Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-29

per cent al vl.oret1 en- ali liN t'rcl-n cotton ltN>
r'cs that come ia competition with those which bc
manufactures and desires to sell to the American
people, rlo rags ~ ltri protection Is i iht
foreign mauGhemrerl Byuo means. Is itlhe
men. women aud children who bus aud wear
those goods. Ii they wear the foreign fabric,
they pay the money which goes ior the duty into
the treasury ior The suppoa 81 tie -ovcrameui.-
IL ihey wear The domestic article. they pay lher
money, equal 10 The amount Of he duty, and The
profits OF lie importer. jobber, and retailer ON
the daty at least equal to 30 per cen, ON the FIRST
cost Of the article, INTO he pocket Of Al let
Larrence. Thi, is tlroiecfiop' as il is brought
about by prciectire tariff ike that which the
/ federal party advocates Il takes the consumers
ofthc domestic product--the mass Of whom are
poor men, women, aud children to enrich such
menas Abbot Lawrence, who are worth millions,
/ al cItor,ei By sbck Infamous and iai9liioss leg
islaiioa from The ahoring people Of this country
who are the consumers.
The sums ofmoneyyearly extored under such
a System Of protection as the tcderallsl5 pro-
pose, amounts 10 FIRE times as much as The sun
yearly paid 10 he gorernment as rereRse. For
instance, the value ofcouon goods annually man-
I uiac,ured in this county is now nearly, il not
quite seventy million Of dollars. This vast Il.
mount is consumed by the laborng men, women
and children Of the country. Admitting that il
is increased in cost to them only 10 the amount
OF the duty which is 25 per cent upon the value
and on that single item they pay into the pockets
of the manufacturers fourteen million dollars
annually, while not a cent Of il goes to the goy~
ernmcut for revenue.
The value Of cotton goods imported into the
country annually amounts 70 abou eleven million
dollars. The duty al the rate Of % per ceut on
on this sum amounts 10 two million eight hun.
/ dred thousand dollars which, otcourse, goes into
the treasury Of the United States. Thus, while
the people, under The protective system which
the ledeialists advocate, would pay but two MIL
lion eight hundred thousand into the national
| treasury, they would pay fourteen millions more
than the goods ought to cost into the pockets Of
Abbott Lawrence aud bis brother manufacturers.
Again, the quantity of iron OF all kinds manu-
! featured in this country is seven hundred thou
sand tons annually, while only about one hundred
thousand tons are imported; in all amounting to
, eight hundred thousand TONS Now, if the ave.
rage foreign cost Of the article is no more than
| $40 per ton, the aggregate increase Of price re-
sultiug from the mere duty Of 80 per cent. alone
without calculating the profits of The importer and
I retailer incident to the duty, amounts TO nine mil,
f lion SIX hundred thousand dollars; which the peo-
J pie have 10 pay for their iron yearly more than
they would ifthcre were no duty, Aud Of this
large tax eight million four hundred thousand
dollars, goes into the pocIetso Of the iron masters
and only one million two hundred thousand dol
Z a. ~ Il
, into the national treasury as revenue. We nigh
mention other articles, such as woolIen manntas
: lures, sugar, salt, and various products, showing
results equally as striking but It is unnecessary
1t is the system which produces such results
S which takes one dollar from the pockets Of The
people and puts ii into the treasury for the use o
2 the government, and ten dollars which 4 pots IN
d to the pockets ofihe manufacturers and iron mas
a ters--which is called "protection" The aggro
j gate amount ofthis "proteciioH" each year whcl
1 goes into the pockets Of the manufacturers anO
$ iron masters will exceed in this country one hun
bred thousand dollars in amount, while this GOV
= eminent takes bu, thirty million. What fact cal
show not only the stupendous injustice but th
. unconstnonality Of the miscalled "pro'ccties
G system in u more striking light And it is Til
e system in more aggravated form whichtbe fed
. eIal monopolists fthis country now, unfortunate
~ for the people, in the possession OF the govern
Q meni, seek TO build up permanently BY the abo
i lition OF the ad valorem standard Of duties, an
# the incorporation into the tariff Of the specit
/. and minimum principles, which have eYefywhcr
Il been the devices by which the monarchsis an
d conservatives Of all countries, now known in hi
IS country under the aneofrbigs, seek 10 che,
{. and plumber the people Of their substance.
We are aware that it il, o, rather has beer
conicnded that the duty does not increase tb
d price Of the article TO the consumer, but that
le tends TO cheaper prices, the duty being in IA
!, paid by the foreign producer. The bare stat,
% ncnt Of such proposition is sufficient TO Cot
n vince any sane man Of its palpablc absurdily-
an absurdity equaed only by the impudence wit
n. which il is propounded. Besides il there wei
G. even plausibility in the sophsm, It is now con
Of pletely knocked in the head by the clamor whiC
10 the ron-masters and their advocates Of the VIII
n. press are now raising for political effect in Pen
a sylyana. They contend nor, that the prices
on foreign iron are so low that they cannot success
IS fully compete with them; and, therefore, they a
n Of Congress TO increase the duty in order that
to prices Of the American product mag be raised
al Of c0nrEe, that is what they mean, because, III
he increase olduty would be followed BY still low
C. prices, as contended for by the Eludsons, the A
to drew Stewards, and other advocates Of the tar
n Of 1872 whose arguments can only be attribute
,ft 70 their Jolly or their knayery, the ron.masle
ey would be in a still worse predcameDt than tn
as in which they pretend for political effect, III
lly now arc. No; il Is an increase OF duty, and
by increase Of prices, which they want. They a
al willing that the government shall have lit
cts more revenue if the increase of duty shall I
m. make it prohibitory, while they have an increa
let Of prices Ifby such an expedient they can ha
IA ten dollars put into their private pockets, they
&c freely consent that the government shall recei
es. but one dollar into It's treasury, or perhaps no
the ing. 1t is this sytem, this shameful scheme,
he vised by cunning capitalists to peeulate upon
On. peopl lie under the cover and protection oflaw, 4