Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-08-31
TDe constitutional Jytt;tu.
ADDRESS
TO THE PEOPLE or TIE CONGRESS
SiONIL DiSTRICT OF CHARLESTON.

CONCLUDED.
Since the date Of my letter To- a Committee of the
State Rigm.5 y U..i9n PARTY. have received from
the Register oftho Treasury, statement exhibit
ing the amount of duties according to the present
rates compared with the duties modified by the act
OF 18th July 1892 predicacd upon the import during
the year ending :5Oth Scptcmber, 1880" which /
have left with the Editor of the Southern Patriot
Upon the assumptions that the dutiablc articles will
be the same III quantity and price, after the Sd of
harch next, as they were in the wear 1880, this
statement shows that under the tariff of July,
1872 there will he reduction of 81 ,769 U56s from
the amount of duties OH protected articles, and of
So, lS7 1913 from the amount of revenue to be de-
rived from the customs
Notwithstanding these deductions from the re-
venue, and from the duties protected articles, it
is asserted IN an address ''to the People of South
taro!ina," from our Senators and six of our repre-
scntativcs, that the burthcns imposed upon the
Southern States, will be greater by the Ac, Of July
1892, than they by the existing Tariff. As this
assertion may make an injurious impression upon
tho public mind will transcrbe that part of ''the
Address" which is intended to establish it, and
briefly annex such remarks may prevent the or
rors which IT is calculated to disseminate. Accord
ing to certain passages in 1.-THE Address 'sthe bur
thons OF the protecting duties are decidedly in
creased, estimating the cash duties aud diminished
credits, and they now actually stand an averaue
OF more than 90 per cent. while the duties the
unprotected Articles, which upon principle of
equality and Justice, should sustain the PRINCIPAL
part of the burthcns of tsXation are, with few
lnconsdcrablo objections entirely repealed. Upon
tnoSc manufactures winch are received in EXCHANGE
for the productions of tho Southern States, the
aggregate increase of tho burthens of taxation
beyond what they were under the tariff of 1898
!. believed to be upwards of y 600 900 while the
reduction - - r"oc-. OF the duties those imports
which are received in exCsi11""' fer the product
ions of the Tariff States, amounts to about
$i,000,000 Willie, therefore, the aggregate bur-
thcns OF taxation are diminished $4,000, 900,
by this Bill, tho positive burthcns of the Southern
States arc not diminished at all, and their relative
burthenS arc very greatly increased"
1t has already been noticed that the Tariff act
ot 1852, as compared with that which is in
force reduces tho duties upon protected articles
by the amount of $ 500 O56. IT, notwithstand-
ing this reduction the protecting duties ncrcas-
cd, this increase must be occasioucd by "eStisno-
ting the cash duties and diminished crcdits." Now,
The cash duties are confined to the importations on
Noollens, and their amount would be equal TO !
per cent in the ratio of duty, upon Wooens not
costing more than IS cents the square ward upon
which the duty is ) per cent, and Woocns
costing more than 30 cents the square yard (of
which the value of between and millions are
importcd) it is per cont. increase an the rate
~ d"ty, such cloth being subject 10 duty of 50
per cent? on the rest of Importations, 'the di-
minstcd credits" equal TO an increase of
traction less than per cent, the average rate of
ou'y on all imporLations, excepting Woolens, be-
ing about 70 per cent?
1t not little eXcites my surprise that ponor Of
so grave a character 1.-The Address," which it is
presumed, was drawn up with the utmost dclibera
hon. shouG hazard the assertion, that ''the duties
n
S;aeTGbtc exceptions, entirety rcpc0lcd, when the
amount Of all Tie dUtcG declred FREE by Tire Act
1882, are estimated in the statement of the rrca
sury, at no more than 500, O00t .'Thc Address"
has not furnished us with any data to support the
positions, that uponthe ''Inanufactures received in
exchange for staple productions of the Southern
Statcs-the aggregate taxation is believed 10 be
increased uprards of 81 600 OO0," beyond the Ia.
riff of 1928, 'whilc the reduction" or repeal of
the duties those imports which are re.
ceived IN exchange for the productions of
*uPon the protected articles of Molasscs and
Salt, there was Il reduction of the dutios by the
Acts of 1880, amounting to S95S,l2l, which add
ed TO 81 S69, 056, makes the whole reduction since
the Act OF 1928 to be So, S25 III.
The value imported in 1880, of protected articles;
amounted TO S29 100 500
Consisting of wool, woollcns, cot
tons, wood and manufactures of do
glass ware, ircn and steel, and ma
nutactures OF do, clothing ready
made, hats, carpcting, sail duck, cot
ton bagging, mOlasses, brown sugar,
indigo, cordagc and Irvine, hemp, salt,
coal, window glass, leather, and ma
nutacturos of do, marble, and manu-
features of do, oil cloths, apanncd,
plated, gilt, pewter, brass and lcaden
waTe-duty on the above articles I'M
der the OK ing Tariff, 12,83l,77a
DO. under the Tariff of July, 1882 1862 ZIG
Reduction on protected articles, 81, S69, O56
On close calculation, emitting the 10 and 20
valorcm duties, the following is the difference
arising from the alteration of the pound sterling
and the cash duties with shortened credits.
The reduction protected articles
VIII be $1,669, C56
Deduct interest on cash duties on
WocI!C... ...C.,-, of which being
1858, 50, for 10 months, d: . I'-' ~:
per anuufn, 1877, 65S
Do. duties other pro-
tcctcd articles amount being
800 Jj7 for 81 mo. at
per cit. per aunum 2t7,763
S355,42l
Difference originating from
change in The pound stc:Iing,
alt citing imports from Great
Britain, paying ad valorcm
day, amount of these i'm
ports being 5l4 ,5I1, 657, and
tho difference s. ,J75, 100, at
the average rate Of duty
protected articles 37s per
cent, IL 4Ot,52S
759,040