Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-11-10

acts OF the Republican party is-in
SO far as it discusses the Tariff ques-
tion-distasteful to the Chicago
Tribune. That jour lal kindly sug-
rcsts way in which he might have
treated the question that would have
been satisfactory to 1t; but that, OF
course, offers widely from Mr.. Coi.
fax's way. 1t says: :.
.Mr. Colia5 selects the article OF
Pig Iron to prove that manufactur-
ers haze prospercI greatly since
1861. 1t is true that the production
of Pig Iron has increased very large
ly. Mr.. Col!ax is undoubtedly aware
that for several years past the Gov
erpmen, has been stimulating the
production OF Pig Iron, not only ~
q prohibitory tariff, but by donating
its public lands by millions OF acres
to railroad companies, upon the ex-
press condition that they shall use
only American iron. In other words,
we have been, transmitting the pup,
lie domain into Pig Iron. It would :.
be surprising If the production OF
that article. undor such exciting slim
ulants, had net largely increased !,
But the American people have paid
for all this iron nine dollars per tun,
in gold. more than it is worth; ana
every branch of manufactures 10
which Pig Iron is raw material mas
been correspondipgly depressed and
discouraged" -
CoMurSrs pY THE n. Y. TRIBUNE
/ a great many railroads in the
Western States have been construct
ed by the help OF lands granted f,r
the purpose by Congress. The iiii-
nois Central was the pioneer; out
| Wisconsin, Iowa, MIME sofa, Mis-.
souri,. &c, have been largely favored
by these grants. Their greatest ben
iticiary is the city Of Chicago, which
probably has 100000 more inhabitants
and one.,hird more wealth than it
this land grant policy had not been
inauguratcd, Yet she is a focus OF
the demagogue clamor that the Ma
tional policy, under Republican rule,
has constantly aggrandized the East
at the expense of the West. No mat
ter; we deem that policy wise, beng
nant. and cannot doubt that our
country is to-day more populous
stronger and richer. than it would OF
could have been III the apsei'oe o
these land grants.
But were the grantees required e
use only American Iron: Not at al
The Pacific Railroad, built mainly b,
Government subsidy or upon Gov
eminent credit, scas required to Ia.
merican rails; but the impression
a ,veycd by our Chicago namesak'
col. all land grant railroads wer
hat t to this requisition is nnst'
,ubjec
Ken. it true that the only Pacin
Nor is constructed has been track
Road yet, " with American ~
ed exclusive are not misinformcc
Iron. II we ;tics of worn out Eu
immense quaint. been exported I
.opean rails kav. the low duty o
his country unde. e been rolled il
Scrap Iron, aud ha, or the Pacifi
o American rails Companies, te
Jn,on and Central from Oman
,ether forming the line have bee
Q Sacramento. This ma. certainl
,r not been good policy; i. Vic DE-
5 not transmitting the Pu. ~
main into" .4mericdn Pig Iro. COOL
IL. The Chicago Tribune ,op1
asserts that ",he American p. d.
nave paid for all this [homc-ma
Iron nine dollars per ton more tn.
i is WORTH How so. Wig, be
cause the duty on imported Pig Iron
has been 50 per tun. Well; suppose
it had been 800 what then! Should
we pay 800 per tun more for all the
Iron smelted IN this country? fyon
say yes, what if the duty had been
5000 per tun? Can't man evince some
common sense, even though he is .
Free Trader?
Let us call attention to few items,
which seem 10 us pertinent to the
main question:
l. The duties levied or Iron of ey-
Try description We're raised by the
Protective Tariff of 1S2S-that Oh
pig Iron from $40 to Sl2a per tun.
ii course, says Free Trader, our
}, orlc had to pay S2A more per tun
or Pig Iron. But Niles Register
states that not only was this not the
.asc, but that Iron was actually cheap
n IN this country after than before
that increase Of duty, and especially |
,heapey IN those districts fWthest from
he scaJoard. What do yon say to
that?
,. The duties on imported Copper
Ore, Sheathing, &c, were consider
ably increased by special bill pass
ed some two years ago. we shall
have to pay 25 per cent. more for
sang the Frec-Tradcrs IN
chorus, before and just after the pas
sage of that bill What has been the
tac,? Has not Copper been cheaper
here ever since? Has one Free, Trade
journal quoted its price to prove
what they confidently predicted! Not
one.
8. We printed, last Winter, the
ot 4 British house largely
in the expectation OF Iron,
and especially of Rails, to the Iron
of Great Britain. That CIR
cular, after giving the product, ex-
ports, and prices, OF British Iron for
the preceding year, stated that the
hopes of an advance in the price OF
British Iron rested wholly on the
OF reduction Of the Amer
lean Tariff. II we reduced our du-
ties, the British Iron-mastcrs might |
advance their prices: il not, not. Is
not this pertinent to the main ques-
ton? II not, why not.
4. Congress, ut its last session, saw