Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-06-08
REPORT OF TIE COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURES
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,, MAY %
OF Mr.. .9dams's Tariff BiIi

Conclusion Of the Rep0rt.
few remarks upon the character of the bill as pro-
jecedby the Secretary and upon the notifications of some
OF It's provisions by which may be rendered. the Com
miticc believe acceptable The House and to tho
country, will close the present Report.
The draft of the bill presented by the Secretary Of The
Treasury was prepared in spirit Of compromise between
the two great and seemingly conflicting interests chiefly
to be Affected by the reduction OF the In this
purpose TO be expected that il could not be alloee
Their satisfactory TO either Its provisions have according
y, been considered of questionable policy by different
members of the Committee, under the impression on the
one part, that the reduction of the revenue contemplated
by it too extensive and Oh the other not extensive
enough Ii proposes reduce the revenue 10 be raised
from duties imports, to twelve millions of dollars and
thereby to remit of the existing duties upwards of ten
millions his reduction, in the view Of tc
inieresto the coHntty-an interest intimately and closely
connected with its internal improvement and The interest
specially represented in this House by this Commecs
deemed to be excessive Ii proposes dimnution of re-
venue OF more than the liberated from its present an
preparation for the payment of the National Debt ma
ioy of this Committee are Of opnion founded noD min,
cplcs submitted TO the consideration Of the House i'm This
Report that reduction should be made at least at the
present time, equal TO the whole of the annual an
preparation thus liberated, that is, millions of dollars
Upon this opinion, however, they will not further
enlarge The project, in the draft OF the BILL is consider
cd by other members Of the Committee as excepionabe
Tor tie opposite reason that the reduction IT, in their OPT
Mon, not extensive enough Under this variety Of views
the Committee have made several notifications in the bill
proposed by the Secretary the Treasury and no,y r
port for the consideration Of the House, BILL not such as
would in its details be satisfactory any one member of
the Committee, but az that upon which alone they have
Ocen aDle 10 unite n majority oil their voices.
The first and greatest alteration Of the existing system
Of proposed in the draft of the Secretary Is that
relating 10 the articles of wool and yoo!cns
articles involving interests. perhaps equal all he other
manufactures in the Union put together cotton only
ceped With regard these articles the draft Of the
Secretary proposes not only very reduction in the
amount Of duties TO be levied upon the imported articles
but total change in the system of collection substituting
adj val0rem duties in me place Of the graduated pnnu
I established in the preceding Tariff laws. A change i'm
the estimation Of many Of The principal manufacturers
OF those articles, formidable to the prosperifv OF
their establishments than the reduction of the duties them
selves.
OF the arguments submitted TO them upon this question BY
several OF the eminent Of the manufacturers and
alter giving them the most friendly and respectful atten-
non nave lound their conclusions concurnng with those Oh
the Secretary Of the Treasury that the system Of graua-
ted mnimums upon the manufactures Of wooefs must
and ought to he abolished For the reasons upon which
this opinion founded, they refer the House to the report
OF the Secretary of The Treasury accompanying the draft
OF the bill TO which they will add considerations Of per-
haPs yet deeper influence upon their minds This system
appears TO majority Of the committee constitute the
greatest and the most reasonable objection Of the South
and OF Southern interests against the existing Tariff The
Committee cannot perceive how in what manner ID can
rcr The graduation must necessarily operate in one or
two ways-cithcr prohibition upon thc importation
all articles included between tho rates Of the respective
minmums by layinga duty upon the articles Of nterno-
daic value far higher than ihat apparent upon the face oil
the law; and thereby oHecting artificial inequality
between thc burdens imposed upon articles of tlic
/ same kind, and the value, and an eelaiity
OF burden alike unnatural upon articles Of different
value, but Of the same kind. Thus, for example a
square yard Of broadcl0th Of dollar cost nj Che
place Of expectation, pays duty Of IS cents while
II the NJ the place OF expectation be but ono
dollar and cent is taken and deemed to hive cos
two dollars and hnf and pays duty Of dollar and
twenty cents The difference between diem being tha be-
tween forty eight per cents aud hundred aud twenty
pes cent, ia po article Of ono dollar aui cents cost
PAYS 1cs8ms duty thc article costing lgo dollars nod
"tH' appase o. Dc impossible N'at .hs pHcHr oPtra
ION % .ncn aJa.em s11 RI oef oa r at GOD cont.