Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-08-03
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CHARLESTON, 18th June, 1927.
SIN :-On the 18th of June, inst. the Citizens of
Charleston adopted Memorial, 10 be presented In
me congress OF The United States, upon the subject
OF the increased duties, proposed to be laid anon
imported WOollen Goods. And, in order TO pro
mote the objects OF their Memorial, Committee of
Correspondence was appointed; who, in discharge
OF duty oil great interest, to the people at large
herewith transmit Copy OF the Memorial, so a.
copied by your ieIlow-ciiizens OF This place. The
Committee, with feelings which come home To their
own sense OF justice, and their conviction of yuur
Individual interests, beg leayeto turn your attention
and that of your Di,trci 10 the Tariff pIoposed.
ana carried in one Hall of Congress, at their last
>essoni and which WILL in all human ~ probability,
Re again offered at their next Session YevyouIj
1emind you, that The Planting and Forming, the
Mercantile and Mechanic Communities, combine
IN the rational presumption, that the high duties al
ready imposed on foreign imports, and falling ex-
ciusIVeiy upon the Consumer, would not be precip-
lately Increased. presented R single protest, or
Memorial against the proposition or which omis
SON. on our part, an unfair advantage has been tax
en-, by the favourers of that unlooketl-for measure
We wonid, also, offer TO your notice, the scheme
OF high duties, which we would oppose
1t provides, lst That all imported Woollen
floods, under 40 cents, per square yard, shall be
valued at 4O cents, and pay duty OF o. per cent
which duty varies, of course, from 81 IL to Is
per cent. and upwards; increasing as he Invoice
piice decreases.
2ndly. That all over 10, and under / 50 cents.
STALL be valued at l 90 Duty from 81 - % 1879 !
in the like ratio.
3dly. That all over $50 to 2 90. Duty 81 / .
TO 62 per cent on the same principle.
4ihly All over 80 10 4. Duty 81 - to 81
Ger cent.
No increase of duty is offered upon the finest
Ciotb'' and it follows. that he who wears the
coarsest, pays the highest duty; while the rich e.,
cape The additional buTthrn. Is this, we ask, tn.
uisinteEested course OF American policy? Can we
dfscei In u, the equal regard OF the National Coun
cb, Ter the great family OF the Nation? The Com
miitee viii not multiply observations or affect IN
60 INTO details or genera! Arguments upon the sub
Ject oil such unwise restrictions on Commerce and
encD UNJUST bonds on fair competition. But 10 all
VINO "lfh to be readily and correctly Informed of
tbe true character and bearing Of the Tariff lately
proposed, they respec fully recommend, among 9th
eIs, The speech OF Mr.. CAMBRELENG, of New
York, OF the 10 February last and for ge.e,al
demonstration of the impoicy of such restrictions.
MY "O"lu refer 10 mat oil Mr.. WEBSTER, OF
Gay d 1924. These ar
guHens are selected TO avoid apparent sectional
partiafry; and the Committee cannot but remark
with confidence, that consistency and tlu,h pre-
serve lnvIoisbie, Mr.. CAMBRELENG's perspicu-
GUS exposition OF lhe PROF osed Tariff 80 the deep
rooted argument OF Mr.. WEBSTER, cannot noyv b.
shaken by any array of ingenuity, springing from
fhanSe OF opinion, OF interests, or of sides Fj-
Hay, the undersigned respectful ask whether va,
viii bear the unequal burthen, which must oppre.s
you' in case Of the adoption by Congress OF the
proposed measure, without practical effort an
your part, and witbou, dislinctly warning nm,
6teihIen Of the Manufacturing class, who now con.
stu'e the thriving people Of the United States. of
~ Papable Injustice, and II the lli5eray of tsir
effect.
We have heretofore, and with lille cor,oIsio,
ocquiesced 10 he Tariff Of 1916 s. 1924. ALTHOUGH
BY the unavoidable operati, of the pIincirlc
doped, we actually pay tax upon coarse Cotton
Loods, scarcely short I'VE speak not unadyisedlv)
o. iouf lines me high duty, then directly laid upon
that 81 ecies Of Goods By that Tariff. Coftons ~
sud under 20 cents per square yard, are valued al
20 cents Duty 2j per cent. But such goods are
aow purchased in England, st f.om 81 to I'D Ser
ing; whereas in assessing The duty. they are still
valued at % cents and actually pay under the
Disguise Of the fictitious valuation instead # %
per cent SO, IS, and 100 per cent. The rate.
sc'aalIy paid" as Mr.. CAMBRELgNe couec,lv
notices, are as follows