The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-18
From this Cincinnati Enquirer.
"THE TARIFF AS 1T u.s."

We had supposed that wool was the only prod
uct of agricultural labor of much importance, mat
was within the reach Of protection by tarin on inn
ports The cheese, and beef, and pork, and -four
he great staples of our sgrculturs-all aware,
though nomnally protected by high duties, are be-
yond the reach OF protection, by imposts the for
egn articles and for the reason, that this country pro-
duces great surplus of all these things beyond the
rather than importer. Not 20, however, with the
article Of wool, which comes in, a. 10 known, from
abroad to the tune of thirteen millions Of pounds
yearly, in spite Owe might say, under the bounty
held out to importations, blythe "tarf az It is'-
and to the almost ruinous reduction Of prices on
the domestic article.
But il seems there is one other product of agricu
tura labor which is within reach Of protection, but
which has escaped the notice It deserved at the
hands Of the partisans who profess such unboundcd
respect and for that interest," We alude 70 the
seed of which the manufacturers make the linseod
oil Lnseed or Aaxseed comes in at a nominal du-
ty of S per cent; and under this duty, or rather
bounty, there were imported at New York alone,
during the year ending with the first quarter of 1s45
l93,l1l bushes-probably about one-half that inn
ported into the United States at all it, ports. This du-
ty Of per cent IL professedly levied to benefit the
farmer But when the tariff comes to touch the
manufacturer of the oil, zee how the duty rises.
Linseed oil is subjected to specific duty of IS cents
upon the gallon--tantamount to a duty of so per
cent "That is" (says the Batavia Times, from
winch We gamer Snoee InctS,) Inc consumer IN tnls
country pays the manufacturer IS cents for kindly
manufacturing a gallon Of oil from seed imported
from Germany, or Italy, the product Of the pauper
labor Of those countries, against which duty of
per cent. ad valorem (about three cents the gal
lon) is supposed to be sufficient protection to the
American farmerm
This is another illustration of the beauties and
benefcent operation Of the present manufacturers
tariff. And for these facts, the farmer is indebted,
not to the reports Of the Secretary of the Treasury,
but to the scrutiny of individuals desirous of
tanning and presenting authentic data to the public
on this subject. They are the result of personal
examination at the custom-housc in New York, and
are no doubt authentic. The Batavia Times has
this comment on the fact:
"But is it not little singular that the annual COM
mercial tables of the Secretary of the Treasury do
not state for many years past, the importation of
a single bushel of faxseed, when il is well known
that large quantities have been imported and manu-
featured in this country. What is the occasion Of
this OMISSION Surely il Is important for the farm
TO know the extentto which the agricultural prod
ucts of foreign lands come in competition with his
own. He sees one branch Of agricultural industry
formerly Of much profit, and deemed important on
the Of national Independence, struck down and
nearly annhated. But the cause of this he cam
not see or understand. We feel justified in saying
that such communications have been lately made to
the present Secretary of the Treasury, as will prob
ably induce him to embody in future reports the
quired information on this subject"