Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
A Tariff for Revenue, With In
cidental Protection.

hhS III CDiib bANo'1 W. NH"t AIip WI
tor des.gnates ga hjgh tarif' He
has a great deal to say about the
Expressions Of The tariff; imag
ines that it is great, unbeatable
monstrosity, that is taking bread
from the mouths Of poor people,
and reducing the wages Of labor
ing MEN to about 90. Is this true ?
mot so.
What does the editor want?
From the tenor Of his articles
his readers can form no other idea,
than, that he wants absolute free
trade; open ports all foreign com
mcrce free Of duty; that would be
free trade, but if you levy a duty,
be it ever so small, it is not free
trade, but amounts to protection on
those articles we can manufacture
at home, equal to the amount Of
the per cent levied. There are q
number of articles in the schedule
Of imports, which are regarded
of p,ime necessity, and which we
cannot produce in this country, and
liz cur Democratic friends propose
to lay horizontal duty upen i'm
ports, in order to make cheap com
ImOdities for consumers, they will
find themselves chasing phantom,
| for the necessities of the govern
ment demand that we must raise q
revenue from foreign imports. The.
amount required from this source
i is ascertained, and the amount Of
imports estimated, and the per
cent necessary to raise the amount
required from these estimated i'm
ports, levied But in the adjust
Imcnt of these duties, our Cons ress,
for the best interests of our cOun.
try, and the laboung classes, wise
ily thought proper to discriminate,
in favor Of those articles which we
can manufacture at home, to put a
| higher per cent Of duty upon these
erticles, than they did upon those
Of prime necessity, that we cannot
produce. This protects, not only
the rich Eastern manufacturer las
our noighbor calls them but it en-
ables the manufacturers to pay
operatives q higher price for their
Services than they would do when
left in competition with the rich
EagliSh, F,ench am GermaR man
R1actarerS, with their cheap pdH-
per taOoferS. inns system, WINE u
does not increase the aggregate, af-
Pords to all classes, some articles,
at II rover rate' ana o''''rS " ''V''o
hlgtler tillh Chpy W2l''u PaY u'Eue'
the horizontal system aud the ad'
vantage to be derived TO this u0un
tv IL thot il omplovs copital in
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Vpc 'l"n nu'"''u' ny '''S'' ''e'9' - o"'
own nei8hborhQod, ana gives en-
to thousands of our own
citizons ot ipnreosod nrices instcad
~ ~ r,i..,,,,,., +,
o. s'VlHs - oi' ~ i''9is"e'9' ~ Il
is better for our Inrms 70 leed theI
Of manufacturers atI'
home. than It would be to have
4,.n, olri, F,,ono and coofr tbon,
''0'" ~, :" '''VpN "N 'N F
tlere' Il u were 'or no otnor reason
than that the cost OF tronsporta-
ton always has TO be taken from
~ forn,or,s holr hnsbel Trne
,,,. ,,,., ,.a.o..
some OF ''eSo "'''o'V' 'u0' P'o'VvV
cd may cost the consumer Il trlne
more, but other articles will cost
him less, as we have said, than they
would If the sameper cent Of duty
were charged upon every article
imported,
What would be the affect, If, rs /
our nclghbor claims, there should
be Il large-a very large-frce list2
Simply that the per cent Of duty ON
those fow articles not ii he Tree
list, would have to be increased to