Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-07-14

| upon the article, but only The excess OF
the foreign over the internal duty. Thus,
a, IN 1855, (before iae commercial treaty
between France and EugIand,) The duty
+, payable upon The Importation of Englisl,
hardware into France had bren 80 per
cent.--as The internal tax upon French
hardware, II his memory did not greatly
deceive han, was about 80 per cent. Ola lis
Value-ihe true 3mouni of the protecting
dnty would have been but 20 per CENT
The inquirer, iheR, who should wish TO
know The real encouragement afforded by
foreign duties must apply To all OF them
Tie correction deduced from this princI-
pie and IL would probably reduce many
OF them, which appeared greatly 10 ex-
ceed our own, 10 an amount less than
was exacted even under the present law
III The United States.
The high duties OF European nations,
when they were not countrractea M The
manner which he had mentioned, were
m,iigaied by another circumstance,
which could not be neglected in an es
flma!e OF their burdens. In nations Of
The same age, not very unequal in the
density OF population, and in their i'm.
provement IN The arts, il trade were per-
feciiy Tree, large proportion OF neces
| saries OF life, including nearly all Tie
coarser manufactures, would be cheap
est AT home. "A duty upon these would,
| IN such countries, be nearly nominal
| Among the European lraii0Bs, loo, IS
trade were free. the whole amount of IN
poriatious wonld bear much less pro-
| portion 10 The Whole ,ncome OF the coun-
| Try than III The Quilted States. lie sap
posed II ceriain that the iiDpor;aioms of
Eng land, commercial as she was, were
hoi hall as greai IN proportion TO her in
come, as were those of the Uniied States
al present; nor were our jmportalIOns
BOW by any means as large, In propor-
ton To our wealth, as in an earlier peri
cd OF our existence. The duties which,
we pay now would have been inioera-
bic 30 years ago, aud Europeaa duties,
however high Upon tue articles imported,
do not fall heavily upon the subject, be-
OF his eXpences.
IL lie did not exaggera.e the deductions
which The considerations which he had
mentioned, required us 10 make from The
duues Of foreign nations, in comparing
: hem with our own, he believed that no
people on earth would be found tn pay,
IN proportion 10 their income, so large
| bounty for the support of mamuiactu
| industry as those of The United States
lie had not, however, had time 10 exam
| ine The details OF tie subject with any
| minuteness.
Cntair as the comparison between the
dunes OF foreign naiiOns and our own,
mrst be, unless iie corrections which
he had adveried 10 we're made, ii might
as well as;Onis!i The house 10 find ihai there
were many articles, and important oSes
too. our duties on which as proposed by
the bill before the house, nigh, vie with
those Of France and England, without
recurring 10 any Of The considerations OF
| which he had spoken. He wCuid notice 4
few Of llIem.
In France machines Of all kinds, iuclud
! ing plOughs, pay ID per ceu,. by The
proposed bill they will pay here ~ per
cent. Wrought anchors pay in France
10 francs the hundred kiIlogrammes :;
by the proposed bill they will pay here
So 80 The cwt.-more than three times HE
| French duty. Hosiery is in France two
francs The killogramne by the proposed
bill II will be here 60 per cent.
Whatever may be the disposition Of
| Engl land 10 sustain her manufactures NV
protecting duties, she has been obliged va
her late war will france, by necessity
and not Judgment, Tor The support Of her
revenue, and uOi her industry, 10 make
these duties still higher than they were
before. But our manufacturers might
be grslified by discovering that some OF
The duties now proposed we're higher C.
ven than those OF England. Tie supc.
rIor liberaily at least OF this country can
hardly be denied by them. England,
assisted by most rigorous system oil
collection, has raised her duties, from The
1 e L., l..
all possible means The United States
vic,ion thai they wii! impair their revenue
IN England The duty upon cast iron is
E26 lbs. ID. the hundred pounds value
by the proposed bill il will be ST. 80 the
cwt.-(hc supposed about 40 or so pei
cent. al valorem.l Nankin, tor home con.
sumption, is, IN England 32R per cent
ad lyalorem. BY The proposed bill IL viii
here be 40. musllns are ia Eugian 32j
and cOtiOns not enumerated 81 per cent
By The proposed bill our duties on ihes;
articles will be from 40 10 1870 per cent
Much as such course OF observation
had been dlscOublenaRced, he must nov
advert 10 another topic. What were tht
duties which would afford 10 the manu-
lecturers reasonable cages and profits
II, at q time when every interest in th,
state was depressed, il Was right that al
The rest should Contribute TO the sup
port OF one, al least il should be onl,
10 its necessary and reasonable support
He had before spoken Of the cvidenc,
laid before the house in 1916. That G
: violence had led Congress 10 The cohclu
: sion that, where the capital was prudent
, Nv invested, and the manulaetOTy con
Quoted with common skill, "A duty of % ne
cen. OH cotton and wOollen manufacture
would sufficiently protect those of on
! own country. But The circumstances O
the iims no~ make the duty ol25 per cent
much more etIeciual Than il has hitherto