Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-06-13

labor was duly performed, and the sub
stance OF the Report Of the Committee
isembodied in the folio wing pages, viz
THE BRITISH TARIFF.
The largest portion of our Com
merce. both Exports and Imports, i:
carried on between this country anC
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, BY combining our inqui-
ry TO that branch Of trade. we are en-
abled to present in contrast the legisla.
ton OF the most important foreign ma.
ton, compared with that Of the United
States. We here beg leave to remark
that we know ofno good reason why
SO large share of our trade with for
elgn countries, more than one-third OF
the whole, should be carried on be-
tween the United States and Great Bril-
tain. unless it be owing to the wisdom
in Legislation and skill in administra-
ton prac,iced by that nation, for the
protection Of their own interests in Ag-
rlculture, Commerce and Manufactures.
/ 1t will not be denied that our country
can produce the raw material, and in
the present advanced state of the arts,
our artizans and manufacturers are a.
bundantly capable of supplying the peo-
pie OF the United States with nearly if
not all of the articles now imported
from Great Britain.
Operation Of the British Tariff.
"To show the operation Of the Brit
ish Tariff on articles the growth. pro-
duce and manufacture of the United
States, we have with much care and
labor prepared the following Table, A.
containing all the essential staple pro-
ductions OF this country in list of for
ty-seven articles, all of which are either
among our exports, or could be export.
ed in large Quantities if the same were
encouraged by course of equal trade.
Also, the price current of each of these
articles in the New York market; the
rate of Duty payable on the same by
the former British Tariff, and by the
same lately revised and now in opera
ton in great Britain. The Table also
shows the discriminating Duty in favor
ofthe British Colonies, where there is
any such discrimination.
1.-The result of an accurate average
Of the rates of Duty Oh these articles by
the former British Tariff is $50 per cent.
on the value in this market; and by the
new British Tariff now in operation the
average is 2S9 per cent The differ
ence between this average rate of duty
and the actual rates of dn,ies collected
on our exports as shown by table B., is
explained by the fact that the higher
rates Of duties are prohlbitory, thus ex-
Guiding many articles; and Cotton, on
which the duty is only II per cent,
forms nine-tenlhs Of the amount of our
exports to Great Britain, thus necessa-
rlly reducing the average. On thirty
three of these articles, being all on
which discrimination is made in favor
of the British Colonies, the average du-
ty when imported from the United
States is l66 per cent. and on the same
when imported from the British Colo
MES into Great Britain, 81 per cent
making difference in favor Of the Col
onies of l02 in the rate per cent. on
these articles. The high duties on
manufactured articles shown in the Ia
BILE A. marks the protective policy Of
their duties-being low on raw materi-
ais and articles they do not produce,
and so high as to be prohibitory in ia
vor of their own labor and produc-
lions.
Operation Of the american Tariff.
sIn contrast with these regulations
affecting our exports TO Great Britain,
we have ascertained the average rate of
duty on articles imported into the U.
States from Great Britain, according to
the present Tariff Act, passed Aug. 80,
1912. This Act has no sliding scale
no prohibitions-no second column of
duties at lower rates, and discri nina
ton of nearly two-thirds in favor of Col
onies-no five per cent. addition, &c.
A careful examination OF the rate of du-
ties payable on the different articles OF
British manufacture forming the bulk of
our imports from Great Britain and Ire
land, results in an average rate Of duty
of 80 per cent, as is shown by Table c..
annexed. This ratio may be somewha.
reduced by the actual operation OF the
Tariff on articles paying specific duties,
which are subject to variations from
differences of prices and qualities
To show which nation has practiced
the system of Free Trade. it is only
J necessary to mention that while Great
) Britain admits no article. except Spe-
Gle, from the United States free OF duty
we have by our former Tariff regula-
tons received, duty free, many British
Manufactures. In 1910, the amount
of articles imported into the United
!. States from Great Britain free of duty
exclusive Of Specie. was $9.875, 1876
Of which value more than Seven Mil