMHdred Times as much
breadstufis as we did during four years from
1885 10 1889, under the low tariff or compromise
tbiil Of l833 Yes, repeat il; during four years
Of the operation Of the !" bill of ab0ninalions'
otir exports OF breadstuffs (wheat, -four, corn,
and corn meal) were one hundred times greater
d England than during four years under the
compromise bill Yet the Secretary says the ex-
ports OF breadstuffs have uniformly been less I'M
der high than under low tariff
Here Mr.. HoLMEs, OF South Carolina, called
for the proof Of Mr.. Stewart's position
| Mr.. STEWART. The gentleman shall have Ii
Twill give il him. Here It Is | have got il
from official reports, carefully revised by an Off
Ger 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 tossay. But he would furnishthe gentle
nlan from South Carolina MIR. Holmes) with
the information he desired he could only give
hin the aggregates.
In four Yeats, from 1885 TO 1889, under low
duties, we imported from Great Britain $751;
900, 900 worth Of goods, equal TO $63 900 900 a
year, and she took from Us during this period Of
low duties $9i ,629 worth of breadstuffs equal 10
So 657 per yeari Well, now for the high tariff
of 1928 which lasted four years from 1923 To
1893. Daring this time We took from Great
Britain sta 00l 00n worth Of goods, equal TO
S33 600 900 year; and she took from US, I'M
der this enormously high tariff 80 sol 2fl worth
q our breadstuts, equal 70 ss,317. 900 per year.
We, under the high tarif. taking about half as
much OF her goods, and she taking one hundred
times as much. Of cur breadstutis. Yet the Sc
cretary and President say that low duties al
ways have and always will increase the expor-
tation Of our brcadstuifs L Yet the Secretary
says that if we donot take more British goods in
pay for our brcadstuffs, England win have To-
pay specie for our breadstufs, and, not having il
70 spare. she win take less or pay less for our
cotton
Yes, let the gentleman from South Carolina
Mr.. Holmes) put these amounts down and dis
prove them ii he can. Let him take il to Mr.,
Walker-if he does not will send II 10 him, and
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 mis-
statements, calculated IL not intended 70 deceive
the people He has stuffed every page almost Of
his report full Of breadsiuils But am mistaken
Il he viii not be sick of his breadstufs before all
i over. lAlanyh.l In 1886 we imported eighty
six millions worth OF British goods, and she took
from us in hreadstuhs the heavy amount Of 81 s
66f; that's we take SfG9fro her in her manu-
factures % every single cent she takes from us In
the form Of our breadstnffs And let il not be
forgotten that OF those very manufactures more
than one-eight pari Of the whole value is made
up OF British bfeadstufis consumed in the making
Of the goods. when say Britain, mean
England, Ireland. and Scotland not her depen-l
dences.)
The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Mcclers
mandy congraulates himself very highly on the
repeal OF the tariff OF 1872 Now, he probably
fbIgets thathis own distrir; consumed in 1886
$50 9l3 worth ofBritish goods to every : ~ she
took Of lis agricultural products assuming hat
his district consumes in proportion to all others
Yet re aneeensratslafed on the great increase
In the export Of btcad1a6s nader low dgtiesl
What have here stalled hold myself bound 70
u coniradicied They viii not be coniradicted
doubt whether il viii be attempted. They may
reply. bat they cannot and will not aftempt 10
ldisprove these facts. They are afraid TO deny
and ashamed 10 admit them. I A voice ID will
x answered, probably BY a personal attack r
Wellsohr IL am used % personal ailacks, but
they have not and cannot defer me from The fear
les discharge Of my duty on This floor.
Again the Secretary saws another thing. He |
says that BY the tariff Of 1916 duties have been
reduced from 100 and 200 per cent down 10 %
and so per cent that thlee-6flhs Of the duty has
been aiken of Of mon: and more than one-halfl
The duty taken OF OF cnal and yet he SAYS The
price 81 iron Is higher Than before and coal TOO
Well sir II the fact IS 80 who theu IS benefited
~ the reduction Of the duty The foreigner.
most clearly, and the foreigner alone American
consumers pay more for their iron than they did |
before. The amount Of the change IS mis-, thai |
the Treasury loses lhree-fIlhs ofihe founer duty.