The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-13
A LIHEHAL POLICY.
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Adequate protection TO Homs Indust,y.-Psnns,

adequate pT0fecttoH 70 AioWs fHuut'y-I-enHsy-
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Tho tariff question will soon begin TO excite public
attention The press and the people should and
will discuss the matter In calm and patriotic spirit
and with reference TO proper action by the next Cor
gress. Ii appears to be conceded on oil hands that
our revenue system will be revised. Pennsylvania
and the whole country look for such revision. And
yet II is we'll perhaps, thus early TO have IL under
stood that The friends Of home industry the men who
are engaged, directly or Indirectly, In the various
manufacturing pursuits, do not advocnte any ultra
illiberal system They merely seek sufficient pro-
lection to guard them against the pauper labor of
Europe, TO enable them TO pay fair wages TO their
workmen, and 10 authorize them to invest their cap,-
Ial with some degree Of confidence, that frequent and
destructive changes will not take place. In brief
tariff suited adequately TO protect the labor Of the
country, without being too HIGH and specific duties
substituted fer the adj paiorem principle I'll mis-
lake to suppose that the manufacturers ore in favor
Of any scheme which by Its very ultralis, would be
calculated to prove unpopular and unstable They
They desire to receive moderate profits for the CAPT.
tul invested the risks incurred and the labor en-
ployed, and they also seek ability pay their work
men 81 every class not merely at rates sufficient 10
keep them from starvation, but suited to furnish
Them with all the necessiries and many Of the com
forts OF social and civilized existence, And this we
believe be the sentiment Of great majority OF tho
people OF Pennsylvania.
This State Is especially interested In the enactment
Of proper Tariff. Our Coal and Iron interests are
all important. We occupy q central position and
while the rivers our eastern border lead directly
to the Atlantic, the Ohio on our western affords an
avenue and outlet for tho rich products and man
ufactured fabrics of that section Of the State. We
have railroads. too, that divergc in every direction
north, south, east and west The Commo wealth
has incurred debt Of $40 600 In constructing
our State improvements while another gigantic en-
lGrprise intendedto open still further and possible
better facilities 10 trade aud travel and likely 10 cost
several millions OF dollars, Ia now in steady mud ac
live progress under the auspices of PHILADELPHIA
Pin shur0 and lni n The WI
generally. We have thus, in tho first place, the raw
material In our exhaustless beds Of coal and iron In
the second We have homes, industry, TO an extent
every way adequate 10 all reasonable demands. In
the Third our climate Ia saIubrious and healthy and
provisions may be obtained in abundance, aud nj
moderate rates. In the fourth, we have canals and
railroads, and thus the facilities OF transportation
We spenk within bounds when we say that upwards
OF 900 have been expended by the State, and
the people OF the State In construction OF such
works as the Pennsylvania State Canal the Colum.
bn R,lrond, the Philadelphia and Balimore Rail
road, the Union Canal the Reading Railroad, the
Schuylkill Navigation, tho Lehlgh Works, and
many other similar enterprises, which II Is I'M
necessary 10 specify.
The reader will at once perceive what deep stake
PennsyivaDia has In manufactures and kindred In
teresis Still, she desires illn all national legislation
all enactmenis intended for the people of the whole
Union, should be based spirit Of compromise,
and be characterized alike by patriotism and liberal
ity. II is therefore, that, while she seeks for ade
quato protection for Home Industry protests against
and demands revision Of the Tariff OF 1876, she Is
for no ultra, unwlse or oppressive measure. Give
her something permanent. Let the duties be spec-
fc Enable her 10 compete fairly and fully with
nations that have been engaged for centuries Ia the
manufacture Of certain articles In which she has a
deep stake, aud she will be satisfied These. AT least
are the Impressions which we gather from CONVEX
ssiions with Intelligent citizens and from The spec
ulaions oil the independent and patriotic press The
subject Is an important one, and Ii should Ii possi-
ble be adjusted with view TO the general and per-
maneni prosperity, not only OF the thousands and
tens Of thousands who directly or indirectly en-
gagged in manufactures. but TO that OF the CONNER
cal agricultural and industrial classes Of the whole
country. Phil Inquirer. ~