Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-07-19
THE TARIFF.


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THE TARIFF.
The wool growers of the West and the
Manufacturers of New England, had entered
into a very clever arrangement among
themselves, as to the amount of "protec.
tion" they should demand in the new tariff
bill This little arrangement, all among
themselves, they termed ''compromise,' y
and naturally expected the country to
allow the cheat to be imposed upon it.
When the bill came up for discussion in
Congress, the wool men and the cloth men
were equally persistent in disavowing any
particular claim to it's authorship. Unfor.
tunately for them, however, several other
interests about this time got wind of the
good thing Congress had in view, and put
in their claims to protection also. The re.
suits have been truly unfortunate for the
special claimants. The glass men, and the
iron, copper, and brass men, all united for
their share Of the spoils, and the result was
tariff bill of such huge dimensions that
its own trainers became alarmed at the
structure they had created. The Senate,
on Thursday, took the matter into conside-
ration, and by a vote of % to II, postponed
it until the next session. .,..
The following from the N. Y. Evening
Post, gives another view of the reason of
this tariff. 1t says: .''2' 49, -. 's
There is Mr.. Stevens-he demanded a
higher duty on iron, whose object is to raise
the price of that article; be is an IRON
master. There is Mr. Griswold, who de-
manded a heavier duty on railroad iron,
which would, of course, increase the price
of this commodity. Mr. GriswOld is a
manufacturer at Troy, in this State, of
railroad iron. There is Mr.. Morrill,, who
imposes higher duties on foreign marble !;
Mr.. Morrill,, we are told, is interested in
marble quarries in Vermont. There is Mr..
Dodge, Of this city, of whom correspon'
dent wrote the other day:
"On motion of Mr.. Dodge, ten per cent.
ad vazorem was added to the duty on iron
wire. On motion of Mr.. Dodge, the duty
on orinoline wire was increased from seven
to ten cents per pound. Is he the Mr..
Dodge, of the firm of Phelps, Dodge &
Co., who are said to be largely Interested
Cor some of the members of the firm are
in wire works in Connecticut and Massa.
chusetts 2" -.,
These are only examples. They do not
exhaust the list Of members in the present
Congress who seem to think that they are in
Washington for the purpose Of filling their
own OF their friends pockets"
The Commercial Advertiser speaks thus
of the manufacturing interests claiming
protection under the tariff: 70.
The Poor TARIFF MEN.-The report that
the New England manufacturers do not
desire any addition to the tariff rates ought
to be true, if it is not. They seem to be
making plenty of money under the existing
tariff, and from very shame sake they
should abstain from asking any additional
privileges from Congress. We have before
US a report of the dividends of the various
New England manufacturing, insurance,
banking, and railroad companies for the
half year ending June 30th, 1866, and a
very handsome show they make. The
manufacturing dividends are especially nice,
and if the stockholders want anything bet.
ter they must be the most avaracious of
mortals In list of manufacturing com.
pauies the actual dividends range from
twenty to fifty per cent. per annum. Two
companies, the Lancaster and Langdou,
divide twenty-five per cent for the half
year. The Androscoggin and Hill compa'
MES twenty per cent. The Chicopee Com
pany, after purchasing and paying for a
large water power factory, still have forty
FIVE per cent. per annum to divide among
the stockholders. Eight companies, the
Appleton, Bates, Douglas, Franklin, Nashua
Naumkeag, Salisbury, and Washington,
divide ten per cent. for the half year. The
Cocheco and Newmarket corporations make
fifty dollars share. / ....'
SeS A few nights since, Mr.. Fremont
Hadley, who resides in Washington, placed
a pillow in the window of his room, in the
second story, and soon went to sleep with
his head in the window. About IL o'clock
be awoke and found himself on the pave
ment; but how be got there, or how long
he had been there, was more than be could
tell. The next morning be complain OF
being sore, but thought he would be all
right in a few days.
p@- The papers say that Thad. Stevens
has volunteered to defend Jefferson Davis,
at his trial in October next. III