Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-12
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TIE TARIEE HILLS.
hen the House adjourned.

".3n0iher and another *u succeeds; ana We t0St %
brger than The former.
Three Tariff bills already occupy the House OF Re-
presentatiyes and fourth has just appeared IN the
Senate Ii comes from the Committee on Manuiac-
lures the members of which are chiefly manufacturers
and having The dish in their own hands, ihry have cut
and carved for themselves in high style In object IL
il the same with all the other tariff bills namely, the
transfer of money! by law, from the pockets OF the peo
ple to The pockets OF the manufacturers but the mode
Of operating is new and bespeaRs talent 10 Inc mooefh
art of legislative depreciation. Cumulative and com
pouud ad vaorem duties assessed on arbitrary sta
tntory valuations, which take q maximum OF double
or ouadrupe the real value OF the best article OF the
class and then make il minimum tor The whole
class Upon this Fictitious valuation, duty generally
of twenty. five per cent is first imposed, win cumo-
ation of 90 per for articles above that class
and further duty uf 10 per centum more II he alcle
is imported in foreign ship, and further duty OF ~
per cent more if the article comes from beyond The
Cape of Good Hope. The following extracts from the
bill will illustrate this statement:
"sec M.scr.errnrs Of eorIoS 'sa &c n'a s
lurd twenty sqIaie ard e"oeh ana stained COT
ton oi and w1ve or ss n more u, a a ey color er
more an shades Of that Color, and not exceeding twenty
seven inches in width eighteen per running yard yard
in length and exceeding thirty nine
inches widh iwentyegh cents per nnnng yards prints Of
more Than one color Generally bckfd fancy prnts moi cr
cernr twenty-srven inches in WIDTH al lwcyr cents per
running ya exceeding twenty seven and mol exceeding h
nine inches widh hiryve cents per unnlnc yard eA-
cerdmg thirty nine width, thirty live cents
ar rorii,d any goods Of The kinds above
The value whereof at the na' Z" cNp"'i wan an ,
rtwcuty rer rt shall exceed forty cent? per Square yard, shat
valued the cost ar value nj the pace &" EXPORT WI" an au
Every housckeeper in Washington knows that the
above valuation Of coons is dorhlr triple, and quad
rupr The yauethat, TO say nothing OF The wholesale
prices in the importing cities, you can 60 to any dry
roods store in Washington city, and purchase from The
retail merchant The articles above mentioned for The one
half or the one third of what they are valued at Thus,
by Giving false valuation TO the article, and by help
of cumulative duties, what is ostensiby duty OF %
per cent be comes, in reality duty oil 6), or lUO or
$50 per mt.
OF Wool shall be ra'ned iioic.,
that i. to sap Mci and uled cloths known by The name q
ra Shall lie valued sky per square yard; known a.
krrsrs wool al be The only material at one dollar
and cents per square yard; all other nled and iue
including ali varieties of cas,nercs, and n broad beaver
piot md felt coatIgs nn all ether cloths not otherwise
specified which wool shall he the only material shall be valued
~ three dollar, per s,sre Prordd, Ta' goods the
kind above cnlmea,ed the cost value ct which al lie place
dirs Der square yard shall be valued the value al The
lace export with addition Of twenty per cent? all cloths
anil roanss o mciair shal &c Vaneu al one uoa anu my
per square yare."
The arbitrary valuation here placed npon woollens IS
enuay outrageous with that upon coons IL IS nnlo
rious that the valuation, in many instances, Will be
double or treble what it ought to be- subsctiag the la
boring person who purchases the cheaper KIND 10 pay
double or treble the which is paid by those who are
able TO purchase the better article.
ed .angtaetrcs If LeathBoots, hootecs shoes and slip
pc Mems pumps Shoes slippers shall he valued al
dollars ner pair boots and tooees q, six dollars per pair
oled pumps or wells a. TWO dollars s per- a or.s as
silk any material mix with sk at ore dollar aud wen
Eve cents re pair all other m Isd t
silk doa and fifty pairs OF all either mat fas and
ehldens shoes Of ell kinds al Ve Gem. PET ap an nI"
partially manufacture d. shall he valued as wholly manufactured
wholly If India rubber nj sixty i've cents per pa
The same remark applies TO all the articles in this
clause Every person that has ever bought shoe
knows that Ibis valuation is false douby false; and
made purpose in order to double the tax on the
foreign article and double the profit to the domestic
manufacturer.
9Th ele,inr-ovcrcoas and short coaks shall be
valued a, fifty cloaks sixty dollars each oct
thirty dollars sas ds Or coats ao 81 j n az weY
dollars each uniform coats, and al coats not otherwise
six, or satin ' and six velvet vests dollars each
all other five dollars each overais paninoons OF
RAILS except silk or materials mixed with silk shall be valued
eighteen dollars per dozen cotton hts made OF plain VII te cot
ton slns dozen; dickics or false bosoms
and cotton Shirts with linen bosoms, Wristbands eighteen
dollars per dosn linen, and all shirts not otherwise specified
thirty dollars per DOZEN shirt collars at three dollars dozen
all other articles of clothing for men, women, or children ma
nufacred in whole or in part shall be valued al double Tue va
which they may be made aud if made of different materials
if made entirely of the costly material in The same"
We appeal to every man, or boy that mas ever
coat cloak waistcoat, shirt, or even "a dirkey,
or 80 false BOSOM" 10 say if these valuations are mol
downright plunderngs Tbirty.six dollars for coat
twelve dollars for rcundnbout-en dollars for over
alls-and this the minimum! So that mechanic OF
laborer who should buy coat at fifteen dollars,
roundabout at three dollars pair Of oyeras attwe
dollars 10 work in, must pay the same tax on it that
the dandy pays his luxurious apparel
"3d COa and fmeCoa, and all preparations thereof
shall he yalned Al eirL dollars sixty per cado
Of bushels; salt forty cents per busbel Of hy
pounds lime al one and seventyhve cents per eask no
exceeding forty gallons 10 capacity"
Forty cents bushel for salt! which salt is proved
by the custonhouse books, to cost as follows Liver