The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-07-01

and all the figures start into life |, when
they would be little troublesome In
his isb'es. he applies iht cooling pro-
eess, and they disappsSr. leaving ~.
feet blank. lle goes back twelve az
eftcen years for The price os aaricuita-
ral prodrc,s--iakes the country when
suifrring from financial revulsion- whs q
il had sunk ave huudred millions BY
over-imporsa,ions - whSn j, mas drink
ing the dre9s Of . compromise tariff |;
when foreign crediiors in ORDER to Get
their pay, were willing 10 take our pro.
ducss n any price from American hank
rup.s--and then he makes very cJi-
flying table ~ to prices for four years ON
either side Of the line Of 1879. For
the manufacture Of cotton he eoes hack
20 years, finding It largely increased,
sneers At a petitioner for protection Of
labor, ,elIs him lie ls engaged in u "ieri
rible losing business" and derides him
for sLivering under a garment, though,
thin and ,attered, that is 90 much larger
than he wore when a child. In the
iron manufacture he starts a, 1910, aud
glid.s easily and gracefully up to the
present. Qaite forgetting quadru-
pied territory, n population increased
sixleen miiiiOns, an entire revolution il,
The modes Of manufacture, and the ef>
feet Of fifteen tariffs on the forty in.
,ervening years, he drops down on
1850, aud co'nplacen'ly gives all the
ersdi, Of le change IT, the tariff of 1896
In this way the gcnt!eman's ,abl are
made up. of which no man is better nd.
vised than the gentleman himself.
use the tariffs Of l842 and 1916 ss the
only names by which to designate the
systems to which they refer. ] do moi
use them to dis ribu,e political praise
or blame to any psrty. am sincerely
and earnestly anxious to see such y
change in the revenue laws NJ the in,
tere.ts Of the country demanl. aud
would be glad TO sacrifice every particle
Of political credit, in order TO gain lha
end. do not represent my State a.
in beggary or starvation {; no act Of the
Governmcnt--nothing short Of the ac
Of God--can ever bring her TO that con
diiion. In her limits more than Sl7,
100000 have been expended in rail
roads TO open the way to her ricll fields
to her mines. to her marble quarrie.
and her natural manufacturing power
She has not, like the West. asked pub
l,c lands TO build her roads; or, ik'
the South a remission Of duties on rail
road iron. The work il mainly dom
and paid and now, could she receiv
a portion Of protection given 10 the pau
per labor Of Europe. she would feel
sudden impulse in manufactures. and
stirring movement in her agriculture
| by home market for her products, i
manufacturing establishments on he
own soil.
| Let Us now turn 10 some facts ths
bear ON this comparison. The tariff {
1912 found the country in great depre'
sion our able financial agent, otf.rin
double interest. and pledging the sec,
ri,y Of this Government, could not bo
row a dollar in the gtu,ted money maj
, kets Of Europe. That act checked 70
. eign importation, restored the Lalsn,
of trade and rescued from perpetual il
{ fanny the blasted credit Of the counir
And it effected the object. The ma
. ufac,ure OF iron increased from 200
, $4,000 tons railroad iron from moi,
5 ing to 100. 900 tons; cotton cloth fru
: IS .0O0, 900 10 80.O00, 900 pounds Il
( produce consumed In 1876 above 1874
in consequence Of having the produ
: of the earih-food. wool, cotton, co,
D iron and hemp. Turn. now, 10 the q,
I er side, and take few out Of a perfe
: deluge of facts. In 1876, at the clio
! Of the tariff Of 1912, we produced 85t
!; 600 Tons ct iron. Now ne prodd
J, 400. 900 tom. and import annually
4 The amount of$8 O00,O0O~-almosi cTl
: TO all our exports Of food. In 1876.
n linois exported 100000 pigs Of lea
Q last year, $4,000; while we are 4,
e porting more Than $4,000. 600 pound
e a, COS, Of el 500, 900. That sum oug
n TO hare gone to Illinois farmers NJ
L miners. Who has prevented it fro
{ tsking that direction?
II Look at the change, as it effects i'm
!. viduals or companies. In lS47 the
n were : furnaces. manufacturing pig ira
!, in blast in small valley west Of La
!. Champlsin Jackson's producing 30
II tons in I847, 1850 tors in lS4S. a
o CLOSED. Two Of Gray's in lS47 p'
q duced $500 tons in l848 they fail.
e and assignees worked up the stock.
II OF all that have risen, and struggle
'e and sunk down in the valley bnl o
:, remains, thai, of Pinh.ld. ilammo
o aid Tower. They have 10. 900 inv
'e trd in their works manage by the ow
d ers on the spot With wise and prsesis
T. ssgacity. They have one Of The b
IN mines. making the b.s, iron in the lar
10 as shown by repeated trials at your n
{. w yard. Their coal ore labor y
= transportation is as cheap N can
e found any where yet they cannot eo
m pete with the miserable foreign ir
Il without loss Of from s. to 81 per te
is Go by their wharf. and you may 8
their iron piled as high - human han
i can lift il ,neasured by roods snd Aer
L The gentleman from Mnsssehuse'
y, msy ask,-tWhy don't they give VI
- Sir the hard earnings Of past life 9
N inyesfed In ihat l,nu.e. in Adrionds