Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-01-12
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chest at Washington, it might be ;
fit time TO theorize on tree trade; bu
we have over s300,000,000 to pa,
yearly for Government expenses, in
tcrcst on our National debt, aud sucl
share OF its principal as Is wise TO re
duce, and ec trade would therefor,
at this time be bankruptcy and reEu
diation. All this without countin.
onr debt in England and Europe, 0
81 500, 600, 900, which should be re
duced by larger home product an,
less importation.
Is not tins tree trade agitation i'll
timed and suspicious? Tie free trad
ers are forced 10 admit the need o
tariff tor revenue, and thereby over
throw their darling claim tia
"eyery man should buy where he Cal
buy cheapest" and are not, in fact
free traders, but only professors 0
impracticable theory, making SOM
little hue and crJ- about revenue re
iorm." But is there need oil so mucl
noise Oh tnat.
GraRssag that We must pay ou
debts and expenses, and the margi'
OF reduction possible in our tariff i
too small to make such noise about
Our imports are about $400,000,0ot
yearly, and surely we should no, ex
coed that; and from these we mas
raise say i5o,00o,Oo0 by tariff, un
less we can raise all our revenue O
over $500, 100000 by internal taxa
ton, which the tree traders dare not
propose.
10 raise si50,000.000 from our
tariff on imports will not admit OF 6
great reduction. The changes made
last winter, in adding to the free Isl
and reducing the tariff On tea, cof
fee, sugar, etc, will 60 into operation
mex. winter, and will reduce the tar.
if revenue about s24,000,0OJ while
the internal revenue taxes were re.
duced by larger amout.
This reduction approaches all that
would be safe, perhaps, for some
years to come, aud it can doubtless
be said, with near approach to &C.
curacy, that it would not be wise OF
consistent with the needs and honor
Of Government to make still farther
reduction OF our tariff of over $751;
OO0,000, looking at it solely as a rev
enue matter; while many able men
and a large share OF our intelligent
people, firm believers in protection
would say, mo more reduction
Is not Si5 100000 4 small margin on
which to make this noise about "rev.
enue reiorln:' Would not a little
common sense and patriotism, such
as the Republicans have repeatedly
shown, settle the whole matter ful
years to come. Does this free trailc
talk help that settlement? Is it hon
est 1merican talk ON the part of its
prime movers?
Their pet i'ica Of s'rcycnac reform
seems 70 be the keeping a tariff on
tea, coffee, drugs, ETC., OF foreign
production, and thereby cutting
down the duties on our iron, wool
ems. etc, and this scheme is hailed
with great delight by British manu-
facturers. They tell us a tariff IS a
"lax," adding its amount to the cost
not only Of the imports, but OF like
articles produced here. Without
going into this at length, We remem-
Der that lumber, in this the gre test
market on the continent, is cheaper
to-day with a tariff than under Can
allan reciprocity without ene, and
more large exceptions to their sax-
iom' might be found without going
far.
TIE free traders apply this pet
idea to such imports as England
wants to control in our market. In
A speech in Congress last winter, the
Hon. Horace Maynard, OF Tennes-
see,put this in the feaaetio ad absWdxm
light, as follows:
If this doctrine is true of these
articles, it IS true OF all others; for
example, Of butter, cheese, potatoes
,nd wheat. The duty on batter and
cheese is four cents pound. on po,
taioes 25 cents per bushel, and on
wheat 20 cents per bushel. Now,
will any man be bold enough or reck-
ess enongh to assert that the duty
Of tour cents per pound upon butter
enhances to the consumers by SO
much the price not only the 6.650.-
300 pounds imported from Canada,
,nt also OF the entire produce OF
,ur own dairies; or that the like du-
y Of four cents per pound on cheese
,dds tour cents per pound 70 the con.
prices of American cheese
Is well as OF the 100000 pounds
from Canada the 1.l75,000
pounds from France, and the ESQ.,
300 pound from England; or that the
luty of 20 cents per bushel on wheat
adds that sum or any sum 10 the
,rice either Of American wheat or
# the 100000 bushels imported
rom Canada; or lastly, that the duty
# 25 cents per bushel on potatoes is
III addition Of % cents bushel to
he market price OF cur whole potato
,rop. as well as OF the 10000 bush
is imported form Nova Scotia. The
oily 1T such an assertion would be
% apparent as to impose upon no
,ody; it would be q SUI ject Of unl-
'crsal rilicule."
Is not the pressing necessity and
great desire OF foreigners, especially
he British. to keep control OF our
markets for their heavy manutac.
ures, at tho bottom Ut this agi,a
ion? Have not the Greas Importers
II New York 4 finger in this "reve-
lua rciorm" plcs Are there not
ome crafty politicians, Of Democrat
c proclivities, quietly pulling free
,adc wires to demoralizo the Repu6-
leans, aud tins divide and conquer?
The whole matter reminds on. OF