The North-Carolina standard., 1845-11-12
From the New York Evening Pest
THE TARIFF.


ever is particularly forcible, and contains facts
which we have often dwelt upon, but cannot too
frequently be laid before the people These de-
monstrate that the present tariff discrminatrs in
favor of the manufacturer against the producer
ofthe raw material, and also in favor of the rich
against the middiing classes and poor--that it tax
es labor and exempts capital, and thus tends TO
build up an aristocracy founded upon money and
chartered privileges. 9n
We shall condense intoas brief compass as pos
sible the array of cases by which these positions
are sustained.
l. The present tariff discriminates in favor ofthe
manufacturer, against the producer of the raw
material, who is the agriculturist. s-t@
In the first place,>it admits, duty free, or with
very light duties, a large class of articles used
in manufactures, while it imposes very heavy du-
ties on all articles consumed by the agrlculturlst
which come in competition with the articles pro-
duccd bv the manufacturer.
It admits all berries and vegetables; and in
dying, all dye-woods in the STICK barilla, Brazil
wood, kelp, lac dye, madder, madder-root5 crude
saltpcter, shellac, sumac turmtric and numerous
other articles entering into manufactures, duty fIee
Indigo pays specific duty of five cents per pound
which is equal only to an ad-volercm duty of six
per cent. And bleaching powder pays duty OF
one cent per pound. t
The articles above enumerated, and many others,
are admitted without any or with very slight duties,
in order to benefit or protect" the manufacturer
While the agrculturists and others who purchase
them are taxed on all articles ofmanufucture COM
ing in competition with domestic articles of the
same kind, from 80 to 800 per cent.
To benefit the manufacturer, thc-lowpriccd
wool-thc only wool which comes in competition
with that raised by the American woo!-grower is
admitted at five per cent ad-valorem. While the
farmer who raises wool, has to pay for tho cloth
1,L e oH
To benefit the manufacturer, fax sadmitted at
specific duty Of $40 per ton, which is equal to
per cent ad vaIorcm while the consumer is taxed
25 per cent on all articles into which it is manu-
facturcd- -.-s. Bur
Raw hides. which como in competition with
the farmer are admitted at the trifling duty of 5
per cent ad valorem; while the sole leather, into
which they are manufactured, pays a>specifc
duty of cents per pound-cqnal1o an ad-vaiorem
duty, according to the Treasury returns, OF So per
cent -->t 's' tt-
Bristlcs pay specific duty of per cent, equal
to per cent. ad vaIorem; while the brushes, into
which they are manufactured, pay 80 per cent.
Linsecd pays duty of only 5 per cent while
lnsced oil, into which it is manufactured, pays
25 cents per galion-equal to 43 per cent. ad val
orem. -a.. s.s.fss- st..a.
Rags pay specific duty of A Of a cent per
to per cent. ad valorem; while the
3 cents to IL cents spec6c-equal TO an ad valor-
en- duty ranging from l6 to 81 per cent.
2. The present tariff dscriminates in favor of
the rich consumer, against the poor consumer
in other words it imposes the lightest duty on the
articles consumed BY the rich, and The heaviest du
ty upon those consumed by the poor; thus exempt
ing capital, and taxing labor. a-
A few examples must suffice Il taxrs the rich
man but 81 TO "a per cent on his fine Wilton car
H.
from 46 10 90 per cent. on his common ingram
carpet. i-u r..l a..ad .T
1t taxes the rich woman but so per cent on her
fine French muslin dress, while it taxes the poor
woman as high as l60 for her cheap calico.
It taxes the rich man only IA cents per yard on
his fine fanncl which costs in England 81 cents,
which is equal to duty OF 40 per cent. ad Vaor-
I'm while ii taxes the poor man IA cents per yard
On his coarse flannel, which cost in England
only IA cents, being equal TO an ad valorcm duty
IF 100 per cent R6l
1t taxes the rich silk dress worn by the lady of
ashton but % per cent; while 1t taxes the poor
voman for her silk dress, made of the poorest and
cheapest material, AZ per cent.
1t taxes the sad-iron of the poor washcrwoman
rom so to $50 per cent; the hauer's and talor's
rons from 80 to $50 per cent; the blacksmith, for
lis anvil and hammer, from SO to 65 per cent; and
he farmer, for his, axes, hoes, shovels spades and
hains, from 80 to It's per cent; while it taxes
he gold watch of the dandy but u per cent;
amonSs, gems and canoes, u per cont; and
ewclry, generally, but 20 per cent
On foolscap writing paper, used by all classes
f people, it imposes duty equal TO 81 per cent;
ut gilt paper pays only 25 per cent, billet-boux
aper 80 per cent and French envelopes, /" plain,
and colorcd," so per cent. III
Itcompels the planter and farmer to pay from 80
$50 per cent. on the iron and iron implements
'hich they use from 65 to 100 per cent, on the s
agar they consume; 35 to ITO on the molasses, 4
nd LOG tol70 on the salt they have to purchase.
But it is unnecessary to multiply instances of :.
lis enormous extorton upon the producing and "
classes, for the benefit of the manufac- 7
rers through the instrumentality of the present
riff. And what isthe effect of this infamous svs-
with its piratical devices of the T
inimum and specific dutiesl It is to transfer Il
oney from the pockets Of the consuming classes 6
the pockets of the manufacturers It's tendency "
to impoverish the many and to enrich the few.
direct effect is to create immense fortunes for
recipients of its bounties while it abstracts the
distance from, and dcgrades the masses of the
,ople. 1t establishes an aristocracy Of wealth. =
loney brings with it political as well as moral
,wer. The rich employers control their depen- a,
tns; they dictate their votes at the ballot-box y
ey control their ,bread and thus coerce their u
they weave about them the web of al
exorable necessity, which makes them victims CT
worse system of slavery than the inherited SER 2
!ude of the African 10 s.taia = o5 u