Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-08-17
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REMARKS OF MR.. CALHOUN, OF
SQUTH CAROLINA.

The proposition being TO reduce the duty
on coi,on-bagging, Mr. Calhoun said'
the duty proposed By this bill on cotton
basging was heavy, aud would acs oppres-
s;vely on those he represented, and The
whole cotton producing States. Five cents
on the square yard equaI!ed l-9 on The
rrnni,y. The cost of the article abroad
this year was from to S pence, as be lenr-
ned by letter received recently irons
highly respectable importing house in
Charleston. Assuming9 cents to be the
average cost. a duty Of 6 l-9 cents on The
running yard would be about 6S per cent.
ad va!orem. 1t would take 81 yards for
a bale Of cotton of 400 pounds, which
would make the d2ty on the baggins equal
so SO Ills cents the bale.
But rs heavy as would be this tax on
tho baggiug. that proposed by the bill Oh
the rope and ;wiue was still more so.-
Tbey would be subject to duty of6 cents
the pound which would equal, on the rope
$50 per cent. advalorem, taking the cost
abroad from official documents. On the
,wiuc i, would be less bu, how much, he
was not certain. |, would probably, how
ever, no, fall short Of 50 per cent.. and
might be much morc. Assumins6 pounds
OF rope aud quarter of pound OF twine
70 bale, The duty for the rope would he
sc cents, and the ,wine l5-makins' with
,ha, for the bassins. II cenls the bale.
Assuming that the crop OF cotton tins
year would be TWO millions Of bales. (Which
f;om appearuncc, would be an under esti.
ma,e,) the actual amount Of the duty on
these three articles only, OIL the crop would
be the enormous SUN Of 81 AZ, ~; esl''
mating the average price Tor the ;car al
u cents per pound. (which, he apprehen-
dcd, was too hish,j the gross amounted Of
the crop iu value would be $50, ,n00,0 600 on
which 81. l.422, ,222 would be about % per
cent. II would. Of course, be loss Of q
bales in hundred. or in 81. TO The plan
ter; making an aggregate loss on The crop
o.! 47,IO0 bales. Such would be the
amouu, oi,he burden on the cotton planter,
under the proposed duties on bagsIng,
rope, and iwiue. live were now delibcra.
ting on au income tax to raise revenue 10
nec, the wants Of tho Government, in
stead Of duty on the. imports, the share
which would fall IN the tlou-plan,crs
would no, exceed the sum proposed 10 be
levied on them by the duty on those three
;,oms.. The aunual income the people
of this Union cannot DO estimated al less
than 81 ,2OO, 600, ,O00. tits probably much
more; but on that sum tax Of 21 per cent.
would give revenue Of S2S, ,OOO. 600. abou,
equal to the sum proposed to be raised by
this hill. Ir,o this heavy burden there
be added tho heavy list Of other oppressive
duties proposed by the billion almost eve'
ry article consumed by .he cotton planters.
and which they caunnt transfer 10 the
shoulders of others, by single duty in their
favor. some conception may be formed Of
the extep, Of the burden which tho grow.
ers of this great staple must bear, should
this bill become law.
sso would ,ew ask. why should snch
,,irh dutics be,laid on ,he articles used IN
packing and baling ahe cotton: he could
soc no good reason for il. On the co7ira-
~. i, seemed TO him ,hai, on sound prin.
cinle. aud according TO analogy, they
ou.li, to be either duly free, or subject 10
a yery Ugh, one, or at least entitled 10 draw
hack on the shipmen, Of the cotton abrc:,d.
The process Of ginning aud packing the
cotton after il has been cultivated and har-
vested, may be fairly considered as man.
ufac,ure. IL takes more machinery, and
;s more expensive than many which are
highly favored by This bill; and il would
be bn, Justice to place the materials neccs-
,sary for The process (;hc hagsing, rope,
anG ,winel on the same footing as those
- b;ch enter inlo the process ofother manu-
rsc,pres-such as dye.siuifs. raw hides,
md ..bers--all Of which are exempt from
,lu,y. or srbjec, TO very light oues, on i'm
porta,ioa, under this bill. Indeed. they
;,re entitled to n more favorable considcra-
,;ou. Mos, Of the articles for which these
are Used, are sold al home; aud the in
creased cns,, On accouu, Of The duties. may
b., laid Oh in their sale. Not 5" ~ the case
or Cotton. Tha, is, for the most part,
sold abroad, where no' cent more can be
had for duties paid. Viewed in that light.
they come fairly urder The drawback prin-
ciple, as applied iu the Gaze oi rchned su-
gar from imported brown sugar, or rum
from imported mo!ussos. aud the like.
which, on shipmeu, abroad. arc allowed
a dram4ackforih the duty on the articles used
IN their Manufacture. The reason in The
one case is as strong as 10 the other. The
only difference is. that in one case the pro-
cess is carried on in ono portion of The
Union, and on the other 10 another.
But we are toll. that nothing is lost TO
rho planter in consequence Of the duty; aud
Thai. for she extraordinary reason-thathe he
eo,s as much for the bagsine by the pound.
IN the ssie Of his cotton, as for the cotton
itself; and ,hes, when the price is ten cents
or more pes pouad he loses nolhing. ifi.:
,.cre 81, there is no reason Why he should
be denrived Of the advantage By The impo-
si,ion Of heavy duties. BE-, there is
crea, mistake in supposing that the buyer
ioe. mo, allow for the weigh, of the bag
rinr. lie gets nothing for it when he sells.
In The great cotton market. Liverponi')
Tie hale is slnipped aud weighed, and moth
ing paid for bul the cotton when sold
some small allowance is nude for the bag
ciup. bu, nothing like its price; 50 that The
du,y in all cases is dead loss. il is too