The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-17

it at the middle rate OF 81, for IN order 10 a'oid the higher
rate IL was ut present sent from the Brszils and from
Hayti to the Cape Of Good HOPE, which being within the
be entered at the CustJm House in England as
conee coming within the description entitled to
De admitted at the duty of 81, and the effect
oil this is to bring the coffee grown at the Brazils
and Hayh into consumption at the relative price Of l0d
20 oi as compared with British plantation, the additional
ia being the amount Of freight per IN, which the trans
mission Of the coffee to the Cape added 10 the other
chaiges. II, therefore, the Government is prepared to
remit the duty upon any article of general consumption
IL is, III my opinion, better to make such a remission as
VIII shord q sensible relief to the consumers. instead Of
spreading the reduetion over a number of different ar.
ticles, and thereby making it so Insignia ant upon each
separate one Is to afford no benefit to the consumer. but
20 .ne retail dealer only, and it %, therefore, my inten.
uoh 70 propose 10 the house the alteration oflhe present
imports into two simple duties, in order to get rid ofthe
absurdiiy ofcompelling a cargo of coffee to make a WOW.
getting over what may be considered as a technical df
fculty. 1t is my intention, therefore, to propose that the
duty be placed upon cefiee hereafter upon the simple and
ineligible basis, SO as to enable the consumer to benefit
to the full extent by the reduction which ! have thouy
1t advisable to suggest. The duty upon British coffee
whether grown in the East or West Indies or the Mau, /.
thus, twill hereafter be I'D per h., and on all other COT.
fees Sd per pound. l have estimated according O
my calculation, the loss to the revenue ny this re9uc.
~tion-taking the amount of duty paid in British planta.
ton in ls+l to be AGA, oO0I, and in 70, eign coffee in the
same period at the duties Is Sd and 90, 427 0Ool, making
altogether $50, 00Ol- will not exceed 237 ,00OI do not
enter into the statement of figures by v hich my calcula.
tion would be vindicated, but state that this is the esti.
mated loss which the revenue will sustain by this
change, supposing the consumption remains as il no W is,
but II, as is to be expected, the quantity ofcohee consum-
ed be increas d by the reduction OF duly Only 10 per calt
above its present amount, the loss will be III ,O00l; by
adding this loss to that which l have already estimated
will be incurred by the reduction Of he duty on articles
consumed in manufactures-namely, the sum of 80 OOcl,
1t will show a total decrease of AL 000l to the revenue in
these necessaries oflife. Inow come to the third article
which have mentioned, and which is one of great i'm.
portahce, its consumption entering very largely into all
the branches Of commerce, manufactures, agriculture,
and household necessaries. Ihave now to consi Ter how
] can apply the surplus revenue which will still remain,
SO as 10 make the greatest possible reduction with the at
m )st possible benefit to the consumer. In determining
what shall in future be the amount of duty upon timber,
we have been greatly embarrassed by the position four
Canadian colonies, which is such as not to render it ex.
pedient to interfere materially with their interests or
their commerce. The duty at present levied on all So
Of so cubic feet. There is another way of estimating
and o~flevying the duty on foreign timber, which is eS.
tremely complicated and embarrassing in the manner of
calculating it, but taking the average duty paid upon
solid foreign timber and upon sawn timber, it may be es.
timated at IS per load Of 90 cubic feet. The duty upon
Canadian timberi is los per load Of so cubic feet, and,
upon an average from ss to 9s per load on deals aud other
sawn wood. 1t appears to me that If we make any re.
auction in the duty on TIMBER, it ought to be made in
such a manner as to confer the utmost p 8 sible benefit on
the consumer, and also we ought to take into our mos.
serious con 'idei stion the situation of ths.h branch Of cor
merce in our Canadi in colonies, so as not to affect their
interests by any sudden alteration IA the present duty.
1t appears to me there is a mode ofdoing this, if thehols
would give It's consent to a considerable 10 9 of reve-
the Canadas would be obviated lpropose to proceed ON
a totally different pl0n from that proposed by the late
our commercial and agricultural interests, and, above
all, to the shipbuildersof this country, of ems bin them
to ootain the best timber at a moderate price, I shall
propose 10 carry the reduction of The existing tuty,
which have already stated is upon an everage dis per
lead, to an extent which will confer a real and sensible
ferred. ! shall propose, therefcr :. with Il g c IN urrence
OF the house, that the duty for the present yea, tn at is
T., .o, Say; ;; for the s yss1 sp (. a. The s.r on 1o Of April r lsss, upon
and other sawn wood 35s Ier load bul j; is also
my intention to pr pose that a total char &c be made
in the present mode OF levying the duty on sawn timber,
and thst, instead, as st present, of estimatitg its amount
by the dimensions ef the deals to be levied ia future
t iSeSsa'nf f. IL ise future future % be- plae.d 80 : 'h .a al The ,0r sags
fCoIrg &, which, in my opinion, Is the on y { ne way Of
dealing with this essential article OF use. We o ght TO be
cautious how we NAL e any naciment which
may be iirious to Canada. 1t is part of my prof c.
TO confer upon those colonies a benefit by a reduc.
into the mother country, whilst, at the same me, it will
benefit the consumer at home, who will purchase such
articles at a low piice hereafter: Great com! laints have
the Canadas by the high duties upon foreign timber.
That duty had been fixed at 25s, with AS, upon cut
deal timber per load. Ishall propose that that duty l.
reducedto 30s. per load, measuring by Its cubica al cN-
tents, and that tie duty on laths should not exceed Dos.
per load. [Hear.] If you consent to make that reduc-
ton ofduties on foreign timber imported, it will become
Immediately your duty to consider the relation, in this
r~espectin which VIC shall stand to Canada Hear In
placed to that country, I think it desirable to act upon
the principle often ad 'ocsted, that is, to treat her as an
integral part OF the empire. Her great distance from
this country, and the heavy cost and charges 10 VIII oh
she is put in transporting her produce. must operate to
her disadvantage, and it is only fit that if you re.
duce the duties on timber to 25,, aud those on deals
to s0s.. you shsll admit those Of Canada at almost a
nominal duty. Loud cheers Strictly preserv ng refa.
tive justice to the foreigner and these colsnists you are
required to render those duties almost nominal in
their amount. l therefore propose that our Car adam
timber shall be admitted at Is. per load cubical contents,
deals at Is, and laths at IS. Loud cheers)This you will
easily perceive, cannot be accomplished without en-.
failing on US a great loss of revenue. AS a matter Of
general concession l can hardly conceive any thing can
be more acceptable or beneficial to manufacturers than
this reduction of the duties upon timber. The total
amount Of the duties thus RENTED will make a deficit on
that head Of revenue not less than &C. 000l a year. There
are two classes of duties-and two more only-upon
which shall propose to effect a considerable reduction,
anu they are duties almost universally admitted to press
severely on our trade, There are certain duties charged
upon the expectation of articles of our own manufacture
amounting to about 100000 per annum. The amount OF
duties thus RENTED will prove to be in the result nearly
about as follows:
Upon woolen goods. ............. 80, 900 l
Upon wooden yarn. .............. 1900
Upon silk $500. Z. . ............ 1900
Upon iron goods ............... 2450O
On other articles. ............... 5000
UDup earthrOW are and glass 9 d0O