Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-01-27
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of Congress more than forty years ago,
and always a thorough friend of home
industry, and the American laboring
man, has lately written the following
letter on the Tariff.
! UN1oNTowN, Pa, Dec. llth, 1871.
Hon. " p. Kelley: DEAR SIR
Last winter the Free Traders succeed
ed in reducing the duty OIL pig iron
from SO to S. per ton, and see that
they now propose to reduce it to $5
This reduction of So was made to re-
duce the price in accordance with their
theory that the duty is always added
to the price and paid by customers :
while on the other hand, You conten-
ded thal the effect would be break to
down our weak establishments, check
the strong, discourage investments deS-
troy competition, and of course dimin-
ish supply, and thereby increase the
price. Such were the. arguments
now for facts and results.
Yet these Free Traders look at the
price current Of pig iron, when they
reduced the duty about year ago
and ut the price current now, and they
will find that instead Of reducing tn,
prize Of pig iron 81 a ton it has jncrcas
ed it on an average nearly Sc, say );
per ton. Then let them look at the
official reports, British and American
and hey will find that we have i'm.
ported since the reduction Of the duty
about 2OO, 900 tons Of pig metal, which
at an increase Of s. ton, will make ;
clear gain to foreign importers o
fl.OOO,OOU, and an equivalent oss tC
American consumers, besides the mill
ions lost by breaking down American
competition and supply.
Ent this is not uII The Treasury
has bt this act, lost IS a day on 2Jo,OW
Ions Of pig irol. amorntln+to Y1oo,OVl
in goll reyenr;c, which our own people
must now pay to supply this los
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l'r'' a. = ,,',.'', r, ,"'1 l,t ''tl ~; oo,
not impair the trujh or destroy thu
I'M, ,,''''' ~ ''' ''' I'"',''
W.T. these nn'en'o'" 'a''s' ov re
cords. StarIA+ them IN ''' ''''' '''eS'
revenue relorIn"E- now pr" "'I' 10 ~
peat the rAperImrn' u! "!''ch '"e!!
h9V" robbed y ."''l~'h consumers ,,',.' .
fl,oo3p''o, amt 'i'r l Fr"S"fH ol P10o'
900 more I" i"V"f '"f''8'e'''
Now had they reversed THIS action
hai they mh(ra - 4 ton instead o
taking it off, thereby stimulating pro
lucton and en- .ourragjng investment
at home. developing our own resour
crs, giving employment to our own la
bor,' and markets and money to on
own farmers instead of foreigners, how
, many millions would it have saved
and how many woull it have added t'
! onr national wealth and resources.
N, ,;, $50 ;, ,ll hr;.Av
f,v. rn,.r,, uhy n;r iron above every
I,;.a .l.' .,,,,,; ; ,;rL ,rot.,.t;on
/ 7rnc,,so i !. ~. nroduct a)moc
c,n1u.ivolv of d,D L,I,, nuaiIrl y,
h,Ln,.so,.;,,, ,,ncI;o,y,,. for what !
cInoror th,n th,, \,,cricau labor pot
,;na f,.om tI .,n.J - I,v nnst he ur,
,oatoI j., -, s,n,,,,Io with f,reirn In
hor f,r ,bo A,na,,;o7, market rcceivin,
u,ro, ~, an no,.or,,,, loss than half lho
, ,uu,p E,,oo;,llv .. thn cost of trans
n'nt;,,, ;,', i, ;rnn !, iii. com,
w.. !. n,arl In, otfnn ,s h,)los,
la,, ,h,n Il, - ton'. ahnnt the cost q
oort;,, :, ,., or nft a.n miles ON ordin
orv r,Al,
= Because almost the whole valu
Of nio iron consists Of agriculture rro
duce, Ask any nrnctira PIG iron ma
ier and he w1ll tell YOU that abou
three. fourths of the money he receive
for his uir iron GOES to the neiehborin
farmers tor the subsistence of his labo
the horses, mules and oxen, men
women and children emploved abou
his fnrnace--the ore and coal ofwhjcI
his iron is made being utterly worth
t les. if left in the grouud and SO th
foreign iron we purchase consists @
,he agricultural produce of forejn far