Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-05-19

rrna Columbus journal vidently has
,,ot observed that our revenues under
: ia nresent tariff are the largest ever re-
caived by the Goyernmeu :. Aor dce5 IL
,nnaar r, Dereeive that tbis Is the most
a9njtabIe tax that IS paid. since - :
,,1ora universally distIlbGleo among
those who can afford to pay taxes tiia,i ma
anv other description oi Lax isEieu'
J9-;t +l,e noiDt ever recJLrs---T you 90 hoL
lisa revenue by import duties, you are
co,pDeIled to raise j by an "diouS IhVeI- II,
,,aI rayenue system, whlon every Ooay
,iosires 10 have abolisneG.-l Dayton
Vow what does all this mean? we
l,a,,a made ourselves Jiresome repeating
+b,f- n tax in the shape Of duties on I'M
,,orfe was the least burdensonle ana le2st
Yevations form Of taxation, because tne
,av Igae eonrounded with the price % the
orticIe and because each enc cou4d pay
or decline TO pay this tax, as he sa" III:
we therefore favor the continuance OF
lust those rates Of duties that VIII bring
in the largest possible revenue
TColumbus Journal.
That point viii be attained by seeur-
ing that rate OF duty that viii coInpel
every manufacturing establi5hinent in
the country to close lis fires and cease
operations. The importation Of al our
manufactures under q duty SO low as
not to counteract the advantages
derived by the foreign manufacturer
from the cheaper labor OF Europe, is
lust the condition Of affairs that the
Journal seems to desire. In the same
article, it says.further, on the subject OF
the duty on pig iron that, "a duty OF
S. per ton is preferable to 80, because
the rcUclate aUiH DC larger at the former
rate" Why will the revenue be larger
Because ne importation will be dOub-
led. Does it take q very sagacious polit-
ical economist TO see that the doubled
importation must result in greatly re-
duced home manufacture? You ask
the people of the United States to pay
fixed amount Of revenue for the support
of the government, and deprive them o
all the profits Of labor and capital en-
Moved in manufactures, by adopting
that scale Of duties that will eiiectualiy
destroy .heir business. \ reduced duty
would produce reduced revenues unless
it increases importations. An increase
of importations would certainly reduce
the amount of home manufactures
With reduced home manufactures, tht
people would certainly be less able e
pay the same amount Of revenue to th'
support of the government, then the!
are under prosperous condition Of Gu
manufactures.
There are some people who never Learn
by experience. In 1888, and again il
1877, when the revenue tariffs Of th'
Democratic party we're put iato opera
tioa, their 6essglcielt effects wer
speedily felt in the closing CT faetorie
aud furnaces all-over the country, an
such widespread ruin and devastation
followed a. we trust in God we shal
never see in this country again. Facto
ries and Rolling mills, and Furnace
have greatly multiplied under the tariff
that followed -the success of the Reput
Ican Party, and the qaestiun involve
is: Shall these Factories, Furnaces an
Rolling mills by thrown idle, as simila
establishments were in 1888, and lS4i
by another effort to galvanize an eS
ploded theory into life.
Give the people ofthis rich and diver
gified country of ours plenty of la5oi
not merely in raising corn and potatoa
for we have more laborers than coul
find profitable enp,oynentaJ that bus
iness-but in manufacturing everythin
our resources ana ingenuity fit Us
manufacture, al reaamerGtjce agdge
made 50 by protection against the lo'
wages of Europe, and they will nevI
grunibleor complain at the taxes nece
sary to support the government. Br
buy the products Of the accumulate
capital aud reduced wages of Englis
shops, and drive your own laborers oil
OF employment in American shops, an
five dollars ton on pig iron viii b
much harder to pay, than nine dollat
now.