New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-07
THE TARIFF CAUSE IN 1912.
A DEMOCRATS REASONS FOR RENoUNCING
HIS PARTY.
LETTER OF HALLER MUTT. MISSISSIPPI PLANTER
GIVING HIS SUPPORT TO HENRY CLAY.

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where Polk, Dalla and the Tariff OF ls42' was tue
or c-v ~ the Democratic leaders. who found the
votcrs more gIllibe than their successors 40 To-Day.
There were Democrats, however, even III the oo"'"'
who disrusted their leaders, and some Oh "ho"' sup
ported Henry Clay. Among them was ha'lc' '"'''
OF Mississippi, copy Of whose letter setting i'r.h 'ne
reasons why he had determined TO renounce MS III
Iepiance to the Democratic party and .espouse the
cause Of the whlg candidate has been nanded 70 Inc
Tribune correspondent.
Mr. Mutt was q Mississippi cotton planter anu 'he
owner OF several plantations and seVerai ho''uieN
slaves His letter. which was dated september 90
,s44 after the tariff Of 1642 had been two years III
operation was addressed TO committee OF the |i"y
Ciuh NJ Rodney. Miss. Although forty eight years
49,. ros.oa s,nce the letter was written the par
crorhs reot,ng TO the tariff and the effects OF the
nrotactve tariff OF ls42 are trle as though they
had been written Yesterday about the protective 'ah
OF 1900 Mr.. Mutt evidently roieSn" ina. -" ~
Democrats should come into power they "ouiu "'
the tariff enacted only two years Delo'e' uesp'' Wv
professions and asserveration' OF Northern ""e
leaders Including Mr.. Dallas who aiter"aN' "s
49, pr.s,dont onve the casting vote for the Walker
Revenue tariff OF 194G. In his "''er WI '"''
snid: r.u. . torIe
AZ sustarn Mr.. Clay because believe 'ari
essentially necessary TO promote the interests Oh o"r
country both a source OF puohe r'N'""' ~ "
cncoura cement and protection to homo ihu"sus' LUIS
has becn so much discussed that It Is useless i"r me
70 enter into the merits Of tho subject but there Is
ono noint which has rome Immediately "i'hh NY o"'
knowledge and which Is so particularly h'ercsu"s :"
IN. cotton pantcr that cannot forbear mentioning 10
Within the last two months have rce''e" ''"
IJverpool accounts OF sales OF two lots OF oo''o"
NJ $50 bales and one Of fifty bales ipc eApe"Se'
Of the $50 bales proportionaiy JOS INA" "Io'
the fifty bales It sold for two or thre' cents
more hut take tho fifty bales. because II Is primer
he
liverpool Tie fifty bales sold for S2.ob3' or Il Il
cont. nor Mound or 35l per bale TIC charS's %"
ms IN Iverpco Independent Of all expenses In New
orleans amounted 10 s52s 80. or SO 80 per oae.
Now $40 per bale upon the l.4Oo.ooo bales "nich
~ 10 Liverpool from the United states puts ''''
the pockets Of EngshmsD. from our oo''o" '"oi''
sI4. OOo. 600 Of money properly belonging 10 inc
limited States II Is plain here to mind that These
charges and expenses fall upon the PLANTER ana n'
upon the buyer. And so II Is upon mahu"'"ie' so
shipped 10 this country. subjected " u'"' i''
tariff falls upon the seller and not uPo" mo o'
supposc this cotton nearly all manufactured III
the United states the expenses and charges OF shipping
Il 10 the North would not be near so great cohsc-
oucntly less tax would fall upon the planter All"
what expenses did accrne would be gwen 70 our
citizens and enrich Americans nstead OF fhshS""o"
and the English Government
.Sov England is obliged 70 manufacture COTTON
n competition between her manufacturers ana "o'o
~ he
overv year until II would enhance the vaur OF our
o,,o, Gerry much There would also be n competition
orong our own manuac turcrs. and such competition
n would prevent any possibility Of monopoly Inns
wond also krep down the prices oil n'"n'h'''"'
Goods our market wOud be nearer nome -'""''
stable and II there Is any chance OF our bringing pnr
chaser, Of cottons % our doors. this Is the pinn ana
the only plan TO do IT. II We could accomplish su'h
desirable object 1t would save u such expenses ~
,ccrue I'm New-orleans by commissions storage etc
Bu, the Democrats contend that taFlh fals'"
the price of everything we want To buS-su'h u
plantation supplies. clothing. etc ~ tMs Is "uc
IN. cotton planter is not compeliH 70 p"l
great deal. suppose he did lose by the opeinuU"
Of the thrill gro and gained $500, he would hiliI be
the gamer But contend he has everything 10 gain
bv the tanr and nothing to lose. for everything y
obeoper under H. This IA shown by experience sine"
1s42 is shown by theory. and Is shown by hsufcs'
and the doctrine Of Free Trade Is too abhuTu e''"
Z, admit Of argument. We buy baeglns ana IVPe
for less than we ever did before the tahr Of ieA2
and ut the same nme there Is more money name os
the producers 81 hemp. More Is consumed b'
syc,rd,ne foreign hemp-a more steady and certain
market IL secured 10 Il. They now grow much NOR
than they did because they feel Of ready tsi"
although II may be- lower in price II Is now oeoom
ing a considerable article Of expectation Instead OF
importation. II go to our merchants we h"fe
find Also everything In the way Of clothing cheaper
than previous 10 ls3. wherein IN w. NV" ""A'
the tarin oppr@ses MS
Again: By the tarin sugar and hemp there
is much labor now directed toward the pr"oucuoh
Of the articles which would otherwise be- employed
in the cultivation Of cotton. Tins. by having ali
Our productions within ourselves. prices uninhuehceu
by any glut from foreign markets each one u 30
regulated BY regular supply and demand that esch
Is secure and employs In proportion Of labor
at f. conterdcd also by the Locos that this ought
IN lie done without a tariff and better by admitting
the productions Of other nations upon the same Tree
footing. Now, In the first place, 'othcr mu"hs ARE
too uncertain the supply from them Is Irregular IN
consequence Of being Influenced by great variety OF
causes And In the second place. II - evident 10
any rejecting mind that to do tbs the pnce OF
labor would have 10 be reduced 10 the same level
that Is down 10 II pence day, which IS the price
n, labor abroad We woud have 10 reduc' me
chanlcs' labor to 81 or $40 per month, overSecrs
wages to 800 or 81 so a year ana 80 hs 10 All
descriptions Of labor In the same proportion inns
L. what the Wings desire to AVOID ana ""a' 'he pc
ocrats contend would be Il National blessing. ii th'
could ., con Eliminated, America would no longer b1
America We would lose all Of bonscd advantages
over other nations all the beauties oil our now
Ing Government ~ nm ANA , ,ne nSc"e' ''
In Io44 the controversy Of the bank question had
not vet ended Mr.. Mutt WIS opposed to via
co,, system such ms the Democratic National tonven-
ton Of 1892 declared In favor oil, ana Ia MS 'c''er
he said 49, c,...,. ,,.o,,on ,oconse pre
for The measures which the Wing party are Mt inns
time advocating. | have objections 10 NATIONAL
hank but think that properly managed, II Is ir
heller than State banks and n The proPi, III inc
election OF General Harrison gave decided expires
sion OF their will upon this subject, am Wiling 10
Yield my objections 49,.
In concluding his letter. Mr.. Mutt gave; In a few
eon,e,ces a gruphic description Of the Dcmocrntc
pariy Of 1874 II appears to be- the same Old party
now that It then. lie wrote: m .,. ID, ,,a,
In coucluslo ion. gentlemen, ! will merely add thht
since I haye decided upon supporting Mr.. Clay and
Abandoning the other party, some Of my Democratic
friends have asked me. rs YOU have my Iehsos io ~
doing I referred them 10 the dlsorganiAhg splflt
syinced BY their party In Michigan and Rhode Island
They reply that II Is only portion Vi them III the
t'srolina nniiners and dlsunionlsts. They excaim
that It Is only portion of them IN the south. rrier
them 10 their orators boistng that II pence day
Tor wages would be a National blessing Ihey reply
that II is only n few thckbeadcd fellows that are 20
imnrulent / refer them TO the undenocrhtlc man
nor 0f Mr. Folks nomination. They answer that II Is