The daily union., 1846-06-27

Importers per cent on this sum- at IL per cent, is
So ,303, 1913. On this sum the merchant pula hiS
lper cent, (say 20,) which amounts 10 S6ct 6Ti
which, added together, makes s3,970,047, which Sy
this bill is saved TO the consumer thus: the bill pro-
vides that the retail merchant at New orIesns o.
Detroit, or any other port OF entry, may bGy inn
ports warehoused at New York, transfer them to
New Orleans, and pay the duty for them there. As
the importer does not pay the tax OF course he does
not charge per cent on il, nor viii the retail
chant. This exacon from the consumer is the re.
suit Of the bad working Of the present mode of col
lection Of the revenue. This 10 not ALL imports
are usually made in large packages for each article
The importer sells in unbroken packages to the
jobber or Wholesale merchant; he divides and as
sorts to suit the retail merchant, and he to the con-
sumer. H..
All over the first per cent paid on the tax is saved
the consumer by allowing the retail merchant 10
pay Il directly TO the government himself And
what is paid Is thus distributed all over the Union
!. received dribets from all the poris tllereby M
adding security to the government iu collections,
as well rs convenience to the parties paying IT, And
what is still more important, It adds graf facility
and cheapness in paying debts Of the government to
the distant parts Of the Union and the Indian tribes
and will materially lessen if not entirely eradicate
the thousand evils entailed on the country by the
government making one place the focus Of ils reye-
nue. and wealth Now, fifteen or twenty millions of
the revenue il collected in New York. not exceed
ing two millions of which Is paid there for dues to
the State. The balance has to be sent to pay debts
in all parts Of the country, and to the Indians
pense and risk. With ports Of entry all up the
Mississippi, Red river, and round the lake border,
the revenue on all imports consumed around them
would be paid to the collectors those places. The
money would be collected on the spot where the
debt is owing, and would be paid out there,
And thousands of public debts would be received
and paid without counting dollar. Example; gov
enment owes A 500 a mail-carrieri A owes
merchant store account 500; b owes government
800, revenue on imports that he has bought ex.
change receipts, and the accounts all paid. IL
takes away from large capitalists land, is said,
mostly foreigners, because interest is lower abroad
than here) the monopoly, and invites rising, thrifty,
energetic merchants of smaller capital into the
petition. Another consideration not to be lost sight
of is the supply these warehouses would afford in
the event Of war.
But il is the influence on trade and its dependen.
cies, which gives to this bill its greater Importance
Ii is we'll known that the government looks to the
seamen engaged in the fisheries and the merchant
service for sailors to our ships of war. And II
n equally well known that TO them we indebted
for all the naval character we possess. Whatever
tends TO throw mportations into the hands Of for
eigners, necessarily throws that trade in foreign bot
toms. This lessons the for vessels, reduces
the demand for ship builders and also for seamen,
and disables the govern in time Of need TO man
her fleets with hardy crews, trained To the manage
ment Of their vessels, and accustomed to the element
Of their choice.
Besides the trade from England and her dependen-
cies, which the present unwse restrictions on
trade have thrown into her bottoms the hold the
carrying trade Of the immense country south Of US,
which we once had, daily losing The vast
countries lying south of Us and around to California,
studded as that immense coast is with islands ca
pable Of producing rich and abundant harvest for
commerce, though young and not half explored,
open a vast field for enterprise and trade, which has
not only attracted the attention Of this country, but
of the civilized and commercial world. China, too,
lies Just beyond. Both these, the youths and the
aged, have, TO a very limited extent, engaged in
navigation. Peopled these islands and countries
are by variety ofnatlons, producing and requiring
a variety of the productions and manufactures the
warehousing system is demanded here to furnish
that varied assortment. We, too situated in their
. neghborhood, and on the pathway to Europe, have
extraordinary advantages TO command that trade.
That the warehousing system would give it to our
enerprising merchants, your Committee fully be-
: Iieve. An English writer, speaking of the effects
OF the warehousing system in Great Britain, says
at difficult understand its object and it must
strike every who studies IT, as remarkable evidence
of the sagacy and political skill of the nation that has in
vented it. The growing importance OF the South American
states in the circle Of commerce ha, been leading induce
men to the establishment Of this system These States
with small and inadequate commercial marine, with the
abundant supplies Of the great staples of trade and
with a growing population disposed to British
manufactures have been drawn by the waehousing sys
PGSr @ he these
into the English ports selects much of them as is
onired for home consumption and then British
trade distribution of the surplus the whole OF Eu.
rope England sits adyantageously for this trade at the
storehouse which every may be proper
ly supplied Indeed 1t Is every conspicuous In the
chief object to secure to British commerce as much
possible OF the productions OF the territories and colonies
and other nations"
The English warehouse system here alluded to
was partially established in 1909 enlarged OCCASION
ally, and finally perfected in 1889 In ls4l it was
extended to ninety ports, and places contiguous TO
ports. And the privilege is now extended to Hall
| fax, Quebec, Montreal, Hamilton, Kingston, and
| Toronto, in Canada
Another English writer says:
AT the commencement it uhe warehousing SYSTEM was
limited in its operations few of the principal ports and
extended certain articles only The greatest
have been derived from its adoption only to the
chant individually the nation has been the
of dfusing its benefits throughout the United King
dom"
Concentrations like these, which carry along
with them the internal evidence Of practical expert
ence should not be, nor have they been, lost on us;
for, although not so universally engaged in COM
merce as they, the advantages Of this system have
long been seen by many practical and enlightened
men among us. As early as 1916, Mr.. Dallas, then
and the subject has been favoraby entertained by
most, if not all, of his successors, and by various
committees of Congress to whom this subject has
been referred.
But interests which 1t has been imagined this
l system ia inimical to, have thus FAR successfully
E opposed its adoption. And your committee, egis-
lating for the Union would not willingly inaict an
injury a particular section, even for a general
] good But commerce benefits all, Just in proper
ton to its freedom. Fasten the tourniquet on the
arm and the hand perishes; loose it, and the heart
sends the blood to the fingers, teammates, and in
n vigorates again. Commerce is to the whole human
family, what the heart is to the animal SYSTEM re-
strict it, and the part affected languishes dies
as the restriction may be partial or complete; un-
fctter it, and the entire human family are invgor.
e ated blessed, and beauti6ed
In addition to this, it has long been fruitfu
, source Of complaint with our manufacturers tina,
7 foreign goods were thrown into our markets and
forced off below remunerating prices, to the utter
ruin of the sales Of American goods of the same de-
scription. That this does occur, in consequence o.
an undue accumulation in the hands of the foreign
t manufacturer OF particular descriptions Of goods
which sent here to seek market, there can be
no doubt Under the operation of this system
these goods, instead Of being forced on the market
to its extreme depression, to raise the means oil