Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-05-08

NUL. AANIhH..--NO. lg1.
2s. What quantity amount OF manufactures such as
you make, produced in the United States and what
amount in your own State?
20 If the duty upon the foreign manufacture of tho
KIND oil goods which you make reduced l2 l2 per
cent with corresponding reduction all the imports,
would cause to abandon your business or would YOU
continue TO manufacture at reduced prices,
So Ii IL would cause you abandon your business in
what way would you employ your capital.
81 Is there any pursuit in which you could engage
from which you could derive greater profits, after
reduction oil the import duties 10 IL 1-2 per cent!
g. Are not the manufactures of salt and on remote
from the points OF Importation out of foreign competition
within certain circle around them and what |, the ex
tent of that circc'
3d. Amount of capital aud what proportion the borrow
ed capital bears 10 that which is real
81. What amount OF reduction in tho duties would
enable the actual real capital employed yield an
6per cent? and how gradual the reduction should
So If minimums should be abolished and tho a,,v no.
sessed upon the actual value OF the imported article i'm the
American port, what rate of ad valorem duty would be
equivalent TO the present with the minimum
&c. What would be the operation of this chance uno
the frauds at present supposed to be practisedi
81. Proportion which the production by the American
manufactures bears TO the consumption
49, Extent of individual and household manufacture In
the States. and how much it has increased since tho
tariff OF 1924!
States?
40. Average rate OF wages!
lNorn.-These inquiries relate moro particularly to
spec to those branches, however, which are carried On
IN private workshops those Of hats Shoes sadderv Sc
such detailed information not necessary it will be suf
hcient TO state In the aggregate the amount of capital
employed, the value of the manufactured articles the
number Of employed the rate of wages the rate
oil proht upon the capital what portion of the materials is
OF American productions what extent foreign articles of
the like kinds enter into the domestic consumption and
what reduction of duty could be made without increasing
foreign competition in the nome maflet]
BILL further altering the duties Imports and for
other purposes, accompanying the Secretary of the
ireasurys Report TO the House of Representatives of
the 9th April, 1882.
Section 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of The United States of .aneyica IN
congress assembled That from and the Sd day of
March 1888, the act entitled "A in alteration of the
several imposing duties on imports approved the I9t
day of May 1925 shall be repeaed except SO far as the
same may be necessary for the recovery collection of
all duties which shall have accrued under the said and
Tor the recovery collection, distribution and remission of
an hnes penalties and ioreitures which may have been
incurred under the
Sec 2 find be il further enacted, That IN lieu of the
duties now imposed by law on the importation of tire article
hereinafter mentoned there shall DO eved collected and
paid, the following duties, that is to say.
lst On wool, manufactured, the value whereof Mt
the place OF exportaon shall exceed ten cents per
pound, hve per cent I'D valorem; and when the value
sha exceed ten cents per pound twenty per cent adj va
iorem Provided, that wool imported on the skin shall be
estimated, as TO weight and value, Us other WOOL
I'd On manufactures OF wool, OF which wool Is COM
ponent part not otherwise specified, the value whereof
sha not exceed hty cents square yard, per cent.
adj valorem on wosed stuff goods and wooen and worst
ed yarn twenty per cent; ON nits gloves, bindings
blankets hosiery and carpets and capeng twenty five
per cent; hannels and bazes and all other manufac
lures OF wool or OF which wool is component part thirty
per cent; and on ready madc clothing, ity per cent
3D. On all manufactures of cotton or Of which cotton
shall be component part, twenty i've per cent nd vao
rem: Provided that all manufactures of cote or of which
cotton shall be component part dy cd coured print
ed stained shall be valued at thirty cents per snuara
yard, and Dyed coloured printed or stained shall be
valued al hryhve cents per square yard; and man,
eens imported direct from China twenty per cent adj va
loren.
4th On all stamped, printed painted floor cloths for
tytIiree square yard on oil cloths If all limd
her than that usually dcnomiuaied floor cloth and nm %
mating, usually made OF flags other materials thirty
per cent. ad valorem '
5th On ron in bars bolts not manufactured f ,,b,
or IN part, by rolling, niuety-cen,s per ll2 lbs
OH On bar and bolt iron, made wholly or in mart NV
roinng' lhry dollars per ton: Provided that ali iron In
sao blooms loops, or other form less finished than iron
In bars or bolts and more advanced than pig iron except
castings shall be rated iron bars or bolts and nav d
y accordingly.
7h. On iron in pigs fifty cents per ll2 lbs. on ve.,
oil cast iron not otherwise specified and an half cents
per o on all other castings of IRON otherwise spcci-
fed cent per ID.
Sth On iron or steel wre exceeding number four.
teen FIVE cents per b number fourteen nine cent?
per To-.
9th On round iron, braziers rods of three sxeenths
TO egt-sXteenth OF an inch diameter nclusye and on
iron IN nal or spike rods, nail plates, Slit rolled or ham
mered; and on iron in Sheets hoop ron and ON iron
slit rolled or hammered for band IRON scroll IRON or case
nent rods, three cents per h.; iron spikes four cents
per lbs on iron nails, cut wrought FIVE cents per To-:
on acks brads and sprigs exceeding sixteen ounces
10 The thousand, hive cents per housand exceeding sig
teen TO the thousand FIVE cents per IN nm s0uaa
wire, used for the manufacture sretchers for umbrellas
twelve per cent ad vaOrem any and anchors md ali
parts thereof, manufactured in whole or i'm part two cents
per ID; on iron cables chains or parts thereof mann
actred in whole Or in part three cents per lb and no
drawback shall be allowed the expectation of iron ca
bes or parts thereof mill cranks and mill irons of
wrought ron four cents per b mill saws one dollar
each; on backsmiths hammers and sledges two and an
hai cents per ~; on mukets, dollar and fifty cents
per stand; on rifles two dollars and fifty cents each; on
all other fire arms thirty per cent. ad yalorcm
ION On axes, adzes, hatchets drawing knives eutio
Knives sckles or reaping hooks scyhes spades shove
squares oil iron or steel, bride bits OF all descriptions steel
yards and scale beams, socket chses vices and f
ron cailed wood screws, thirty per cd yalorem
PROVIDED That said articles shall not be imported nj less
rare oil duty tan would have been chargeabe on the nm
era constituting their chief value if imported In nm nm
manufactured state. 49,
1lih On steel, dollar and fAy cent. DER I12 lbs
izh On Japannod wares of all kinds on plated wares Of
all snds and on all manufactures, otherwise specified
made OF brass ron steel pewter lead or tin or OF which
either OF these metals is component material duty Of
twenty-five per cent ad vaorcm Provided rat all srt-
Giles manufactured in whole of sheet rod hoop holt M
OF iron wire, or Of which sheet rod hoop bolt or bar iron
OF iron wire, shall constitute the greatest weight and
which are not otherwise specified shall pay the same d.
y per d. that is charged by this act on sheet rod hoon
bo or bar lron Or on iron wire, OF the same number res
PecuVey; Provided, also, that the said last mentioned
rates shal not be less than the said duty of twenty five
per cent adj valorcfn,
18th That all scrap and old iron shall pay duty Of
Twelve dollars and fifty cents per tom that nothing shall be
deemed old iron that has been ian actual use and ali
pieces OF iron Except od) Of more than six inches in
length. shall be rated hmm