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

We 1nise irecriyd "a copy al this
egeialsrnans speech dsTiyerea in {1hsi
House Of REPRESENTATIVES Dee. l0lI
1852. theProp,sition dflMr. sBrooks.t.,
raise a select committee on tho Tariff.
being under consideration: II is an
able document, md pnc hat throws
much light spn The sul.jsctaf,t me pre-. pre-
sent tariff. andg%c should q iie,t thafipsyi
10 latiitsin iihE bcfre sourg read6rs,
did The limits IF this paper all loSsi;.'
4, III. ! is s pIs,sed g The atiaabili,,
;ty of n fixed system of iti,Isssss, snd,
Of al pefmai,oa rate s daties, wl,isII
hs argues sotild soon become pfoiiit
lbitory which the tariff ,s,i' 1916 rs al;
ready to y II cry ihsitlrraB I J.
HHThe ,'march.nf a At1pticans skill issnns
ward, American, .iilael,inefy IS IS aInpli,.
inginndnpproxilrraiingi itlirPerfec,it,n,
tIf that of Etrope; illli Some instances
SURPRISING il. !America,, profits. are.
lowering, and American economy is
There arc very fcwfthings
We could not make 'astfcap MS they
are made abroad. But just in pro-
Porti<,,,S as, our sapacity s:tp, ,ifs,s-
tnrc si'eapls wi,f,stces. 50 m,rsl duties
fall progressively. The principle ets
low duties must SPc rs prngressiseias.
Amcfiossi skill airJ American illarlliiic-
ny. or else ynus- easiG will become,
prnhibitorS.'es ..;,ta ~
q This is undeniahle, and rs to agrri.
cultural articles hepsbcs oil to say, aAve
areElthe yipraductrs ioff alln0staeyery-
,thing,Yir 'camiblcsof Being so. What.
that is produced IL, any other cquiills
try is not produced, or capable ri.
bcing produced. in tiaey United Stafest
Tell me what articles Of hlaii,ifi,ct.,
.urc, abroad, OF. what Of the agricultur-
al products, If, tnreign 4climcs, arc not
also,producedirin5 the United States,
or likely sda,n "a he? Coffee, tea, ard.
some few tropical" uits,2 s,2nfcs not y t,
I believe, found in ne United S,ates,l
but almost every ral,es prsduc,i,q, is
There is,sain thc EnitGdE State this
side of the stony mountain range, ssaii
amount aif territory equal st,,yths hstthfte
States OF MissisSippi, Alabama, and
Louisiana: ,s pN.aigiuns fertility and
rcmafkablc, SainbritS, Which lie. .soi,tll
of the southern extremity sdf Eur,ipe.
1t ex'ends even further south than this
Barhary States az Africa, and though
not Of the snme temperatures yet 1t is
known that tho inequality Is u,,t 81,
great ns to vary III nny considerable
degree it's agricultural capabilities
The United s Sntcs nre great Zoll-Vc-
rein, extending frdnl the e}highcss North.
ern to tho lowest southern latitude.
Should Cuba hecnI,e "a portion Of
them there will .hc almost nothing
produced throughout the world thst
viii not have it's representative or an
alogue IL, the United States. am
told that in the deserts iufa Cslifurnia
they actually find the gum acasia, y
comntodity thought Indigenous only
in the said seas Ot Africa. So
In our day, almost every thing is
manufactured by means Of machinery.
a railroad locomotives, of five. horse
power, inferior inequality and ui.cei
tain in it's operations, and requiring TO
be tinkercd every trip Of fifty orE,nc
hundred miles, 6tteen years ago, to ms
knowledge, cost 81 0,000. You nov
get au engine OF six times that power,
three times tho speed, and as reliable
for its operation as ,hef rising of the
sun aud moon, f0r$6,001, or $4,000.
Who will pretend that permanent dr-
ties are appropriate for that afticle1
If strict estimate be made, it will be
found that railroad locomotives have
been 3cheaponed ninety per cent. and
that is the reason Why railroad stosk,
which was ,snld d few years back for
thirty. cents the dollaf, is tio2 ono
hundred aud thittS STATE st,i: hi il,
)ustrate tho fret that AlitsficAi, skillis