Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-11-23

i"s 'oh0Hy or nearly, to a prodi6;f;o, wi'lr. a"nosn'
sv na a scarcity in the supply; while the comnet;,o,
v uro,o mv uomesuc manufactures alone would sufficient
y protect the consumer from exorbi,ant pricss nroSn"
~ wv rs.es oil Tue markets generally by the stanj,rd 81
MI P'oht uPonthe capital aud labor emplovcd TS,rs.o
h0tcerer, on The other hand, that by ;,,noSyS, nS nue,
"Poh ~ imported articles, Importation ,ro,,Lj bs nc,
ding IN 49, Hh'ENuE iNcREXBED: but, without adj
- " 'he comfort, or deductinc from the IF q,
consumer the consumption OF the domestic !" ~ ue
and ~ =" Sneq"al degree, be diminished by that op.ra,ion
II is, f6ereG"rn = l,se'i might he entirely supplanted'
., .neIVOTe, a question 6ettCeen THE GAIN Or nm.
REVENUE and The loss of the p,an,,fart,,,~ - - ~
uyo5iS;t d pnnS,ptes q national policy" (See the table of
vi the subject of the second class. after ,ru;,, III.
re"so,S Tor giving them "a well-timed and well III
rected atronage,"-th report says.
assuming, therefore, the ground. that ,e ,uao,c.
~e W W. SecOl0 GdsS'wiIl be Eostered bv The Icg;.Ia,;v.
VSre'-'he dHoH'tt Of the protect ting Ju,iaS al : 800,
s"posing uem IA oTuer to be eBectudi, become i'm.
por."n' considerations. Thrust be agreed. uno,, ali ~ 'M'
w. :" .ne amount oil the duties should be such az viii a~'
can "',r nL""ua"c.urer TO meet the importer in the Amer.
the mode of "pon equII terms OF profit and loss; and that
nre ~" " Imposing The duties should be such as 10 10
uIe inc resulting competition from the inauen.. ., - -
a diycrsitv m or practices There still, however, remains
competent" &c. "' WHICH VIII be-
T. the th'rd class Of manufactures does no, recn;ru
of Tmfy IN ,me al Mis tine, than TO adjust the rate
w 'e AMOUNT OF REvENUE which il il pecos
saiy ~uraw nom THEM They have No, -, hone g
nv ;nnom nneLicdh capital industry and enterprize. N.
""y Important degree; and the present noTicy or n. "
features" W W create, manu-
'" iCSulcuOH' oil the policy of The vovorn-.-.,
w ~ prouecuon OF such branches as had oIreoJ,
Deconle objects of American industry. &c Tho 10y
:. 'he secretary fell far short of those az NJ.
Gaihoun. See his Tariff speech generolIv. ,ha.
"Th VI NASTz pasSage,-in particular.
mere Is, however, a distinct view or. ,ha ..
m.n ous", not 10 be omitted. Where the de,nanJ ~,
,oo,,,n"at Or manufactured articles, in anu of he de-
whoII,, dennr I0mesue industry, is wholly, or almost
the -, upon The supply from foreign nations
tne access 10 the American market shonld he osv " 'TnE
Der, above al sing upon this principle, it viii be pro-
n"pisa'loh al a period when the eauaIization If ,hs -"
y " 'ohhage anu merchandise, by the operation nj ill., sc,s
Iere.IipS rnu Mea''es, Will probably give rise to an in.
- ~ u"T eoihpeuuon between foreign vessels and vss.oi.
d the United States. The SHINING in,ar.s, NV 1ssei
manuIactunng interest must, however, be reconciieJ. . mJ
.onssuun..i,s pest Interests, the following supeestio,s a. ~"
'pecunlly offered" &c. 'sh'S"ois III re-
r r Ihe principles involved in the proposition for , o.v
: arm IN relation TO THE PRorrc".~--
al. Articles INTENDED AS THE SOURCE OF REyr-
NUE. should never be so heavily charged with duties as 10
prevent importation, or much TO diminish it," SC.
After some further observations and details under
his head, the Report proceeds to the Aird, viz. "the
means of enforcing the Tariff" And then follows.
ia detail, the Tariff. constructed " upen the policy
md principles which have been stated" AT the
IL says:
cit only remains, in tie performance. Of tile task pre.
crlOed by The House OF Representatives. to give q sac
inct statement Of the probable product OF the duties upon
imports according to the proposed Tariff"
This probable product is shewn by tables and ex-
to comprise the additional 100000,
which were required. And then follows this obscr-
iation:
cit is not practicable to ascertain the amount of reve-
heretofore produced, by each of the classes of goods
specified in the last table; but il is sufficiently known that
some OF them produced little, while the product of others
was Proportionably great. Taking the whole, however,
u Is estimated that the proposed increase Of du-
~ rs equal to 100 per cent. upon the aggTe gate amount
OF The iormer all valorem duties. But THE EXPECTS to
be expected from THE INCREASED DUTIES ON WOOL
LEN AND COTTON GOODS; from the diminution of tlps
allen dulles, under treaties or acts OF Congress, and from
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN Tuy =
VIII NOT hermit a Ilplcp aati,,afa NJ IA a-.
gate product OF the increased rates of the AL valorem du-
Ties than the rate OF 10 or so per cent. upon the former
product
1t will be noted, that ONE HUNDRED per cent was
the aggregate increase proposed. On some of those
duties the proposed increase was only 20 Der cent.
on the former duty; on others, 40, so, 90, IS per cent.
On someyit was 700, l2j, 133, lG6 and $50 per cent.
or the duties thus proposed in the Secretary's Ia
riff, (which was presented "as an outline and an es-
some were adopted, as proposed, in the Ia
rlt act; others were fixed at a lower point. For a
few details on this subject, see PRoHrBTroRY DUTIES
OF the Tariff of 1916, REDUCTION oF DUTIES, &c.
Nos. Z aud 8.
DOCUMENT 2.
PKoHIB1roRY DUTIEs-COF tie Tariff of 1861
III has been seen, that in his Tariff report, the Secretary
arranged the various articles Of American manufacture I'M
to various classes, and in relation to q the first elass of ma.
nulactnres, stated that - duties might be freely imposed
upon the importation OF similar articles, amounting wholly
or nearly 10 a prohibition" How far the vie WIS of the Sc
cretary in relation TO this class were carried into effect by
the Iarif Act, (the " measure Of revenue as distinct from
one OF protectiOn") may be seen at a glance at the follow
ing table the materials for which, with the exception of
tie last column, are readily afforded by a similar table,
comprising the whole Tariff, which accompanied the re-
port. The present table shows, Ist. The articles Of this
class, as classed by the Secretary 81. The permanent
duties, as they existed on the list July, 1872; and which
IN 1916 were considered and constantly spoken OF, as " tho
present permanent rates OF duty,"-as " the permanent
rates OF duty, payable under existing laws 3d. The du-
ties in place OF the former, proposed by the Secretary
and 4th. The duties, as fixed by the Tariff Of 1916. II
will be noticed that several Of these new permanent duties
were actually made higher than even the temporary dou-
bile duties Of the war.