The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-11-22
WooDsFELD MONROE COUNTY OHIO TUESDAY NOVEMBER % 1870

ment," to have protection Of 80 pei
cent. on carpets costing u cents pei
yard. In fact, he has a protection moi
exceeding IS per cent, or 25 cents
yard; while the specific duty Of II cents
| is not quite the equivalents though in
tended to be, of the wool and other i'm
ported material used in his manufacture
The duties on other descriptions of car
pets are adjusted on the same principles.
For q further explanation Of the prin.
cip.es of the existing tariff on manufac'
lures Of wool, permit me to call your at.
tention again to the accompanying .Ex-
position" ";Bk 81 ST. a ,a
/ have the honor to be very respect.
fully, your obedient servant,
JoHNL HAYES, Sec.
Now, we ask Mr.. HAYEs this question
|if the wooden nanufacturer needs that
specific duty Of so cents per pound to
reimburse him for the, s'd1ty ,ohich he
pdys on account of the s6ool and other
imported materials, why does not the
consumer of the cloth also pay both the
so cents per pound and the additional
duty Of 35 per cent. imposed for the pro-
lection of the manufacturer 2 How shall
the consumer of the cloth be "reimburs.
ed" for the entire tax of lis per cent
Has he not as good a claim to ''reim-
bursement" as the manufacturer
1t appears not In the very next par
agraph the Secretary avows distinctly
that in place Of protecting the consum-
ers it was the intention of the trainers Of
this act to deprive them of these goods.
at iDas intended to exclude both shoddy
and shoddy goods" "z'hese, goods being
ercluded he is supplied sOith sound Amer
icaa cloths"
By the act the Secretary affirms that
all shoddy goods are bad, and that all
American goods are sound. An assump-
ton which every manufacturer and eve-
ry dealer knows to be without foundation
in fact.
Cheap cloth, fit to do most excellent
service, and very durable; can be and is
made both in England and in this coun-
try, from shoddy that is to say from old
wooden cloth torn into fiber. spun and
woven second time s'sst
On the other hand shoddy is most ex-
tensively used in the United States, for
making articles which will do good ser
vice for the money,as well as for making
unsound cloths which have good ap-
pearance but are as worthless as any Of
the foreign gUods of which the Secretary
and his coadjutors violently deprive
us.
There are saoddy manufacturers
among the, men who framed the wool
and woolen tariff and who belong to the
Wool Manufacturers Association, while
many of the skillful and honest manu-
facturers, led by EDWARD HARRis, have
protested against Mr.. HAYES acts, and
denounced the tariff which he has inflic.
ted upon them.
In every paragraph of this singular
letter it is either affirmed that the con-
sumner pays the duty or that the intention
of the trainers of thel has been to
infict privation under the pretense of
protection =
mo such rates are paid by consul
mers. = = the goods not be-
ing imported .5ut being excluded for the
public benefit" This is the pfetense !;
the true reading should be: Foreign
shoddy is excluded in order that Ameri-
can shoddy may be sold at high price
We thank the Secretary for his frank
avowal that the consumer pays u taxes
except those which are fixed at SO high
q rate as todeprive him OF the power of
purchasing the taxed article. This
avowal will 60 far toward depfiving the
Wool Association of the power Of do.
ing any further mischief, m ~