American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-02-27

to be stricken out. we are 10 De taxed by II, said
flhe-how much Why, for the benefit Of Kentucky
we are to be taxed, in round numbers sixty thou
sand dollars year 10 the small State which rep
resent. And we are now told that as an equivalent
for all this we have received bounty in the shape
of duty Of cents per pound on our cotton. This
duty, Mr.. ii. said never was laid for encouragement
1t was laid Tor the purpose OF revenues and, TO shew
how far that great man Alexander Hamilton was
misaken he in his report doubted very much wheth-
this country would have the capacity 10 raise
a suiEcency OF the article for the purposes OF cur
own manufacturers. How completely had this pre-
dicton been Iasihed We raise it not only in the
greatest quantity, but of the most superior quality
the finest cotton in the world is raised to threefold
the amount of the consumption of our country.
With regard to foreign cotsons, which it was sup
posed by the gentleman from Pennsy lvania, might
compete with ours, we know perfectly we'll that,
even in the Liverpool market, the government of
Great Britain having every inducement to encour-
age the East India Trade, those cotlons cannot en-
ter into competition with ours. An attempt was
made, some years ago, 10 introduce East India Cot
ton into this country: merchants oil great skill and
experience were said to have lost half million Of
dollars in the attempt. The rivalry of foreign cot
ion in this market with ours, was a mere bugbear
not entitled to moments consideration.
Look at the operation OF this proposed duty, said
Mr.. II. We are to pay tribute OF sixty thousand
dollars year to Kentucky, TO enable her to manu-
laclure bagging. If we go on in this way with eve
ry article OF our present import, what inducements
do we leave TO Great Britain to take our cotton
There are immense markets open TO her, where she
can obtain cotton in exchange for her manufactures
it we reject them. Brazil alone is capable of pro
ducing as much cotton as the whole United States
proper and, he argued, il we take away the in
lduCement which Great Britain has to receive our
cotton, we shall 10 the end lose her custom, &c.
Mr.. Jrin6te, OF Kentucky said, if all this idea OF
the competition Of foreign cottons was a bug bear,
he should like to know why that gentleman and
others had been anxious to tax East India cotton
goods, if it not for the purpose of excluding
East India cotton itself For the confirmation OF
the fact, Mr. I. said he appealed to the arguments
which were used when The Tariff was made up, and
the gentlemen from the South asked for this pro.
lection for their cotton. AS to the WesteI coun-
TRY, Mr.. L. continued, enjoyed the advantage Of
lno protecting duty on any article. But, when the
gentlemen from the South send US their protected
cotton, said MIR. T.. il comes TO US wrapt up in In
verness and Dundee baggng, made Of the refuse
tow alter the best of the hemp is hacked out. Now,
Sir, the Western hemp has been ascertaned, by
fair experiment, TO be 10 per cent. stronger than
the Russia hemp and from that fact, presume
we can make bagging, or any thing else, OF Kenuc
ky hemp, as strong as can be made from Russian
hemp. Notwithstanding which, when we purchase
cotton from the South, we compelled to put chase
this Inverness and Dundee bagging. Is there any
equality in that Notwithstanding which, said Mr.
L. we do not ask an exclusion OF this article, as they
have done in relation 10 coarse cotton goods but
only reasonable tax upon it. Nothing could be
more fair, more equal, nor, he thought gentlemen
would after due consideration allow, more just than
such tax.
Have we not land enough said Mr.. r. to raise
hemp sufficient to make all our cotton bagging :
The land between the Ohio and Kentucky rivers isl
sufficient TO make twice the quantity necessary for
our consumption. We not only furnished the plan.
tiers in Louisiana during the late war with cotton
bagging--at very high price, admit--but they
could not get from any other country. We fur
nished them bagging to bale their cotton at New
Orleans-and we did another thing when it was
baled, we stood behind it and defended it. wish
10 know from the gentleman from Louisiana, why,
we are to protect their sugar by high duties, and
then to go there and protect them and their cotton
too.
Mr.. +. accounted for the decline of the manu-
facture oil baggIug in Kentucky caused by the low
price ofthe foreign article, by the circumstance that
during the war, Russia exported vast quantities of
hemp, and England with an extensive navy thenI
in actual service, had use for it. When the peacel
came, great quantity of the article remained on
hand and was sold by the merchants at a low price
to the manufacturers, who made it up into baggingl
sc. and furnished it much cheaper than formerly
But that is now all worked up and last year tole-
rahly high price was given for bagging.
So abundant was hemp in the Western country,
that if we impose only such duty as will give the
farmer fair minimum price, the farmers there will
keep down the maximum TO the minimum nearly 4;
and MIR. T. pledged himselfthat the manufacturers
of the West would supply the whole country with
bagging at not exceeding 923 cents per yard, i'll
Congress would grant them protection, and that
they would keep il down to that price. But by lay
ing proper duty, the market must first be made |
steady in its character that the foreigner cannot
destroy the hemp grower and the manufacturer both
hY excessive lamentations. &c. Rappinr Nynnld