Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1833-1844, 1842-08-20

cents the square yard, equal
TO l-9 cents the running
yard, and equal to So per cent
I'D yalorem on the invoice, 800 33 ll-ls
Six pounds Of rope, at cents
per pound, and about equal TO
100 per cent I'D yalorem, 90 SO
Quarter pound Of Irvine, at cts.
duty per pound, and about
equal TO 80 OF 40 per cent ad
Valorem 90 Oh IL
Cot per bag, 800 II l-9
Two millions Of bags, at II 10 cents per bag,
is equal to 81, 422,222
The gross value of the crop, estimated at l-2
cents per pound; would be 100000, 900.
/ And the additional cost 10 consequences oft
duty on the three articles, would be equal to 2 lis
per cent; that is, 2 1-3 bags on the hundred, or
! bag on 81; and $4,000 bags in the crop and,
estimating the number OF factories for bagging, at
tweny-four in The United States, il would be
equal to 297l TO each. The reduction Of the
duty TO 3 IL cents per yaId would reduce the
cost on the crop to about Sl,2OO,OOO.
Mr.. G. explained infinitely, and at some length,
the foregoing estimates, and showed the enor-
nous imp5silion this one duty ofproteciion would
throw upon the South, FOR the mste benefit Of
Itu,o
Mr.. Walker hoped the Senate would indulge
him with a few remarks on this subject, as his
State was more deeply interested than any other
iu the Union. According TO the census returns
of lS4O, that State produced 100000 bales Of
cotton in single year, and she was the principal
purchaser OF the cotton bagging Of Kentucky,
And tho Senator would have daty placed upon.
that article, Of FIVE cents yard and at the same
-. 4 ~. NOD ~
penny yard II this be so. what was the duty,
he askedl Ii was a duty which must be absOs
luiely prohibitory-a duty equal 10 $50 per cent
Ia duty which the Prime Minister Of England
would not dare TO ask, in the state Of public
opinion which now prevailed.
The Senator (iom Kentucky desie ed TO make
that State, then, which was the chief producer Of
the great article Of export which formed the pros
periIy ofths county, as regards her foreign com
merceLthat State which was the chief consumer
Of the produce Of Kenlucky--bear the burden Of
paying this enormous duty. II Kentucky had
moi The market which is furnished her by Mississ
sippi and Louisiana. for her surplus products,
her corn, her pork, her horses, her mules,-
Kentucky would find herself infinitely more dis
Iressed than any State in the Union. Aud yet
The Senator from Kentucky desired that those
States in the valley of the Mississippi should be
burdened with this enormous tax, aud why
Because the article is made in Bengal and,
therefore,, we must be faxed $50 per cent for
the purchase of he article here. II this were 10
be the principle acted on, why did they not lay
duty Of $50 per cent on every sort Of foreign pro-
ducls7 Which is The most important article,
hemp or cotton There is no sort Of cons
parison-ihs difference was something like
twenty 10 one. Il was Inc great article Of exa
4 port-lhe cotton Of The valley Of the Mississippi
which enabled This country to import foreign
articles so extensively as she did and without
this, where would be The revenue from customs Z
Strike off the 100000 bales Of cotton which
were annually exported, and what would become
Of your revenuel Of what advantage, then,
would it be to levy this prodigious taxi Why
4 for the benefit of The tweniy-ihree manufacturers
\ of the article of cotton bagging in Kentucky.
( You are, then, to prohibit the introduction Of
gunny bagging--for he thought no Senator would
deny that the duty would amount to prohibition
Ito throw that article altogether out Of the mar
4 kel, and give it up 10 the lweniy-hree manuiRc-
turers Of the article Of cotton baggIng in Ken
lucky. Kentucky had not been, in times past,
so just aud so generous as that they should now
be induced to make SO great sacrifice OIL her
accounts or, rather, on account Of the twenty
three manufacturers who, by combination could
easily raise the price, Gas had been done in other
cases, in the course OF only ten days,) one.ihird
or one-hali---oT even to double its value.
He would tell The Senator what bad already
been the result Of one of these Ubiquitous combi-
nations About two years ago one Of the largest
planters tkIr. Joseph Dunbar came TO The con-
cIuson, after the formation Of one Of those cOm>
binaIions. 10 Try iron hopping; and now nearly
the whole crop Of The valley Of the Mississippi
had been put IN with iron hoping instead Of Hens
lucky rope. Il was 10 him amazing that gentle