Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-02
Duty on Wool and Import..


Times seems to Us to contain a moro than
common amount of good sense on the subject
Of which it treats, and within an unusually
small compass too, for tariff article,
The test rule which he speaks off. not
well expressed howevsr. At least one word
in it--n verv important one too--should be
changed for another. Instead of saying at
Z" the least rate of wages, it should have
been said Reasonable rate of wages. \ rco.
sono5le rate Of wages implies tina, due regard
/, had to the various circumstances and ne
ce,sities Of life, 60 that all-the man of
small as we'll n- tho mnn OF largo meau.--ir
they are industrious and prudent, may have
. chance TO make their condition q gradually
Improving ono.
" The icaU rate Of wages " does not
necessarily imply that.
Pa friday. Nov 2S, 1856.
Tome Editor Of the Ner York DaiiV TunCs 4:
Many of your country readers have noticed
With pleasure that you are taking prompt
and manly stand in regard IN the great tariff
rolicy of the country, especially a. to the free
importation of woods Probably no one of the
agricultural intrcsts of orr country has been
''ss understood than this. Free Trade or
Protection. as n sweeping system, may do
ny well for party effect ut are humbugs
equally great when applied to - ~ aspect Of
tiaio Every article in the list Of imported
goods douid he taken up and examined sepa-
rttey a TO its history and revelations. past
aud present. and the proper duty for it deter
inah. 1h. will lead at once to the aholi-
Z on Of all duties on articles not the growth
or product Of the United States excepting
nj course articles Of luxury and refincn rnt,
which undergo no manufacturing process to
make them marketable, such as tea. coffee,
ginger, &c. You then come to articles on
vhich duty should be laid. The amount of
this duty should be fixed by the aprlica ton
# the following test rule Whatever system
# duties tends to give the greatest amount Of
cml loyment to the whole people. at the least
ate of wares, is for the best interests Of
The country. This i the British 6omcthr
grgument, and the only one they act upon in
legislation. II is also true for all countries
alike. Their foreign argument ola genera
sweeping free trade is humhuc-and they
know it. The argument naturally leads he'n
to iree-trade and low duties It leads us to
protection IN certain cases, because we know
there can be but one country able to under
work and undersell all Others, and therefore
the Othrs 70 keep their people at work
and give them bread, must protect them
Again, the duties should be laid on the
fnai producS of an industry not on it's inter
mediate state, or on it's raw material. The final
/ PRODUCTS Of the sheep are yarns, cloths. but
tons, leather. glue, &c, &c, on which the
duties should be laid and not on sheep, sheep
skins, wool. bones and horns. If the final pro
Duct is protected so that the maker of it gets
a. .
to 1t will in free country, get their fair share
Of the reward. To illustrate the point--ii
Iron advances in market, so does ore also as
VOL a. limestone labor, and freight To con
olude, Why is 1t that We can export all the
! RI ducts Of our soil at profit except Wool
and not only cannot export this, hut Also
lutelv nsed protection against the very men
10 whom wo send their dailv food, to be
eaten while they tend the sheep there for US
Because We are protecting the intermediate
/ product and not the final ono. II is like
/ protecting a man in cutting saw-logs, and
I Cutting the market with Canada boards
Such protection, our farmers must think, is
a sham and humbng. 1t would be very,
very easy, TO ruin the manufacturing inter
es's Of the country by such a System as this
,e. Protecting his material and letting his
product take care Of itself You would not
saw logs, il you let in the boards. Nor do
You help the farmer By a duty on foreign
woods, if you let in foreign cloths at the
same rate, tits like attempting to drain a
swamp by digging deep and wide bitches
and providing no outlet for the waters, You
can go on opening the bitches and wonder
| ING whv the ID the water don't run, but
you will find a good outlet absolutely neccs
sary in the eud It. is the same with wool
L. has had no outlet, You have gone or
deepening and widening your tariff from time
to timc-hut still NJ outlet Giro Us ~
outii, give ~ free-trade in wood aud 9td'r
raT 'loiTili, that our manufacturers MAY
compete with the rest Of the world, and .heT
s.Ie will bc no want Of an outlet They
IS'Apen the world to our production
llENRy DNNroRTU, OF Danyillc, VT, shot {
bear last week which stood him IN 81
State bounty tor the head, 81 Tor the skin
aud 10 cts. II pound for the meat, to sa!
nothing of the hears grease DIR. Knox o
Richmond, Vt, has killed bears in and abou
Bolton, within year or two, which amount
ell t. more, on sale than the above, Thu
grease of one sold for 81
ON the Vermont Central Railroad Their
was an accident to a freight tram on Tuosda,
by tho breaking Of an axle at West Ran
doph VI, which threw four cars into the
White River One of them was freIghtc,
with beans, one with butter, QUE witt desC
hogs, and tho other with poultry all heinG
destined for tho Boston market