The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-10-03

18th. Would the establishment of warehouse
system promote the trade and increase the com
merce Of your State?
18TH How would the abolition of drawbacks,
in connexion with the warehousing system. ope-
rate upon the commerce of Your S,ate2
18th. Are there any. and what, articles, on
which dehenture or drawback ought to be al
lowed on their re,exportation which would ope-
rate beneficaly upon the trade of the country,
and equally tn all classes of citizens but on
which no debenture or drawback is now allowed ?
Doth. What articles are there of foreign manu-.
iacture which come into competition with similar
articles manufactured in the United States the
duties which are so high as to amount to a
prohibition of the foreign article?
2lst. How are the several great interests nf
your Stale affected by the mininums of the pre-
sent tariff. and the rule requiring duties to be paid
in cash. without the establishment of a warehouse
system, or admitting goods in enirepot2
22d. What articles are there now in the list of
those duty free. on which moderate duty might
be levied without being onerous to any class and
which would operate equally on all and what
amount of revenue might be levied by such duty
on these articles
23d. What is the comparative operation of the
present tariff upon the manufacturers and the
other classes of our citizens, as to articles used in
manufacturing, and other articles consumed by
them, respectively? State the particular art-
Giles.
oath. What is the effect Of the present system
of duties upon articles, especially those extern
svely consumed, which manufactured only
tn a very limited extent in the United States :
and how do these duties operate upon the inter
ests of the other industrial classes of the coun
try2
25th. Are there any, and what, descriptions of
goods, or other commodities, consumed in your
State, which are either very greatly enhanced in
price, or excluded, by the operation of the present
tariff; for what prices might such goods, or com
moditles, be imported, independently of the duty
and what are the prices actually paid by the con
suIners iur these articles, such others as are
substituted for them is the consumption of these
articles, or their substitutes, extensive in your
State, and is it peculiar, or nearly so, to your
State, or any other particular States what is the
aggregate amount of duties now paid to the gov
eminent on such articles; and what amount would
be paid under tariff graduated entirely with a
view to revenue2
10Th. Do the present duties benefit in any res
pect those engaged in growing the agricultural
products and staples referred to- and if not. can
they be so modified, in any other way than by
reducing them, To benefit the growers: has
the State prospered. or not under these duties
II not, 10 what do you attribute its cause if the
h'gh uutes, explain To what extent, and in what
manner, they have affected the prosperity of the
State2
9th. What quantity of wool is raised in your
State; what is its price per pound since the tariff
of 1912, and what lis price per pound for the ten
years preceding?
2Sth What mines are worked in your State
what quantity of metal or mineral has been pro-
dnced what has been the price since the tariff o.
1912, and for The ten years preceding?