Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-10

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and so easily evaied by the dishonest one.
is abolished; and a general nd valorem duty
of so per cent is laid upon those articles IN
cluded ir il. The 10 and ~ per cent ad
ded to the value Of the goods in calculating
the duty, are also done away.
For the reduction OF the duty on wooiien
goods, the manufacturer finds a reasonable
equivalent in the reducted duty on wool,
the admission Of dye stuffs free, and other
articles necessary to his business at a reduc
ed duty. He finds also a protection, (and
this he enjoys in common with the Aueri-
can merchant,) against the superior capital
of his foreign rival, and a security against
the occasional fluctuations oftrade, IN those
provisions of Mr.. MeLanes scheme which
make the duties on woollen goods payable
In cash, and impose a duty on those which
are sold at auction; aud the interests OF
both are still further guarded by requiring
that such sales be made IN the presence oil
An officer of the customs. and by the addi-
tional means afforded by the bill to the APP
praisers in preventing fraudulent valuations.
With this protection, and with those advan-
tages which impose no additional burthen
upon the consumer, the interests OF the
woollen manufacturer are believed to be
placed on as good a footing as that OF the
Other classes.
.. Iron and the manufactures Of iron, are
materially reduced, with a few inconsideia
bic exceptions, they are brought down to
the rates VI 1894; in some OF the most m
portanf articles the duties will be as they
stood in 1916 and %lSlS-not having been
altered by the act of 1924. With the provi-
sions that have been introduced 10 prevent
evasions, the duties as fixed by the bill, are
understood 10 be satisfactory to The maaufacfu.
rers. and are mol deemed oppressive 10 aly.
8 Hemp is also reduced; but in TINS, the
interests Of the West have been fully pre-
served This duty is believed TO be rather
beneficial than otherwise to the producer OF
cotton: and he will be further benefited by
the reduction in the duty on cotton bdggtng,
which will still leave the manufacturers a
fair profit.
4. The manufactures Of Cotton have like
wise been reduced yet the rates proposes
in the bill. without being burthensome to
any. are understood TO be satisfactory to the
manufacturer.
5 Sugur, and
6. Sait-the latter an article Of the first
necessity. and the former scarcely less So
have been reduced; salt TO 8 cents a bush
ell, and sugar from three to two and a hall
cents a pound.
From all these articles, which are com
monty called the protected articles, the bill
proposes 10 raise a revenue of upwards of
six millions, estimated upon the importa-
tons of 1880.
In raising the remainder. the bill proceeds
upon the grounds of revenue merely. In do
ing this, however, the chief objects have
been
l.. To take off the duty altogether, or as
far as practicable, upon raw materials.
9. To spread it over as many articles as
possible, that the revenue system may con.
tinue in full operation, so that, in times OF
need. a larger revenue may be raised win
out resor,ing to new objects Of Ia xation.
s. To make duties as light as possible up
on articles Of necessity, and Of those, the
highest upon those principally used by the
poorer classes; for which purpose, tea and
coffee, which are almost articles Of necessity,
are brought down to a duty almost nominal.
a. To draw the greatest proportion OF re-
venue from those commodities which are
chiefly used by the wealthies,: and those
principles of discrimination, it will be seen,
have also been observed, as far as practical
BILE, in arranging the duties on the protected
articles
For the first time, too, under any system,
having even an Incidental view to protec-
ton, has any relief been proposed TO the ma
gigating interest, for the great amount OF
raw materials subjected to duty, and employ
ed in that moss important branch OF manu-
~facture, ship building
On the whole, the compromise presented
by the bill appears to be liberal and fair on
all sides; the relief which it affords to those
interests upon which former tariffs have
borne NEST ~unequally, is substantial and
goes far beyond what has hitherto been
thought con sistent with other interests The
whole scheme, however, as far as we had an
opportunity Of Judging, seems so Jndiciously
arranged, as to promote, to a reasonable
extent, the interests of all, without oppres-
sing any. Each interest may fnd some
thing which it would wish to alter, but, as q
whole. founded, as every modification OF
the Tariff necessarily must be. on the prin-
eiple Of compromise, it will probably be
difficult to devise a plan better Calculated
to promote the general good.
The idea OF a general reduction OF duties,
which was suggested in the Secretary's an
nnal report, has been given up in forming
the present bill, in delereBce to the opinions
expressed by others, entitled to respect on
the subject, and to the wishes OF the manu-
facturers themselves, who prefer a steady,
though lower duty, TO one constantly chang
ing
The Secretary proposes that the reduced
| duties shall take effect on the 4th oil March,
| 1888; As an earlier reduction would so inier-