Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-07-04
The Twelve Sellers.

Rome had her twelve Ce,arS, for whom the whole
world was taxed. America has her twelve ln>eed
oil makers, t. whom this western world. this sister
hood Of commonwealth>, which for the Jokes sake
call ,hemsclve, free, pay tribute. Every inhabitant
Of this " de territory-as VIDE a. the Roman empire
who paints his house, or ms work hop, or rides IN
a painted wagon, or sends a painted bucket to the
well, pays a pecun. arv ccknowle dg, lent to some one
Of the ariStocracy Of oil cru>herS. Not a brush i
DIPPED 10 Put the red coating ON the hundreds Of
house, we are building in this city, or the hundred
thousand houses already built, which II l. the fashion
to keep fresh with frequent coats of paint-nOt a
brush - d dipped for this purpose which does not BRING
money to some one Of those dozen owners of OIL nils.
The following statement furnished by our Correspond
cut. Cincinnatus, shows the extent OF the contrlbu-
ton
"The present black tariff makes the duty on linsced OIL
% cents per gallon. The last quolauon IN England was
427 sterling per ton OF 80 gallon, which al ) 10 the
pound sterling Is 40 Gems per g'llon. The price Vi lnse'd
oil heie i - cents per z ,llon. cash.
"rheIe arc about twelve ln>eed oil cTu>hcrS in the Allan
tic citlcS, and all those who PAM their houses ont-houSes
and fences, are compelled to lay a large tan for the adVa"-
tage Of these Inseed oil cIu>hci>. 10 be >ue they are not
compelled 10 paint them, a they can let them 20 without
But Think the people should know the amount If taxes
they pay. and how exclusive TIL, protective system l.. \
duty 1T twenty pei cent. on this aricle and twenty PER cent
for expenses, would cnatle The consumer T. get Tins lucle
at % cents per gallon, a saving Of 10 cents ger gallon, whch
would lead 10 much gtcater consumption OF the article. the
employment If moIe mechanics, AMI a general benefit TO
tw,lve ln>ccd ol GU hers aud make them Iich.
"ln The n NlCty II thu body al pIptCc IONS : 10 take cllc
Of their interest, they wholly neglected The himeri -
the iiu>ccd clu>hei>. ia this black taritf, made the duty ON
lmseod or dix>eed only five pe cent. on the est N The conn-
Try of production; and msi'aiof getirg the SEED here, they
inn OFT II flum Russia, Calcutta. &c. But then, peihipS they
thought he faImits micIeSt did not require any p'ott cttn {;
OF. # hey did,, they were not abe TO send a committee TO
wash gIon 10 project Then interests. Yet wheat. rye. b4r-
ley and oats ply a very heavy duty IN The black titil, bat,
rre. nmc. that is owing to their not beng impo ted, a. /
can give no Other reason for the distinct ~, OF tnIt the I'm
seed ca. ciusheIs did not waut To use HEM
The farmer who find hi elf unable to pay for a
fire h coat Of paint npon ms bu ldngS To save them
from tie .nJurc, IF the weather, my here see the
reason why he i compelled To let them decay without
this protection. He mu>t wait TILL he has ~,rarcd TO-
ectler sufficient money to pay the contribution which
the law d mand for the o. cru>lcr>. The hcu C
PAINTERS. who wonder that they find no more employ
mont, may see that they arc obliged 10 stand ASIDE
for the advantage Of those who " 0l NILS.
Why VIII not the government If thu frcc country.
If it Is resolved to make the whole people tributary
to a few manufacturers, adoit the llln Of Paying
Il EN- bountrc, from the treasury Let II CERTAIN >ut.
be- assigned to the OIL cru Ter fr every gallon OF In
seed OIL he produce. Let Phelps X h.1gc receive
50 much for every brass kettle hammered cut by then
wurhmcn. Let Mr.. Wool>cy, the Engllshman. wht
come, fir IN the banks Of the Thames, to establish q
sugar refinery ON the banks If the Hudson, %sufrortco
by taxes on tie natives, receive tic bounty 81 ~
cent, ulOn every pound ii sugar ne rcfncS. Let thf
be d ne, aud allow the cen inner 10 buy where hc cal
ohiai II the commodity chcal ct. We stall then know
what we Iav To tie manufacturers. The twelve n
sar>, when they dccrecd that the whole world >ioul'
be- aNcd. fixed the amount of money to be- raised. an'
every man knew what he had 10 pay. Why siuul'
we not lkcwic be- allowed To know how much VI
pay to our twelve Cn,ar>. the o. crn hers
For our part. we have tie same feeling n this mat
ter a. the fi>t.d4ou> guest ~ the tavern, who d">lrc'
that the butter and the ha r. wlnrh the landlldy place.
upon the table might bc served M on separate plates
Let IL have, say We, the revenue and the protection
in separate laws. Let n tar. II be agreed mp N f
revenue, SIMPLY for revenue: aud then. # We mus
, have protection. put II N the shape of "A bounty law
n frank. Ilan->rokcn bounty law. We shall the
= know the whole extent of the lr. butte; we shall b
able to number every dollar. every ''rcd cent" wlucI
We pay To- tho twelve Cu>arS. or rather tie t~cly
/ Scizcr-, who, by The help of Con"rc~>, have lad III
p whole land under on,rlbu,ion.-N J. Past.