The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-12-05
For The Miners Express.
Those New Eocks--No. 9.

1t is recorded in the "ncw set Of books kept
by the federal dynasty in power, that the
country is ruined by the tariff of Ie4G.
Let us examine the democratic accounts, In
1912, the whole amount of tonnage of shipping
belonging to the United States was 2,242, $50
tons In lo43, the whole amount was 9, 796 ,673,
beng an increase over all wrecks and losses of
535,7o7 tons. The tariff of 1916 was passed in
July, and went into effect December / St. of the
same year; so that the tariff of 1S42 was in ef-
feet the most of the year 1876 In 1876, there
were 1873 ,223 tons of shipping built, being an in
crease in favor Of the present tariff Of 120S2l
tons. In 1876, there were 1,l3O255 tons of
shipping employed in foreign trade In 1913,
there were 800, $50 tons, being an increase of
25o,Ojl tons. In 1916, there were 1899 27O
tons of shipping employed in the coastinc trade.
In 1913, there were ,747 ,G3l tons, being an in
crease of 5,}Gl tons in favor of the year of
ram! This unparalleled increase has been de-
mandcd by an increase of trade, and great as it
is, trcights have nearly doubled during the time.
lhis IS very pleasant kind Of ruin of our nar-
teal brethren. Here is one class of labor I'M
proved by the present tariff
BY the tariff of 1912, there was only S pcr
cent. duty on WOOL which came in competition
with wool growers in the United States. That
duty was increased to thirty per cent by the
tariff OF 1910. The amount Of wool imported
in lo43, was 23,933,04o pounds The amount
imported in 1913, was II ,3ol ,420 pounds, being
decrease of l2,45l Gil pounds. During this
time our WOODEN manufactures have nearly doub-
led. In the single article of blankets there will
Illus wear be used, not less than two million Of
POUNDS oil WOOL, "A;la in 1916 L,,n,ot ,r,
not manufactured in this country This oeoy;,
OF import and this increase of manufacture is
supplied by the wool growers of this country,
The result is, that last year produced about
|0,00o,O00 pounds, against $4,000, 600 in 1910
And the prices Of 1916, which were from 80 to
"a cents pound, have advanced to As an, a.. in
lS4S.
Inc prosperity of manufacturers can be pretty
correctly seen from the statistics of Massachu
sets In the years 1917 and Is, there were
1920 900, invested in manufacturing, in that
state. And yet told that the spiders
were building webs all over the factories built
before that time. Rather a spider web arru
mcnt to be sure. In 1916, there was in the city
OF Lowell in Mass, 22S ,S5S spindlcs. In lS4o,
there were 100000, being an increase of 81 .l42
spindlcs. In 104G, there were 6,}04 looms. In
l64?, there were $3.50, being an increase of
$500 looms-ncarly fifty per cent. During
tins time there has been great improvement in
| i1,o, a.,
more work. For example, one GIRL now tends
three looms instead of two, as before Yet, in
l64O, there were G,905 females, and $500 males
employed. In 104A, there were 1914 females,
and 1929 males, being an increase of 739 fc-
malcs and $3.50 males. In 1916, they manriac
tured IN Lowell ,594 900 yards of cotton cloth
per week, and l4,l00 yards of woolcns; and
consumed 10000 pounds CT cotton, and 81 ,OOO
pounds of wool, per week. In 1S4H, they manu-
featured l,704 1856 yards of cotton, and 81 2yl
yards of woolcns, weekly; being an increase
over 1916 of 1896 yards of cotton and 7,19I
yards of woollcns, weekly.
About one half of all the cotton cloths manu-
featured in the United States, find market in
foreign countries; and the prices of these arti-
cles arc regulated by foreign prices, for the very
reason that the amount manufactured cannot be
consumed in this country. This fact should be
remembered when the cry CT ruin is raised
Every year increases the culture of cotton.
The reason of this is, the United States is be-
coming the cotton growing country for the man
u1acturng world. The increase of the wear
ending August, 1S49, is estimated at $4,000
bales over any former year. The whole croD
was 2'"2o,o90 bales. OF this SIS, O30 bales are
used IN the States, and the balance, 2,2O7. $50
bales, goes to foreign countries The price Of
cotton, like the price of cotton manufactures. is
regulated by the price abroad. The price of cot
ton, in the last five months, has advanced more
than 40 Fer cent, and yet the home manufac-
lures have not yet purchased their stock, hop
ing that the prices will fall. The amount of re-
ceipts from cotton, exported for the year ending
July 184o, was 64,655,430.
The amount Of corn exported during the same
time was 11,472615 bushels The amount of
wheat was 1904, 704 bushels, and 2,li0. 1893 bar
rels OF flour. The amount of receipts for bread
stu1fs, tor two years, ending July 81, 1S49, was
$75,94l ,038. The value of receipts of beef,
butter, cheese, pork, hams and lard exported in
lS48, was SS12,270,251. That of tobacco. was
S7,o5l ,122; and that of rice, was :s2,331 500.
These are properly the products of agriculture
the offspring of the earth and fruits of labor.
Here is about one hundred millions of dollars of
caapital added to the country in two years. -
great portion of this, is produced in these
western states. The value of these articles r..
ceived at New Orleans, for the year ending Au-
gust 3D. 1s49, was 1891 1896, 500; and for the last
two years it was $161 ,768,143. This vast
amount has all found market, either in the more
eastern states, or in foreign countries This is
the kind of ruin and distress the tariff Of 1876
gives to agriculture and labor. Here is one hun
dred and sixty-one millions of wealth, the sur
plus product of the soil and labor of these west
ern states, in two years The difference between
this capital and that produced by bankers, brok-