The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-01-04

duties CONSIST WIN mo pest interests a'lu ,'uu
policy al the country so TO aPporuoh ih"m among
the yrrious species of imports MS to favor our own
manufactures at me same lll"e mat iho revenue u
sell v 0enehtedi ana no iHJuSuGo zone 10 my II
would seem proper 8nu WIsH /" iaJect aT"' 'n'y I>
lis and the la2h % l'Ffcd ana uhHRIufhI UNIFORM
iy.
Tho undcrsisned feels no dimcpIty IA admitting
dat duty Of twenty per cent ad valuTem, assess
ed upon Tic value Oh inpaT'ad articles IN our own
ports, would IN many Instances Ue fale sbillcIeht
~ high FOR the hrueht at the revenue, ana also al
ford reasonable encourage mont To tIoIno producers
OF the saraG articles. rs to those therefore, the
object Of Tho act Of lS33 will be accomplished, II
us provision far hume yaia0lj5n be carriCd ont by
Congress. But ne sun opposes that there are SOW
crGl descriptions Of imported manufacturers and
produce, which would bear n higher duly than
twenty per cent. upou the hrNC value, and thus
Yield a greater rayauua TO the Government, while,
in record 10 some Of them, II viii be found that,
without such Increased du'y, the labor o. large
classes, engaged IN producing similar articles, VIII
bc grcntly depressed nut entirely suPplan'ed,
/ Nothing is moro cs,pnlishod by our experience
and tho experience Of other Caions, than that the
augmentation Of duiIes does not augmon, IN an
equal degree, The Of the article to the consul
I MGR. In many casGr it appears not TO increase
that cost al all Very often the price 10 the con.
sumer ia kept down, Notwithstanding an increase
Of duties purity by the Creator supply Of the home
nr0duciiun aud partly bv the rrducuun OF the price
is tho foreign marker. Il ~ haiovcd, indeed, that
there hive been cosr9 IN which tho joint oPoraton
OF tho two causes has occaS!ohed prices 10 Iaii
lo"er tGun they were before INC increase OIL "utles
WIS 'ald
MS result IN we operation "l tI"ue uhu hus'
ness might READILY DO traced 10 lts cause; ont
'oIi exposition OF 'h3%o causes IN" tS 'n"ue7 %
their operation, would too niue" sweii thi1 report
6"lheo u 10 say 'nnt ""en an auH!Iouh. ou,y 10
Il'd On an aFtc't IN country ~ W,'ch t""t u''i'
Gle - extensively consumed, the burden always
Rails IN phr', ana sometimes, ~ experience nas
shown, altogether, upon the foreign producer inc
foreign producer must sell; and H. IN the place OF
g,
cores MO Advantageous conPsuuon win ms
own by reason OF paying no Dunes ne sun must
ss", .nd for Inc sake " beng "bie l" 40 u, ne
must be content to pear the burden OF Inc du'os
himself The duty borne by the foreign producer
in snch caScs,ls Ike the charge Tor trahsPoftaoh-
-" - GomethloR Whlch Is necessary 10 brlng MN
into maf%ot Of competition Analogous Instances
occur IN domchNc trade. Inc Wheil.groWel or
Indiana, who inCurs heavy expenses IN conveying
his -four 10 an Atlantic port, expects DO higher
prco for it when it arrives there, than IS paid for
-four Of the Same quality to PRODUCERS in the imme
da,e ncghhorhood. The cost Of transportation, |
therefore, docs not operate so much TO raise the !
price at the place Of sale, to diminish il at the
place of production. Now the great law which |
regulates prices bv demand and supply, is sternly
observed In of foreign inpor taiion, in this
instance Of domestic trade Tire undersigned cnu-
not fOrbarG add. that vastly the greater proper
ton Of the agricultural population Of the United
Si"tes is obliged to rely manly upon the home
marksi fS Il sale Of ita products, although largo
mari of those products (Whoa, for insance) is
such "a ,G.n ertay, nVte nsivr - into the C0nsump
,io, ~ ,hn ,rorid hi o,,n,f,v NJ far and In
ii, earn ovnortod from ,i; country is alton her
inco,si,IrahJo i, cn,nr,rison 9Th The quantity
corsnn,eL -, Tho Iorgo r;,;cs ana ,u.nufictnrinr
to,Yns ,,hich hayn ei,he- ontireiv crown Nm nr
aIjnJ I,rorI, m thc;r rnr,,I,,io1 IrJer tho inau
enco or 49, cC (ynnor6ss raised since the ond oil
,Le los, ,yor man dnmestic Labor and Industry
Tba i'm mense inte,chonee or nroduc,s, ali heino
The result Of labor which NOW take Mace between
,b,, n,n5nn, Of e,Ls;s,nnca and Tho InonvIot,on a.
Lay66 n.oH,;n,od shows ,b aJy,ntogn which ore
cnss ia 10 The oibor and the essential imnor,ance
r. hotb of 'rescryira rioIr existing relations IF
tho r,,rsmrn6r1ion Of f,mr and crain N The man
,C,c,ur,,g ds,rjc,s csnacioIv The North and East
dncIio f. ,,a, ev,en, mara 10 nm absoJute loss ~
,ho VIVA, md cor, Grover since tho cnon,i,y ron
e,,,,,d nv tero viii And market no where else
70 soy ,,otIjno. in mi, conmoxion. oCtbe incalcu
bIe io,nortace NJ home market ~ the nroducer
c ,Lo ,reat o,,,ce Of rn,ton and limitinr his re
,ol,, =, h, ,roi,, ro,, ers alone the undersoned
c,,,,, hrt ,orsnadc b,nscIrthof oII will see and
,ro,rrdir ,br ,rnof voInc 20 thot class Of pro
duccrs of the Northern and Eastern market-the
,,i, no,,sidaraiIa market. indeed. ,ybicb is ner
,na,,en,Iv oncn IN thetn mon The face of the
cntlh
cn !ona as the ooncv Of other countries shall
cnp,iruc To rvrIude INC rroducs of our agriculture
rom iI,,ir no,Is. and ,bus deny 10 us the odvan.