The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-10-07
Binghana's ssvyOOl'' Tarhn.

Bingham has much to say abou his
wool tariff. If what he said were true, it
would not be SO bad, but the fact Of the
matter il that he does not understand its
workings The people of this county lose
annually $l000OO by its workings, but
Bingham cant see how it is done, " at
least processes not to see how.
In order to bolster up bad cause Mr.
Bingham asserted in his speech that Mr..
Estep and the editor of the Sentinel had
signed petition for the passage Of his bill.
1t is no roo' bill 1t was claimed by Bing-
ham that under the cassifcations of his
bill, the foreign woods which compete with
our woods would pay duty Of ten cents a
pound, bus as wss said by the Sentinel aud
by Mr.. Estep, this proved not to be Tie cfse!
They are brought in on an average duty Of
Al cents per pound.
Mr.. Bingham also asserted that Mr..
Estep had spoken in favor of it in public
speech two years ago. We have that speech
before US, and Mr., Bingham misrepresent-
cd the speech Instead of speaking faver-
ably of .Bipgham's bill, in, that speech, he
denounced it. ahd showed that it was not a
wool bill at all, but monstrus tariff on
wooden goods, such as we had never had
before. When this bill was before Con-
gress, IN the the very speech spoken Of by
Bingham, Mr.. Estep said aaG
Bit when you come to the point of max
ing this reasonable adjustment, We. find the
manufa, turcr, while con enting,tc avery trif-
ing increase upon wool, demanding, aud in
deed securing, SO far as the committee OF
Ways and Means was concerned, an increase
OF the tariff in his own tavor, of from 80 to
100 per cent Ynu can nevef satisfy these
corlnorants. The tariff was adjusted in 1861,
again tor temporary purposes,' as was
said, in 1864 and now, in 1866, q change Is
proposed. Let us take some single article
wooden goods for ihstance. In 1861 the
tariff was twelve cts per pound and twenty.
FIVE ver nd valofen,. In 1864, 1t was increas
ed to TWEEN four cents per poundI and forts
| per cent 0d-rdl0rht and now 1866, they de-
| mand .htty cents per pound and thirty .fr,
! per cent dd-Uaiorem. And so 1t goes, yor
can never stop their cry. 1t is oniy to bt
Temporary during infancy" How long.
woild like to know, are they to remain ''ir
swaddling clothes, nluling and puking it
| their nurses arms" Uncle Sam is The
nurse and the people must foot the bi Il
gentlemeh what say you? Had they moi
better be %eaned2 ff,
! Bit it is said by the manufacturers,
"prdtect our business, build us up, make
us rich, and we will return you an hundred
fold. We will then be able to pay higt
wages for labor, high prices for WOOL anG
every thing We need We will then be the
great fountain from which the whole land
will be nourished and blessed" Wha,
humbuggery Do VT find that the rich va,
4 better wages DR. prices tlian the man in mo
derate circumstancess No hesgoes on the
common sense principle of buying for a.
he can. Ii you depend upon his generous
bounty to work you rich you will surely di'
I poor.
But It is claimed that although they are
making large gains and get high prices
that the wool grower, at least, has hb. righ
tn complain, because he ntw gets tiote To-
his wool than he did FIVE cars ag6; ant
shares the benefit with him.
lo this so! q all KNOW IL lS not WQ'
the proposed tdrif icoald onW faGredst, b
| a tr,tle, Tie d,ty on nool and oil h,bst Gf !
no increase at alt sa3fa e's
You can deal with these fellows at pres
ent, without their taking the lions share. :
Now take for instance, the article of nails
and in order to sec how we keep pace Will
them we will trade. "a A few years ago. ON
pound of wool would get sixteen pounds o
nails, now it will get Sc cen. And SO will
hundreds of other articles that might b
mentioned. While nails are about thre
| times the old price, wool is nearly the same
This is protection to "home industry
| Now if the tariff is not increased on nails
Tnad. Atevens will curse us worse than h
did the poor negro in tie gallery at the eau
Gus the other day. iiFi igA9 uEl
4 This Is unjust and unfair and must b
changed. BY such proposed tariff Q
prohibition, the revenue will be dimiuishe,
but the deficiency must he raised. An,
howl By increased taxation on our al
ready overbufdened and exhausted people
Now, after reading that speech shoul
not Bingham blush Nth shame to SO de