Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-18


ses hrh duties upon tie articles the poor man iah'y
mast nse and linus aeepcns his perplc Miles, wcn his
vocation of patriotism and love. Inc Hcho'd 'd'"'
However d.sregardinr the INJUNCTION 10 increase anu
multiply lives I" himself, ana "',n'" h'Ss'' 800 =,
lar TO dollar aud contributes nOiliing-n"t ceh'r'o
the s,p,or Of that Government by which he Is shelter
ed and protected Is this rghE YET th's Is Tue P'n
ple of incidental protection.
But will give some general illustrations OF ,'e oeuu
,;es of incidental projection in 1910, We imported
Io0 03o ass pounds Of sugar and made III the states
l5 ITO 500 pounds; making, after dedncting o9o"'o@
hounds which re-exported, The grahu lo.ai VI
356 2le ii2 pounds Well, the planters OF Lou
isiana about GOO number, say they must DC ruined
without duty on sugar that upon The article we ouy
from foreigners the incidental politicians say tue
try needs revenue, and will save e 'lo
rum by imposing duty Of =! cents pound ms ouy
mo, Tho onan,iIv imported deducting that reexpott
e5 q;vcs \ revenue or about two millions and a nall
But the planters wanted the duty 10 save "'s"
from ruin The duy is imposed Tor thal oolect' GER
;ainly in part. OF course the planter puts Tue uIy
u,,n his sugar also, which, being y cents upon the
whole onan,,ty of 256 442 pounds OF sugar, gives
the sum Of So l0 As, which is Annually pad io' 'e
Growth Of sugar the L. St@o miiiIoAS anu nan
Of which goes into the Treasury, ana ''e oia"ee ~
the rockets Of the sugar growers Inc ihVestl'''s 80
tho smear business are supposed 10 b. worth ioIy '
lions os dollars, consisting chiefly o!and ana
the plantations were permitted IT, 90 down. we '0
capi,a conlG not exceed ten millions oil u"ilI'" -
mt Main would he the better Poicy, hasiiuch "9 "
will nave IN pay upwards of millions to Keep tiei
uo:nr3 Yes every poor woman IN the country, wneu
she SIPS her coffee, and gives the pap TO her emu
siouid remember thai the sugar win wn'cn oo'H ue
sweeteued IS enhanced 10 her IN price Tor lhe eh'c"
,oent oc the suaar planter and should ever, IN he'
heart at least curse the policy OF incidental po'ec'on
But OF all the outrages tia, legislation ever perpe
traied upon universal want, tina! upon SAL Is c se1
est, Without passing 10 descan; upon y, WI! mere
Is, remark that 10 man and beast 1t rs OF the most
Indlspensa able necessity. As manure e'eh !"
f.r,ze the earth, Of the very highest import
ance 10 meet this universal demand tor SAT-,
more than one.half Of the solid globe IS coSefeu
with an everlasting 6rjnC; IN situations nat eoh'e"'
en 10 this b.iay wave, salt springs are 'o""o '
in many parts of the world i IS cu@ Us iii''e'
raj from the bowels Of the ca.ia i'seif' II "aS '"''
matter of surprise and regret 10 me- 10 near NY "
abIe collenrup MIR Sun.ae:s Gd9ocate the increase
Of the salt duty for the 'eneh oil The Sait
Of tins country, lying IN the mountains o. 'is'",''
remote from the seeboard, and amply p'oeceu ~ '
inland situation Iou all competition IN the supply OF
,he sdiecan, country. regretted II because sa" IN
IL disposition tan the Whole seventeen in,i'ohS VI
ueople for the benefit OF small interest OF lew nun
d-cds OF people in my own STATE already ''os' '"pt
protected bv their iucation content TO supply "e
country that ma; urlliv looks 10 them Tor tins esSehla
aY,clc-an interest tat mos, shameniy Expresses Tue
community in winch il IS located By converting ''e
supply Of sal; into grinding monopoly. NY coeague
shakes his head The gentleman from AentncEy MI
Trnleu1 save the monopoly is broken up. II may be
go and so presume II, ii is SAID but that II o'o eS
ISL is undoubied, and oppressive iorh as c0u'a
have been devised. And THIS article, 50 essential 10
the health and prosperity at manoi such universal
use and necessity and 50 abundan;y supplied by GOD
NV coearue IS wiling by hlgh taxes TO make
monopoly IN the hands III the few producers OF 1t IN
the United States Why, Sir, the duty proposed IS
over leo per cent, being cents on ''e 'usnel % -"
lbs while the ioFcgn hHsie! is ~ ''s'i "s'"s u"'s'
in effect, OF i2i cts
Bat. SIR. we imported, in 1910, ,203 bushels ot
salt, q, cost OF i,oi5i46. We made, according 10
Tn. census az 1870, Gl79l7i bushels. Upon ms
: .. -s,al- usnls -
The duty upon She article imported, OF course, upon
The article made, the increased PTcc Of ii-nakinS
IN TACT, a sum paid by t:e people oi the L. ;, upo;
the article OF salt, that would more than bay every
busel EIaGe 10 te hioH MS - the cohse -
incidental protection
The same illustrations ;nigh. I've eiTen in reference
10 eyery great p9bc want; bu. IT IS needless VII
howe yer, remark thru we imported ana retained ''i
use in 1910 abnu, forty five millions CT goods. DuF
ing the year manufactured articles i'Se t''Se
imported ID about the ainoant "i two huuaftd a''o
twenty five millions. Now, il - ley IN adtl'ional
duty Of % per cert. Gp"a the articles mp lf'cu, u
causes ike increase c pro" un the ke articles mae
ly our mauviac,uge.s, an ;hu~, We pay tiyouF NIL
lioas Il wear to ret n'ac millions .nio the ifeasnry'
This Is Tie grand result Of the doctrine ct tasheh''i
protection. Am net, then, warranted IN my fos'uoH'
that the policy Of protection IS grossly unusual oPP'eS
ave, and uajus;s
WHAT - TO ri pONE roE REVENUE.
SIR this .qcry presents hu, ltie difficulty 1t IS
Known tina; our IN poi: i3 il increased considerably
orrr TIA, OF i y which III. year assumed a. toe ba-
ais Of c.!cuatlon ir the iatrIe.
The imports for i-i0 were :3lu1 ~!
:. 1871 l37.Gl9,lT7
The dn,ies on imports for the G-s; half Of tie pre-
feul year arr knowa 10 exceed those o the cores"
ing halt Of the las; ear, b. two millions o. col
The receipts for tie FIRST half of Tie year I'LL 49,,
were 5G,i3,4lC
THE receipts Tor The frs, half Of tho year ....
1872, were ',J'4,o2'
Increase l,s0i ut
Domestic cyoor,s IN 1870 Sll3 c95, Ga
Foreign exports III l-!o i7'''o'"''
Ev,orls 1920 ,2G(
Domestic EXPORTS n ia Sl06:s-2, -:
forcign exports III Isl! l',4o''"2'
rro,,,s l2i, sol 10:
From ,esa a'es j, IS obvious ouT foreign trade Is
in mos; healthy state. lmportatioas mist nc'Has'
WIKI lacsras, # capacity 10 buy them; especa!iy
as OWING ;ltr chcapnCss the number oil consumer;
mast bc greatly ac'eased; and thus, we may safely
calculate for tie future. thea assume, Sir, that The
from customs, for the present half year, WI
equal what II was fox The !i.s whrca will MAKE u re
Venue for this year, from customs, under The conir.n
act AID !hat Of the extra session, Of 'o
would, Then, impose duty upon tea and coffee, a!i
sum1Y olc. free articles. select tea aud coit'c, es
pecalv because they articles o universal use ah'
SGcd portion o. he pnoiic tax, AZ ieas "ouu NC oo
in nearly Just proportions, by tic whole Aaiercan peo
pie know tins tax is opposed, upon the ground tha
!, would be oppressive to The poor. But those WHO
make tbs occtoa and yet go for high taxes on coarse
cloths SALT sugar, and ifou (aFcies OF mach more re
neral necessity aud use than tea or cotee) pay oat
poor conrlmcn nj u their sincerity Impose tax ufoi
lea and coffee cqna to that OF 1880, and we shou!'
have ample revenue.
Eleven millions three hundred and fiy-iour thou
sand nine hrnd-cd and twenty dollars is The amount o
duty that would have been collected IL 1910, on ihcs
two articles. bad sue, duty been levied. Were suci
duty now lcvied ,erc could bc doubt tu; shout
realize amount OF revenue fully equal 10 the sun
above stated. The result would be
From customs under e,.s,iny laws Sl5,9lo37
and coffee l!,loo,hl
other !:,e goods, say l,eoooo