The Cecil Whig., 1872-12-07

THE TARIFF,

economical mode of raising revenue to de
fray the necessary expenses of the Fedora
Government. All Tariffs are protectiee thai
are laid on the class of articles manufac
tured in the country; they are invariably
so. But on the other hand all domestic
manufacturers are protectors of the consu
mers against the importer, or foreign man
ufacturer who, if the home competition did
not interpose between them and the people
who buy, the amount of duty paid at the
Custom House would be added to the for
eign market price, freight, etc. And while
the custom duties serve as shield to pre-
vent the foreign capitalist and manufac-
turer from bearing our markets till they
break our manufacturers down, and break
down the wages of our operatives, our own
manufacturers also prevent the price OF
foreign products from being put up to fig
ures that would cover the duty laid upon
foreign articles. So that the Free Trade
theory that the Democrat makes use Of,
namely: that the amount of duty paid on
goods at the Custom House is added to the
foreign article, and collected in full from
the consumer, is false in fact.
The home competition which the Tariff
aids to build up, making it impossible for
foreign and wealthy monopolists to crush
before it is permanently established, has
proved one of the greatest benefits and
blessings to this country.
The Democrat very truly remarks:
"What American manufacturers really
require is not high protection, but uni
form incidental protection of revenue tar
| iff with the assurance OF stability
This is good Republican and Admins
tration doctrine. 1t is not proposed to tax
foreign goods out of the market for that
would defeat the very object and purpose
of tariff, and leave the Government with
out revenue.
| What The Democrat considers its strong
point is, that the Tariff on railroad iron
will prevent the builders of the proposed
Elkton and Massey's railroad from stock
ing it with miserable refuse British rails
at $40 ton. This is an old subject of the
Free Traders. These $40 English rails
are the shoddy of the iron market and so
worthless that no British company could
be induced to use them, and it has been
abundantly proven in this country that
| rails made of American iron are cheaper at
$40 ton than the British rails at $40. No
rails are manufactured in the United States
as poor as these British shoddy rails that
are got up expressly to sell to hard strapp-
ed companies in this country, and prove to
be scarcely worth the laying down.
The argument that building materials
were allowed to be entered free of duty
for the rebuilding of Chicago, and the
same policy is proposed for Boston is not
| relevant to the point at issue; and the ap-
| plication that is attempted does not meet
the question. But before proceeding to
combat this argument, let US state that
the Mayor of Chicago has stated that the
! remission of duties on building materials
| brou III: from abroad for the use of that
| city proved of little Or no advantage. So
duties from building materials for Chicago,
| was intended as donation to the sufferers
by the great fire from the people generally
| of the United States. But "the people of
America are building houses continually;
| why not permit them to build them as
cheaply before as after the great fire %
queries Tie Democrat, which is an argu-
| ment for Free Trade pure and simple, as
| opposed to the argument above quoted
from the same article favoring "incidental
protection and a revenue Tariff" The
| fact is very plain one and can't be got
| round or over, that all Tariffs are protec-
tive to some extent, and it is mere play
of words to pretend to favor " Revenue
Tariff and incidental protection and at
the same time broadly denounce the Tariff
because it prevents the foreigner from
gaining a monopoly of our market. The
Government must raise revenue, and tax
| ing imports is the cheapest, the least bur
thensome and the most equitable mode of
| taxation ever devised, and no political
party while in power will ever attempt to
| run the Government on Free Trade princi
pies. The Free Traders opposed the re-
peal of the tax on coffee and tea, which
| would have continued this tax on every
poor man in the country to the full amount
of the duty collected; for these products
| not being raised in this country the tax
was added by the importer and paid to the
| last farthing by the consumer, because
| there was no home produce of these arti
| cles to keep it down. A Tariff has two
fold action for good. 1t presents an effec-
tual bar to the wealthy foreign monopolist
"bearing" the market, while it fosters the
! several branches of manufacturing indus
try at home which constantly extend and
become more stable; and a healthy compe
tition and rivalry serves to equalize the
price of both foreign and domestic fabrics,
| by which means labor is diversified and
| distributed among many pursuits.
The farmer must look for remedy to
his troubles, both real and imaginary,
to other sources than the Tariff laws
| Their rise or fall will not sell single bush
| ell of grain more or less in the markets of
Europe. He has competitors in the Old
| World in the grain market who will gov
ern the price there.
The have been more cultivated thought
and utalizing of machinery called to the
aid of the other great industris Of this
| country, than to agriculture. correction
| of this neglect will be found to present the
true solution to the great farming difficulty.
That ssCute'' Picture.
The WESTERN POSTAL RECORD, pub
lished at Chicago, the most reliable postal
paper in the Union, says:
| ..How is it that the proprietors of OUR
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subscriber beautiful chrome of 1GX20
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