Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-13
RICHMOND, JUNE IL. Ia93.

RICHMOND, JUNE Is. i695.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
VI. Cro,Cford's support ofthe poiicy of Eorciae
.Hdnyactures by Protecting Dulles
MEssRs. EDIrORs: Among the many and
various grounds assumed for defending MIR
crawford against the charges of thos. why
oppose his further elevation, that wi;.h is leas,
tenable is presented il your editoria, remarks
OF May so. Ii has been stated that NJ G.
approves the protecting duty policy, aud has
recommended its being extended in its oper.
alton. This you positively deny-and trea,
with ridicule The idea of Mr.. Craw fnrd's being
suspected of "a design To curry favor with
=" the manufacturers, because in his last lie.
port, he treats the impost as the means ol
"rerenue alone, without calculating it as !,
means of bounty TO the manufacturers"
Shall quote what Mr.. G.. has said on this head
IN MS two last Reports, and Notwithstanding
the ambiguous terms under which he is So
iond of presenting Tor coDcealing) his political
Opinions, his own words fully convict him OF
supporting the indirect bounty polcy-a poll
cy which cannot be approved by any man
who Is either AN enlightened Statesman, true
republican, fIend 10 the interests of agri
culture, or supporter fihe natural and con-
stituilonai rights of the great majority of the
people.
Mr. Crawtord's last Report recommends
" that all articles composed of WOOL cotton,
. flax, hemp or silk, or Of which any of these
9 materials Is IA component part, be subject 10
"a duty of 25 per cent. ad valorcm. The
. duties upon glass and paper, upon ir.n and
"lead, aud upon all articles composed of the
4" TWO latter materials, may also be increased
. win view To tie augmentation ofthe reve-
nue.. In all these cases. except articles com
posed OF silk, Il rs probable that the t6.ct OF
=" me proposed augmentation Of dutieS, Uiil
" graa:rdtly lead 10 an ample supply Of those
articles from our domestic manu- factories II
is, however, presumed, that the revenue will
" continue TO be augmented by the proposed
alterations in the tariff, until The public debt
shall have been redeemed; after which the
public expenditure in time of peace, will be
diminished TO the extent of the sinking fund
which Is, AT present, s 100000 But if.
contrary To present anticpatlons, the propo-
- sed augmentation ofduties should, before the
"pubilc debt be redeemed, produce a diminu-
"tlon Of he recenue arising from the importa-
ton 81 those articles, Il corresponding. if not
"a greater augmentation may be confidently
expected upon other articles imported into
the u. >. TINS suppUsiion rests on the tw o
i0ld conviction, that foreign articles nearly
equal to the value of the domestic exports.
VIII be exported and consumed and that
= the substitution OF particular classes of do
" nestle articles for those of foreign nations
4" not only does not necessarily diminish the
:" value of domestic exports, but usually tends
ito Increase their value"
Il is unnecessary for me to- prove that The
result of this proposed alteration would he The.
complete protection ofthe most considerable
branches of manufacture, aud of course the
complete extinction of so much of the present
revenue, as well as lis proposed" Guglnenfa-
non The proof Is unnecessary, because MIR
=. admits that such would he the ultimate ID
iect "f his recommendation. If the payment
OF the tax by the people ceased, when il was
no longer received into the treasury, MIR. Craw-
iord's plan would not be very Objectionable
nut you at least, Messrs. Editors, as well as all
your Intelligent readers, know that the case
would be otherwise AlfSthat the treasury
loses OF protecting or prohibiory duty, is
paid FULLY by the consumers TO the manuIactur
ers q Mr.. Us. amendment would connetely
luhl The lnlqulous intention of the tariff of MIR.
Dallas. BY increasing the duties as recon-
mended, II is true that for a short time mot
as long, however, as Mr. G.. presumes." the
actual receipts of duties on manufactures
would be increased because arrangements
could not Immediately be made To obtain the
bounty offered. But as soon as capital could
NJ invested, factories built, and machinery
and capable workmen procured, we would
then have AN ample supply of those articles
from our domestic manufactures. and the
tax, with Mr.. Crawford's augmentation.
would ever afterwards be paid as a bounty to
TN" manufacturers. But the Report finds a
compensation for this acknowledged deficit.
IN corresponding if not greater augmrn-
tatlon which may be confidently expected
ION other articles imported into the u. So
Ills plan for increasing the revenue then, put
10 pam words, amounts To this -" Increase
- the duties on manufactures of hemp. flax.
glass, IRON, &c. so as to increase the annual
cost To the consumers, say S4,OOO.OOO per
Z" annum this will ultimately. throw intn The
pockets of The manufacturers, all this aug
meniatlon, together with the amount Of
those du'les now received by the treasury,
say $ 5,O00,O00. But this deficit will be
more than supplied by also imposing duties
on other articles (which cannot hp produced
IN ms country,) tO The amount of S c, 600. 600
The treasury viii gain S 100000 by the
cllanSe, The manufacturers will gain nine
millions dollars of additional bounties. and
the farmers and other productive classes.
will pay the whole 100000 900, in addition
"io their present burdens"
The Report Of December 1891. shews Mr.
y. even more plainly TO be a convert (real or
pretended) To the doctrine preached by the
manufacturers lie there recommends " gen.
" eral revision and correction of the Tariff
" Many of the articles which pay but 10 per
" cent. ad valOrcm, ought in justice as iceH as
" policy, TO be placedat 25 per cent. which is
" the duty paid on the principal articles of
" woolen and cotton manufactures. The same
" observation is applicable To some ofthe ar
" llcles which pay 20 per cent. A correction Of
" the existing duties t0ih rieio to an increase
" o. NE public rercnue, could hardly fail To If.