Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-01-08
Reciprocity Of a jug Handle.

The reciprocity Of our trade with England
has been lkened to the handle Of Jug because
It is all on one side , and Mr. Robert J. Walk
or, the father OF the present tariff, after cxcrtng
his power Of mischief in this country is now in
England, advocating his jug handle policy, The
ree-tradcrs there have taken him up as kind
Of kossuih, and If they cannot make great
man of him, they evidently find him a very con
venlent and plobie instrument for their purpus
es. The London Times puiis him TO the sew
enih heaven, aud even advocates bis claims 10
Presidency of this Republic, which il uppears
70 consider almost the cigdM heaven ia politics
IL - somewhat curious mattor in uur history
that man should 20 to England for the presi
dency but the acton is very appropriate If he
intends to obtain the Office by riding the hobby
oil Tree trade. That is free trade ground-and
our tree trade tariff is worth hundred million
OF dollars to England every year that IT exists
Why should not the British manufacturers feast
and Halter Mr.. X. J. Walker Their business
is in the highest state of prosperity. while not
one third Of the manufactures of the United
States are paying expenses. The motive is as
PLAIN as an elephants track in the sand and IN
view OF these results, we do not wonder TO find
the London Times laboring from day to day to
show the necessity OF a still more cordial union
OF feeling between the two countries In form
err times, when we were striyingt become prac-
hcally as well as politically independent, by
rearing iactorles and extending the variety of
our industrial pursuits, there was no word of
obloquy which the London Times did not heap
upon us. But now the tune is changed We ,
nave been playing into Eugland's hsnds-scnd-
ing her all the gold dug from California mines,
and keeping all the wheels of her industry in
mouon-and newspaper blackguardism is now
turned to lattery. We have become in Eng
lands eyes mighty importan, nation--.a great
scion of good old stock-able to "whip' any
other nation on the face Of the earth-England
excepted
We'll, we have no objection that NJ Walker
and his new allies should play this game but
we do insist that they shall not falsiy the facts
When they say that the trade Of this country Is
prosperous, they may plead ignorance bnt when
Mr. Walker olhruis, as he did in his Manchester
speech, that The PYlce Of protected article is great
er than icodd OihcrtriSe be by The chole amount
Of The duiy, he utters what must be held "A dolIb-
crate iasehood. We know that the tariff Of 40
was passed on this absurd pretcxt but there are
hundreds Of articles of commerce which ialsify
/ 1t every day Take, for instance the article OF
ieGd The lead mines in the ncighborhood of
Galena and Dubuque are sufficient 10 supply the
world. Under the tariff Of -, the duty on lead
was three cents per pound, and under that tariff,
lead absolutely sold at Galeua for half cent
less than the duty, aud the production was sufii
cient to supply the whole United States with
this important article. But the Tariff of IL I'd
/ placed duty on the Article Of twenty per cent
ad yalorcm or about one and half cents per
pound, and the consequence is that over a mil.
hon dollars worth Of foreign lead has been fore
ed INTO our market every year-the American
produce has been to great extent driven oni
the price of lead is more than one third highe,
than II was IN any year under the operation OF
the tariff oi'42, and the domestic supply, instead
of increasing, AS It ought, has fallen Off nearly
one hnK In fact, the American people are pay
ing at this moment double the price for lead thai
they would have paid had the protective tariff o.
1912 been continued. This is only one insianc,
among a hundred of the manner in which arii
Giles are oiedponed TO the consumer by low du
ties and Mr. Walker Is either knave or Al
ass, when he undertakes TO prove by facts TIN
truth Of his free trade fallacies - Boston Dali
.Nai.