The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-12

/ tilS th6t specific duties, such as exist cd nm.
der the tariff of 1912, arc demanded. and. as
a corrective absolutely required In single
county IN western Pennsylvania Ola, ion =
under tie auspices Of the tariff of 1912 there
were some thirty furnaces in Successful oncr.
anon yielding an annual avc,arc of thn,s-
ana 'onS each, making, in tie aggregate. =
product worth 81 600 900, the whole of it
mai, up of the labor Of our own pccp,c. and
The agricultural products OF the farmers Of
that and adiuiaing coun'ies Tie domestic
commerce created by the iron m,nu!sctu,c
OF THIS sngl" county was immense the MN
Ing and hauling the ore the cutting and
coains The timber: mining and hauling the
coal; the purchase and carrying Of provisions:
and CARRYING the pig metal 10 marke, IN h, ats
CONSTRUCTED in part 'or that purpose, and ar
'rF"afla used Tor carrying coal further down
'he ohlo Iiver. he metal is yet. to some tx
tent r"w material. requiring the application
vi man. morse, and engine lowcr to bring il
into castings, bar and Sheet iron. and mills
again r'1u'lng the consumption of sx,icu!.
'ural products and use of coal thus st,,,uIa.
ting commerce b,t~etn persons pur ,ui,g
different branches Of business in the same
commonly, leaving no ta'anc, Of trad,
sSaln>t eihcr but con. ahlly revolving III
tue Same orbit the exchanges which enrich
the whole.
The producer Of pig iron PAYS the farmer
thirty dollars for -four: the fTm,, NAYS t,o
identical honey to the foundry man frr n At
Indispensable com fort, a stcy.: and his s,,,.
money is returned to the rrm,uc,r or ,i,
ron, and again rad to the identical f.,,n,T
for his pork, who paws it in turn for nails
the makcr of which latter article ,e,nr,s il IN
the plOducer OF pig iron. for thc,ay ms,,,;.,
furnished him. And now how H,,I, M,
account Thirty doi],rS La. ,rr.h...a
ty dollars Of produce. has paid for Sixty of
manufactured iron, AS wei as sixty of H..
raw material; the money. in the tn.an.jm.
performing 70 other office than that Of tn.
STANDARD Of value for the article EXCHANGED
and capable Of performing the same rotary
duty at mHnHum. Now how is il with c,,t-
ton! lake bale Of four bundled POUNDS
say worth thirty dollars it Is, in its raw
state, put upon "A 81. amer and .ant IN . Ear,
e'Sh port and sold for cash to The cotton
mana arlnler, VI ho pay, it to the British far
,ncr Tor flour, ard the hitter pays it to th,
hli1sh IL under for a stove; thus susts ini,.s
the domestic commerce Of Great Britain but
creating no dependency ht~ten the cotton
planter and those who get his money. as in
nc case OF American manufacturers In
lei9, we exported raw cotton to the value Of
%to,O0o,Ooo; and upon the Snppos,tiou that
ITS manufacture would increase its value four
'o'h: we WonId have had an addition to the
wealth and business Of the country of Sl9s..
oco'ooo' which sum was given to the British
capitalist as bounty for purchasing raw cot
ION at rates lower than thc planter would hc
ohleed I" sell, II he would TN. assist in the
Inauguration Of Il policy which would lead TO
me manufacture OF but hall his crop in the
ohltcl States.
me power to regulate commerce is not. it
Is 10 IN Itmtmbtrcl, confi,d TO foreign com.
mtrce. but Is 10 H. exercised 50 as to create
Al" sustain the domestic commerce Of the
county 1t /, high iime that the few cotton
growing o'','S should ste that the domestic
ro'h'htlcr ni ne noi th,m and some southern
''a,e" Wo"ii be greatly more injured by fro.
'raoc' IMAM the 'ormer possibly could be by u
F'm"c'Nt tiriit.
LAKE he Tour great c,t.on.crow irg States,
>oh'h Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, aud Mis-.
SiSSifrl, which, by the census Of 1850. pro-
uncea one million eight hundred thousand
haieS OF cotton, otf""I knnt'ea roand. each ::
TO which add their wheat. Indian corn. and
WOOL, ana 1t makes product in valnc Of but
S'o 3di 20 ; whilst TIC wheat. In,i,u com
aiin wool Ut Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
ana Illinois, amounted in value to about
eighty lN million d. liars. The whole Of Ii 5
or 1a'hrr the surplus beyond actual home
consumption, together with the oats, rye.
beet and pork of these States, with proper
pF"''c''oh 10 the 'ron-lh'.r'st, might be
''""S''', ''" i',t" '''S S"a' Staple, leaving the
.'"'''" "'"'ht exclusively Tor the o'h.r
-'"'" E'o" my safes tach home market, as
II springs 'h'n existence bett.r> the chances
'"' use IN 'he value OF agriculture! pro
u"l'S' SUPPLY can ON Keep pace with de-
,'h'"' WHIST 'he latter Is exclusively control.
u" ny consumption. Inc greater dlwri y
| VI pursuit. amongst people the better the
man net ana 'le nearer the market to
Tue P'oa'sct me greater the profit to the
in"l"Vtr' 10 lessen the weight and bulk
o. 'he ia" material as neal the point Of
~. ,s p'"aoc''oh as fiac'lcaole and thus lessen
."e "nhSPor'a''"h TAX, should be the COVER
NJ P"''cF o' a hation as well as an Individual
me 'afther " no would take his corn fifty
'"'es !, ,ha'Nct, "h"n' ny lted'n. 1t to hnsS
he cou'd lessen ITS bulk and increase its val
Ut. 'e III inc S'iapeoi pork, wonid be pronounced,
i no, insane, at least nnwlse. So nation
",'ch would send abroad 500 coo ,OO0 in
value OF agricultural products i'll raw state,
I instead OF diminishing rs bulk and lrsscnin.
''S weight ny converting ii into iron or any
o'hci s'afie IN demand would be guilty OF
great lnJn>tlce to It's own operatives, and be
comes justly obnoxious to the barge OF hay
Ing depleted It's own strength.
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