The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-07-11
From the Cincinnati Commercial Radical.
The High Tariff Mania I'm Con-
greSS.


When the Hon. Justin 5. Morrill, sue
ceedad to the Guardianship of that, Com.
mittee Of the House whose special duty 1t
is to originate all laws Tor raising. revenue,
all who knew the antecedentr or the gentle
man I re aware that he would be the con
slant advocate OF extravagent taxation OF
imports and always eager to sacrifice reve-
nue. to protection. Mr.. Morrill, has been
ever since he entered public life, the con-
splclous advocate OF high protective meas
ures, and his name, aftlxed to the tariff OF
1861, has carried the reputation OF that
measure tar and wide. Again; IN 1864, the
Morrill, Tariff received a second manlpu-
latlon at the hands OF Its author; aided by
the Hon. lhaddeus Stevens. ana our entire
revenue policy ever since has been virtually
dictated by those two men; Representing the
extreme protcctlonlsts OF New England and
pennsylvania. ne reSui. mas been a steady
and successive increase OF duties on nearly
all imported articles.
All TINS Whlie the representatives OF the
agricultural regions OF the country. whose
interests he plainly IN the direction o. mod
crate duties: have, with few exceptions, kept
on voting with MeSSrS. MorrlIl and Stevens
to impose fresh burdens upon trade. We
are at peace, ana commerce should once
more be left to resume. IN some degree, It's
natural channels, and there Is no excnse for
pIllng on a prohlbltory tarl1f, higher by
nearly twenty-five per cent, than any luther
to imposed In this country, ass attempted
to be done by the bill now under conSidera-
ton In Congress.
lake the single article Of WOODEN goods,
an artlc,e OF me nrst necessity, the con
sumption OF when Is SO universal among
our people. by the tariff OF 1861, the duty
on the Ordinary manulacthre5 OF wool was
twelve cents yer pound, ana twenty I'VE per
cent. az totoIela, IN aa1itloh; Inc revised
war tariff OF 1864 raised the duty to twenty,
four cents per pound, n f3rty per cent. al
0dSoreTn' But not Sa'iSnea VIII TINS enor-
nous increase OF nearly one handred per
cent, Mr.. hlofrlil S new tarilI OF 1910 likes
the. duty on WOODEN cloths at nifty cents per
ponni, ana thifty,hVe per cent az rotorem
ON top OF that! Al TINS rate 1t VIII NOT take
long to oflng prices 10 Such a POM tnit no
man, not IN the enjoyment OF an income
taxed ten per cent, can ahord to indulge IN
the luxury OF "A decent coal.
NO tact Is more notorious than that the
WOODEN manufacture OF the world is carried
ON where skilled iaoor IS the cheapest ana
cap.hai the. most Abundant American FAC
torres with labor at TWO dollars a day, can
hari,y compete with Great Britain IN the
manufacture OF WOOL Whtn iahor IN the latter
country Is worm but a Smiling a day. we
are then reduced to tins alternative; Either
TO import our won'e1 Cloths at a saving OF
over one hnndrrq per cent una ra 'ioi'r-
ale revenue tar'h' or 10 n'e ON a prohioH"ry
tariff, TO lnc'l|raEe Amar'"an industry,
and pay W prices Tor a! tae we lien good"
We consume: W. H"rrIii chooses Jbe after
alternative Tor US, conIpIlng our depleted
pockets, meanwhile, with the, promise tnat
we shall reap a great revenue IRON the nigh
dnt,y,, mus dih,,nlShing internal taxation
and that we shall foster domestic manutac-
lures to such a degree as Will by-and,h by
make cloth cheaper than ever. :.
Experience has abundantly proved both
these promises to be dtlaS've. The Treas
u!ry does not reap additional revenue, Tor
literal lmportatlons are checked, and the
price is raised to each consumer on the few
goods that IRE imported Whlie the manu-
t%acturcr takes ADVANTAGE OF tins to enhance
the price OF ms cnilre pr0duct TO that OF
the imported article. ms interference
with the natural course OF trade thus de,
pi1Ves the Government or Its revenue' ana
the people OF their hard earnings to pour
mem ooth INTO the pockets or a lew manu-
1actnring corporations, already rlch. IhlS
Is the legitimate result OF attempting To
make water run up MI. or. In other words,
70 make nroadcIotn with labor at " per day;
instead al buying It Where 1t is made at a
shliiihg a Gay, ana putting tne diIert nee,
not INTO our own pockets, but INTO thos OF
"Amer'cGn manufacturers. .a,
~Nheah"hiie' the uhi,atufai anu 'orceu scar
CITY OF WOODEN go0uS mas anoCner pefnlclous
effect, lhe mHnstrous cost OF a good clrth
stimulates the manufacture OF q poor ana
spurious article just as the scarcity ana var
ue OF a genuine currency multlplies coun'
terlelts' -,