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

We have rccciyd u copy ni this
gclalsnans speech d. Tivcred in the
House of Representatives. Dec. 10Th
, 1882. thePrnpt.sition ofMr. .,Brooks.tn
raise select committee on the Tariff:
being under consideration. 1t is an
able document, and ono that throws
much Light on the subject ufthe, pre.
sent tariff, and.~c should lie happy
10 lay it in iirlF before our. readers.
did the limits Of this. paper allow.
Mr.. w. is ssRposed to the ptatitiabili'
~ of fixed system :ef imIxssss, and
Of permanent ,.ratc y.f duties, which,
hs argues Yorld soon become prolii,.
abitory whicll the tariff of -lS4G rs all
ready to "a very :Spnsidrrabfc 'cxtcSr;',
''1'he 'march'%f American skill isnn-
ward, American, machinery; is ampli.
fying MISUNDERSTANDING thcprrfcction
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 rs our capacity g tnt l,sqsa ufi.r-
turc vtscaply udv,ntcrs 40 mus, duties
fall progressively. The principle. Of
low duties must be rs progressive as.
Americas, skill ard American machine
ry. or else your taeif aill become
prohbitory."
This is undeniablc, and rs to agri.
cultural articles he goes oil to say, ave
are the producers of almost every
thing,."r capable Of being So. What
that is produced ia any other coll,rl.,
try is not produced, or capable uf
being produced, in the United States?
Tell me what articles Of marnfnct,.
II. abroad, or what of the agricutur-
al produc.. Of, fnrcign 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 Oliver productive, is,
There is. in the United States, this
side Of the stony mountain range, ati
amount of territory equal to,the three
States Of Mississippi, Alabama, and
Louisiana, M rn1liginns fertility and
remarkable. Salubrity, which lies south,
OF the southern extremity .!of Europe
1t ex'cnds even further south than tht.
Barbary States uf Africa; and though
not of the same temperature, yet it is
known that the inequality IL uut SKI
great as to vary in amy considerable
degree it's agricultural capabilities
The United s atcs arc great Zoll-Ve-
rein, extch ding from the highest nnrth-
crn to the lowest southern latitude.
Should Cuba hecnn,c a portion of
them, there will be almost nothing
produced throughout the world that
will not have its representative or an
alogue in the United States. am
told that in the deserts of Calif.rnia
they actually find the gum acasin, y
commodity thought indigenous only
in the sand seas OF Africa.
In our day, almost every thing is
manufactured by means of machinery.
a railroad locomotive, Of five horse
power, inferior in quality and m,ce,
tain in its 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 au eugine Of six times that power,
three times the speed, aud as reliable
for its operation as the rising of the
sun and moon, for $4,000, or $1,000.
Who will pretend that permanent du-
ties are appropriate for that afticle1
If q strict estimate be made, it will be
found that railroad locomotives have
been cheapened ninety per cent. and
that is tho reason why railroad stock,
which was sold q few years back for
thirty cents tho dollar, is no# ;one
hundred and thirty. Estate this to il.
justrate tho fsrt tint American skill is