The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-09-30


els Of the farmer, with duties Of thirty per cent?
Just look at il again-they protect the farmer with
FIVE per cent on his wool, and then tax him thirty
per cent in another section OH tho tools that no
uses.
], may be well to see how some other interests
fare, under this LORDS act" What has been
done for The common niecmncs-ihose honest, in
dusrious, hard working men. who were coaxed,
many of them, into the "home league" associa-
tons The cabinet makers. for example. used
formerly to import their raw material, the mahog-
any, duty free, just as the cloth manufacturers now
impor, their dye stuFs duty free.-or mahogany
inerreres with no rival article raised in this coun-
Try. But how is it now, under The new TARIFF
Fifteen per cent duty is imposed on it, which 10
the same thing deducting fifteen per cent. from
the protection of the manufactured cabine, wares.
Tho " lords Of The loom" are allowed 10 import
their raw material. common wool, at fire per cent,
though it interferes directly with the rival arlicls
raised by our larmeB-bnt lhe poor cabinet ma.
kers are taxed three times as much IN their raw
material, though it interferes with no rival article
'aiscd here Why should no, the cabinet maker
be allowed to import his mahogany duty free, as
he did formerly, as well as the cloth manufacturer
to mpor, lis dye woods and dye s,uGs free. as he
now does'
We heard much about French boots" before
the tariff was formed But instead of putting up
the duties to the old notch Of 81, 5Oa pair on i'm.
ported boots, this act has placed them n, Sl,2o
only; and what is worse, INV hides. thu, have
been always admitted duty free hitherto, to en-
courage our leather dealers and mechanics, arc
now for the first time subjected to duty. The
price of the raw material Of which boots and shoes
are made is thus enhanced, and the protection on
the manufactured article reduccd--hus cutting in
on both sides of The cordwainers. 1t canno, be
said that this new duty on raw hides is to promote
the growth Of hides for we do not raise cat.
tie here for their hides, they do in South Amer
lea, from whence we import them
We will now turn TO another and most impor.
branch Of American manufactures, and SEQ how il
fares in the hands Of the Lo 'ds Of the loom" we
refer to the manufacture of ships, And here il 10
astonishing to see how every thing that enters into
tho cos, of ship building, and rigging, is loaded
r down by eSorbitant duties We have already
seen that the "loIds Of the loom" have so conlriv-
ed MS 10 get all their raw materials either duty free
or at the very lowest rate Of duties Ave per cent,
But how have they treated the shipping interest,"
an interest that goes far beyond them in capital.
persons employed, and national Importance On
hemp used for cordasc, we have duties Of twenty
five dollars tom inrred cables, FIVE cents the h.;
un'arrcd cordrge, four and haf'm, the h.. m.
chors, TWO and halfcI the pound; chain cables.
four cts the pound ;sa duck, seven cts tho square
yard; sail cloth, twenty five per cent iron spikes,
three cents The pound. In shor, there Is not an
article tina, goes into the construction of shin or
her rigging, that is not bu-dened by duties. II
will not do to tell US lhn, these burdens are put
upon the articles used in ship building for the pur-
pose Of encouraging American ma,erias--ior the
"l.ords Of the Loom do not act out that theory
where the materials used By them in their mann.
features are concerned. Ifn i, imporlun, for the
cloth maker to have the materials used in making
his goods, duty free, or mex, to free--s it no, Of
as much importance to the ship builder, the cabi.
net maker, and the cordwaincr'--.Ntp Huren
Register.