Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-05-07

tune. "a the cxcluGon of the humble and depen-
dent. With fomc who arc aninformcd they
have bcen roo fuccef,fnl. while the friends OF the
poyesnm, nj, con6Jing in iIs integrity, and the
wifdom aod u,i'ty of its rocafurcs, have neglect
10 communicate corse6t aaemsnt ot facts.
The public mind is conett il will pronounce
IN impartial sod jDa jndgneot when rightly 10
f,rme il demands a knowledge OF the cab |;
its claim (bsll be complied with.
Ii has been r-pre.enred thar the taxes upon
pleafursble Carriages, and rthned iugzu have
been repealed. TINS is true 70 far as reireets
the excite hut falfe as il relates TO fhe imPoH.
Whenever coach. chsiic, ph1,on or other
carriage i, imported, tax is levied upon IL eqoai
10 one fifth Of its value. that is to fay, upon a
coach worth Geo dollars, tax of one huudred
and twenty, opon pheson worth 800 dollars
a tax of fixty, and uooa chai9e worth zoo dol
lars, a tax Of forty is levied. PMn ofcsrrages
are taxed in the fame proportion. When
coach or other carriage is built 10 the United
States. every material ufcd in its completion,
which comes from foie,gn country. is taxed.
Nothing is isexemp,ed bat the LABOR OF our own
mechanics. The timber from ocr farms, the
iron from our manufactures, ard fuch other ar
tisie. a, arc procured by the ingenuity and Ia
bos Of our citizens. Thus for the broad cloth
q tax is paid equal 40 one eighth Of its value, &
for the carpsSng, leather, paints. tafelS, iace''
{tinaes and other trimmings, fifteen ceots tor
the value Of one dollar. So when cisiz' n pcr-
ehafes a hundred pounds Of foreign loaf iusar,
nc paws tax Of nine dollsD when he purchat
CT a hundred pounds os brown iugar, the tax he
pays i, only two and half dollars. To pro-
dace hundred pounds Of loaf iugar, requires
two hundred and Gxtcen pounds OF brown iugsr; ;
the difference in weigh, is loR by the pfoceis Of
Clarifying. This two hundred & Gxteen pounds
OF browo fogsr j. purchsf.i by the manufactures,
and he pay, tJr IL a tax VI five dollars and forty
cents Of him the confumer purcha,e' II, add
pay. the fra coh, toe tax. and the expence or
seining. This eonfumer, therefore, iuppors
an ufcfol rssnafaeture of our own, and pays a.
much for each pound OF lu2af ne uics, as he who
confarnes brown fugar pays tor two pouads and
o.c eighth.
Nov il is a fact, which will not he con-
trovcFted, that adding the excite upon the car
,isye, to tie du,ics levied upon the mott expen.
Ave articles Of which il is made, increaie' the
exp-nie 70 fuch d-gree, as TO leilcn eienhally
thc NUMBER Of purchaier,, So adding TO the
tax upon brown fogar, the excite upon that
materially the number of confumen. The ex-
cife, therefore, operated directly 20 the injury
Of the ingar boilers, the carrrge builders and al!
psrf,ns by them employed, either IN icrnihing
nr manufacturing the materials OF our Own coun-
sry, or 10 preparing thoic OF other countries tor
the ufe deGgned.
Nor ought we to compute that the revenre
Of government is lefTened 20 the amount derived
from the excite on ihofc articles, Becsuie the
importation Of the articles neceTary for the me-
and manufacturers, always will be IN
proportion to the demand for them. or, ia other
" ord., TO the qusntun ofcJ and the revenue
by impoff is in proportion 10 the Importation.
Thereffc 60 afccrtain what reduction OF the re-
venue viii in reality take place from the repeal
of theic exciies. il is necsflsry 10 dedud from
the profs ancant of revenue derived from them,
the encreaied amount OF impoa upon the articles
of which they are made. The balance, II any
thing, continues the true reduction OF rcveanr.
exciie has NOT been removed iufhcient
tire 10 enable any perfon 70 make this eFima-
ton. But DO n,t heh,ate 70 CAV that, IN
hrtle Tine. the incrcalcd demand for, ard con-
innp'ion of thcfe articles, .ill produce an in-
c'e,i, of incnA equal 90 the redut'io, o, reve-
npe which actually topk place 10y a6olhlns the
sscife. Here le, me ak. WAY fkou.d laws be 10
ronnruaed ss TO injurs the in,etcfs Of ihese me-
shan.cs and manufssture,s, snd 10 check tacir
lsulah'e en'crprifc ADD induhgy, ary more than
Sh-y fh,u,i he, 60 check The ;nd1a,y os the csbi-
rs, maker, he gold-fmi,h, the ilser- en,.h, the
watch maker, ,he engrsvsr ard all the a't'as IN
sie ufefn and elegant arts of life : Why ihoud
she laboS of one man be taxed. ard the labors OF
all others re,na,n free Is no, the farmer willing
that his ION, who devotcs bis life TO nsnufac-
lures, or the mechanic arts, fhouli have an equal
ctsncr for happipeh with thar ion, who devotes
hmifelhto agriculture Axe not the other me
chanics, and Other manufacturers willing that
shc f1g,r o,icrs acd carriage boilders fhcu'd
Raod on equal gIound with themielves All
mufi paw for the fupport OF government.
While the nation teliss 90 imPot for her
revenues, the tax !, laid df,rl'y on the isbors
and. produtts of ether countries, and isd'ndl
on our own citizens, the corfumcr Of the r:chc,t
and moA valuable articles pay the highea tax,
the crnfuner Of the pls;nca and cheapeR, the
leaR. For ioRsncc, he, who con(omes the rich.
el teas, pays as great tax FOR Jingle pound,
as be, who coufumes common tea, pays for three
ponnd, and third. Each man pays only in
proportion to wha, he confumes but the farm.
CT paws leaf Of al, bceaufc he lives moif within
himic'f.
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