Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-07
according to the intrinsic value ofihe products


In regard to the operation ~ the Bill, on
the Southern States, they have to remark,
that it will bear with peculiar severity. Over
and above the increased price which they will
have to pay, in common with the other States,
for wooden manufactures used by The while
population, the coarser fabrics, which form the
clothing of the negroes, are To be assessed alta
much higher rate. The first section lays a
duty on woollrn cloths of 80 per cent. ad valO-
rem after June next, and 80 I Sd after June
1925 and all cloths To be valued at or a
bove 80 cents per square yard. AS these de-
scripions, used for tho clothing of negroes,
cost, atihe place of manufacture, from a5 To
~ cents they will, of course, have tn pay
double or treble ra te of duty, compared with
fine goods.
1 On manufactures of hemp and AK, the Bill
seems, also, To bear with discriminating severi-
~. Cotton bagging, an article Of insispensa-
Bile use, is TO pay duty of cents per square
yard and by the third section Of the Bill, all
goods on which there is bounty or premium
allowed at the PLACE ofexpnrtalien, ar. To pay
the full amount ut such bounty or premium in
addition TO the duty. AS Great Britain al
lows bounty of about cents per yard, on all
fabrics Of these materials, which cost not less
than sixpence per yard cotton bagging, which
cost about II cents, and oZnaburShs, with 9TH
err coarse and flaxen goods used inr The sum
II cents, will hare tn pay the Custom House
about 10 per cent on their nett cost after de-
duciing the bounty.
As relates To the Manufacture Of cotton. tie
cannot help thinking, that the present duties
are too high. Taking into view, the er-a,
value of the raw material as an article Of rx
port, and the widely extending cultivation of
II, they drprecate, with deep concern, any
measure tending To diminish The CONSUMPTION,
i, IA.
I'd Tariff will have this tendency, there cau-
not be- doubt. Ii lays duty ol % per cent.
All ralorem an COTTON goods ; and all such as
cost under 30 cents per s,luarr yard, are To
pay the above per ceniage un that valuation
What proportion of our cotton, is mansf:sr-
tur-d into fabrics which cost under s. GEMS
1t Is difficult 10 ascertain; hat when we
consider that prices from l9 cents per yard
upwards, and that the coarsrr clothes take
up much more uf the raw material than fine
goods, we think il may be- estimated at least.
at two thirds ofhe whole quantity. /, is, al.
So, worthy of obsrr, alton, thai shch "a method
ot DISCRIMINATING involves THIS principle. that
The :greoier The proportion arhich the rair male
r1Gt constitutes of The pGiue Of any 6ghic, The
higher ioiU be he rate Of duty schich thai ~
brick tcW hare 10 pay. Indeed, in taking
REVIEW oi the progressive rise in The rate of
duty an Gotten clnihs, Viz 81 per cent ia 1890
81 2per cent. in 1912. (war du,y.) and %
per cent. in 1915, the Committee are com
PEELED tn infer, dat The object aimed -atssssnn
ruiire exclusion of all foreign manufactures
aud that, should the proposed Tariff he Insult
icient, an aprIicatinu will br made 10 Con
gress for still greater Increase. Of duty What
VIII he the Reaction of such Il System. re-
mains To he de,cloped. But when We know,
that cotton was scarcely an article of export
lr.f tha Co,
and HAT they now make annually nearly
600, 600 bales, more than half The supply
of the whole of Europe as also, that tie
cultivation OF il Is fast increasing in other
countries, and that the extent of territory suit
able for It's growth, is almost indefinite, we
have reason 10 fear, that at no very distant
period, the nations of Europe may be able 10
supply Themselves from other quarters, and
when this takes place. they will assurrdly
measure out their exactons on the prodnc.
ct our soil, as we are now doing on their
manufactures.
with regard 10 the arguments held by the
friends Of high Tariff, that the Northern
manufactures will be "a market for our cot
ton, II IS worthy of remark, that what they nj
present consume, cannot be estimated nt more
than from GO 0J0 To 80,0 900 bales per annum;
and even had they monopoly of the supply
of all the cotton manufactures in the United
worked up in Europe, and the immense pop
ulatIon, both there and in America, which
consumes their fabrics they could not make
use of third of the cotton raised in the South
ern States.
The proposed duties on Bar Iron, and ma.
ny articles OF hardware and ironmongrry,
are also very eXceptionabe more partctl-
lsrly those ON agricultural implements, iron
castings and mechanic tools. The first two
are Indispensable TO every agricultural or do
mestic establishment (; and when we consider
that the earnings Of the mechanic are often
barely sufficient to supply his daily wants, this
increased ImpOst on his tools, seems az adj
verse to humanity as it is wise ,stem of
taxation. To this part of the Tariff there is
also another objection, the great variety 0f
specific duties which II impulses. In hardware
alone there are III least fifty, and II may 20
happen that single package will contain arii-
cles paying twenty different rates o duirs.---
The effect of this will be, to make il very Ia
borIous for an importer To make an entry at
the CustomdOuse, and subject him to such
mistakes as might evenuae III the forfeiture
oil MS goods. or at least tn the deiay and ex-
pense of petltioning the Treasury for relief.
Before concluding their report the commit
tee have to state, that The proposed bill con-
tains an amendment Of the existing law, by
which all charges Except insurance. attending
inc shipment and transportation Of goods, ATE
added to their cost in calculating the per cen
tage OF duty they have to pay. The duty on
these charges, which amount To- from 10 10
IL per cent, moi only causes a considerable
augmentation Of the imposi, hut hears une-
qnally. person abIoad, sends goods TO this
country for sale on his own account, he char
ges no commissions for purchasing and ship
nd of IL. Il hat