Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-10-02
THE TARIFF AND HARD TINES.

That the Democratic party stanCs
committed 10 a tariff for revenue
only and in opposition to a PrOtec
tive system to American labor and
manufactures is a fact pOtentll
demonstrated by its past recorC
and history, even down to the ,lasf
Congress, when tho Morrison biiI
received 1872 Democratic votes on
of the 1872 cast, Messrs. Cabell
Garrison, O'Ferrall and Tucker, Of
virginia, being among those who
voted for it. AS aprOpOs to ON
present State canvass, in which the
tariff incidentally becomes a lead
ing issue, the attention of the PEG
pie is invited to the following
facts:
The present prices to the con
sumer of WOODEN goods is from 81
to GO per cent. cheaper than in
1860.
Compare the prices of blankets
in 1860 with the prices in 1888 Of
blankets of like quality 1860 50,
$3.50, 1926, $3.50, 1915, s., $50,
So, $40, Sl3. 1SS3-S1.25, $3.50,
$LG2I, S2.35, $500, 1915, $3.50,
$500, 1925, $3.50.
Coarse wooden fabrics, particu.
larly those used for Overcoats,
which in 1860 cost $3.50, could be
bought in 1888 from 50 cents to 81
per yard. In fact, in case Of all
wOOlens used for wear of men and
women, the prices in 1888 were
from 30 to go per cent. below those
of 1860.
..Ingrain carpets of American manu-
facture, which in 1860 cost from
70 to so cents per yard, could be
bought in l8S3j84 at from 60 to O.
cents.
The prices Of cotton goods in 1881
were from 20 to 80 per cent. lower
than in 1860.
Standard sheetings which were
worth in 1860 81 cents per yard, in
1884 sold for G2 cents; standard
drillings in 1860, 500 cents, in 1881
G9 cents. New York mills bleached
shirtings in 1860, l55 cents pei
yard ; in 1884, 10 cents; ginghams
in 1860, 104 cents; in 1884, 8 cents;
calcoes STANDARD prints in 1860,
81 cents; in 1884, 6 cents. A com,
paratiye statement Of the costs OF
boots and shoes in 1860 and 1881
shows a very marked reduction,
Mems rubber boots which in 1860
cost $500, in 1884 cost So; mems
common boots farmers wear in
1860, 1925, in 1884, 50; boys com
mon boots farmers wear in 1860
$l.62, in 1884 $3.50; mems good
double-sole kip brogans in 1860
SL34, in 1884 $l.25; women's
good kid and goat boots in 1880
Sl.50, in 1884 S1.2j; children's best
kid and goat in 1860 Sl.2j in 1881
$l05; children's good common goat
in 1860 S1.00, in 1881 s. cents.
English saws for which our i'm
porters used to pay from SIG to $40
per dozen are now made in this
country under the protection of ON
tariff system for $40 and Sl1 pei
dozen; and our mechanics arc
saved in the use of this tool from u
to 100 per cent. The same may be
said Of axes, shovels, and other
articles Of a similar character.
Under a protective tariff in TWEEN
ty years the manufacturing pro.
ducts ofOurcountry increased three
fold, the value of our farms nearly
81, 100000, 700, and the length OF
our railroads from 30,G35 miles in
1860 to 10000 miles in 1854. All
these things have been achieved in
an era of Protective tariffs; aud
these facts and figures, drawn from
reliable and incOntestable sources,
are but meagre gleanings from a
grand and imposing array OF Stats
tics. VIII the people call a halt to
the triumphal car of Progress and
Development by continuing in
power party that has FILTERED
away the grandest opportunities
and INSTRUCTED the highest pos
sibilities of a magnificent country
by its fatal adherence on all Oc-
casiOns to abstract questions and
over-nice distinctions of constitu-
tiOnal law Since the Democratic
party went into power on the 4th
of last March, the cry of Hard
Times has filed our ears with its
doleful tale Of want and suffering /;
and all over the country the cleo.
trio wires fash the gloomy tidings
of depressed stocks, mercantile fail.
ures and labor upheavals.
I'm the thrOes of the heated can.
vass which now shakes our State
from centre to circumference, prom
inent among those who are leading
the Bourbon hosts to battle are
Barbour, Tucker, CabelI, and OFFER.
rail-, all of whom voted for the Nor
rison Tariff bill. 1t is for the people
in their majesty to say whether a
party that honors such leaders with
its choice gifts shall longer control
the destinies of this great State.
God save the Commonwealth