Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-05-05
" G.I Jenkins Appointnsntas.!
! Money scramble.

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The various schemes for the distrfbu !
ton If the public money among the seY-
cral States have, at first GLANCE, q plaasi-
I BE appearance. WitEnillicng Of dollars
lying. idle in the Treasury, il looks, EIstoIIa
casual Observer as il il were right I u d
fair that this money should Bel dlvi+
ded.ont among the States. We NV saloI
s.ig tlls irsti' impression that ! distsib 4tioa
scheme il apt il make but an iniyaattsigga
tioh.o the subject must lead oae to7a HSeTy
different conclusion.
Thesiirst question thai presents I;self
IS, whore did tAissmoneE come from lhat
isin the public treasury? The SIMPLE
answer - that it came from the peopIp ef
the Tilted States, and is the taxes they
Pad fpr the support Of Che general floyF
crnplent. How were these taxes lless ieeadi
and collected They werk levied Iiy al
tariff laid on foreign goods brought Into
4 the United States, and wers collected by1
Government agents in New Fork, Hhil-B
adelphia, Baltimore, and otller ports, and
were then paid into the National Trrsasu-
1ry. But when we look att tho various
states nj the Union, wesfnd that sonic ofi
them are flled1rith manufactures, whilst
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others have very few. We find tllats the
hireling States produce nufaetIres,
whilst the slave States CONSUME rAanlIfac=-
lures. We see thatthe Northern States
are the producers and tie SouthernSiates
are the consumers Of manufactured goods.
Bnt-a thrift operates III favor of DIE pro-
Iduccrs and against the consumers fpf9
the effect IF a tariff is to exclude ifofaign
goods from equality with domestiesgppas:
its effect is to make tie Northerp manu-
fachrer. PUT tliatadditional pricbtp His
goods as to make them equal 70 tlle price
Iof foreign goods with 1 tariff YSdutss IL
Hence the Southern people, inS btty itIgs
goods. besides paying for the real value
ofthe goods, pay also either . tariH duty.
which goes into the Federal Treasury,
or,an equivalent to theItariH dutY, which
goes intoi tie pockets .of the Ndrtherh
manufacturers. Hence, by The operation
5of tariff laws, the Northern people, make,
annually. thousands Of dollars III NH acay
efproh, off Of the goods they sell theirt
Southern customers, which they could
not make were there no tar,f oil ths fol-
eign goods brought and sold IN OUT eoun>s
try and tits iinIthis way that 4 taIif op-7
crates 70 tlie}advaatage Of the maialfae
turing people. and 10 the injury pff Tile
agricultural people. tits inthis Nay Tint
the North is benefited By 4 tariff, whilst
the South j. injured BY q tariff fof fhe
South makes nothing by 4 tariff, whilst
the North makes, of If the South, thop-
sands upon thousands Of dollars BILL ta-
riff And il the profits that the North.
ern people make BIT the operation of 4 ta-
riff were deducted from the tariff auties
they pay on the foreign goods they con,
sumesit would be found tfatthe Northern
people pay less ID the way Of tariff dus
ties than the Southern people thus
showing that, IN realty, the Seuthern
States pay more than their proportion of
the public money collected from the peo-
pie of the United States for National pssr-
poses. Hence. We see. that Tho expenses
&c die Federal Government iall more
heavily upon the Southern States than
upon the Northern but We Of the South
willIno complain Of this operation of the
tariff laws, provided tie tariff ~ ap reg
nlalsd ~ tosyield only such an amount
81 money as i necessary % dafray die
lsfshtsexpehsss III Tie Federal tiRseEa
n,sIt. 6 EpnSssf il he orefaksnEet
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