Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-08

re"ce ,ho sehsst degree 10 the suffice, OF doa,.s-
,ic manufactures.
Upon the whole of this report, u CANDID mind must |
be led To the following confessions:
isi That the object of the resou OF tine houss
oil Representatives, WAS tn ob,a,n ,nipima,on Ia ena
BILE compress to icgslae dIi's !he scasions OF the
r-vcnue laws.
II. That the report of Nj. CrawroiJ,s confined
s.rcfusireiy 10 the Sarie object.
ou. That The measures recommended in the report
were oil the most cicacious kind accomplish that
oJect, as the adoption OF most Of them hy congress-
IN an act founded tha, tepoit has clearly proven
II Us a Fact whch cannot he denied, ,ha, the tariff
oil 1910, passed ~ the conclusion Of the war,
'e"ueu ny congress To encourage and preserve IN
operation of the manufacturing Establishments
winch had been creued Ia this country durins The
war. IL could hardly he called &c projecting 'hif,
though many have gwen to a. that char peter. Nne
'hei was polite wise to adop, it, question
winch II IL now unnecessary To discuss. Certain IL
Is, the measure was supported bv MI. Calhoun, MI.
Lowudes, and many other Distinguished members OF
congress, with view 10 the protection of maRpfLc
t'reS 10 the extent aboye mentioned, a,,d all OF whom
voted Tor II ON ITS 6nai passage. Bal IS less neces-
sary on this discuss ITS policy, because IN
IT'S passage Mr.. Crawford had no possible agency.-
AS before stated, he at The lime OF It's enact
mtnt neither oi"Riber oil congress, secreai! oil
the treasury. After his appointment the latter U-
nee, II was his duy attend 10 the farhiul execution
OF The iarh law, whether ITS oljec, was the raising
oil revenue, the encouragement OF manufactures.
or both, as doub the case. Whatever was his
opin'on On the policy of the law, after Ills emdctass",
evaded, to destroy the ends ,utended 10 be
attained by its passage, he those ends what they
migh. What would have been the opinion Of the
community of this of6rer,iG Knowing that the law
had passed for the psrtidi OF eGectuai proie hon oi
domestic manufactures, hes b.d pei united Tvs open
violation, or dextous evasion, merely because he
thought that the principles oil policy on winch con-
gress had acted, were erroneous Ii" would AS he
oue.!,t to- have been justly viewed as Il corrupt
der, aud unfaithiui pubic .gcn' That he believed
some protection mas itendsdio be secured By e fesis
azure 10 The dom es;ic tue passage
OF The act, is suiii cienry obvious irom solitary
reference which lie makes TO the subject in tins
por'. lie does not even hint whether he though
tnat MAJ degree oi " protection" was proper noi
Du Knowing the ends mdsd, under the call Of the
house nj representatives, u was nnus matter
oil duty with HIM To report such ssures his
OPINION was necessary To effect uic objects OF the
law. la recommending these measures he had no
neto or ddddionat ends 10 accomplish The ends
" intended 10y the law not nj lis adop,ion or
even upon his recommendation. To pass The law
aud prescribe ends oi u, WAS the diary OF congress
LIE resolution aud the law defining his dmies he
lore quoted tell him alternative hut To recom,ne I'd
measured" calculated to repress these frauds and
evasions OF The tariff, by which the ends intended
ny congress were likely To he defeated. Such lea
snres he did point out and recommend and for ,hs
&C Of dniy, from which he could not escape without,
niamy or resignation Of his Office (Which would have
been cowardiy shrinking from responsibility he i,
now ch1rged with beng the friend and advocate ni
the " projecting sysiem! IL needs no cununc niaIy
TO shew the injustice Of such course Of argument
u SO happened, as will be seen from the extract
o me report last g9en thai one OF the me assures"
Calculated TO prevent the recurrence OF these frauds
and evasions, was, that in all cases where il was
practicable, the al rGiorsns duties imposed BIZ law
should he changed to speC1f mr. duties and he amends
last or articles IN which, 90 from ia hes, exan,ra
ION that circumstances permitted he was under The
conviction that the change was practicable IL has
oeen already stated, a"d is obvious from The words
Oh me report which quoted, that nv tins c,apre
oil the character OF The lutv, nc further eucouraea
men, OF protection domestic manufactures was in
contemplation Than villa, bad been before intend
Ell by congress because the exclusive oac, o( tie
'epur, (Which would not have been made bur for The
resolution OF The hose ofrepresentaves) was TO pre
vest frauds IN the execution Of the law Had further
encouragement or protection been intended either
ny Tue house oil representatives. by the sec,e ary of
The treasury IL would have he me itioued e,le in
| The resolution OF The report. Ii is not binrcd Al in
either Were u, therefore, Ia I've admitted that The
| SPECIFIC duties recommended were higher Than i,
Afterwards appeared we're necessary, yet II would re-
quire poiiIicai optics OF more fined texture Than
m'nc 10 discover how the secret design Of (" sys
tenn OF protecting duties was covered under them
But 10 shew the iailacy of such SUSPICION IL is ouiy
necessary 10 advert 10 the fact, thai no one CHARGED
this" measure" FURTHER protecting one, fIom
Inc period vi The report until The las, session OF con
gress. Then IL discovered that In fI,o,;ny HE
projecting tariff b Mr. Todd had charsrd son,e IF
the articles therein, wish the same speci6r d,,,e as
that contained in the LIST of articles furnished Inv AL
Crawford. Then II all at once orcurred thar such a
circumstance would Incou'esiiby prove thai Mr.
Crawford was the advocate Of protec Iipo I,,Gi
Had these sage discovcreTs possessed the
ness even Of Ms. Todd, misconce prion would eve,
have arisen on The su,ject. Had they oniv ,;ves
the report, AS IL was or had they specified ;s ,rue
Object, men Of any reflection would a, once bav.
| seen The extreme aiuisiness of the ar,iSce Az
Todd himself, while relying upon The recommends
tion 10 support HE duly proposed by his bill ON a
very few articles never pretended that i,o reno,,
had any 9th ~ object ian he attain n,ent oC The en,s
~ intended" by 'ke tariff Of 1876 Had he anemn
| ed such an arsuarn, he would have subjected i'm
Ruffl A.
Crawford, oui OF congress, more fearless.
they believed themselves 8, halle TO de,ec
ION from the circumstance that the report was oui nj
pTin, except in the preserved of congress
and unatiainabe by any but those who are ~ the
vicinity of the seat Of goyernmenI--accdcnt alone
has enabled me TO obtain sight oft.
~, however, u lie admued that the chdnre Of Lylv
proposed, was proper " measure, more enec mally
10 prevent the frauds complained Of and piaclisrd il
remains yet for the enemies Of The Secretary of The
Treasury prove iia, tie specifc duties reron,meud
ed IN his list Of articles, gb Ut HE Deyod or
The report, TO have been intended as a luri,er
" protection 10 manufactures, nothwhstan,inq his
silence on the subject, aud Notwithstanding the nro
'essed design was 10 secure a different object am
no importing merchant, or cusOn-iiouse officer no,
have any iaciiies OF applying TO either of ,hes.
characters for ougn inlor muIiou as 10 all Inc ,,;
Giles contained in MIR. Crawiord's list and IN Ar
Crawford himself, should scorn 10 apolv vol
think, with my limited information, Il can venture the
assertion, mat Tie sIecitc recunmeB tied in the re-
port, differed but very iitic from tie I'D rs,re,, du
ues calculated upon the average cost of tic sprc6c
All Giles for The three years preceding its dale viz
1915, 1916 aud 1917. venture upon this deciara-
ton OF opinion, upon information derived f,or,
most respectable source, as 10 Two articles | have
before me the letter OF merchant who sometimes
imports cotton bagging and cutlery, in which he states
tha The Cost OF good biggdg, at the factories in
Scotland, in 1917, (Which was the KIND lie imported)
was Is $ pence, which is near % ID GEMS, per
running yard. The ad valoreu, duiy OF 20 per cent
upon ms cos', " converted inio a specific duty,