The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-10

We hear much said among the hgh-tarf men-and
with whom you agree IN oPinion-ab0ut home market
which high duties would build up here. The meaning
OF this is, that II the duties high enough TO shu, out
foreign goods, and our people Obliged TO buy every.
thing OF our own manufacturers it would create
ke Tor all our surplus domestic produce To say nothing
OF the impractcabihy OF such pan il would entirely
destroy our commerce with other nations, and make us
dw,ndle down into insisnihcance. Do people consume
any more produce when engaged in manufacturing than
in any other business To make your theory hold good
certain number would have to be taken from the pro
ducers every year and added 10 the consumers until the
latter were able eat up all the former could raise and
afterwards one class would not be aowct to increase
faster than the other This system them be carried
into practice, would decrease instead OF increase the
farmers produce and thus negative one OF your main
reasons for high dutesnlmeiy that they increase
produce OF the land. Entire prohibition could
make demand At home equal TO the supply; Tor, until
the country becomes filed up with population the pro.
ducers of the material will continue 10 increase much
more rapidly than the CONSUMERS. single glance al
the immense quantity OF produce will show that
il cannot ali be consumed at home The yield OF all
kinds OF grain for ls47 according to the Patent Once
report. was 22o bushels after deiucng the guam
nine bushels, with liberal allowance for the animals
and dsiaiion &c, there remains hand surplus OF
2243 500 bushels. Now, to consume this quantity
would require population OF and animals equal TO
oneha our present number, who should consume only
and IN no way be connected with production. Where
could we lind such an extra number OF mouths 10 feed
And, further the system oil home market would pre-
cude all possibility oil increase in the agricultural
sources Of the country.
Commerce and trade between different countries have
existed since the foundation OF the world. and always
will continue, notwithstanding the crude notions OF
few. The very nature OF things demands IT, Nature and
the interest OF individuals have caused division OF labor
and the latter have always followed those occupations
which yielded them the best income, and purchased those
articles OF their neghbors which they could neither make
nor grow themselves In some quarters OF the world
certain productions Will not grow, either the climate or
soil no, being adapted 10 them while other regions pro
duce them in abundance. IL ~ the with nianuiac
'ured articles which some people cannot make Tor want
pf All al tlese aYtir
commerce. In every country there is a natural home
market for certain quantity Of its produce but all be-
yood ihal must 90 abroad TO md buyers. your system
hinder il from seeking its own channel, like wafer
You desire TO create an Artificial home Market and obge
the people both to manufacture certain ARTICLES against
not adapted Your system is Objectionable IN the ABB
suaci in its practical operation. What isht has Con-
am able to &c, my goods the cheap~sl lis az uneon-
sIiutiona unjust in this frs, view OF IT, No power
has right 10 say that shall not purchase my cloths
and calIcoes, my iron and musins in England, u can
gel them cheaper there than they be made al home
Yet notwithstanding the shameu injustice. such IL The
effect OF your high duties, which make the tax 20 heavy
home al prices. This increased is laid upon
the people Tor the exclusive benefit OF few cotton and
woolen mills and iron iurnaces And what gives them
the right he protected al the expense OF the one
classes The increased duty in every case comes from
the pockets OF the people, which amounts TO tar paid
the manufacturers TO enable them TO make goods when
The difference between the ara OF 1912 and that oil Ist8
10 40 very apparent. that fail to no'iceh The
former was system OF fraud and deception upon me
people, and framed for the express purpose OF giving
bounes TO q few rich manufacturers IL disseminated
in favor OF wealth. and taxed the labor OF the ooaay
The Of leyying duties under the act Of 1sao IS
fair and honest The nd vaorem principle has been In
iroduced and every article pays according TO its value
the burdens OF government, therefore, like the dews Of
heaven. falling equally upon rich and poor. The
people beginning have their eyes opened TO the
OF high TARIFF and 10 understand that they mean
taxes The lime OF restrictions upon trade has passed
and gone forever and FREQ trade. approximation to-
wards it, now and will be for the future the order OF
the day The nations OF the world becoming sensible
OF the importance Of free intercourse between each oher
and that il will conduce 10 their general welfare
thar protection favoie classes n the expense OF the
maj The spirit OF the age progressive. and the time
vii come when all the trammss placed around trade
will be removed. and people will be allowed TO buy and
sell wherever they can do ito the most advantage 70
thsmselves without being taxed for the prviledEs and
until this period arrives Nations can never achieve their
rse prospesily The modification OF the tarln laws
Of this country will Iowef the duties until ultimately
with the rest Of the world we will be ireetrade ma
ton.
Thus have examined The leading features OF your