Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-11-24
cheap Iraa 8. Dear irel,.


eoAy sagea hrge suia by the purchase
oflr0u abrond. andsclaims lhislp be CHA
eher in favor Of the tariifef i545. ITury
The Railroad Companies of the couFtry
have been enabled 10 construct their irvn.s
ways cheaper with foreign than American
from under the tariff Of ls48 nnd the con-
sequence is that the enuhtry has ian into
dsb4 ensrssossfy u, England for product
lhaf our ow n mountains $ full OF, but which
canno, be wrongh. into railways, under the
present Tariff, unless the wag 5 Of Ameri-
can laborers are ground down 10 ihe s.arvs
ing pillnnce OF the men who took the lorges
OF Elrope.-- Cier. Herald. i.
The fact that large qla.. aaities of Rail-
rond iron have bes1r p+srcAased abroad ia.
sead OF at home, is n fruitful source of
Wing abnse of The Thrift ofsls46, and the
Democratic policy of as l,befoi apd'unre
siricled irade aud commerce as is consistent
wish collection OF oisasfeyenne 10 support a
frugal governments These proicCrinnis,s
lake q very narrow view Of The operations
OF restrictions oh trade; they cannot look
beyond the benei.s likely 10 happen to
lhose immedi teiy interested in producing
The protected article; so tint class get
along well, they thibk oil n,hers must be
alike prosperous. Such IS the general
view they take of protection for pro,ection's
sake. But they are not even consistent in
professions and practice on this subject,
which they think OF such vital interest. -
rhey preach protectinn bu. practice il moi,
when they can save pennysFy so doing.
or when their tastes court something for
eign. @e azsa
Railroad iron has been int,erted into
this country Gren Great BrilaiD since lS3n
under The tariffs OF 1928 1884 1913
and 1916. The Wigs had the making OF
the ,afitf Of l542; Of course they imposed
such duty on foreign railroad iron as to
etscluaHy protect The .aansfaetare Of The
article in the United STATES. Its et CT may
be seen IN the action oi Congf IS remi,ing
the duaiss 90 railroad iron: We find by
reference 10 the Journals Of the Senate,
February, l544, that Mr. Esasss Whig)
from the Finance Committee reported a
b.it E,r iheremissien Of the duty on ready
prepared bars of railroad iron for five ensu
n,g years, and for the re payment OF duties
paid for any such bars imported lneeJuly,
l-39, if such had since been act1nlly laid
s+osn fir use. And by reference to the
Senate Journal Of June the 6 b, 1914. we
find that the Secretary CT the Treasury re.
ported the following as the amount of duties
.n railroad iron, which mad been refunded.
From 80. to 1910 $3. 597 ,466 10
1910 635,5ll 81
1911 655, ,509 "a
I543 732 ,440 80
ls43 49l ,d96 81
Making some SO l93,425 81
d,a.es ,ei.sae!; rnd by The bill of the
Wing Finance Committee Of The Senate, nj
TIE heud OF which was Nr Evans, OF
Maina, il wns rnposed, IN 1874, 10 remit
sns duiy on ready prepared bars of railrond
iron, tor five years 10 come! Nov, what
~as TINT done for, if the lamentations we
now hear abou, The want tsof sufficient pro-
.seii,ii te have this kind of iron manufac-
turej at .ho,ne, are sincere or worthy Of
any resardi why take off du.ias on rail-
rad iron alt,gelherl The Wings put up
The duties high enongh 10 their tariff, OF ~
4" sa,is.y the most greedy proteclionists,
and ye, we fad The Wing Financial Com
miitlse Of the Senate Recommending the
rs.nission OF all duties ON this article of
manufacture The truth is the Whig Fl
nance Co,nn ni.tee had intelligence enough
10 see that the high duty ON railroad iron
was a pasllive p,j,ry TO the country. The
C5mnittee saw thnt oear iron helped no
class OF the community but those whose
business it was - produce it. And The
same reasoning viii apply 10 eveIy other
projected article.
Nnbdy will deny that, had We been
compelled TO rely Oh home for our railroad
iron, ihers would not IT this time be one
half the line oil railroads there is IN The
several Siates oil tho Union. By purchas.
ing thsir iron abroad the several railway
companies saved immense sums thereby
ensb!ing them To complete roads they wo'd
otherwise have found /. IMPOSE ,iole TO build.
And the advantages OF that cheap iron are
experienced in cheap transportation, travel
and freight. The farmer is especially
eeaeftted, as his produce. by these roads
more readily finds a profitable market.--
Enhance the cost oil construction of these
roads thirty TO fifty per cent, and will not
travel aud freigh,s feel the etf,ct, aud will
as many roads be built!
I)ear iron would operate IN the same
way on every branch of Industry that wo'd
be compelled 10 use it. Ask The foundry
,nnn, The engine b,ilder, the blacksmith,
the workers in iron generally, whether
denr iron is better for their business than
cheap iron. The dearer an article The less
there is used of it, especially if ii be one OF
common necessity, as iron gotten. sugar and
sucn like. The cheaper the article the
greaier the consumption and the greater
the consumption the more there will be en-
gagged in i.s production or preparation. A
dear arucle, as ii can be used by but few,
must necessarily De limited IN its manufuc-
lure or production. That would moi d, for
articles Of Unnecessary or general use. The
Proseciio,lis,s ish The government 10 pur>
sue q policy that would have The fleet Of
enhancing The prics OF iron, coiions, sugars,