Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-08-05

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Delaware
Maryland 4 q
Virginia Ia D
North Carolina a .
South Carolina q
Georgia a
Kentucky a
Tennesses
Ihisa attwas .v.v4 ], "A,
John e. Calhoun, and William II. Cravfor,
Inns act was re. adopted in 1916 for 81
months--the yeas and nays not taken in III
.iouso"~4the Senate voting, yeas Is. nays
~ THIS act there was another provision, thu
at the expiration Of the time limited BY law
an average duty Of forty-two per cent. shout
De levied as an additional duty until som
otl,,-1.r tariff should be adopted.
The lis'ory Of The tariff laws shows tina,
from 1889 down to 1916, If protection wa,
designed to DO gwen to domestic manufac
lures, X was none Utiis.- than such Ms arose
from the necessity Of The Go, ernui "nt in To-
vying duties TO pay debts, defend tho front org
project our commerce against the Earbaiy
Powers, and carry on the war with England.
me duties were generally I'm form, of a
gwen rate per cent. and when higher than
medium duties were levied, they we're placed
upon sugar, tea, coffee, molasses, and salt,
ana not upon articles Of domestic manufacture.
nat inc manufactures of iron, woollens, and
eo'tons had no special legislation whatever,
and lhat no branch Of American manufactures
had any encouragement or protection beyond
what would be afforded them by laying duties
Tor revenue. In The first tariff act encourage.
tDent was held out to the farmers of The
south 10 raise cotton, and 10 those Of The
west TO raise hemp. by imposing high duties
on both but this was an encouragement tn
agriculture, and not protection to panufac-
tures.
We ask Of the reader to reflect upon The
Character OF The duties levied hitherto for
we shall presently geek their comparison
VITA those levied IN 1916, for The purpose of
showing that PREDICTION then, for The first time,
commenced, when the American sgsfstnaWae
hrsl established, and who were.i te authors.
UBdef all the tariff acts which had pregt.
ousiY passed, every article. except a few be.
tore stated, paid a duty according 10 It's value.
Inc tariff act Of 1916 changed this system,
ana made many articles which were mana.
Incurred here pay q duly upon their sapposea
nd not their real worth. For example I: IN.
1er allioriner tariffs, cotton goods paid d duty
recording to the value Of The article !; that is,
q yard Of calico or hemespun cost twelve
tents, under the high duties of the var, il
eas 4 ibf aH|y ed II l'xss VIZ asfy per sd siee 81 ~ Which EaR
lsl6Ithi calico Or homezpun was assumed
o have cost twenty five cents instead of
welve cents. andewas then charged with a
|uty oil twenty-five per cent, so tina. the duty
vas six cents lrIsteadof three cents As before.
L nd tina la an fUo sr4tIi, ,txA4 Ike 1Lt.da tT,. |
.uty became. II it cost only five cents, it /
sas charged with tho same duty. six cents, ia
II had Cost more, 80 that five cents was
he first cost, and eix cents The duty. Nov. !,
10 my purpess 10 chow, from their speeches, /,
VIo advocated this fystsm Of prohibition Ind
rejection, who voted for it. and to what party
ley belong, that IL may be Known whether
Wigs or Democrats voted for aud supported I
The principle hitherto adopted and acted +,
pom was to levy Q duty for revenue, and SO =,
T ranging the duties that they y ouid the more l
'ad'ly afford revenue, and If, in doing this,
was afforded to manufactures, it u
as believed to be legal ard just. But the C
40 principle adopted in 1916 did mt levy
tiles for revenue upon some articles at all !; n
1t upon such az were manufactured in the
nlted Slatey, duties 30 high were imposed !.
excluded foreign manufacturers, and gave
@ market to the home manufacturers. This u
what was called the american eystepn BY b
> advocates in those dhye , and it is to IN Z
IRE who are the authors Of it, and 10 what q
trty they belong, that We shall now direct +
attention. or those who voted for The /
I, aud who are now living, or have del 50 ;,
Gently 40 10 have attached themselves to =
lhsr OF the great parties, are A3bion K. Par
!, now at Washington, Enos d. Troop, n
'nueI D. lngham, pulip p, q 'rbour, Henry i,
George Tucker, John c. Calhoun, Alfred ),
ithbert, Wilson Lumpkin, Richard Nj. John ~
0, Nathan Sanford, WIN. +. Barry, and :,
'tnuel Smith, all Of whom were democrats Of q,
Q present organization: while John Scr !
ant, Jonathan Roberts, and Jeremiah Nor nj
", are the only wings who vC,od for it. OF az
ose who voted against IL are Erastus Root. tn
New York, Wlllianm NJ Castor and Lewis r.
IIIiams. of North Carolina, Richard Il.
Tide, OF Georgia, Benjamin Hardin, of Ken
James Barbour Of Virginia, all .
hlgs, While William Fl. Roane, Of Virginia, ~
d Iohn Forsyth are the only Democrats VI
ling against 1t. We have, then. twelve at
vot'ng; for the bill to tn ee Wings,
q six Wings voting against it to two De- &C
'crats. Thus far it seems that the Demo %
us were a majority of the friends of pr0tec. 4
to domestic manufactures. and are the -
founders, and builders Of the Ameri- III
. system, and that the Wings were a ma
i'y OF the opponents Of that system, and ofa 'n
Elective tariff. M
The following votes on the different Sec va
MS of the tariff bill of 1910 will show to ye
lat an extent the Democrats carried their +
ncipFes and view as to projection. On p Is
April, 1916, the bill having been reported ~
The House, containing a provision that cot
goods should pay a duty Of 80 per cent. IN
the first two years !; Of 25 per cent. da
the next w years, and of 20 per cent. 81
a motion was made TO reduce it to ca
per cent !; which motion was lost yeas sn
nays 90 Jehn e. Calhoun and Richard =
Johnson voting Z the negative.
motion was then made to strike ont the 'es
per cent, duty, which was carried ; Messrs. ria
ihoun and Johnson voting in the negative.
a motion was made TO increase The time n,
z per cent. duty should continue, which N
S agreed to Messrs. Calhoun and Johnson -
ing for it. eis
A motion was made TO rednce the duty or .,
q, from 70 cents to 45 cents per hundred all
lght, which was agreed to Messrs. CAL
in and johnson voting against it. do
! motion was made to reduce the duty on 90
ar from 4 cents per pound to 2 cents DER de,
md. which was agreed 70 !, yeas Sc, NAYS =.
!; Messrs. Calhoun and Johnson, Alfred
John Forsyth, and Wilson Lump -
voting agalnt the reduction. tts
Ir.. Wilde moved 10 reduce the duty On tht
ollen goods as well as cotton to 20 per rer
t., which was lost /; Messrs. Calhoun and for
nson voting in the neratiye.