Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-10-17
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2 Loosing glass, in nhich The People may the
ner they are feeced By Mr. Ciay's Protective 1arU
We make some extracts from a compilation of the
ate Tariff, under the above title IN the Springfield
Illinois, Messenger winch We have verheo oy tue ON
cal document in the list No. of the Merchants Ma
pazine Promising that in England, winch has hereto
fore been considered the most over,axed country IN the
world the average OF the revenue Iar'ii is under ~
per cent, and the duties, which are intended TO De pro
hibtory, never exceed 33 3 per centum. Our Tariff
reaches The enormuy of o0 200 and more per cent
In France, the average is only IL per
cent.
The Tariff of 1923, the chill of abomnations, ave.
ragged 46 per cen, The Tariff of lo42 IS more grind
ing and oppressive, although the average IL ~ per cent
less Instead of the long credit gwen in ISIS, cash is
demanded Tor the duties-whch makes difference OF
or per cent. And the prices of all imported articles
have fallen al least 90 per centum which, oil course,
IS an increase in the duties to that amount exactly
We will commence with one Of the absolute necessa
res of life Salt, duty cents per bushe IS on the
hundred bushels THIS duty 100 per cent or twice
as much higher than salt the place whence I'M
ported, and is u loss Of bali million OF dollars to the
farmers In tyrannicat England salt is free.
Brown Sugar, duty cents per pound. CThis duty
100 per beyond the price in Havana, where II
is Doughty Thus the Wing Tariff makes us pay S2oo
for the quantity of sugar that 500 would buy in
Cuba This dictated by unconquerable love for
poor
Loaf or lump sugar, duty cents pound ry
Soft soap, duty 30 cents pound Well, that Is too
bad, that can't stuff rtle soft soap down our
throa,s without paying 90 cents pound for II.
China ware, value $50 set, duty S5 set
Ear,hern stone ware, value 80 set, duty 81 oU
per set.
Mems fine boots, duty 81 25.
Mems coarse boots, worth 81 80 pair, duty 81 %
pair The poor only pays three times as much
as the rich.
Mems ball room pumps, duty 80 cents pair
Men, shoes, duty
Women's fine bootees, value SO, duty 90 cents Q
pair.
Women's coarse bootees, value 81 SO, duty 80 cts
pair
Look at this, and then at that.
Raw hides, duty Is cents on the dollars worth.
Protection for Illinois.
Mems leather gloves embroidered with silver, worth
So a pair duty 10 cents pair.
Men $ leather gloves value 90 cents, duty III
cents.
Protecting the poor.
Saddles value $40, duty SO 30: only one-third
Furs, the SKIN, duty cents on the dollar 6
worth.
Paints, bonnets brushes and brooms, duty 30 per
cenum
Childrens dolls and toys, duty 80 cents on the dol
lar
Buttons, 80 per cen,um; but, for materials which
the manufacturers can make into buttons, only per
cent
Paper, printing and writing generally duty 100 per
cent or mora-en,irely prohbiiory, that the manu-
facturers may charge what they choose.
Billet dnux love-letter paper, duty 80 cents on
the dollars worth.
That's too bad.
Tio in bars or blocks, which the manufacturers want
themselves, one cent on the dollars worth
Scrap iron, worth less than Sl5 per ton, duty SlO
per ton.
Iron, in pigs, value 50 per ton, duty $40 per ton.
Iron made bars bolts by rolling, value S2o
ton, duty sos ton-I00 per cent
Iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured, value S2a
duty Sl7 ton.
Brides TO Pennsylvania.
Unnanufac,ured hemp, value $l5 ton, duty $40
ton. The cotton planters pay the odd S25 10 the
kentucky hemp-grower.
Poison and gold epaulettes free.
Recollec,, that the Wing Tariff law plumbers the
consumers out of half million year, by an exraor.
binary lnpost upon salt, and allows poison and gold
epa u et,es to come free of duty.