The Arkansas banner., 1845-12-10
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TT TUIII TItt CIEtUIt' THE TARlFF-No. 6.


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 Before proceeding to the topics propose to discuss in this communication, feel bound, in justice to myself, to pay passing notice 10 short communication which aP- peared in the Union. of Monday evening, over the signature of "Yerity," aud which purporled 10 come from some one residing in Boston.
 was reioiced 10 have 1t in my power to welcome a leIlow-laborer hailng from that quarter aud pr lessng the great truths which l have been attempting 10 sustain. Coacnf- ring i'll seniimen. and opinion, as We dc, la relation to the operation and effects of the present tariff, readily forgave him the criti- cism in which he was pleased 10 indulge uP- on my feeble efforts, although it was entirely aHfoanded, as l will now proceed to show.
 The writer alleges that, in treating ot the minimum duties, assumed fhe pos;uate7 tiiat the coarse goods are imported underline miaimnms; whereas. in truth, they are not, but are prohibited by the operation oI the minimum duty. And the effect at tAe Psohl- bition is, to give b the manufacturers d mono poly of the sale of the cheaper fabrics ansl 10 enable him 10 increase their price 10 any .iriauet ho i,laase7, ai,rnye Hthing care not b raise il so high as to enable the foreign manufacturer to introduce his fabrics, and thn5 compete with hin il the American nae- ket at a remnaerating profit h other words the effect ot the minimum duly on coarse and cheap labsics k b gire q b9my to he man uiacIureg, while t a4his mo- oa3 c:N! 10 the revenues of the government.
 If"EesiFn had carefully real my commn- nicafioas, 5e would have seen that assumed 'to such .'postalate2 But on the contrary. i expressly stated, twice at least, in general terms, that the effect of lhe minimum duty was to prohibit the importation of the eh7a- ] per cotton fabrics oa which it operated, thus 1 enabling the manufacturer to increase tine price ot the domestic article, without e0n- tsibatiHg u all To tie revenue of the gov ernment.
 h my third number, after explaining what understood b be protective tariff, added in some instances. the duties imposed by the existing latlfameG to total prohibition. Irefcr to the coarse kinds of colon cloths, of which lire manufacturers ofthis country now produce 8a ample supply. BY this Rso- hi5itiYe dp;f, imposed through the aid ot the fraudulent and cheating device of the inini- mum principle. the maalltaeturer is enabled 10 liX his o#n price upon tie coarse fabrics, actuaiiy charging his own coualr9mea more for taem than he sells them for in foreign markets. Yha5 ia respect 10 tbis article; all raVea8e is deteated.'7
 Again, in iny Lnaeth aanher, afler explaining the manner ia ",t9eh tApmifiMan dufy oPe- rates, added: .Far effect ot this eaa.Eous duty is to eXcIate ;ae coaf~e enHoas tram oIt narke;, a.la to baVe fhe Aaie-icaH maaat3n- yaler af those articles complete monopoly of their saie''
 Itaqpears, therefore, that assumed uo such "pa@lHate' that minimum dHies wee not paoablive. zaIhnlgh tht ta~ia assume, snch a postrllate;l but oa the contratY, that they wefc, ia respect to the eoafsrfald cfea- per nlanaiar,uae, of cotton, pr0A6ijlve;. thus defeating all revelue from lho,e descriptions of manufactures. and epe54tiag only to give d bounty to Iha manufacturer All high aulics operate in tho same way. Tue ad valorem, as well as the specific and minimum, fl sHdi- cientiy high upon ihe at,cles on which they are imposed, will prohib!I or prevent Iaef importation. The chelpar woolIen fabrics. which are worn bY the mlddling classes and the poor, are undoubtedly, to some extent prohibited by the eYoHbtanl al valoren duty of 10 per cln'. imposed upon them. There fore. am happy 10 say, that there is pet- feel concurrence of vlews between "Eedy and myself on this point, and tlal we ho!l assume the same ''posul!ate2 la reieleace tt hlgh duties. He wilt see, in the course 0 ihis article, that understand the manner f which high and prohhitory duties operate to de.eat revenue, and to give bouaiy to the manufacturer; thus, in fact, taxing the peopl, enormously for the benefit of the manuiacu- Ter, and no! for the support of lhe govern meat Bat, as q preliminary topic, or ratHe ono coyuate 10 those have already discuss l cd, | must proceed to show the hunbuggeyy of the present taIitl
 Ii would seem 10 have been su .iicjent fo the iramers of the present laFi0' to hoodwnb d ld deude the great mass of consumers ou of enogmoas duties oil articles consumed bs them, through the aid of the fraudulent all, cheating devices of the minimum and specIi, duties. But those were not sufficient Tht people must not only be deceived and c}teat ed, but they must be haabagged. Tbe iFa mer5 of the tariff were conscious, if somt eXpodent were not reSorted to h order |, divert the attention of the people from lh, enormous taxes which itimPose upon them that they would not long submit to it's op pressiYe eXaetous, but would speedily de mand it's repeal. And hence they-lhe agri cultural portion, al east-nnsl be humbug ged wilh lilile pretended protection on | articles produced by them Therefore, N, find duty of 25 cents per bushel impose, apoa wheat, 20 cents per bushel on barley l5 cents per bu.hel on rye, 10 cents pc bnshe on oals, 10 cents per hushel on lndlal corn, 20 cents per undredweighl on Endiai meal, 70 cents per hundredweight on whea flour, 10 cents per bushel on po.atoes, 3 cts per pound on cotton, Sle.
 h order to exhibit this peculiar feature O the tariff of 1912 in more striking light, haze prepared table of the articles on whieI these humbug duties arc imposed, exhbitin. the qnaniilv exported from this country, aat the quantity imported, during the year endln! June 30, l544. lt will show the farmer and nlantars thp nrecise apoopnt of .,.,to al; :,