Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-19
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az, ,,,., correat en- error in article when We CO.
.;ed from The Washington Spectator we puo''"eu
ils ms,akc-nnd now we Puoish 's co, ,h,, the
,. r,o,oscd by the new Tariff bill were ieVira ."
h home valuation The bill assesses inc aa oofo1em
dn,es on The value at which the commoo't,eS ''"P 8
arc nnrchasp d. ard adds only the costs ana c,aige' "
a,spor,ai,on 10 the foreign port from whicn 'ney '
n;d THIS - modification certainly very iaVoia
h - the tax payer; and are glad to be aoie U mans
,ba correction II is equal to at least thfee per
less onerous than we had supposed me oi "'so
poses a valuation of duties ON coarse woo'iens, ' ~
rrbea, blankets We unable yet to compare ms
h witb the act of 1893; but il is certainly, WIN 'iie
,cention of that act, its final reductions, Tie oesl
| Tariff bill since the act OF 1915
The hill 10 received with great favor by the Demo
cratic prints generally-wi,h great dssa.'s'aclon
,ha rsderal papers The New York Pebeian ian aoie
Fee Trade paper approves ts general PROVISIONS au
u;.hes il success Another Republican paper approves
It's GENERAL proysons-says sat IS not one OF uitfdsn
that il has been prepared with great labor, ana IN Hue
raj spirit, and if IL is rejected, then the lar'n wal "ua
=, m for the coming Presidential campaign, and per
hans longer" The New York Journal OF Commerce
s,vs "ls general features must commend themselves
TO the appreciation of reasonable men-beIieVes, ha "
mportant mod icaioDs it proposes will be adopted ny
majority of the House of Representatives without ne
station and has great hopes that the Senate will con-
cur The New York Sun learns, "fom reliable sour
ces that il will pass the lower House by decded ma
orty and tina, the Southern Wings in the Senate VIII
vote with the Democrats in favor OF the ne" oiii a"o
that il will 90 into effect in the ensuing September
The New York Tribune frank Fed and Tariff denoun
ces as sat once destructive in It's character and cra
ven in its spirit since lis success would parayze many
branches of our National lndustry-and IS sure ina. II
cannot become law" The New York Express JOINS
in this camor and denounces this bill as "unselihg
the whole Tariff system-and ascr'bes 1t to an intrigue
between the Northern Van Buren, politicians and the
Southern The New York Herald's money article says
the bill sis very liberal in its restrictions and WILL
therefore, be more popular with ali classes Inc New
York Evening Post, with much good humored oadi-
maze announces the bill as sgood for the manu-
acturers" congratulates them upon It's provisions W
their favor-for the manufacturer maxim being 'that
high duties make cheap goods, and low duties make
dear goods" this bill, in reducing considerably 'he
duties upon importation, must contribute essentially 10
make their goods dearer and, therefore, more PretaOfe
to Mem-[Riehmond Enquirer.
THE PROPOSED TARIFF.
We were prevented yesterday, by press OF mate',
from giving the prominent features OF the proposed new
oriG0 the Locofoco Tariff as the Tribune denomlnates
1.-THE bill embodying which, was reported 10 .he
House from the Committee of Ways and Means on Fri
day last We give the same to day.
II is matter of serious doubt whether this bill Will
be permitted become law; though we look upon lis
preparation as about the first step the present session
of CONGRESS has made towards legitimate business.
il is infinitely more honest tariff than the iniquous
one under which at present lIve Tor instead OF COM
pelng US all to pay average tax of 30 per cent on
every thing foreign may use, and thus, Of course,
increasing also, IN proportion, the price - domesuc
goods it proposes average, after the lst Sept, 1915
of % per cent ad calorsmhe value 10 be based upon
the foreign cost and charges of imporat'on
The proposed tariff may not suit those persons whose
notions on the subject of 'protectIon are ultra, and
who would sacrifice every other interest to the interest
of the manufacturers but is sufficiently "protecllve
to meet the wishes of every moderate man, while its
lberay restrictions must mike it agreeable to oil
whose IDEAS not purely speculative, or who are
no, disposed 10 60 to extremes.
The following comparison between the present and
the proposed tariff bills, copy from the N. Y. Her
aid for the quiet inspection of our readers: