The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-06-22
ELKTON, JUNE 22nd, 1850,
Considerations for Congress.

Philadelphia Ledger, an article with the
above heading. Ii referred to the effects
the locoioco tariff has had upon the indus
try OF the country, and at The conclusion
1t stated that it ssshouId like to get the
opinions of the Pennsylvania Farmers" on
the subject. We have not learned what
they have to say, but we presume they are
somewhat oil the opinion Of Delaware
farmer, who has politely furnished us, for
publication, with a copy OF his petition to
Congress in reference TO the subject We
ask especial attention 10 the facts and fig
ures therein set forth:
To The Honorable the Senate and House Of
Representatives. IA Congress assembled.
The memorial Of John Jones, late rresl-
dent of the New Castle county Agricul-
tural Society, in the State Of Delaware,
respectfully represents, That he is far
mer, engaged IN the raising ofbreads,uhs,
principally Indian Corn and Wheat. He
further represents, that the tariff OF 1916
has had disastrous effect upon the ag1l-
cultural, manufacturing, and commercial
Interests, as we'll as upon the revenues of
:he country. That it has fallen far short
OF the purposes most confidently promised
by ITS authors: TO wit :--Ot furnishing the
American farmer. with a ready and con-
slant foreign market for all his surplus
produce. This TACT is abundantlv proved
hy that Of th. IIn,, Il a
Burke, late Commissioner of Patents, &C
cording to ESTIMATES carefully made by
him. He stated, that the amount of corn
grown in lS47, over and above, what
would be required for foed for men, and
animals, and as surplus left for expectation,
at l73, 654,904 bushels. Now the actual
amount OF corn OF that crop, exported to
all the world, as is shown by the Register
of the Treasury OF 1913, was only S,l47,-
SOS bushels, valued at $4,6I5 ,OS4; being
I,97O,722 bushels less, and in value less
by $l4,26l 1852, than the exports of grain
OF the preceding year. This amount Of
S,l47,568 bushels when deducted from
the 1864, 904, leaves the enormous
amount Of l65, 507,33 bushels to be added
to our usual surplus, and to rot on the tar
mer's hands; the Home market having
been greatly destroyed by the stoppage Of
the operatives who had been proitably
employed under the Protective tariffs Of
1928 and 1912, and who in turn had been
compelled to become producers at low
rate, instead OF being consumers Of bread
stutfs, at lair and remunerating prices.
During the year ls4S, the Importation
of foreign goods, was as great, OF nearly
so, as in the proceeding year being near
ly an average on each OF the four leading
articles OF Iron, Woclen, Cotton and Silk,
OF over fifteen millions of dollars, and OF
all other products Of foreign manufactures
in The same proportion. The articles OF
Porcelain, which had been manufactured
TO considerable extent, and high finish,
under the tariff of 1928, has become near
iv extinct, under the free trade pressure,
and la now monnPo'aod by the foreign
Manufacture. S2,330 900 worth of this
article, was imported in 1913, and this
price, too, founded ON ad valorem duty,
Foreign valuation, and often fraudulent at
that. EXhaustless quantl'e of kaoin, the
principal material ofwhi,h China is man.
uIactured, Is found in the hills Of our own
Brandywlne, but few miles distant from
Wilmington, much OF which, is sent to
Europe, to be manufactured there, and
returned to MS, at more then twenty times
the original cost OF the raw material.
Your memoriaist, further states, for
more than fifty years OF close observation,
he has never known lo1c duiies to increase
the exports Of corn, or other breadslufS,
or swell the public revenue. During the
tariffs which succeeded the peace OF 1915
to 1894, but a triar OF the public debt had
been paid The debt in 1924, being nine
ty-tive millions ofdolars, which was sunk
only TO ninety millions OF dollars in 1928
But in the nrnc years, which succeeded
the passage of the Protective tariff Of '2S,
we had not only paid the debt of ninety
millions, but had surplus OF forty mil
lions, which was distributed among the
s'ates. III thus capital accumulated IN
nine years, besides supporting the Gov
eminent, building Publications, light-
houses, increasing the navy, and making
many other National Internal Improve
ments, to an extent never equaled in the
same time, since the existence OF the GOV
eminent. All this too, when our popula-
ton, extent OF territory. and resources,
were less than halt of what they now are
Your honorable body is further referred
to enc other statement, made by the said
Edmund Burke, in his Bundelcund letters,
to wit: That the cotton crop Of 1915, was
estimated at seveny-two millions OF dol
lars, twelve millions OF which was manu-
featured at home which, when thus man
ulactured under the tariff Of 1912, was of
the value of e'ghtyfour millions OF dollars
being increased seven timesthe value of,he
raw material Now lot ~ ....----.. IL =