The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-05-12


These facts Ihave stated as briefly and as plainly as
could n this form. Bat they facts of such vital
importance TO the people and il is my desire that they
should he fully understood by every citizen, will,wih
view of making them yet pore plain, restate them in
another form ia the form Of account between the
people and the GovernInent--as thus:
First. To nett revenue paid into rhe treasury
to supply tile place of that distributed 100000 90
Second. To amount paid to Government officers
and agents for collecting the above revenue 100000 90
Third-tO interest and profits paid TO merchants
in the process of collecting the above 134433333
FOurth-to amount paid public officers and a
gents for and in the process Of distributing 3,
100000, to the States and which Is 10 be
subtracted from that sum 10000
Total D4,7s4sss 80
The people to the Government, Or 70 money
distributed from the public tTeasuryto Tie
States for the use of the people z,85O,OOO
Accounts balanced by subtracting the last 'r
from the preceding sum. Result 1,ss4,sss SO
Here then is the great aggregate loss which the peo-
pie must sustain in this operation, and for which nei.
ther they their government get dollar in return
For it is to be remembered that by the act of disrbu
lion the hand and that of taxation the other,
to replace the sum distributed the public treasury is to
be leh with exactly the same amount of money in it
which it would have contained had neither the dstri-
button been made nor the tax or duty imposed.
Again sir, it will be OBJ erved that in estimating the
loss sustained by the people in consequence ofthS tar
IF duty, have selected The object ofthat duty an
tcle (coffee) which does not come in competition in
the market with any like article produced by Ame lean
soil or labor. But sir by taking as the object of the
duty an article which does come in competition
with own manufactures, the loss TO the great body
of the people will as shall show be yet greater by
far.
To make this plain, will take single article, as
before. will suppose farmer TO buy for his own
yards of broad cloth a year ofthe same quality and
Tho ItxIIun of nrino t0 ho
this time five dollars per yad,he six yards costing him
therefore 30 dollars will suppose yard of this
cloth to be Of foreign manufacture, imported into this
country and the other five 10 be manufactured in the
United states. | will suppose that the Government,
III order to raise revenue imposes, for tho future tariff
duty of one dollar on yard offoregn cloth, which
dollar entering into and making sixth part Of
the price of that yard Of clohmakes that price ocourse
six dollars.
Now sir one of these two things must certainly happen
either this yard of cloth will sell, at this increased
price Of six dollars because the necessities of the far
will compel him to buy il, or it will not sell, be-
the farmer cannot afford 10 buy it. fit will not
sell at this increased price, then is maoest that the
Government will not get this additional dollar of tariff
Duty and therefore get revenue. But ifthis yard of
cloth will sell at six dollars will The other five yards
being fthe same quality sell at six dollars per yard,
for the same reason; and for the samo reason, too the
American manufacturer of the FIVE yards will ask six
dollars per yard for it and the farmer has to pay that
for lat is say The farmer will have to give for the
six YARDS instead of thirty dollars as before the tariff
duty was imposed thry.sx dollars, together with tho
merchants interest nd profit upon the six dollars which
has been by the operation of this tariff duty addedto the
cost of the cloth to him before he sells II tc the farmer.
This interest and profit amounts together. as have
shown in the of the coffee, toat least hirtyhine
and third per cent? the interest being six aud the
profit hirly.tbree and third per cent And these adj
deG 10 the six dollars will make eight dollars and thirty
eiv tho mr. tho farnpr is pomnpllpd
for the six yards of cloth and above what he did
nay for the quality and quantity of cloth, before
the tax or duty imposed. OF this eight dollars and
thirty six cents, the Government gets but the oLe dollar
which it imposed as duty on The yard OF foreign and
out of that dollar, shown in the of the co
ee ten cents goes its officers and agents for collection
leaving in the Treasury hut ninety cents retl reven
ue. lthen, to gel ninety cents ofne revenue the Gov
eminent has 10 impose burdens on the people 10 the
amount of eight dollars and hirv.sx cents, what bur>
dens must it impose 10 get three millions Of nett rev.
nuel
Upon this particular point will say nothing more,
than to read extrvct from of tho money arti.
tices of the New York Herald But | cannot do this
without remarking in justice to the author ofthose ar
tces that for year or two past they have, in the gen
era displayed very uncommon industry and ability
and greatly aided in dspacing and exposing the
frauds and corruption with which the country has been
so long afflicted, through it's corporations, its currency
is stockholders and paper mongers.
The article proceeds
'.The are in the United States, 5000, 900 of active
people employed in the different pursuits, according to
The late census Of these 10 cent? or 500 600, are
empoyed in manufactures of all descriptions. These
people wont Inc remaining A, 100000 to pay addition.
al taxes for their exclusive bene6Or in other words,
they wish to compel them to buy only of the manu-
acures in this country BY turning to the census ia.
bic. we get the value Of all the goods manufactured
in the United States. To them we have added the val"
ue of the same articles imported in the same year,
forming the following table;
Manufactures of the United States and imports Of nGn'
qfacturcd gOads in 1889 and 40
Manufactures Imports.
Wollen. 500, 1863, ,999 sc, 1872 BAG
Cotton. 46, $50, ,453 6504, ,4e4
Sill 1884 1901 ,75O
Flox 322, POS 435, ,343
M;,od 6535, 500 1901 200
49, 58l9656 1863. 1893