The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-08-26
Mr.. Dillingham; and the Tariff.

We resume Mr. DIIingham's speech, and continue
our quotations follows:
''Wool, again, costing less than cents n pound,
comes in at per cent while through the defect Of
The lar and the cunning Of importers, Is bales Of that
! kind comes into one off kind costing more; and two
thirds Of that cheap wool completes with all that is
raise in Vermont"
MIR Dillingham; has utterly mistaken the La,c-the
Tariff of 1872 or he has falsely represented it First
the assertion that wool costing less than cents
comes E at per cent is false representation of the
law, for the law expressly limits the FIVE per cent.
duty to COARSE wool. Second the assertion that
two-thirds of the wool paying per cent. completes
with ours, if The la,c is executed in good
flith-for every of common sense knows that two
thirds Of the bona fde coarse wool cannot compete
with Third the assertion that this cheap wool
comes in per by defect IN the Ia,c, is un-
If il in all that rate 1T is in viola
tion Of the law-it is because THE IOCOFOCO
COLLECTORS of The The ports Of Boston and .Nelo
York do not do heir duiy-and because the ocoloco
Congress, with its 90 majority has done nothing to
enforce the law, In justice to the Wing Congress,
oad to dsprove the egregous msstatements of Mr.
Dillingham;, we give the law of 1912, as ii was enact
cd in reference TO wool, follows
"First. On COARSE wool manufactured, the
value whereof, at the last port or place whence
ported 10 the United States, shall be cents under
per pound, there shall be levied duty Of five per
centum ad vnlorem; and on ALL OTHER unmanu-
featured wool, there shall be levied duty of three
cents per pound, and thirty per centum ad vaorcm
Prorided, That when wool of different qualities of
the same kind sort, is imported in the bale,
bag, or package, & the aggregate value of the
tents Of the bale, bag package, shall be appraised by
the appraisers, at rate exceeding Tets per H. il shall be
charged with duty in conformity with such apprisal:
P'optded further, That when wool Of different
qualities and different kinds sorts, is imported in
the same bale, bag or package, the contents of the
BALE bagor package, shall be appraised the value Of
the finest most valuable kind Sort and duty
charged thereon accordingly Prortded further,
That if bales of different qualities embraced in
the invoice mt the price, the value OF the
whole shall be apprsed according to the value of the
bale of the best quality ProridcG further That
il any wool be imported having in ii dirt, any
material impurities, other than those naturally be.
longing 10 The fleece, md thus be reduced in value
to per pound under, the appraisers shall
apprise said wool at such price, in their opinion, it
would have cost had it not been mixed with such
dirt or impurities and duty shall be charged thereon
in conformity to such npprsa ProUided also, That
wool imported on the skin shall be estimated TO
weight and value other wool."--.4cts of 9th
Congress, I'd Ses. p. III.
1t seems that the law plainly fixes the duty on
COARSE wool at per cent, and on ALL OTHER
at cents per pound and 80 per Od vaorem ;and
it is perfectly clear that the intention of ii was, and
is, TO impose the latter duty upon every pound of
wool which is not bona ide COARSE. 1t will be
observe that the law is full OF guards against all
sorts Of frauds. But it has been suggested that the
importers will cheat in the price at which the wool is
invoiced. The law guards against this species Of
fraud, and in the 10th section requires the collector
TO ascertain the ''actual market value or wholesale
price thereof, at the time when purchased in the
Il.
shall have been imported"-and that this is to
be done TO tapprse the true and actual market
value and wholesale price any inpoice affidavit TO
the contrary noitoiihStanding'' Sec 10, imposes a
$4,000 fne or Imprisonment not exceeding years,
for fraud; & 81 requires inspection Oft least
package in every inv ce however SMALL and in
package of every ten packages, and greater
number, should the collector appraisers deem
sary. We unhesitungly deny the assertion of MIR
Dillingham;. The intention of the Wing Congress
clearly was to protect the wool grower, and if they
have failed we deny that the failure is owing any
defect of the law; irthe foreign wool, which does
really compete with ours, does not pay the higher
rate Of duty, it is the fault of the ocofoco executors
and not of the Wing law. If there is any defect,
other than the rate Of duty, call upon Mr. d. and
his party to account why have done nothing to rem
edy it why have they done nothing to remedy it?
why has he sat whole session, silent as the grave,
al the polls We challenge him as unfaihfnl