Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-07-27
From the Ginhe.

From the Gio6es
Tar on Cotton Bagginge--The bill
now in progress before the House contains
a tax on coiton-baseing Of I've cents the
square yard. Under lhs Bill i'of 1882, II
was ihrsc aud half cents ti,s yarl. And
Mr.. Davis Of Kenturky admitted, in his
remarks. tha, The manufacturer had -four
ishcd under this duty. and iiias ,he manu-
facture had trip!ed in the last few years.
The chairman Of the committee (alr.
Fillmore) stated that this duty OF Eve cents
The square yard was Only ai,ous6 per cent.
ad vaIorem. This shows n total ignorance
Of The subject. The article ifo:R Inverness
or Dundee costs fror, leu TO ihifeen cents.
But the duty is Ave cents The square yard,
aud the article is from fortyr1wp TO forty
four inches wide. Nov, ii.irigTsix inches
square is The square yarr! ana this leaves
from six 10 eight inches By thirty six In
ches on every running yard, iD be taxed
over the ten or thirteen ceuss tic running
yard. which is the cosi Of. ihe article.
Then, ins,rad ofheing 25peHreui. ad va
lorcm. If tic article cost ,eneenis. IL is Ave
cents on the ihirty-siy inches square. be-
sides the six by thiry-six, which would
also make very nearly one rchl additional
tax III the running yard-that Is. forty-iwo.
10 forty-lour inches wide. ItE0ald then,
in fact. be very near six ceats oiiihe run
ming yard. And If The aFticie cost Zen
cents. i, would be 60 per centsad ya!orem;
and If il cost thirteen cents. il WOULD be
little over 46 per cent. This. then, is the
tax iu reality imposed upon the single ar
,iclc of cotton bag gsing. This differs. in one
respect, from my other article upon which
YOU impose taxes. II is consumed, cxciu-
sively. by the cot,on.plantcr. The argu-
mcut as TO other things is, that they are
consumed generally by the whole commit.
aity; and thus caualize lhemselves by all
bearing them alike, according 10 their con-
sumption. Blu, here is an article ofprime
necessity TO one class. alone in the coInmu-
ni,v, upon which tax is imposed Of The
highest rate, under the bold and Ignorant
assertion thar i, is below the general duties
imposed upon other articles for revenue. II
takes with la-ge hales Of cotton six y Yards,
und with small five 10 FIVE and bali yards
per hale. Now, with the TAX at six cents
the running yard, (as we have shown, il
amounts to lhirty-siz cents per bale; and
every planter who raises 100 bales, thus
pays S36 Us tax TO Kentucky 10 prepare
his cotton f,r sl,inment, and il direct tax
upon exports. We have nbt calculated
The tax upon the rope also. But suppose
that the cotton crop amounts 10 2,GO0GUu
bags, the tax on cotton baggirg would
amour, TO S720.000. Does any one sup
pose this kind Of minus, and reckless iegis-
la,ion is to last? II so, he is mistaken; To-:
when The majority in Congress is changed.
land changedit will be- the firs,Ihins will
he 10 move upon such objects as are clear
ly unequal aud unjust, and upon which an
unfair tax has been levied by the leaders of
monopoly. The consequence Of this un.
fair move in the Kentucky delegation. TO
secure enormous profits TO those few who
have control over the cotton.bugging mar
ket, will he TO cndaBeer fnaily their sta
biliiy and permanent prosperity. The ar
gument Of Mr.. Davis was, To protect their
labor against the cheap lahor Of Asia, en-
SdRcu iu iutiHS"iuS SuCap uIiSio 'o' 80
ton baggiug. &c. And yet $50 bear Il said
that Asiu,ic cotton is destined 20 destroy
American cot,ou-planters by its cheap
ness. Now. we submit If the gentlemen
who make this crv ought noi also TO have
some regard for American labor engaged
in rnising cotton, as well as that engaged
in cotton begging; and yei they impose
additional taxes upon the producer OF the
raw material for the exclusive benefit of
! their labor. in utter disregard of the right
and interests Of those from whom they re-
ceve the greatest benefit. Ifihese things
are persisted in, il will drive the cotton
plauer TO use his own cotton for bagsing.
and to raise his own supplies entirely;
aud then The Kentucky moropolisers of
cotton baeging will be indebted to the er-
alted sristtom and sound doctrine of their
presen, Representatives for having killed
the goose for the golden egg.
Common CGrriss.--The case Of Peck