Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-05-05
- lho PiLlsbnreh Gazo!te.


From tho Pittsburgh Gazette.
In the notice ofthe proceedings Of Con-
oress in our columns to-day, It willbo per-
Ceiyed that the bill for reducing the da'Ies
on tea and coffee has passed the third
reading in the lower house, by a majority
Of 1913 io5. While we express our graft
Gcs,ion at this result, we must also men
iop orr Impression, that 10 the history Of
,b;s eub;oct for che last three years, there IS
something singular, and perhaps well cal
culatod to arouse suspicion
( During the administration OF Nr.Adans'
/ Mr.. Rush, then Secretary Of the treasury
earnestly recommended TO Congress the
reduction of these very duties. lie urged,
that as tea and coffee had become ah,Dst
necessaries of life to the mass Of our polu-
lation. and as it was not expected that cur
country could produce a home supply, he
duties were a burthen upon the cOnsumr,
without the hope or expectation Of any u
ture advantage resulting from them. he
stated further, that the revenue, lndeP'n-
dent of these particular duties, was abln'
dainty sufficient for all the exlgencles OF
the government.
These and many other arguments were
strongly urged upon the attention Of Con-
press two or three years ago; but they were
I dlsregarded, and the duties remained unal.
tered. -,
During the last session, and the early
nart of the present session Of Congress, II
v,s we'll understood that the anti tariff men
Of the South would refuse TO vote for re-
duclion of these particular duties, unless
accompanied by a total revision of the ta-
riff They had hoped that The tariff party,
4 in their anxiety to get rid Of the duties on
these necessaries of life, would consent to
a total revision ofthe tariff 1t Is, therefore,
truly matter Of surprise, to find bill for
the reduction Of these duties pass through
the House Of Representatives with such
extraordinary uRdHimty.
The following extract from the Wash
Iington City Telegraph, we think, will lead
Ito full understanding Of the mystcry:-
4 "All intelligent men, who look into the
I future, must see that day is fast approach
inc. when those who now revlle the suffer
ing South, and scott at the rights Of the
minority. will find themselves a minority.
The vote to reduce the duty upon tea and
coffee, carried IN the House of Represen.
Itatiyes by a vote of l63 to 5, speaks a
Language which will run from Maine TO
/. Louisiana. Out of the present revenue,
ten millions are annually appropriated to
Tho national debt. When that debt IS eX-
IhnCuisbod, which will be in few years,
that sum must accumulate in the treasury,
to the InipoverishmeDt and ruin of the coun-
try. unless new expcdrcnts be devised to
s0uander the public money, or the revenue
be diminished to the expenditures OF the
government by u jOdIcious revision Of the
tariff. Does not one see, that the amount
of duty now paid on teas and coffee will be
deducted from the prices nOO paid Tor
those articles, aud that the reduced prices
at which these articles will be sold, will DC
a practical illustration Of the tariff, carried
home to every mans door? Does notevery
one know, that the people of this country
understand that It is the consumer ana no,
the importer, who pays the taxes; and lha'
the people will hold their representatives
bound TO practise economy, that the nd'
lional debt may be paid, and the taxes re-
ducedl"
;, Tea and coffee, it is generally under
stood cannot ha nroduced IN our country,
IN any considerable quantity. Every cent,
therefore, of duty upon those articles Will
lof course add at least one cent to the price
+ Of the article, and be burthcn OF at least
] one cent upon the consumer. a repeal Oh
{ reduction Of those duties, Will, OF course
be followed by a propOrtionatc fall IN the
price of the article.
Il This vii, be, and must be, the lnev'ta
! bile result of a repeal or reduction OF all du
ties upon articles which cannot DC prouu
] ced in the country. But with regard tC
/, those articles which we can produce' the
result may and will DO the very reverse
We all know that the increased duties im
{ posed by the tariffs OF 1916 and 1871 upoT
cotton goods, encouraged the home manu-
II facture Of that article, and that, IN conse
ouence Of this encouragement, dome 'tu
cotton goods arc now furnished, OF mncl
r superior quality, and at much lower prices
d. than they can be fairly imported.
Suppose the duty on cotton goods va
, now repealed, what would be the ettect!-
Fbe immense capitalists Of Great Britain