Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-01-30
NO. ~.

cling States are true to the interests Of
their constituents, they will oppose any
change in the present tariff. Agriculture,
after al, is the great and all-peryading
interest Of the United States, and, it is
time that it should cease to be regarded
as of secondary importance. No matter
what policy may be adopted, The burth~
ems OF government are sure to fall upon
those engaged in the cultivation or the
sol! with undue severity; let them not,
therefore, be deprived, by any action Of
the government, of the benefi, Of the for
reign market for the disposal Of the fruits
their libors. The home market is we'll
enough, as far as it goes, and we would
be the last to advocate any measure which,
would have the effect Of diminishing il:
but at best, it can only create demand
for a portion of the productions of the
grain-growing States. No he.-b sys-
tenn Of forcing manufactures BY bounties
or otherwise can be adopted which will
ever leave less surplus Of breadstuffs
and provisions on hand than that OF the
year which has just closed. On the con-
trary, every passing year will witness
the augmentation Of this surplus IS it
not question, then, which forces itsele
upon the mind Of every farmer in the
land, Chow arc we to dispose of this largo
portion Of the products OF our labor. r.
through the adoption of an an,i-commer,
cial policy by our government, counter.
yallIng regulations should be resorted to.
by those European governments which
have heretofore been our best customers.
and thus either shut US out entirely. or
admit US upon terms which will afford
less than living proi,s?" England is not
dependent upon Anne RIGA for SUPPLIES Of
food, although, under the prevalence of,
wise counscls, and by the adoption of a,
policy in keeping with the liberal spirit
O.! the age, it is in our power to secure
her as permanent and profitable Gus
toner. The extensive grain-growing.
countries Of the Black Sea at ali times
produce sufficient for the ordinary. and,
the pro;eclionists assert that they can
even now, when the duty is but nominal.
undersell us IN the markets. While we
have tariff like that of 1916, which ad-
mlts certain articles Of British manu(ac
ture upon the payment Of reasonable du.
ties, we may expect to find in England;
the same profitable customer that she has.
been for the last three years; but let the
edlct 60 forth, that from and after Il GER
tain date, our ports are 10 be shu, against:
her manulactures-and a revival Of the.
wing tariff Of 1912 would be II partial
exclusion-how long would it be before
we should hear Of the adoption Of re.alia-
tory measures on the other side of tho
Atlantic?
The attempts to revive the tariff Of
1912 can proceed from no other motive
than desire 10 pamper the comparative
lew who are engaged in manufactures at
the expense OF the great mass ofthe pco-
pie. In every other respect the tariff of
1916 is its superior. 1t yields more rev.
enue, and, as has already been shown, so
operates as greatly 10 stimulate and in.
crease the exports Of the country. The
three years of its operation have been
years Of unexampled prosperity TO ALL
our industrial interests 1t has been tri
ed by the test of time, and proved to be a.
wise and beneficial measure; and we ar
IDENTIFY hope that the efforts Of the pro-
tectlonlsts to overthrow it may not be at
tended with success.