The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-11
Hon. j. A. Woodward.

We have rcccivd u copy "i this
gelHlcmans speech d, Iircred ii, the
House of Representatives Dec. 10Th
1852. the proposition Of Mr.. 'Brouks,tn
raise select committee ON the Tariff:
being under consideration. Ii i, an
able document, and one that throws
much Light on the subject nftlle pre-:
sent tariff, and:we should lie happy
10 lay itin iihi before our. readers.
did the limits Of this. paper allow.
Mr.. W. is ~Pp,,sed to the pratiuabili
ty of fixed system of iuaImsts, aud
of "A permanent rate ST duties which
h" argues ,Yonld soon become prolii
abitory whiclI the tariff of -lS4G rs sils
ready to % very ::cpnsidrrabfc ,cStc>4::,
The 'marchnf American skill is Oh
ward, American, machinery is ampli-
flying MISUNDERSTANDING thc,prricc,i"on
of that Of Europe; in some Instances
surprising it. American profits are
lowering, and American economy is
improving. There are very few things
we could not make as cheap MS thryl
are made abroad. But just in pro-
portion As our capacity tn, l,sqpu4isr
turc vtaca.ply ;rdvmrccS. so nnrs, duties
fall progressively. The principle. of
low duties must be as progressive a~.
Amcrioun skill ard American machine
ry. or else Sour tariG will become
pr"hibitory."
This is undeniahlc, and as to agri.
cultural articles he goes oil to say, "Wc
are the producers Of almost every
thing, or capable Of being so. What
that is produced Ia any other cour,,
try is not produced, or capable uf
being produced, in the United Statcs!
Tell me what articles Of manufact,
urc abroad, or what of the agricutur-
al products Of, t;,rrign climcs, arc not
also produced in the United States,
or likely soon to be! Coffee, tea, ard
some few tropical fruits, are not Y t,
| believe, found in the United States,
but almost every ushrr pr'd~,t'u is
There is. in the United States, this
side Of the stony mountain range, an
amount of territory equal to, 1.-The three
States Of Mississippi, Alal'ama, and
Louisiana, M pn4ligions fertility and
remarkable Salubrity, which lies south
of the southern extremity Of Europe.
1t ex' ends even further south than the
Barbary States uf Africa, and though
not of the same temperature, yet it is
known that tho inequafitS is u"t s"
great 40 to vary in amy considerable
degree its agricultural capabilities -
The United S atcs are great Zoll-Vc-
rein, extending from the highest north.
crn to the lowest southern latitude.
Shnuld Cuba hecon,c a portion Of
them, there will bc almost nothing
produced throughout the world that
will not have its representative or an
aloguc in the United States. am
told that in the deserts Of Calif,rnia
they actually find the gum acasia, u
commodity thought indigenous only
in the alnd seas OF Africa.
In our day, almost every thing is
manufactured by means Of machinery.
4 railroad locomotive, Of five. horse
power, inferior in quality and ,n.ce,
tain in it's operation, and requiring to
be tinkercd every trip of fifty or one
hundred miles, Gttecn years ago, to my
knowledge, cost $4,000. You now
get an engine Of six times that power,
three times the speed, and as reliable
for its operation as the rising of the
sun and moon, for $4,000, or $4,000.
Who will pretend that permanent du-
ties are appropriate for that afticlel
If strict estimate bo made, it will be
found thai railroad locomotives have
been cheaponed ninety per cent. and
that is tho reason why railroad stock,
which was sold q few years back for
thirty cents tho dollar, is now ono
hundred and thirty. state this to IL.
)ustrate tho fact tint American skill Is