The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-10
FfOm The ShiPpsast.rs (Pa.) Ne,Ds, May 10Th

FfV" inc SnPpe'S"Tg GRAZ Net1s, May loh.
Dull Times Effects or the Tariff OF 1916.
The effects of the Locofoco tariff of 1916 have
been every where seriously felt. The fires of our
furnaces, FORCES, and rolling mills are extin-
gulshed, and our workshops are closed. Five years
ago there were six or seven furnaces in operation
IN this county; now there are ttoo. The same may
be said of the adjoining county Of Franklin, and
almost every county in the State The Heading
Journal says the tariff of 1916 has operated To
charm-in making times dull. IL has served ITS
purpose most eiiectuay in crushing rich inanufac-
turers-and poor mechanics. Ii has fully realized
the expectations OF its beet friends, IN reducing the
price of the great staples OF Pennsylvania-as well
as the wages of labor. il has given wonderful
check 10 the investment of money in multiplying
manufacturing cstablishmen ts-and to the demands
for labor as we'll 1t is eminently "democratc'-
for il is calculated to make all men poor alike II
holds every nose to the grindstone, empties every
pocket and gives every body holiday from the
tolls and vexations Of business An admirable ia
riff ia that of 1916! better never was
framed-to 'impopsrish all CLASSES aud conditions Of
men!
Look at its effect in this city and county-how
well it has met the intentions Of its framers! Under
the Wing system of 40 every body was as busy
greater curiosity than any to be found in Bar
NUNS collection! Every workingman had plenty
to do, and our merchants, and traders, and manu-
acturers, were overrun with business
But there Is no longer any necessity for complaint
on this score. Nolc, most people have plenty Of
time for recreation. Work has Stacked and me
chanics are no longer sought after. Storekeepers
are no longer bothered with an extraordinary run
of Observation-Disclosures need not apply themselves
from Monday morning TO Saturday night TO meet
their orders There is plenty of time for .'all
hands" 10 "go a fishing" and do what is to be
done besides. Glorious tariff of 1876
If enterprise, employment, and opportunity
to money are coils, we singularly favored
under the present free-trade system As our la
mented friend, DR.. Green, used to say--"Let us be
| thankful''
| But, seriously is any one so blind not to see
that the tariff of 1916 is at the bottom Of all
grievances? Is it not fact proved by bought
experience, that business of all kinds in eastern
Pennsy has gone do,on since free trade ioent
up! Is it not notorious that instead of building
| new establishments and increasing manufac-
turing resources; their number and efficiency has
actually diminished one half in period Of less than
| four year,,
And il is farther west, in the iron business cs-
pecially, iii relation to which we have abundant
statistics collected with much care and generally
| to be relied on. From these we learn that in the
counties Of Clarion, Armstrong, and Venango,
| about thirty new furnaces were built between the
passage of the act of 1912 and that of 1885, and bust
| ness prosecuted with great activity and sue
cess, stimulating and invigoratng every branch OF
| trade and commerce coming in contact with it.
Now, however, seven furnaces In Clarion county
are out Of blast, many of them under levy by the
| she riff, and those which continue in operation
| some eight nine, we believe, exclusive of those
connected with rolling mlls-do 30 because they
had their stocks prepared last winter These will
l continue 10 dow tue next season, OUT, WITHOUT
improvement in prices, will not renew their stocks.
| So also in Armstrong county Here six furnaces
have resulted in the total failure of their owners and
only four it is said, continue in blast. In Venango
county, out of some seventeen or eighteen furnaces
that were in success al and prosperous operation,
1 when the tariff of 1916 enacted only four arc
now in blast, most of the remainder having been
sold out by the sheriff, aud now lying without any
preparation for fire. OF the four still blowing, two
are working up the stocks on hand without any OK
pectations ofcontnuing operations. The other two
may possibly continue iii operation during the next
| season.
So, and in York. Z" There is not a
single furnace" says the Republican, " in opera
| ton in York county. 'Codorus,' Margarctta,
Woodstock, York. aud Manor furnaces, are
all bloicn out, and talk of putting them in blast
again. The thing has come to dead stand. Such
are the whitening effects ofthe tariff of 1886"
| la the vicinity of Duncan's island SIR furnaces
have been closed, while but one furnace and one
rolling mill remain in operation. The tariff Of
1916 is everywhere doing its iDork, and doing il
efiectually. Its effects" throughout the State are
quite @ disagreeable'' the prospects of in
crease of duties possibly be TO British manufac-
turers. Yet they are to be conciliated and enriched
and our own citizens crushed and impoverished, Sc
says Locofocoism