Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-11-12
I No. C-SUGAR AND THE TARIFF.
Continual

When Sir Robert Peel SUI fnitted his Teve.
nue. bill TO he house of COMMONS and deliv.
cred his acknowledgements, both were imIHe-
h'a~ir sent for circulation to tE,is country
III" are f'"r to be found in every iowr, in ey-
cry CITY, from N, frontiers of Canada so The
ierr''ory OF Florida Not go, however. with
a large report, of 1854 pages, containing the
minutes Of evidence, taken befofe a se'ect
committee on import duiies, preparat DRY ID
the action If Tho house Of COMMONS on thls
important 81 tpct. This repor', which hap
pens 10 he IN The hands If he writer Of TIL,
paper, woa'd have de- Dyed al the effect il
was he intention Of the BIT sh Leg slater IL
produce on our own peop!e and oar own leg.
'slators-w"uIJ have shown s r Robert PeeI's
hlI' to have been enphsfiraily A REVENUE
BILL and that The free-'taae doctrines, adyo-
ct;eI by him, were intended for actiou-not
III B"j'a'n. but in frreigu countries.
A Qenera account. prep,red by The Inspec-
tor Of imp ,rts, of the several articles imported
INTO the Unltet Kingdom, in 1923 and 1880.
s'a'ing, in separate columns. The q~nanti'y I'M
ported, exported, aud retained for loue con-
sutDpii ~, with the rates Of duty chargable on
each, shows that $50 articles have been divi-
ded into eight schedules, az follows:
No | containing $40 a~rtjclee, producing
less than Cleo sterling, each Of cux'om du-
tles--in the aggregate, G9,0J0
No. 2, l32 articles. producing from
.CltD n G5GO each, 31,G29
;, d 10. 800 10 1000, 32,G16
4, 1T do. ! 900 10 5000, 2AO,7 1913
3. G. 10. 5000 10 fOGOtO, I,397,324
8, 10 do IUh,DOOt +" 100000, 1,e3s,G $50
7, do. 100000 and upwards, l~s,575,O7l
D., l47 do. or which no duty has been received
Now, what are the articles upon which the
,.'"FaI policy Of The British Statesmen has
chiefly extc. a"d itse)f7 They are as fol-
lows:
$40 arts. con. in sch. No l, only pred 1s'o3O
-! do do. No 2. do. jj,.2o
lat do. do. No. g., which yielded 10
revenue, being prohibited, I charged with a
Juty hey cannnt bear.
As to tea, sugar, molasecs. tobacco, cotton,
wines, spirits, &C. Y eFdinr a retcnue OF up
wards Of G2h.GO0, OC0, he duly remains un-
touched yet 1t sounded well IL a speech 10
be able TO say tout Of 6f2 arircleF, a reduction
OF duty Is proposed on upwards OF IN The
whole plan has, however, succeeded wonder
fully. The revenue ot England will be great
~ lucreascd bv the admission OF articles pre-.
yIously prohibited, or charged beyond tie
rates they could bear wlIIst The bait intend
ed 70, The htDerl' an people Is ~ a TAR wavoI
being swallowed; aud II capnt Ybe sald Thai
i has bjen trr want Of warning OIL he par ~
E1,ian1 herself, Tor her NJ Cg'Io"h page
an s~p"akiI.g N tue ecpeg.orl -" OF III" Bri-
t u m9ster manu!acjuTcs, t"g"cerF and arll-
Fl crs, over those of a"V cher Country, says
81 4prears, therefore, ensemble 10 ron.
eide that ncw he% snne,e. having 10 with
sand the comrett 81 ~ ia &c who lave a.
ready arrived al a very lrgt, degree OF per &c
ton ~ the art, NUS b. iHeyItab y driven cut
Of every market equoI ' accessible to both
parties; andN'al nathn% but Ibe aid der we'd
IRON +. s~lrIciive regulations and tohibIti"ns
viii BE- c~ifeciual /" prevent The total de-truc-
ilon of their Establishment IN the countries
where they are set up
"Ths tar Fl forced coitnr, woulcEs, iron
and other manufactures nj" a premature ex-
ls,ence in The United States but we bave
little doubt that, except IN the Coarse fabrics,
and then where ii IS necessary to use large
GuautltIrF Of the raw r%naterIa, The late uIoIl-
~lica'ions The Compromise Bill have given
tic death blow TO The American manufacture
,rg system
Sir Robert Pee, in his revenue plan, has
shown hIm,el not only a great statesman, bul
4 patriot, ever watrhfuI Of his country's We
tare. Experience had taught him that, provl-
ded the daily wages of the English a~r'lficers
and Iaio,ers are secured to tfe!n n, they can
well afford 10 pay for 'iose comforts ot life,
the du'y on which is 'eqni ed /" cradle HIM
to cary on The COVE, i,fpen' OF his country;
and from that experience he Las been drawing
his rules Of action tor what il the rnsf OF
those comforts or UccessafeR 81 He, u eaci1
individual mechanic or l1bofer, con pared to
the 'oss Of his YVES, ~ 20 rs red"cf'oH, even
OF the smallest If "t2l! This will be lie
sub, eel Of anorher IaJEt.