, 1866-06-30
SaEINDLINa: THE PEOPLE: AND
t.1LEiNG IT TasNEl:ErINN-

SaEISDLiN4: THE IslsDt'f4f: AND !
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A couple OF correspondents in tue Efrnin9
.1auraa' tnd it easter TO misrrisc:cnt the po- :
sitiua Of the TI.1uCSE in relation 20 tho pro-
posed prohihito1y tarld than to answer its
objections thereto. They devote two
columns ot abuse, but fail 10 meet single
point zai,ed bT the TR,nuSE against The
scuemc reported ty the Committee Of Ways
and Means. Let us rcstatc The case 10 4 ie;y
plain words: First. The TRIBUNE uas not a1-
tackled the present tariu, nor the protection
to manufactures which 1t affords. The state
mcuts Of those correspondents to Tho cou-
tra-y arc talsehoods, out Of whsle cloth.
Stcond. The TRlnrSE opposes the Calweli.
Mos1il, li!l. whIcL makes hc3ry Increase Of
duties for the express purI,ase nf re,Iaeing The
1s;.ouat oj .r,thue dkrirfd from tic tar;J. Tile
object OF tile Co!well.Norrill bill Is not to
raise serenue, but to dtcyfdxe 1t By ntty 10
seventy millionf per anssu1nt
Third The TRIBUNE holds that /. tho
Government can spare that amour: rom The
Treasury, the better way Is to repeal il
tarntion- Repeal the excessive incour.
reduce i: one.ha!f, repeal the stampt
reduce tarln; rcpeu1 the i!ce,>es. or
then, REPEAL the various taxes on mani
trtes- Measures Of relief OF this sUrt woald
be gratefully received BY All evcrtaxeI and
suffering rreur!e. We repeat, il thc Govern
mtnt has more revenue than It needs, let
CcnE.te: Iichten the public burdens bY re.
pea'ins Internal taxes. Statertnansl1p aud
Common scssc Loth dictate that course.
F"n."1. II The proposed ad,li;irn he made
10 h. present tariff uf :.s' to - rcr cent on
different articles, tho immediate effect will
be to advance :!,e price OF all the storks os
hn:d exactly the s.me per cent. 1fe that dc.
1i'> tia: ZACH will be tnc casc. Is fool or
kEitc. Nj iilcfc:se OF tariff ever made
1l.a; did not have tIat elect Ii Is i ncees
eary Coz, -ea,,encc.
F:tad- sulf,ote there Is two ts,o,,1a~ti mil
Io1l. ol manufactured 60 DDS Ut ait kinds /,
the United states, and that The proposed sd
dl,ion to the tariff Averages thirty pr cent
the rts71t :uu*t I've 10 increase III: l,ri-c 4
which these goods wi'l be eoil 70 the con
Eumrv !Iy -ix hundred mIllions.
The TH1rcNE calls that legislative sol,i,cr
Of the Iuesses for the benefit Ut th.. o.ursa u
stocks Oh hand. What right ,,a~ Congress /
add fictitious value ol sis, or five, or tuu
hundred millions to the stocks of goods /
the Country far tue tcuetlt OF ilcis holder
and At thu loss uf the purchasers! Il
teeu so TO the writer's in the Journal, wt
doubtless iayc some goods on hand whit
they c1prc: 10 be able 10 shove oil ut 4
mu:c ;;saa they are worth. and thereby che;
their ueiEhburs out OF few hundred
t1uusanu doiu-s.
The ia>op!c are not to itc hntnbusged
This mailer ly j c1y Of protection 10 Amt
lcar ti.ac~.:y.' uttered by these whose aim
not TO n;rteci either Industry ur lis fsut
but to fu :::.l!. he public uudcr eorcr. lit
psepo.l'.>n bc{orc Et.agrcss Was to ren,
thirty - 1t II c~i>.iAs ,lutits, there wou
be- 8oi..e ;,l-u.ta.t::r IL The alteration Il
tl1c nsra :. Wuuld reduce protection. Ii
whr.1 IL s4c.ne Is to add thirty per cent
tAe ,.s.ev = al: :hc coojs u.s hard. and NJ ;
ssu,c i'm; ~ ..a..ck INF 10 sascnty milf,
out OF 1hr .s.;!4,nn1 {: csslrr% It Is -lTnnge
ue ;h3. every rt.Aa Il. tiie West dncs nut
cbrurt i. n -" strongest irE1rs-