Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-10-29
Our Tariff Interest,

Among the resolutions adopted by an
aut.mouopoy meeting at Gilman, Illinois,
week or two since, was one which declared
that a protective tariff was the basis of
all monopolies, the sum Of all yillanies, "
and resolving 10 favor OF free iron and
steel, salt and lumber coffee aud tea, wooden
and cotton fabric-;" aud furthermore, that
&" ifa tariff was jusiifabe at all it should
be for revenue purposes only
This is the burden Of so much cheap talk
on this important and poorly understood
question, that We gladly copy from that
sterling sheet, the Chicago Inter Dream the
following refutation Of the nonsense
We cannot believe that the good people OF
l'olduis county desire % he impmciic,hle, col
that they pass resolutions simply tu hll space
or 90 tickle the cor, and Vet 10 hardly secin,
possible that earnest and thoughtful men cuuld
Ho guilty of such a palpnhe alsuriify as the
above, without being aware of IL. They want
tariff FOR revenue, and yet they demand fire
IRON and steel. salt and lumber, sugar c.'ne'
and tea, and wonen and cotton fabrics Pray
thoughtful friends ponder the following facts
The Government requires for It's current ex
p'udtures SljO,0O0 900 1t requires for in
terest on the pubic debt Sl25 600 900 more
Altogether there will probably he required 90
meet rhe various demands not lar frnm $500 e
0n0 600 annually. The total COLLECTIONS ir,ni
customs now are little ah1ve S2t0,0O0 600,
the ret Of the income necessary 10 meet ou,
expenditures coming from the Internal Teven ne
no nt "a in la 4.
man resolution have furnished nearly SEQ, =
900 900 Of the revenue. Put these m the free
list and We have only $4,000 goo left
Hiw shall the other SEQ Don 600 be raised
Now let our Gilman rcturmers speak out We
must have the money from some quarter vii.
they have the tarih on railway iron removed
and a tax on cattle substituted2 n 50, say ~
boldly and at once. 81 with wpnl and wonl
ems. Upon what industry will they saddle the
tax Of 1913 900 600 now raised by duty on these
artices2 As levied Mt present, every man
owning flock of sheep derives certain hem
eft from the tariff Will he abolish the
tariff which benefits him, and with a
lower price for wool alsn pay per cap
ita tax on his sheep? II 50 l,t US know tina,
also The tariff for revenue " on every ar
tlcle in the above list. except tea and cufir,
(now admitted Tree and which are not produced
in this conntry,) benefits some part Of our pop.
ulatlOn. in addition 10 being source Of reye.
nue.. That on iron increases the number Of
our iron workers, and every additional iron
worker adds one more 10 the number who must
be fed from the productions Of the farmer.
That on salt and lumber developes both indus
tries, and while benefting the class engaged
IN them creates an additinnal demand for c,rr
and wheat, and beef and pork. That on sugar
and cotton increases the number Of plantations
in the South devoted IL ths culture, and being
more valuable crops to the producers in thar
region. causes them u coniine themselves ~
these, depending on the West Tor their supply
OF breadstuG. and other provisions. But the
reiormers at the Gilman meeting want all thi,
changed. and new plan adopted. What thu
plan is they do not say They tear dawn hut
do not build up. VIII they tell u what they
are going 10 do when their the ricsare adopted
and how they are going u do il?