Daily Constitutionalist
Augusta, Georgia,
May 2, 1861
There seems to be some misapprehension with the press generally in the Confederate States in relation to the price of printing paper under the operation of the new tariff. Since the tariff went into effect, paper has advanced about fifteen per cent. This per cent is not only asked on foreign paper, but on that manufactured in South Carolina and Georgia. Now, there has been much talk about building up home industry, etcetera, and so on, but when it is done at our expense, for the benefit of capitalists and manufacturers, we strenuously object to it. We are of opinion that it cannot be shown that the manufacture of paper in the Southern States is conducted at more expense now than it was before the adoption of this tariff. This is the effect of a protective tariff, but somehow the people won’t see it. We agree with the Columbus Corner Stone when it says “we are opposed to building up and fostering anybody’s industry anywhere, because it is always sure to be done at the expense of somebody’s, and indeed everybody’s industry, for the benefit of capital. All that industry wants is to be let alone; and properly directed, it will build itself up anywhere.—Sandersville Georgian.