The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-06-23

the tail for shilling.
The proposition is too plain to require
proof that the future wealth and indie
pendence of the new States is 10 be
found in establishing home manufaos
lures which will bring population TO
the State, and by diversified industry
enrich rather than impoverish the soil.
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will enumerate some ofth articles
IN which protection was sought to be
afforded by the tariff Of 1862. They
were tobacco, wooden manufactures.
iron, and wool. These come in direct
competition with our home industry
Tobacco was protected from twenty
Eve to thirty FIVE cents pound and in
its production there is invested from
seventy Eve to one hundred million dol
lars /; and it has since the rebellion ad
yanced in price Is per cent.
Woolen cloth had an average protec
ton Of eighteen cents specific and ,fir-
ty cents ad caloren,, and in its produc.
ton there is invested s5O,OOO,OOO
Goods during the last three years have
appreciated 65 per cent.
Iron has an average protection Of
eighteen TO twenty dollars per ton, and
in its manufacture there is invested $50,
100000. It's advance in price has
been 100 per cent. within three years
Wool has protection in specific duty
Of from three to nine cents per pound,
yet on an ad ralorena tax, with foreign
valuation, three four,hs of the impor-
tation paid only nine mills a pound.
There is an investment Of 100000
in its production, and the price has ap-
prcciated less than 40 per cent. since
1850.
Whatever other interests may ask,
it is plain that the American wool grow
er, Will more wool has the past year
been brought into the country than has
been raised at home, receives next to no
protection. The present tariff bill,
such are the tricks Of foreign trade, will
furnish unequal protection to this grea,
interest. AS We pass to the details |
hope to see it improved.
x X
In this age Of steam The law Of The
movement Of manufactures is toward
the coal measures, and since the once
strong free trade party is powerless and
railroad communication so we'll es
,ablished that the East and the West
have formed intimate business relations
and national currency will tend to a
uniform interest on the Mississippi and
the Mer,imac; it being also demonstrat
ed that in the new States where the
raw material is found and numerous
consumers that fuel and food are cheap
er by from thirty to fifty per cent. than
in the older States, for not long period
shall we wait for the presence aud ben
e6ts Of numerous manufactures.
X \ =
Let mc say, without off.nse to other
sections | trust, that the prairie States
Of the West are the proper home of the
flock; a fact which furnishes a poten.
tial reason why this interest may a,
least ask indirect protection.
1t is there that the animal attains to
its highest perfection, and, regarding
outlay and labor, promises the largest
returns. Every true American was
proud ofthe hikh standing attained by
our "bloods' at the worlds sheep ex
hibition at Hamburg, in 1868, when on
second trial, as on the first, American
merinos, for beauty Of form, strength
Of constitution, weight and quality OF
fleece, secured the award Of premiums
over the first Of European Aocks, which
had been bred with princely care and
skill in varying climes for half century
and in attestation TO their superiority
were purchased at almost fabulous cos,
by rival exhibitors to lay the foundation
Of American stock, being held in the
highest repute Of any on the globe.
The commentary on our policy was
far from being complimentary when
our estimate Of the "golden hoofed" an
inal was determined by the compare
lively few focks kept on our rich and
wide domain. It was shown that
France, with stock far inferior to ours
and with crowded population, on a
territory not larger than the States Of
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
Iowa, folds eight million more sheep
than all the United States, and in addi
tion maintains three hunred people to