The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-27


no more of tit is gone for ever where
as, if continued in circulation at home,
passing from hand to hand perhaps hum
dred times in the course of year, it
would have done hundred times its own
amount of business, making times pros
porous and money abundant, instead of
making times hard and money scarce by
sending il abroad. But worse still--what
does this 100000 bring into our coun-
try? 1t brings the surplus agricultural
produce of one hundred and twenty Brit
ish farmers, and the labor of two hundred
and eighty British furnace men-thereby
throwing out of employment one hundred
and twenty American farmers and two
hundred and eighty American laborers,
with their families, to beg or starve Yet
Mr.. Richie AYERS that all this is for the
benefit of American farmers and h6orers :
Let American farmers and laborers an
swer him at the polls. They have the
remedy in their own hands, and they de-
serve to suffer if they fail to apply it.
But have not yet done with the g sole
organ" 1t further says that protectire
duties are adopted for the sole benefit of
few rich manufacturers, at the expense of
the poor laborers and farmers of the coun-
try. Now, let us see if the practical effect
is not exactly the reverse Of this.
Take the case just cited; four furnaces
are stopped, and one continues in opera
ton. Thus three hundred and fifty labor
ers, ood-choppers, golfers, miners, team
sters, Sc, are all thrown upon one furnace,
where only seventy men are necessary; and
the surplus produce of one hundred and
fifty farmers, where thirty is sufficient, all
forced upon single establishment What
must be the certain and inevitable effect
of thisi The laborers must work, and the
farmers sell their produce at some price.
They are at the mercy of the ''rich manu-
facturer;" and will not the competition and
undertaking that follows soon bring the
labor of wages from ST per day to fifty
cents or less, and reduce the price of agri-
cultural produce accordingly Who, let
me ask, does this injure, and who does it
benefit 1t Injuries the laborers and farm
ers whose prices are reduced, and benefits
the /" rich manufacturer in the same de-
gree. What they lose he gains. Now,
we submit, are not these the legitimate
fruits of the tariff of '46l Yet the Union
says protection is to benefit "the rich
manufacturer at the expense of the farm
ers and laborers of the country" But,
now, see the effect of the tariff of 40
Suppose the duty on iron were raised from
SIS, the present amount, to S24, which
Mr. Buchanan in 1912 said was indispen-
sable, and the four furnaces now stopped
were again put in operation, what would
be the effect OH the wages of labor and the
prices of the farmers producer With five
furnaces instead of one in operation, and
five times the demand for hands and pro-
visions, would not the price of produce
and labor instantly go up to what it was
under the tariff of '42? What would be
the effect of this on I" the rich manufac-
turer," whose strength enabled him to
weather the storm when others sunk.
Would he not have to pay his hands and
the farmers just double what he had to paw
them under the tariff of '46l Besides, the
500, 900 sent to England to support Brit
Ish farmers and laborers would be kept In
circulation at home TO support and enrich
the farmers and laborers of our own coun-
try; and what has been said in regard to
this locality is equally applicable to more
than Sl2,O00,000 now paid for foreign
iron and its products, and $50, 900, 900
more for other manufactures.
The foregoing facts and inierences are
submitted to the candid consideration of
the American people, and especially to the
farmers and laborers, who can, if they will,
apply the remedy at the ballot-box, the
only place where 1t can be applied. We
ask, is not this the plain, practical opera
ton Of high and low duties on the national
industry in all its Departmental Is il not
the true operation of the tariff of '469 We
ask the junior editor Of the Union, Mr..
Burke, alias /" Bundlecund," himself, to
answer; and let him publish this article,
with his answer, in the Union, and, by
way of inducement, we will agree to pay
him the usual charge for advertisements
if he will do so. FAYETTE.
From The Union gf September 26.
cit il said that the French legation IL now en-