Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-07-26

slmeliv. process. repeated hundred
times II nocesssry, through all classes Of
commanityf
I.etuee examine this 4 little ID detail
The chairmaa expects now TO obtain rom
dulles under The present laws, in l5s2,
only about thirteen millions OF dollars.--
ByWhal magic IS the other thirteen to be
procured from the same sourceg
The Senator from Rhode Island has
a very summary mode of accomplishing
il, by putting twenty per cent on the av.
eraqe amount Of free goods for several
years back, belize the present tariff law
passed, aud Including among them three
years Of the highest importation in our
history. This isa little too sweeping
and loose for body ike this, and for
critical times like these. Why, sir, though
that average was from various causes
swollen to near seveniy-one millions; YET
the actual amount Of free goods in 1919.
was only filly.seven millions Instead Of
seyenty-one; and in lS4l only about fIf-
" four millions Of free goods imported
and retained in the country. But this is
not all. By the present tariff near eigh-
teen millions Of free articles, besides tea
and coffee, and abOu, thirty millions with
them, are still lsf, free. Put then TWEEN
" foui and twenty seven millions, and you
would obtain a nett additional revenue
Oflitils over one fourth what is needed.
II you place twenty per cent. on tea and
coffee also, and leave scarcely any thing
free except specie and articles 10 aid 10
our manufactures, even then not half Q.
nOugh will be procured.
Adopt anoiheF form Of calculation -
The imports, not re--expOrted in 1910,
were about ninety FIVE millions, and in
l64l near one hundred and nine millions.
Now subtract from these only The
ihiTly-milIions at present free, and TWEEN.
typeT cent. on the balance Of sixty-live
or seyenly-nine millions, would yield a
gross revenue Of only about thlneea to
fifteen millions, and nett one Of at least
million and half less. Tax tea and
coffee at alike rate, reducing the free
list to eighteen millions and still the mott
revenue on such an amount Of imports, al
twenty per cent. will be but fourteen and
half millions instead Of twenty six mil.
lions.
The Senate, however, know full we'll
that tax oitweniy per cent, on articles
before free will diminish tho amount oI
them, which can be purchased and con,
snmed; and hence thar these impories
would, with only that tax, have been
smaIlefin both 1910 and i94l. Whai,
than, are they likely TO be In 1912, with
a tax ostweniy per cent. on all before
free, except eighteen milions9 and be
sides this, with cash duties--a bankrupt
syslem-no Slate loans coming home
and an indebted, embarrassed, and other.
wise highly taxed community Ii Is pal
pable that you could get Ten millllns
moro BY a tariff, only on the hypothesis
that under all these uniOward circum.
stances, and with the tariff more lhan
doubled, we should import lawfully and
consume quite as much as needed in
1870, with half OF The whole entirely
iFee--a credit system Of three TO six
months without interesl--no bankrupt
bill-some State loans returning in goods
and a country less embarrassed.
How iTFalionall If tea and coffee
were included rather than take back the
lands, the tariff need not, on that hypo-
thesis, be increased quite so much, Bal
still, itemnst 60 as high as lhiftysix or
thiriy.seyen per cent. to procure nett
revenue toswenly-six millions; aud the
whole imports must also continue to be
as large, But in such an event, The reg
ulaT imports, instead Of keeping up 10
what they we're in 1910, would, under
circumstances so very different, be sup.
piled ia many cases by smuggling. aud
great diminaiiun would also happen in
The whole consumption Of foreign mer.
thandizs, however obtained. SO thal
you probably could not realize twenty-five
instead Of lwenly-six. Yeu
would get protection, grant. You would
IN many cases obtain entire prohibition.
That wUuld suit the Senator on my right
Mr.. Simmonsl and his manufactures. -
BHt will II give you reyenue-- enough
feEenue--iwensy-six millions ofrevenuee
That Is The question. Why, sir, that
senator and his friends desire this very !
Itaio Of things, in order 10 diminish i'm.
'DTts, aud, conse lielily, revenue 10 di,
too. II a higher tariff did moi
ilninish imports but leave them as they
re, OF allow them to augment, lei me ask
lbat use would the increase Of duty be to
he manufacturers?
Away, then, with the isnciful, imprac-
cable idea that you can obtain revenue
aough by tariff 10 equal your wants
ftwenly.six millions, Without adopting
ais amendment, recalling The lands, or :
iihout respgling 70 odiEect lakes and OK.
be.
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