Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-12-10

CnANr, nothing supetdaaus about ", aud has
b,en commented Opon pretty freely by the daily
press, and generally in very complimentary
trrms.
A TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY.
The prcppicty 0, restricting the tariff 10 the lc-
gi,matc purpose NJ rcvenue, instead OF allowing
it plnn tpr the people nuder the prcirnce Of
pr0tectipg few special branches trade, Is nov
being fully considered by the people. The qncs
,ioa being ofnstb'nal Importance, is no. regard
d~a shroneh pal lisan medium, consequently
some VI the leading and most ably conducted
Republican papcrs are speaking boldly on the
qnestIon. The n. Y. TINES. AMI the Epcaiag Post,
the Ctncinnafi Commercial 0df;.tie. TImcs and
r,ikssta,f, the Chicago nibrne, the Wido,Us Dam.
ocrai. ami numerous dthcr papers, are uncquivo-
r,l In Eheir dcUunciation VI The existing wrung.
The burdens uC taxation necessary To the Fed
cral, State, and local government Is sufficiently
heavS, without the nfioliUn IN an indirect man =
ner, OF double that amount by way Of special
bounty tnariBtocratis mnnopists-- boun,ies lev
led uadcr the spcciuus prctext OF protecting
e HuIae Industry" Nor are they satisfied with
thsis present ratio u national plundcr. Thev
are alteYnpting IN increase tho impost burden
now resting ON the back Of the nation Like
l. Q hrs they hang on with great trnacity.
Their itnerant champion, GILSs SrEDBISs, Oi
Isetrlit, recently lectiFcd In Whites Hall. Tule.
dn, on the benefit accruing to civilization frnn
diveryifyd Industry, In exrntialng on that
theme lc gaye utterance 10 the following views;
Lathe people ofthe.Wcst confnc themselves
n the Occup ttiOn Of agriCu,tur', and barbIrism
will eventually prevail among them.
There are ssvcral means bv which mtnnfact.
cries can bc established. The first mid Is by
- ~ Ill. 4
tiene. The third Ia by arrauging u system uf H.
vance 50 that money can be easily obtaincA.
The money circulation of America Is only sl2.-
So per head. 1he banking pnl'cy which looks
IN the benef Of the manufacturers Is the suunl
one In the end. The next necessity is fail
tariff" t.'
II will certainly be refreshing 10 the farmer.
Of Wood County, and Also to the enterprise
people Of the West, to be informed that tho uc.
cuPatinna of Agriculture evcntuntrs In barbar.
ism Mr.. STgBB1Ns probably reaches such con.
ciusiOna by the sainr process of reasoning ms tho
country man who declared the mpDn was made
Of green cheese" Historians, however, affirm
that the science Of agriculture has almost inva.
riably been the harbingcr and Is one OF the
most Influential agents Ia olevating barbarian
hnrdes 70 the position Of civilized communities
In this controversy, however, Il il unnecessary
10 disparage any department or class nr labor.
The interests OF each and all NJ Meidcuicnl. They
stand or fall tngether, but Justice demands that
each branch shall be self supporting nnrl that all
exchanges he made On the hhsisnf equity. Mr..
SrEBBiSs, howevcr, Ia not satisfied with this
m,sie of operation, and IN the use of means to
establish manufactures, he proT Oses. lat That
the Internal Revenue tax On the prlduc, Of such
m mInnfactories shall be diminished. 81 That
the Una ncial interest Of the nation shall be made
Rubsrrvient To- such interests. 3rd He desires
the enac msnt of n "fair tariff" His fair tariff i'm
plses an increase ofths imposts already existing
The sun and substance Of his logic is simply
that he wishes auch interests as those hu ahvn.
Gates, to pay very little 10 the shane or taxes ;
and that competing interests from forvign lands
shall be taxed tn the uhermnst 80 rs tn lessen
the competition and thus enhance the valuo OF
hts Commodities, and thereby make every cum
sumer in tho land add to the wealth of such mo-
nopoly. lIs desires that the banking interests
shall also be under their control What does
this implvS Simply that having by the present
system of imp ,s,s, taken the coat from The back
ol:ihe people he drsires the shit alSo.
The extr:i"n Of 10 per.cent on an average by
the existing tariff hnm the consumers Ot wool
en- gools, il mt suuiceat, Mr.. $. wants more.
The taking of AN average Of GO per cent. n,
n tariff fro IL every farmer and every mechanic
who consumes iron, is not enough, Mr., >. wants
more.
The bonus Of 100 per cent. paid by ever,
MN. woman anl child, who use tho article q
"r sl,25 In gold per ton, paid tho coil monopo
" is not sufficient, they cry fur moro willis
tho poor IN our largo cities are pcIiShing will
cold. We might continue this description .
the horrib system, which is now mpoveIishirS
hopcople, by quoting hundred articles IN gen
eral use on which the tariff 10 still more uppres
ave.
The injustice Of the case consists in tho Gao
that the Government grtA but little revenue ftnu
mast ot these articles, whilst tho cost of thos,
thatArc homemade Is hrgrlv increased tho IN
tgrsstS protected pncketing the difference. Ii
the matter o. pig iron. the tariff Is 80 per ton d
IL. he Tcans1mption of our Domestic pr,
ict is as sixteen Ia one OF the oreign article, i
that tor each 80, paid As tax to the G,re,nmrnl
there are Sllt IN gnld value paid tn the iru
masters over and above fair and eQuitall
profit II has been shown over and over agah
that pig iron can be pr.fmblv manufactured .
Ss5 per ton. The mirkcl price at the prcseu
limI is over so per ton.
In all S0berness-w -ws-ask nrr farmers, mcr
chants and mechanics, il the time has come /,
which this unjust system should he abolished
II Is very evident that this can only be done b,
the enactment OF a tariff for purposes of revenu
only, and not Tor the PREDICTION of monopoliss
IL, with the unequalled resources whicl
sh'und IN the land, our manufacturers canno
fairly compete with the foreigner, whose natur
al advantages are less favorable, then il is il
vain We aatter ourselves on the possession q
such advantages.
The Swiss Confederation, although surrnunde,
by Gordon of nations, wlIa until nf late haV,
sherished system Of protection almost prohib
itn1y, yet have they set sn example or enterpriS
aAd e0namereisl treedun worthy of emulation
f0r the past thirty wears their commerce ha
been almost entirely free, and the results ar
mot sx,ranrdiuary, The prohihitory measure
at surrounding nations were a spur 10 their &C
uonss ladnelaK their radesmen TO study mqr
earnestly the wants Of distant natinrs. and b
the superior excellence of their products, the
have c"mmAnied the attcntinn aud secured III
eastom pi citizens Ia all parts Of the globe
Ruasias Sweden, aud Norway, Netherllnd Il.
Levant, North and South America, the IA.
tndles aud Jap IN, arS considered by the SwiS
Hs their commercial colonies. Their transi
trade thrnugh France 20 other countries roA
fran 80 .oo0, 900 francs in 1888 to 81 600 600 i
1850, aud " l92 GOO, 600 in 1850, Their cxpori
tF the general trade ef France increAs ID iu,r
90 eco Gao francs ia 1898 IN l23 600 GOA in S5,
and SSS 100000 ia 1889, and the exports tn q,
Ststes of the Il dlverein inerea sed lrnm Is 400
eao IN 1910 W loi ,0Nn 900 In 1851 and 22f ,0OO
eee N lsA2. THIS wide range oi national pr,
PeFity has been attained by overlhrn,vinr Il
Chinese wallis Of protection, and adopt,
this utmost freedom Of trade.
With the vast resources of this great natl
at tia and of the m ,nufaciurers; with /
uariVailed facilities for the transit OF raw a
~ manufactured products 10 aid item A.
ff1m the fact that all new Inventions increas si
the power OF production in agriculture and an,
uiaetnras, ars At once brought into practi,
application, " have bat 70 initiate the NJ VI
selt reliance 81 the Swlss, aud the products
our soil and os the work shops will attain iht
supremacy In the markets of the world.
these grounds We deem the present taiilf u
alike detrimental to the interests of the nau,
and ~ inedium Tor raising revenue,