The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-24
Three Democratic arguments FIR Protee-

ARGuMEST l. Inc 1drV ~ 1910 Is good idir, BE-
CAUSE IT AFFORDS AnpLE PROTECTION toGte manu-
t;triming interests.
/ "THg TAuirr.-Wiy tasks the Washington
Union) should IL be disturbed, and thrown again on
the sea of uncertainty? Depressed as the mnnnfacr
turing interest Is said now to be, do we not new
establishments rising up in all parts OF the country
IL not his sufficient proof Aof ample protection is
already aforded?o
Conceding, for arguments sake, the fact assumed
by the Union be true viz: that manufactures
prosperous instead Of being depressed, ask If Il
Is doctrine for free trade authority, that
the tariff of 1916 should be kept unatered because
1t gives, "ample protectionln The Unionisqueslion
Is distinct admission, that protection TO manufac
lures is u benefit TO the country, which recommends
n law OF course IL follows, that protection may le
gitimately be held in view as an object In framing
the law; and this Is oil for which the Wing patty
ever commended IL II be found, upon experience,
thai the tariff Of 1916 does aord sufficient proiec
ton, as the Union aftirms, II will answer every re-
qurement Of those who opposed its enactment, and
fasiiy every principle Of those who most strennou'
supported il. Lei Il be remembered hereafter that
its highest recommendation, according 10 the
Democratic organ al Washington, is, not by any
means that III free trade tariff, bu thai 1t gives
ample protection
ARduMENT II. The manufacturing interests of tie
North ought not 10 ran farther protection, because Il
roud farther encourage formidable competition in
the Southern and JTestsrn STATES.
1--WE learn. Continues the Union In the same arli
cle) that Messrs Triplet and BlTetl, Of Kentucky,
n1Nt Liiu OIL Manufacturing uDWU NJ tue
Dor Coal Mines, on the Ohio, about one hundred
miles below Louisville, where they have erected
large cotton factory, saw mills, &c, and have al
ready thriving village.
"We have within few days, had the pleasure to
see Mr.. Tdpleu, on his way to Europe. to enlist
manufacturers and manufacturing ca pital. We knew
him formerlyin Richmond as one of its most
spectacle citizens and noted for his energy and
boldness of enterprise. Having the confidence oil
all who knew him, we say God speed his under
taking and further that when such men find II TO
their interest TO embark In manufacturing depressed
as The business IL now represented s il not the best
evidence that We want no more Tariff
| "Mly not the Western and Southern establish
| menfs already sprmginy into existence under TIE
present tariff soon Prore more Formidable 10 NrT
England than her foreign riraL1f
II the last paragraph, which We have italicized,
has any definite meaning II is that farther protec.
lion ought not TO be sought for by the manufac-
turing interest Of the North, because il would tend to
raise up formidable competition in the manufac-
lures of The Southern and Western States. This Is
the very strongest illustration that could be aug
gested Vi the important truth, that those States
where manufacturing has heretofore been little at
tempted, more interested In maintaining the pro
tectve policy, than the States where nanufac TIRES
have long been successful. The capitalists Of the
large Lowell factories comparatively Of their
| ability TO compete with foreign rivals may possibly
give willing eafs TO this second appeal OF the unioni
but Virginia and other Southern States where man
ufnctures yet in their infancy ought to profit by
the significant adm0nition.
ARGUMENT Ill., Proisciire duties do nat necessa-
riiy prohibit or diminish inportafions.
This principle Is distinctly advanced In the follow
ing extract from the Philadelphia sylronidf
important Democratic journal, which we find quoted
conspicuousy In the NorfM ArgUs also democratic.
"Iiigh Tariffs (says the Pennsylynnian) never have
permanently prevented importaiions Of foreign man
| uiactures or low tariffs permanently encouraged
them Mr.. Forward, when Secretary Of the Trens-
ury under The Harrison (Tyler) Administration, dis
covered this fact in his report Of january, 1914
speaking of certain table marked f. he says -It
commences In the year preceding The rise of duties
under the tariff OF 1924, and extends 10 1910 ines-
i've, so 10 embrace the period when the highest
rates Of duty eyacicd and that OF their decline
under the Compromise Act. II will be perceived on
inspection Of this table, that although the increase
of duties was followed in some Instances by slight
falling oil in inportatons the latter soon rose TO
their former amount, and suffered no material dini-
mutton under the operation of the highest rates Of
duty
II II be true, that protective duties do not perma-
nenty prevent importations, il Is denonstrabe that
they cannot work oppression to the country. They
give the home manufacturer an advantage In the
market, 10 the amour, of the duly; and therefore,
their operation Is TO increase the domestic supply
But II the foreign supply remains uniform, as the
Pennsylvunian and Mr. Forward assert the ngere-
dard OF prices consequently lowered. The home
manufacturer makes money AT low prices, because
he commands large sale; the foreigner pays the
duties and sells at the prices because he has no
other alternative. n edmond Times.