Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-02-11

ton Of the white population in the Southern States
VINO are poor, than will be found in the Northern
Siates The Operatives OF n cotton mil consume ar
tcies paying ten times much duty as the same
number OF Southern slaves. 1t IS IDLE, then, and
worse than ide, to pretend tina, the South is more
heavily taxed than the North. The truth is the very
reverse OF this. From the character and ha us Q.
our population the Burdens Of taxation must fal.
| more heavily upon the North
t, perhaps, it may be said that the free articles
those which are used IN manufactures are C nsumeh
at the Worth more than at the South. This may be
true. It some Of these free artices-~ooii below
cents for exaInple-and some o. the coarse iahrcs
are made free nearly So for the express beneh' ot
our Southern friends. tive have official documents
which will d.ri this question y communication
from the Treasury apartment submitted 10 the 2Gth
Congress gnlnG detailed count Of the impor's-
uous into the several states, from the year 1921 t.
1889, shows that the ~ rage rate per cent actuair
pad on the Whole amount Of importation, including
,:e roe as well IS the du; ale articles amounted III
tla1,lchusetts to 81 per CEN. an in Scum Care
mn 10 only y per cent, making dlicrcncc Oh ~
: per cent Il Favor If South Carolina. And sui II IL
epressntod that the South bears the greater part d
the baFdens Of the Government
The North even ms compared with the West, are
! taxed the more heavily by inpost tics. This is NJ
subject of COMP lint by Northern men ltariscs, nol
from any defeat IN our laws but ont Of the nature c!
| lie case. Ia all new countries the lnhn'Inats &C.
pend more upon their prolGcts for food, and arc
css exttavagant in their dress than in older settle
mens. We, upon the seaboard, have mora iempta
tons 10 luxury and extravarance IN dressing our per
sjns, and furnishing cur houses, than cur brethren
e in the Western wilderness.
. We have been told upon This floor that discrim-
mating tariff tax upon Southern t1bor, to in
- crease Northern capital. The contest, gentlemen
- tell us, is between Northern capital and Southern
: labor! Mr.. Speaker wish 10 nssal no part OF th'
- country; but, sir, am compelled 10 say that the
tai against Northern labor. The North has frequent,
i Is been tainted as being rich and gras ing Gentle
" mea have pointed % our maniac unng villages as
: evidence tia, lat-nug upon the labor OF what
~ they denoulna'o the great producing States. "a,
=, Why do gentlemen point to o Manufacturing Ti's
ia, ntIphq y~,in
, Ills and compare cultivated field, with their ex-
&c haustel soil ana hat cultivated pIonalons, and ask
r. themselves ether they cannot account for this dlf-
H. ference by or habits II industry and the character
~, Of the labor VIC employ.
Nor i=it that our manufactures are carried or
he owned by the wealthy TO the extent that gentle
ar men would represent. Many Of cotton and WOO:
or len mills are owned and operated Ivy of small
n. capial-lhe lablres in the mills owning portion Oh
e. the property. Many species OF manufacture prose-
,r. cutei in Massachusetts tand ! speak OF my own
state only because eau speak Of her more under
re standin.v than of any olhe require but very Tito
i've capital We Manufacture boots and shoes 10 tho
I'd amount Of SIS 5000 900 annually. This large sum -
-ar 10 great the product Of labor The CONVEX
nj sion Of rag hide mo shoes produced by human
NO toll! The m7nuflctgfc of furniture and chars
zee anoon's to sl302O50 annually, and labor i Tho
~ principal ingreden, IN tbs product. The is
M lr ofhn'- which man laclared to the amount
he oiabout 100000 per year The annual product OF
he this begins and Ids labor, and labor too mostly
RE- performed ywomen and chilren. By the official sta
on stcs Of Massachusetts it will he seen that there arc
Ia produced annually OF these little articles these house
nh odd manufactures -->uc straw and pan-lcaf ITS
ich and bonn-rs-a very large amount In some towns,
no. where such articles manufactured, the amount IN
on dollars Ten times the Of the population OF
o the town and ia some few cases twice that amount
The that is town Of 1000 Inhabitants VII produce
,rrr Of straw pan-l,ai and articles Of this character
d $4,000 and in cases, $4,000 though, in the
will latter case ppr Of the article, partly manufac
and urei was obaine IN the adjacent towns hess
NJ ard are produced r0cpay by the women and child