Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-06-07

plo ssddled with debt OF Sl7 356 99S
consisting Of treasury notes, unpaid ap
preparations, and debts outstanding; and
this was the debt The gentleman (Mr
Dromgoole( is pleased 10 call the Whig
debit IL ours, but we got it by des-
cent. il came from that gentleman and
his party; but the Wings could pay it.
and would pay it, il gentIsmeO would
lei the present tariff alone lew years
longer. The Wings had paid part o.
il, and would soon pay The whole. BuI
il gentlemen succeeded 10 reducing the
tariff as proposed by the Committee oI
Ways and Means, to which the gentle
man (Mr DromgooIe) belonged, (ssveu
out OF nine Of that committee we're Van
Buren, men, this debt will soon bs sgain
doubled, especially il you supersGd the
extraVagance and prodigality Of anolh
er Ven Buren adminislraliou-- OF which
however, sir, ON happy to believe
there is not the slightest probability.
But whv, let me ask gentlemen, rs
peal the distribution law2 il is not in op
erstlon. and it cannot operate ill all the
duties are brought down 10 gu per cent
Why repeal it then, unless the Commit.
lee OF Ways and Means contemplate the
reduction Of the duties 10 20 per cent
for tiI this is done there can be no dis
lrbution under the existing law Bu,
| have another question TO ask the com
miltee-if you repeal a part, why mol
repeal tho whole Of the law? This
law gives 10 each Of tho new States 800.
600 acres OF choice land over and above
their dstributivO share This part ot
the law ia left unrepeaIed, and in full
force, while all the rest Of the S ales are
deprived OF all the benefits oil this law
now and forever. Az 10 the old Stsles
the law is repealed, but the now State,
are left TO enjoy The benefits Of its pro
vision. Why is this soi This certain
ly requires exploration, and it was per
haps partly to avoid this also that the
previous question has been called
The revenue plans OF the Committee
Of Ways and Means are wholly unin
teIIigibIe to me me-preciselv the came
measure is proposed at one tine 10 re.
duce, and al another time 10 increase
the revenue; whether there be lno much
or too little revenue, the same remedy
ls recommended, production of The tar
U-down with the tariff" So these pol
IIcaI doctors have, it seems, the same
remedy Cor all diseases, ln 1882, wher
we had surpIus revenue Of upwards o
$4,000 900, TO relieve the treasury. NJ
McDoffie. then chairman of the Wayt
and Mesns, reported just such bill a.
Ibis edUcIng duties, and it was sup
ported BY the present chairman (Mr
Mckay OF N C. as measure cuIcuIa
led 10 reduce the revenue Now thai
honorable gentleman reports a similar
bill reducing the du,ies for The contrary
purpose, the increase OF the revenue
how the same measure ia 10 have oppo
site effects al different times, am at O
loss 10 discover, perhaps the honOrab bic
chairman can explain ii. This bill pro-
poses to reduce the duties to about what
they were in 1910 and ~, when the
revenue from imports was about four
teen millions OF dollars Now. under
The present law, Qhe act OI 4s J the
revenue would probably be about double
that amount, yet the Commitree OF Ways
and Means propose TO repeal the act ot
'42, and reduce The duties to about what
they were in lS40 and 4 for the avow
cd purpose Of increasing the revenue.
This surely requires explsnslion; can
not understand it, nor do | see how any
body else can But how, ask is a
general reduction Of duties TO increase
the reVenue2 Clearly this could only
be done by corresponding increase oI
imports. II you reduce your duties one
half. you must certainly double your i'm
ports TO get the same amount Of reven
ue The Secretary OF the Treasury
says we will have twenty millions oI
revenue under The existing law, and he
wants five millions more, and the Com
mittee OF Ways and Means 10 accom-
plish this object, instead Of increasing
The duties one fourth. reduce lhem one
fourth, clearly then they must increase
imports one half Our imports have
averaged for soma years past about one
hundred millions; on this, with The pre-
sent tariff, the Secretary says we will
this year have twenty millions Of rev
enue; reduce it one fourth and we will
have but fifteen. To make up this loss
we must import twenty five millions
more gooCSj and 10 add five millions, the
required amount 10 The revenue; we
must import twenty FIVE millions addi-
tionsl. making an increased importation
Of fifty millions, 10 get five millions OF
revenue which is not wanted, and would
never be acquired BY this measure if il
we're.
Effects on Farmers and Mechanics.