, 1870-02-07
LEATHER And TIE TARIFF.

Gather business exceeds, in round num-
,crs, that Of iron about fou1.fifths, that Of
'otton about two-th1ds, and OF woollen
ather mora than that. In the prosperity
# this industry every mAn, woman, and
.hiId in the land is directly interested
IS consumer, and almost every man who
sozks with his hands, OF whose subsistence
1cpends upon his daily labor, is interested
IS producer. Leather is Of constant and
1niversal domestic use; as part Of the in-
stzumenta of production, in agriculture, in |
IL the uses Of domestic animals, in 1na-
,hinery Of all sorte, leather plays part
more important than iron, while in the
immense interest directly engaged in its
it is the principal raw mate
rinl. Upon this raw material, in hides,
there is an import duty Of 10 per centun, in
gold, which, when watehousing charges are
added, reaches II to IS per cfntam, as
gold 1uctuates from 20 to IS. The result
is serious enhancement Of the price to the
consumer Of one Of the principal neces-
ssrics Of life, and burden so onerous upon
that it has almost wholly
destroyed the large export trade that once
existed. This is one Of the practical con-
sequences Of the system Of protection to
American industry-so called The boots
and shoes on our feet and tho feet Of our
children, the harness On our horses, the
trnnks we use, the leather belts Of ms
cbiuery, the Thousand and ono daily uses to
which 1enthcr is put in domestic affairs and
in the arts are burdened with heavy sa1
and an enhanced price, while the lahorer
engaged in their manufacture has lost the
foreign rnde which once made his labor
profitable
However spccious the argument may be
in regard to other raw materials
but always deceptive-that though few
msy DO injured the many are benefited, it
has no application in the case Of hides
The duty protects" nobody, but ia pure,
unmitigated, and unquestiouable injury to
everybody, both oonsumer and producer.
The foreign hides from South America,
which, from natural causes,-the character
Of the country and the character Of the in.
dustry Of the people,-eost much less than
the game product can bs produced in this
country, do not and cannot come in confiio
with the hides Of our domestic cattle as ar
tic1es Of manufacture. Each is wanted TO-
4 different purpose, and they do not COM
in conflict with each other, but each i
needed a. a supplement to the otheE. Thei
tex1ofe dlnets' ano saea nas tes UNI pscu
ltanty- Iaat OF eoutn Anet7can n'aes 1s
eoof1, nno no1es ou. VANS ps!aoin'y 1l''
tougnness' iua1 u :. .ne n'aes - uas o",
country 1s o1 lonB aofe' ".ia - ooAa eoo9
and pliab1e. VI tnts Is 1naoe .ne uPpsfs
shoea ana oooss' nalness' anu pe'ups % .eAsa ~,
CT. VI LIE. u n''anu' ~ Ae41 ~
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on4ssu a - ts-,,as,~ ao,a ,a.ths- :. mn;
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all thht is manufactured, to the Der
: At so,elv Of the foreign producer wi
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81 uses than he would if there was free ira
d in hides. the man who manufactures lii
at l. comne1red. for yant of that FREQ trat
ct ~ ,;ra mn comnatition with the forei
III ..nufa otrrar E,hoav is nrotocted. n
~. .or,tr~ 1o.ee tbe rcvenre which 20,
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