The Arkansas banner., 1845-11-19

|. the importer enters the cloth at the custom. l house, and offers to pay the dntv If Q nil. per yard' winch would be 20 per cent. ad : valorem, the collector tells him he must pay
 cents, instead of 9 mills. The impode, asks hlm why lie demands 6 cents per yard duty, when the law says 1t shall be taxed only 5O per cent. ad valorem. which is 2
 mills. The collector replies: ssrrue, the
 law says you shall pay only 30 per cent. on 4 your cloth ]; but 1t also "savs-for the pur-
 Pose.oi protecting Abbott Lawrence, who is
 worth million of dollars; Nathan Apple ton, worth another million; and numerous others, worth hundreds of thousands each. maaulactareFs of cotton-that all cloth cos
 liHg less than 20 cents square yard, shall
 0S asSltFaed 10 hare cost 20 ceais; and on
 that @0 cents the duty must be paid, which
 Is U cents Now, you paid, it is true. but
 5 cents in England for your cloth; but the
 'aFW Sags, for the purpose of protecting the
 aforesaid manufacturers, that you paid 70
 cents, which is the minimum, or the least nos
 sioie pilce the tariff sppposes you have paid;
 and, therefore, 30 per cent ou 20 cents is 6
 cents; and, instead of 9 mills, you must pay
 6cents duty.o Theimporter replies: "Then. ! SIT, while the tariff preteadS to tax ne only
 3O per cent, by stating iaIsehooa ill assu-
 mlng that my cloth cost % cents seuare 1 yard, instead Of 3 eents--it actually. under
 thls wicked device of a minimaaa duty. tax
 es me 200 per cent!!n He then consoles
 himself with the reflection, that, in the end. he shall not pay that enormous dutv: bpt he Will add 1t 10 the cost of the cloth. and will make the poor man who buys the cloth pay it. Thus, through this men6acious. fraudulent, and cheating invention of mini nuns, IS the consumer defiauded of a duty equal 10 200 per cen, while the tariff pre- lends to exact only 20 per cent. of him This illustration explains the principle of minimum duty. The effect of this cnor- nous duty iszto exclude the coarse cotton cloths from our market und 10 leave the American manufacturer of the articles com plete monopoly of their sale.
 As have before remarked, there are three mnimums applicable to fabrics of which cotton IS component part, and two applica- ble to cotton yarns. They are, in substance. as follows:
 ''Onall manufactures of cotton, orof which cotton IS component part, mol dyed, co!ored, ] printed or stained, mol exceeding ill value 20 cents per square yard, shall 5e ealaed qt 20 cents per square yard;n and on that assumed value, d duty of 90 per cent is imposed. l which amounts to cents on every square yard.
 son all fabrics of the same descrietie4a. if dyed, colored, printed, or stained, in wGole or in part, aot efceeding in value 30 cents, shall Dc callted at 30 cents the square yard;H | and on that assumed value, duty of 90 per cent. Is imposed, which amounts to 3 cents on every square yerd
 ''On gelgets, cords, moleshins, fustians, buffalo cloths, of which cotton Is a compo- nent part, goods manufactured by mapping, or raising, cutting or shearing, mol erceediag III value 33 cents per square yard, sAaH be | Ua(@cd Gi 35 ceats;" and on that assumed | value, q duty of 30 per cent is imposed, [ which amounts to 10 cents mills per square yarl,
 Cotton twist, yarn, and thread, unbleached and uncolored, costing less than GO cents per pound, shall be Ualacd at 60 ceats Der pound; and oa that assHme& value, duty of-30 per cent, IS cents per pound is im- posed.
 On the same articles, bleached or coloretl, costing less than 75 cents and over 50 cents per pound, s5aH Dc eeiaed at 75 ceafs Der pound; and on that assumed valne, duty | of 30 per cent. (2I cents mills per pound) ! Is imposed.
 The duties actually paid on impoFations under the minimams in the present tariff, re- duced to real ad Ualorca duties, range from 50 to l62 per cent,as appears from the re- port of the Committee of Ways and Means | of the House of Representatives, tlnring the first session of the 18th Congress, being doc ument 306.
 But, in all arguments, prefer the logic of facts and figures to mere theories or asser- tions; and, in this instance, have them be- fore me. have before me samples of sev- en different fabrics, in whole or in part man. ulactured of cotton, all coming into the country subject to the minimum duties above specified, and which were purchased a Eng land by an eminent importer of Boston. | shall give the name of the article, cost, and duties, in his own words. They are as fol- lows
 '.No. is composed Of cotton and wors- ted, IS called Orleans cloth, Is one yard wide, i cost in England Il cents per yard, and pays 9 cents the yard duty, or 65 per cent.
 "No. ? is also composed of cotton and worsted, is called mousseIinc de Jaime, cost in England 8a cents per yard, is '23 inches wide, pays 54 cents duty, or 66 per cent.
 ''No. 5 IS the same material, used for li- nings, called Verona serge, cost in England II cents Der yard, is g inches wide, and pays s cents duty, or 5 per cent.
 ''No. 1 is composed of cotton, is called 'gingham,' is of yard wide, costs in Eng land l cents per yard, pays duty of z cents, or Fl per cent.
 ''No , is composed of cotton and wors- ted, cost in England l2 cents per yard, meas ures yard wide, pays cents per yard du- ty, or 75 percent. This description of goods i is called 'Parisians.'
 ''No 6. This article is composed entirely . of cotton, is called 'sarsnet calnbric,' and used for lining women's dresses it cost in England cents mills per yard, measures 92-l00 of yard in width, pays cents 3 mills per yard duly, or l4S per cent.l! This (the merchant adds) amounts to nearly pro- h bibifion cfill a fatv aro i,onorted. and nav