Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-03-25

or internal tlxcs. Who has The temeri
~ TO meet The waves of popular indgna'
: ton which will ffJw round and bury
, him, whoever he may be, that should
I pr'P)se, in time of peace, 10 raise a rev.
enue by direct taxation? YET this is the
only resource 10 fv 10, save the proceeds
. of The public lands on which shall
, speak presently, and which | can satisfy
any man is not to be though of, You are
: therefore, to draw this amount or26 mil
lions from the 81 millions ot dutable ar
ticIes imported; and, to reach that sum,
at what rate per cent must you GOT
} shall here say nothing, or but word
} or two, on the subject of home valuation
{ "a sutjecl which friend has care Of
J. (Mr. SINMoNs,) than whom none is more
competent to its full eIucidatron, He
: thinks, as understand, that there can be
devised satisfactory system of such
valuation, and heartily wish him sue.
cess in the attempt. will only say
} that in my opinion, if we raise bu ton
millions, without any reference whatev.
er 10 protection, without reference to
any thing but to mere honesty, however
small the amount may be, we should our
selves assess The value Of goods on which
we lay the duty, and not leave that val.
ue to be fixed by foreigners. AS things
now stand, we lay the duty, but foreign
ers fix the value oc goods. Give me
bul the power of fixing the value Of the
goods, and ! caro- little, in comparison,
what may be the rate Of duty you impose
IL is evident that on the ad vaIorem
principle it is the foreigner who virtually
fixes the actual amount oil the duty paid.
II is the lorelgner who, by fixing that
value. virtually legisl lies for US; aud
that in a case whore his interest is dI.
recty opposed 10 that Of our revenue -
say therefore, that independent Of all
: considerations Of projection, independent
Of all ends or motives but the preventing
Of those infamous frauds which have
been the disgrace Of our custom house -
frauds in which the foreigner, with his
double and triple and quadrupe invoices
ready to be produced as circumstances
may require, fixes the value Of the mel,
chaudlz1 taxed-every consideration Of
= national dignity, Justice g. cpendence
demands the substitution o home vaIua
ton in the place OF foreign. What effect
, such change may have IN the augmen,
I' talion OF the revenue am not prepared
u to say, because | do no; know the amount
- | think the rnte may be be get down from
twenty 10 twenty five per cent, in addi
) tion to the foreign vaIuo OF imports.
DO not speak with great confidence. II
= the rate is twenty five per cent. then l.
would add only five per cent. TO the rate
of twenty per cent established by the
: compromise act. Of course, il the home
. be substituted for the foreign valuation
: The augmentation Of duties beyond wen
. ty per cent. will be less than home vau.
- alton, whatever it may be. WIthou
II however, entering into the quesnon o
:, home valuation, and leaving that subIec
-" To be arranged hereafter, sholl treat the
, subject as if the pressnt system Of for
y sign valuation is to continue.
" | then return to tho inquiry, on NJ
y importation amounting to nInrly-onC
, millions, how mu"h duty must be lnpOs
" ed in order to raise nett revenue o
=, twenty.six miIionsH The question doe
q; not admit of perfect accuracy, The utmos
= that can be reached is a reasonable ap-
, Proclamation, Suppose every one OF lh'
- imported articles to be subject to dutl
of thirty per cent then the gross reve
- nue will amount 10 81 10000, Dcduc
" - ting the expenses Of collection, whcI
,r may be stated at | 100000, will give
:. 25 zoe, 900, or three hundred lhousnn,
"a dollars less than the proposed amount q
!. twenty six millions.
n But might as well take this oPporu
. nifty to explain a subject which ls no
\. we'll understood. 1t has been supp SCI
10 when | propose to fix rate Of ud va'or
/ EN- duty as the maximum to be allowed
90 that my meaning is that all articles, o
every description, are TO be carried u
ia to that point, aud fixed OF that rate, a
4 on q sort Of bed Of Procrusles Bot iha
g is not my idea. No doubt certain ant
B.. Giles ought to 90 up to the maximum
n | mean those OF prime necessity belong
n inc to the class of protected articles -
an There are others, such as lewrlry on
Il. watches, and some others oil snail bul
in and great comparative value, and Their
is fore easily smuggled, and presenting
Of great temptation to the evasion OF dnI
of which ought to bo subjected to a lie
no rate. There should therefore, be dl
~ elimination aloWcd under the maXlmu
r.. rate according TO the e%lgency OF Il
an respective circumstances OF each parll
il uur interest concerned Snce it "
49, require a duty Of thirty per cent. on
% articles to give the amount OF twenty ii
x. million seven hundred thousand dolIal
nv and since some Of them will not bear
90 high duty usthirly per cent II tolIo'
ch that less than that rate will certainly 4