Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-15

nue. duties upon sugar and iron, and upon
all manufactures ol iyou, colon and WOOL,
is an unjust discrimination iu favor of one
branch of domestic industry and against
another. The true point Of equality aud
Justice, as l have always maintained,
would be to impose the same rate of duty
OH the home. made, that We impose on the
imported manufacture. The exemption,
therefore, oil our home made manufac.
lures, from The dulles imposed ON those
We import, is most liberal concession,
gratuiIously made by the people 10 the
manufacturers; and that they are no, sat-
s6ed with this Discrimination is proof
how feeble Is the sense of gratitude among
masses of men, when their interests are in
question. BuI our system il as burthen-
some as il is unequal. 1t may be safely
stated stated that it imposes n pecuniary
burhen on The people three times az great
as Tho amount of revenue it yields 10 the
Treasury. The duty ON imported Cot
ION manufactures, for example may be
assumed to average 40 per cent, and The
amount imported set down at len millions.
This will yield revenue of four millions.
l>ul the Cotton manufactures annually
produced III the United States and equally
enhanced in price with The foreign, by the
duty Imposed on thu latter, amuunt TO
thirty millions of dollars. Forty per cent
on this gives US Twelve millions as The
additional burthen imposed on the people
by the duty on Cotton manufucures so
that The people are subjected to burtilen
of sixteen millions 10 Obtain a revenue of
four, paying 10 the colon manufacturers.
who are now realizing from 20 To 40 per
cent on their capital, three dollaLs for ev-
cry one they pay TO the government
Now let US compare this duty on coltOn
manufactures, with like duty on tea and
coffee, which he manufacturers artIully
prevailed upon Congress to exempt from
duty altogether by The acl Of 1882. Let
US assume that we annually import lea
aud coffee TO he amount Of ten millions
OF dollars under duty of DO per cenl.-
This will yield a revenue precisely equal
TO that derived from The duly on cotion.
manufactures. and will impose only one
fourth of the burthen on The people. The
money collected ut the custom house
would be The lul measure Of The popular
bnySlca. And velil is oneof the sciflnas
of Inv manufacturers 10 let lea aud coffee
remain free Of duIy, in order to create
necessity for increasing The duties on su
gar, iron aud the various manufactures
embraced in The protective system. VI
all foreign imports, tea and coffee ar:
among The most proper subjects of rev
enue duty, nasmuch as they yield lie
largest amount Of revenue with The least
burlhen of TO the people, and that brr'hen
is equally distributed among The consul
mers. Bul the manufacturers, who carry
thei, manufactures TO China to exchange
them for Tea, aud TO Brazil and Cuba
10 exchange them for Coffee. understand
perfectly well The benefit Of free rade, if
il be ouly confined TO themselves. They
are l;k" Sir Ruberl Peels fisherman, whn
said to thar minister, 81 am free trade
man, sir, but you must not touch The duty
on fish," have no doubt, therefore, that
powerful effort will be made by The
manufacturers 10 induce Congress to vio.
late the true principles of a revenue sys-
TEN, and the solemn pledge contained in
the compromise act Of 1888. by leaving
tea and coffee with The lung list Of foreign
imports used by them in manufacturing,
free of duty. But This scheme, | am sure,
can receive no couuienance from the ad-
ministration. They will recommend no
Determinations, as we have been semi
officially Informed, bu, with view TO
revenue; and upon every suund revenue
principle he highest rate of duty should
be laid upon such articles as are not made
in tho United States. If This class were
sufficiently excessive, the ~hoie of the
federal revenue should be drawn from it,
We should thus have TO wealthy and in
huen,al class, drawing princely incomes
from the eS,orled contributions of the
people, aud stimulating The government
to all sorts # exiravaganr expenditures
with view 10 keep up system of high
aud oppressive dulies.
In any schemes which the administra-
iou may present. for adjusting the lrrifl,
feel confident that the leading feature
will be the total abolition of minimum
and specific dulles. These are fraudulent
contriVances that serve no other purposes
but to deceive the people aud diseuide
oppression. Let Us have al uatorens du
ties Mat every budy ran understand. Let
the people see the full extent of their
burthens, and if they must he oppressed
lei it be so nominated in the bond. -
As these duties now stand, low priced ar
ticles consumed by he poor pay the high
es rates Of duty, while those of the high
est price, consumed by The wealthy, pay
the loves, rate. This is fatal objection
10 all specific duties. A yard of calico,
for example, which costs six cents in
Manchester, pays 9 cents duty. which is
l50per cent OIL lis cost; while yard OF
the finest coored muslin which costs 80
cents, pays only 8 ceuts, equal TO 3U per
cent OH its cost. These revolving defur
miles must be removed, and feel assured
that MIR. Polk will cordially co operate in
the patriotic labor,
I,is apparent that lhe days of monopo
Iy and commercial restriction are mum