The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-16

manufacturers in the country! When, to this num-
ber we add all the sailors afoat with the commercial
population Of other seaport cities, together with
about three million Of persons engaged in agrcu-
ture, we have population of about four or five To-
Zone. We find this one-fourth or Nonc-6fh have sue
ceeded in reducing to kind Of vassaiage, for their
own behoof and benefit the remaining three-fourths
Tor four ffihs. "a
Cad makes it rain on the just and the unjust"
The manufacturers go against this benefcent de-
sign of Heaven, and manage, by public enactment,
to withdraw the fruitful showers from the fields Of
commerce and agriculture, and monopolize them,
to great extent, for their own benefit.
The government, by refusing the tcarehousing sus-
tenn, and compelling all merchants to pay cash the
moment their goods touch the shore, is no better
\ than making them pay forced loan A merchant
going to England with capital Of 100000 must
York, to ray duties. Il will take him two months
TO get the goods into this port. The interest Of the
1885,, 900, in this time, will amount to $3.50. When
his goods arrive here, he must sell them to the job
bers at from six to twelve months credit, which is
. the credit given by the jobbers to country mer-
Chants II will, therefore, be at least six months be-
fore the importer can realize returns. The interest
on the $4,000 he has paid the government will
have in the six months, amounted to Sl,050; to
(which, If we add the two months INTEREST," $780,
will make the sum of 81 400, which the importer
will have to make good for the forced loan the gov
with the whole amount of duty to the first cost of
his goods; which the consumers, in the end, have to
! pay. The operation of this system has been, in a
lgreat degree, to break down small importers, who
cannot afford to loan the government from onethrd
: to onehaIf of their capital on the commence
ment of business. A few heavy houses in New
York, employing capitals varying from 500 900 TO
$500 900 or 900, more or less, monopolize the
importing business.
The whole tendency of our present unequal mode
oftaxation is to make "the rich richer and the poor
poorer''-a principle which, pirate and talk about
democracy as much as some tariff democrats may,
strikes death bloW at the uery sou Of democracy itself
Under warehousing system, the small importer,
with the large could store their goods for govern
7ment safe keeping till they were removed, want
led for consumption, or re-exported. AT the mo-
ment of the removal the duties could be paid in cash
as now. BY this system the government would
lose nothing, while the merchants, and especially
small importers, would be great gamers. For the
want OF such system, our commerce Is made to-
contribute to the revenue of the English warehouse
ling system. The duty on black pepper is four
cents per pound--about equal to its first cost in
Sumaira. Now, merchant sending out for a car
go of this article which will cost him (say) $50 900,
IL he intends TO bring it direct to the United States,
must leave an amount equal TO the whole amount Of
his capital behind TO pay the duty on its arrival.
Now, experienced merchants say it takes two years
20 dispose Of cargo of pepper: They therefore
carry their load ofpepper to London or Liverpool,
and store it in one Of her Maesty's warehouses,
where it remain for two years free Of duty and
from whence it is distributed to various parts of the
world, most commonly in English bottoms, as it is
wanted for consumption.
| merely give this article in illustration as one
case in point there are other commodities, operated
upon by our high tariff, equally disastrous to our
: shipping and carrying interest.
Owing TO the fact that the duties imposed upon
articles which used in ship building equal, on
average, to five dollars per ton, our vessels find
it very difficult TO compete with the cheaper built
ships Of Bremen and other free ports of Europe.
You will discover, by the frequent arrivals of Bre-
men ships in New York, that they taking rapid
iy the business away from our vessels. Freight,
Ito large amount, is frequently kept on hand in
while our vessels find it difficult to procure it at liv-
! ing rates.
Five dollars duty per ton, on ship of six hun
dred tons, amounts to $1,000 A vessel Of this
tonnage, therefore, cost this sum to build it
in New York, than if the same vessel were built in
Bremen Vessels leaving the ports of Great Bril-
tain are allowed to draw all their stores of sugar,
and other things free Of duty while, with us, they
Unjust pay duty on nearly every thing they consume
ION outward-bound voyages.
1t is said by some that the high tariff was imposed
under that authority in the constitution which gives
Congress power to regulate commerce. Truly is il
exercised in this to dctroy commerce; in over
Throwing which, agriculture suffers in correspond
: ing ratio
Fancy stocks yesterday and the day before were
all down. The produce market presents no new
feature worthy Of notice.
am, very respectfully. yours, &c,