Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-04-12


on the $1,000 which the coffee
cost them al the rate Of thirty
three and One.lhird Fer cent.
which is less than the average
profit on merchandise, and
which 10 this instance amounts
TO 4OC
These four items added tOgeth
or, show the final aggregate cost
Of the coffee to the farmes, TO be
as before stated 81 l,67:
In the next place what is the one sixth
part Of this sggregate-the part which th'
farmer pays solely in consequence Ofthi'
tariff dutyH
The answer S27s Ct
And lastly, where does this sixth par
60, and 10 what proportions TO those tha
receive its The answer is, into the pub
lic Treasury IN part, and in part into the
pockets of Government OthceFs, and the
other part into the hands of the merchants
And this it does in the following pIOpor'
IiOns:
First. The public Treasury re.
ceiYes $lSO OO
Second. The Government officers
and agents land here it is TO be
remembered that there are, Of
three officers and agents, no
less than between three and
four hundred in, and connected
with, the single custOm-house at
the city of New YOrk) get, for
and in the process of collecting
this duty, as is shown by official
estimates hitherto made, upon
an average, 10 per cent. on the
gross sum Of revenue collected
and which, on this gross sum Of
5000 pSid, as duty on the cOf-
Zee, e,amounts TO 70 O9
Third. The importing and retail
merchants receive, in interest
and profit, out of the two hum
dred and seventy eight dollars
and sixty-six cents, all the bal.
lance, which is 7S 90
The two last named sums receiV-
ed by the Government officers
and the merchants, amount, to.
gether, to 9s sc
Aud thus, sir it is manifest, that the
government in order TO get $lSO of net
revenue into the Treasury, has, by this
tariff duty on the coffee, 10 impose upon
the farmer a tax of $27s SO, Of which
$9S 60 cents isa dead loss TO him, with
out an equivalent or an excuse.
IF then il be true, as have certainly
proven it to be-if, in order to get 1SO
dollars Of nett revenue into the treasury
the Government has to impose, BY tariff
duties, tax oftwo hundred and seventy
eight dollars and sixty-six cents upon
the people, what amount Of tax will it
have each year to impose by tari q duties,
in OrdertO get into the Treasury the
three millions Of nett revenue to supply
the place of the three millions annually
TO this important question the answer
is, four millions six hundred and forty
four thousand three hundred and
thirty three dollars and thirty three
cents, and a fraction. This is
question of figures, about which there
cannot be two opinions; and as the Pso.
pie Of America are generally pretty we'll
skilled in arithmetic, almost every one
can test the truth of the answer for him
self.
The same process of calculation which
/ have applied TO the cost Of the above
sum of four millions six hundred and for
ty -four thousand three hundred and thirty
three dollars and thirty-three cents, there
First-lnto the Treasury, as nett revenue
$S,0O0,0OO 90
Second TO the officers and
agents Of Government, as
their compensation for col
lection. SUO,OOO W
Third-To the importing
and retail merchants for
their interest and profits l ,s45,SSS SS
The two sums last named be-
ing added together, will -.
show an aggregate Of l,644,sSS 90
every dollar Of which is a tax thus Palo
bv t6e people, 10 form oftarif duties. not
into the public Treasury, but nto tne
pockets Of Government officers and mer'
chants. and il Of course dead loss to the
people.
DeoDle are to bare this loss every year in
he process of collecting into the treasu-
~ he three millions Of nett revenue, to
Axe the place ofthst sum distributed
Rnt this loss. great as it is, is moi all-for
from experience in the case Of the sur
olus revenue, it was shown that the pro-
less Of distributing money from the ma
iOnal to the State treasures, costs in the 4
.harges ofpublic officers, and agents, a. 4