, 1866-01-23
THE TARIFF.
Final Letter from F. A. Eastman.
Summary of Free Trade
taouskss F1Eurrs-Tho Northwest and
ManufactuFes-1aowt to Perpctunte the
AAccndency OF tho Republican Party.
Editor Chicago Tribune:


sln-I hare peruscd With attention "Pro-
tectiou's" rebutter, md fall to see thnt he has
destroyed any argument previously made by
me- Neither do perceive that he has made
any new point. I shall therefore, after stat
Ing the case as Il now stands, close On my part
this discussion. lie does, indeed, present q
formidable array Of figures, but in q manner
SO confused as 10 render them quite unintelli-
gible "Citizcn Of the World" wrote to Fun
uoa1n: Inform native Of kobi Of tie ex-
act measure of the paraltax OF the moon, be
finds no satisfaction at all in tbs Information;
be wonders how sny one conld take such
pains, and lay out such treasures, in order to
solve so useless diflculty;'' and the wonder
to all in this caee Is, that Protection takes
Euch trouble to tabulate figures that prove
pothine, but obscure everything he asserts
Fortunately despatch appeared In The tele-
snc that contained frotection's" letter,
which completely upset his elaborate array OF
flgurcs, Eupposiug them to prove precisely
what be eays they prove. The despatch is as
follows:
WAzu1sGTox, Jan. 2l
Tables are now In course Of preparation at the
Treat11y Department for tsanenis to Congress,
70 show ihat the M ase.ass duties 9pon the sa.ious
during the yeas. of 1865 ana 1874 90 per cent:
upon wooiep &h per Cen :; upon t1lke, - per cents
on hemp and nax. 81. sEd upon iron and steel! S5,
pct cent In 1sG5 the dntic4 On cotton were ra14ed
10 20 pr ccnt; Wo:len 10 81; silk. ~; hemp and
t.ax, $sh i; and on mon md steel TO- Al per cent
IN t.r lat ytdr The Core,su7f receirsd sess crts-
toms ItdN IN g0y Of TIE ftr0 preei0us ve1fS on &C.
count Of TIC }aa1a1 eD in he importation etthe
Grziexs <nunG11ted, the refenuea on the total Of
the imports having ni]en of from 1hfrty:dss NIL.
liens oi dollars In 1864, to twenysesen millions in
1s85.
It thus appears TINT an increase Of the tariff
for protection has been followed by dlmin-
ution Of receipts for revenue, exactly as the
free traders have always contendcl would be
the fact. But supposlng It were true that We
we're now raising larger revenue than we
had ever rafsed before, what would it provr,
except TINT the necessities Of the Government
IRE greater now than cyer bcforce 1t certaiu-
ly would not prove that We might not raise
still larger revenue, By throwing out OF the
tariff the pernicions doctrine Of protection,
which aims at discouraeipg impo.tatlons. and
| which, as seen By the above despatch, las
| precisely that effect.
But, let TIE now sec how We stand. ] do not
| know better summary Of the doctrines con-
! tended Tor by anti Protectionlsts than this:
The cardinal principles Of Free Trade, as
"aprlied TO and Incorporated In financial leg
" should be laid On for pure purposes of revc-
" nnc alone; that In their remission, In the
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tarln = 1ne nest the country ever had, ~ me
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