The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-02
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contains the following sensible suggestions
on the tariff question-they seem to be op-
pofexe 40 jua- ss9s fl1kHJu
raAsA danefl znlA - hvoa ID nksoducr
ton of bulky raw materials, ike coal, ores.
erain, &c, at very lev rates, while imposing
high dutass .op mRRfaptHzieeSzenAsal4. We
would impose no duties save for revenue on
coffee, spices, and other products of climates
essentially different from ours we should
lsvy fGAishsr duties on teas, silks. ~. Il bar
cslss fudge that thsy, may - Vol BE- pro-
diced 10 portions of our e@n conntf1 -
where they now are. Europe has borrowed
from Asia and naturalize the production Of
silk, immensely cheaper the staple thereby
we beiisye Aperica might and shosid do
likewise. ~'S g -
''As TO wool and fax, il our manufactures
were as exclusive and as mature as are those
ofthe British Isles, we should incline to ia
vor the admission, of these staples free: but
concerned that the production Of staples as
well as fabrics, should be stimulated by pro-
tective duties. Letsus double our number Il
sheep, and treble our number of wooden mills
and then we may fairly consider the policy
OF reducing the duties on wool and woolena
And so of fax and linens.
s.As to those who cry out against the pend
ing tariff bill that it is bill Of denominations
thatit Is calculated to destroy our foreign
commerce that ID the contsvanse. 70 leurich
a few great manufacturers to establish per
petuate monopolies, &c.-we answer, more
respectfully than they deserve, that these
same olgections were mat -, ID an ost idena
cailangaage. TO the tsriasof felA \ 81, 'ap1
1861. Now, then, il those tariffs destroyed
foreign commerce, bull up monopolies, &C.,
In he ~ II Io 49, CO..
u 10 baseb on the same prncsple, operates by
similcr means, and eontemplates the same
end with each and all of them"
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Diversity off mploymsnt.
The commissioner Of the Agricultural De-
pariment, in his January report, utters the
following true sentiments
The great advantages Of great variety 10 in
dustry are manifold, one Of the highest Of
which is the fact that all classes and capaci
ties, young and old, male and female, are
furnished With som sttriug To do, and With I
notive for doing it, and thus labor il some
form becomes the rule, 10 which there are
few exceptions Consumers and producers
ar eat each Others doors, or commingled in
the same household and carriers and 60 be-
tweeners absorb but small portion of the
profits of industry There is no guilt of
markets from excess Of production or the de-
fciency or great expense of transportation.
There is no occasion to sell corn at ten cents
per hushel, or eggs at SIX cents per dozen, or
catue, as in Texas, at five dollars per head.
1t is fashionable in communities with but
one prominent industry to decry the promo
tiers of these industrial enterprises as monops
olists and heartless oppressors. Thirty~eight
dollars per month for farm labor. and twenty
to thirty for light employments of females
are sufficient answer 10 such Ill natured char
ges. Tidy and we'll furnished hosses, and
eyideuce-ef refinement in humble life, are
not the concomtants of the oppression and
tyranny of capital. These same communi-
ties must adopt the same variety in industry
which they might have done and should have
done many years ago, or the compulsive idle>
ness and resulting poverty Of large masses Of
their people will continue, and hecomdSn-
tensifed and chronic, until the winnings
over the prosperity Of more industrious com.
munites shall become an envious wall Of
misery.
This path fprogres has been equally open
to all; laws supposed 10 favor q diversified
industry have been applicable TO AL State.
ailke; The beat saler.poaer sud the Cheapest
coal are in States that make no extensive use
of either milder caamities are superior fac
ilities for cheap trans oortation have furnished
advantages that have not been transmitted
into net profits and yet such communities
daily inhieting irreparable injury upon thsai
selves, by neglecting the gifts of God and
Spanning the labor OF men, ase wont to deem
themselves injured by the prosperity growing
from superior industry and practical poi;tica
ecoGomy.
viii States that are almost deserts from
fudtcal policy OF growing agricultural pro-
!.
thing. learn wisdom II ON poverty, and grow
prosperous and wealthy. with lsborug clssse
comfortable aud intelligent, aud advancing il
moral ami mental culture?