The Arkansas banner., 1845-11-26

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 Treasury Department; 4th, the dnties, accor ding to the ad-valorem standard. aciua{lu gaie by the merchants under the form of the spe clilc duties mentioned in the second column It would seem that specific duty whicI would be equal to 30 per cent. would h, enough, in all conscience, to satisfy the mann lecturers, lfon-masiers, sugar-planters, anC salt-bollers, or 10 raise a revenue for the gov enment. But, instead of that reasonable amount, on some the articles above-men toned the duty ranges from 30 to over 3O( per cent ad-yaloren.
 On hannels, for instance, the merchant when he enters them at the custom-house pays fl cents per square yard. Some O those fiannels cost in England but II cents per square yard. Consequently, the merchan has to pay 100 per cent. duty, all of which comes out of the person who wears them the mlddiing classes and the poor-for they are the ones who wear cheap lannels The best and most costly fannels pay but just 14 cents per square yard, and seme oflhem come ln at duty even as low as 40 per cent.
 The tariff imposes a specific duty of q cents per pound on s.sad-rons'-irons us ed by poor washerwomen for smoothing clothes and under that duly ,he importer Is obliged to pay on that useful article a duty ranging rom 50 10 l50 per cent reduced 10 the ad- valorem standard.
 The tariff imposes upon brown sugar a specific duty of g cents perpound. Brown sugar Costs in Cuba from less than to about 5 cents a pound. The duty of - cents thcr- fore reduced to ad valorem, is either little more or a litile less than 100 per cent. The payment of duty on actual importations ran ges from 65to l90 percent. when reduced to tlle ad valorem standard.
 The same astounding results are exhibited by the table, in relation to molosses, salt, and numerous other things which are among the prime ncessaries of life.
 The specific duty does not, like the mini mum, state aposiiiye falsehood, by assuming that an article winch costs but ? cents, for the purpose of imposing the tax, costs 20 cts But what makes it obnoxious is that tte con- S@B1er cannot kaoU ho3c mnch dutg h3 pagS upon he article on gbic8 i $ laid, ja propor- lion 10 is udlac, because he has not the means of knowing how mush the article cost in the country whence 1t was imported. Like the minimum, the specific duty deceives him and exacts from him an amount of tax on the ar ticle which he buys, altogether disproportion- ate to its cost, and which he would never consent to pay if he knew is exact amount. Like the minimum, 1t is a cheating device, re- sort.d to in order to accomplish the purpo- ses of protective tariff.
 On account of this fraudulent and decep- tive character of the specific duty, il should no longer disgrace the revenue system of free people, who have a right to know pre- eisely what they pay for the government which they have instituted for their own hen- fit and protection, and also what they have to pay to the large capitalists engaged in the of cotton, woollens, iron, sugar, salt, Sc, Sc.
 shall now proceed to show that the pres ent tariff, diseriminates ia tauor of dte aaanu- tactrer, against ttc producer of tle raac aca0 is tte agricHlhWist
 In the first place, 1t admits, daty free, or with very light duties, large class of arti- cles used in manufactures; while 1t imposes very heavy duties, on all articles consumed by the agrieulurist, which come in compet- ton with the articles produced by the manu- facturef.
 l. admits all berries, aats and vegetables; and, im dying, all dye-weods in the stick, barilIa, Brazil wood kelp, lac dye, madder, madder-root, crude saltpetre, shelIac, sumac, turmeric, aad numerous other articles enter ing into manufactures, duty tree Indigo pays a specific duty of 5 cents per pound, which is equal only to an ad valorem duty of 6 per cent. And bleaching powder pays a duty Of 1 cent per pound.
 The articles above enumerated, and many others, are admitted withoutany or with very slight duties, in order 70 5easGt CT ''Protect" the mwnufaciurer. While we have seen that the agriculturists, and others who pur- chase them, are taxed on all articles of man. ulacture coming in competition with domes- tie articles of the same kind, from 30 to 800 per cent.
 To benefit the manufacturer, the low-priced wooI-the only wool which comes ln com petition with that raised by the American wool-grower-is admitted at , per cent. ad valorem While the farmer who raises wool has to pay for the cloth into which it is man. ulactured, 40 per cent
 To benefit the manufacturer, flax is admit ted at a specific duty of S20 per ton, which is equal to 8 per cent, ad yalorem; while the consumer is taxed 25 per cent, on all articles into which it is manufactured.
 Raw hides, which come in competition with the farmer, are admitted at the tri1ing duty of 5 per cent ad valorem; while the sole leather, into which they are manufactured, pays specific duty of 6 cents per pound- equal to an ad valorom duty, according to the Treasury returns, of 5 percent.
 Bristles pay specific duty of per cent, eqnal to 3 per cent. ad valorem, while the brushes, into which they are manufactured, pay 30 per cent.
 Linseed pays duty of only , per cent.i while linseed oil, into which it is manuac- mred pays 9 cents per gallon, equal to 43 per cent ad valorem.
 Rags pay specific duty of l of cent per pound-equal to 6 per cent. ad valorem; while the paper into which they are manHiac- tured pays from 3 cents to IF cents specific -eqnal to an ad valorem duty ranging from 16 to 97 per cent