Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-20
TIT PROSPECT or Rr-srNsss.

! THE PROSPECT OF BUSINESS.
We spoke the other day Of The revival OF business
There is kind OF business, which, under the new
law ayinu heavy taxes goods brought into the
iry will probably be revived with great activity, W.
mean the business of the smuggler and the defraude
of the revenue High duties bounty SNUG
Cling; high duties are premium offered TO The mos
dexterous in cheating the Custom house. The ldv
which laws duty OF hundred per cent. on arIic
impor,ed is proclamation that whoever introduce
the goods without passing through the Custom huuse
or can pass them by trick, or by corrupns the Gus
house officers shall be entitled to reward equa
to the value Of the goods themselves.
So liberal offer will be sure to invite acventnrers
The world of trade is fasiidious is not prudsh
it's morality; not more than half Of it is composed .
men as virtuous as Cato, and rigidy just Artist
des there is far proportion of men who are ready Il
Weld to reasonable temptation, say a hundred pc
cent on their goods, in cases where detection il
not easy. even less The case Of imported jewels
prove this This kind of goods, owing TO the grea
dsproportion between their bulk and their value, hal
been struggled into the country all along, with thu
greatest regularity, 10 any extent which the market re
CURED and with the most perfect security from deec
ton Congress was about 10 lay duty Of twenty pc
cent. upon jcwelry, upon which il was shown that j
thew did not dollar of revenue would be derived rou
It, What course did Congress take after this' Com
promised with the smugger, came down TO his terms
IF will enter the goods said Congress TO the Ill
legal trader-f you will be kind enough to enter The
goods and pay the duties, will content ourselves
with the very low mpost of seven per cent Thus, IL
regard ewelry, the smuggers carried the day, ant
fixed the rate of taxation In regard to most other
tcles of merchandise, the mutual understanding be
tween the parties seems 10 be- that if the trader car
outwt the Government, he shall be well paid for it.
There is silk, for example, upon which enormous
duty is laid, duty Of two dollars and half every
pound Silk is compact article, and of easy convey
ance, and will doubtless be struggled in large quaint
lies Our vast Northern frontier and our long and in
some places almost, solitary coast afford the most
tempting opportunities, and travelling, trafcking
schemng population, furnishes the very class to take
advantage of them. Every kind of goods which the
duties high in proportion TO the bulk will be brought
into the country without paying duties. We have nc
svr. Of doubt that preparations are made at this
ment by men wanting other employment, fond OF ad
venture and not scrupulous obeyng the laws To OBJ
tain the premium on smuggling, so literally Offered
by our Government.
But the smuggler is a man of honor, compared will
another class who avoid the payment of the legal du
lies by false invoices, false oaths, false SAMPLES pre-
sents 10 custom house officers, and thousand Other
shifts, more less immoral.-The higher the duties
the greater the temptation to these Pactces Tor The
more is gained by them. The life OF collector OF The
customs is life OF constant vigilance against the arts
of these men Al almost every step he takes, he en-
counters some device to pass goods through The Gus
tom house. at lower rate Of duties than that prescribed
by law. The ingenuity Of trade is Infinite IN oontr
wing methods OF evasion against the emotions oil the
customs IF the collector appeals TO the tribunals, The
feeling of the iures and often of the courts is against
him-he administers hard law, and finds few who are
disposed to construe it US rIgdly as himself 1t he
wishes be popular, he must exercise his functions
very ndugcntly and often wink at actions, which his
duty would compel him 10 visit, with all the severity OF
the law.
The new Tariff the seeds of these practices oil
over our commerce. II holds out to unprincpled men
the strongest inducements 10 resort to them Under
mder Tariff of duties when there was less money to
be made by them, they were frequent enough under
the present law shall expect TO see them multiply
teDfod.-.N. Y. Framing Post
THE NEW TARIFF Several facts Of interest are
already noticed arising from the present Tariff
Many kinds Of goods, coltons, bandies, salt, sugar
md others, have advanced in price very materially =
Large speculations in spirits have been made, and Q
holder OF large stocks Of these goods, in Boston, IL
said to have realized profit of twenty thousand dollars
strong i. S. Bank and Tariff newspaper says, "these
demonstrations are truly envenlng; alter the length
of time thick cloud has hung over every enterprise
Now what has happened to produce such lively JOY
in the Clay party They are reJoiced ihat goods nave
advanced in price, that their gnns may be increased a
the expense of the OF those goods But who
ire those consumers, and what influence of the tariff
will make them more able to pay for them
The farmers aud planters Of The country are the grea
consumers, and the products of their industry DC
not rise in price, from the operation Of The Tariff The
law therefore takes unjus,ly portion of their hare
earnings and puts it into the pockets of wealthy mer
chants The planters the South have never doubted
that this would be the result, and their representa-
tives have, with great unanmity, opposed the new
Tariff The farmers of the Middle and Western
States have thought that such law would cause
rise in the pork, lard, four and beef raised by them
selves and we sorry TO say, gave their infu
ence 10 carry this obnoxious measure. But in spite
Of the promises Of their leaders and the predictions
the political economists the Tariff is no sooner set II
operation than decided fall takes place in -four, and
perfect stagna,ion in ell their products, while in cotton
there is q decided rise and faer prospects, The polltl
cinns and the political economists are all disappointed
Now it easy TO prove that neither the fall ct Hour
rise in has been brought about BY the Tariff bu
we prefer that our readers should think some for them
selves The rise in the prices of the commodities they
purchase, is evden-let them try TO find out how the,
are benefited The planter will have TO study ii
long time before The discovery is made.
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