Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-05
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she Necessnrie~ Of Lie
We must, says the New York Ere'''.sg
fea, Republican again warn Congress
men against the atrocicus lar.h BILL now
before the Senate. No man who expects to
continue in public life can afford to vote Tor
that bill, which discriminases heavily against
che mechanics and farmers Of the country,
ia favor Of the wealthy.
Il does this Ia an ingenious way, which
makes the tariff . muddls 10 any but ex>
pests; bat We repeat what we wrote . rev
days ago if the bill becomes Law, its OPP
ps~ssion viii be quickly enough ie't, and
the people will resent il. and punish 'ss aus
thor. his : fact that in this Tariff bill
the cheaper qualities Of cloth are 10 have
much higher properties Of duty laid upon
then than the high.pviced oloths. Thus
wooden coa,ngs. the gold cost Of which is
81 os per yard. are to be raised twenty
four per cent. higher; hut the fine and cost
ly qualities, the gold price Of which is 81 10,
arc raised only eleven per cent. and s'ill
finer qualities, Of the gold cost of 81 60
are raised only ten per cent. The coafse'
coating are TO pay from eighty to one nun
bred and Twenty per cent. III duties, but the
finer and more costly are only bnrdcned
with from sixty five to seventy per cent.
HE same is true Of carpets. The duty
on the high priced carpets is not raised d
oil that on ow-rriced carpets is raised ter
cents pet square yard, about five per cent
In the same manner there is no increase OF
silk dress goods, which are bought by thu
wealthy but on small articles Of silk, suci
- ribbons, which are used by The poor u
we'll. there is an increase Of ten per cent
High priced linens are even put under
diminished du.y-shey are 10 pay five pei
cont. less than now.
The conmonest kinda of cutlery are 4
pay from one hundred 70 two hundred pc
cent. duty that Ii TO say, farmers aud me
chanics. and working people generally. ar
20 be made to pay BY this atrocious tsrif
twice OF three times 40 much ~ the srticls'
c,n be imported for; for, Of course, thu
home manufacturer will At once put up his
prices 10 the highest limit 1t which he car
Just underscll the importer Who has thcs'
duties TO pay.
This atrocious swindle upon the farmers
mechanics and workingmsn Of the Unite,
States ought TO bs called - bill TO stil
further increase the prevailing high prices
and TO grind the faces Of American working
men" That will be itself, if it becomes
law; II will still further raise prices, ad'
greatly TO the COS. Of home production
thereby entirely disable Us from ,radn.
with tho rest OF the world, anI make tn
country poorer and poorer oil the time
The people are learning a costly lesson
they are beginning to find out that this con
t,nucd tampering with the industry Of th
country produces evil aud only evil to them
however il NAV enrich a few favored manu-
iactGrers. They begin to see that law I,
divert intelligent Americans from the indus
tries they lind most profitable, to other
which can only he pursued at loss or wit,
the help of what is called protection fror
the Government, Is in fact a measure 10 j.
ilirt . great loss upon the country the
begin to see that It is better TO leave sue
matters To settle themselves /; Americans ~
not SO stupid rs to need aud act Of Con
gress 20 tell them what 10 work a..
But if protection" is demanded. Why !
1t not better that each State shouid foste
such industries rs it chooses. by n dirtc
bountyr In that way millions would b
saved to the poodle every year, over tn
the present system. We do not see tina
tho protectionists favor this plan, but
they were sure Of their ground. IL their ar
gumsnts were sound, they would agree I
it very quickly, because il would rcllcv
them Of many difficulties.