The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-24
THE DAILY UNION.
New YoRK, August %, 1886.

4 New YoRK, August %, 1876.
To the Editor Of the Union!
\ The first dirt was removed at Fresh pond, nea
Boston, by Mayor Quincy, under circumstances
great pomp and ceremony, as the beginning or com
mencement Of an acqueduct for supplying the cit,
Of Boston, with pure water IL Is AN important anC
costly enterprise. The pond of fresh water which
is to supply the aequeduct discharges itself by an
outlet into the Concord river, which itself joins thu
| Menimack ut Lowell. IL is proposed to close tn,
natural outlet and conduct its surplus water L
Boston. Nothing adds greater comfort to city
than abountiful supply of wholesome water.
| The war among the wing journals goes as brave.
| ly on as IL did among "the kegs" The Tribune
and Albany Journal wish the cat, alias "whigery, ,
to have "a long rnged tall !" made up Of abolition
ism, anti-rentism, and Fourerism. But the Courier
and the Express declare they would sooner kill the
| cat outright than see II wear such an abomnable
and incongruous appendage. The Tribune calls the
tail progressive whigery-that Is, II the growth OF
tail can be called progressive, which grows back
| wards.
The Tribune proposes TO engraft all its "isms''
into the wing liturgy, for which the Courier and
Express have read Il out of the church Il proposes
for a sort Of matrimonial connexion between abo-
litionism and whigeryj but the latter have forbid
| the banns.
The Tribune and Journal, with other abolition
wing prints, It seems to me, may save themselves
some trouble, by learning that the abolitonists do
not intend TO be sewed on TO the tail Of whige.
y. 1t appears that they design bringing out can
didates Of their own, If the following statement
made by the Boston Journal be true
'The Liberty (aboiron) central committee
have called State convention TO nominate candi-
dates for governor, lieutenant governor, and canal
commissioners, TO meet in mass, at Canistota, Mad
son county, on Wednesday, the 9th Of September
next"
The native Americans, also, are to have candl-
dates of their own in the field
Why cannot the Tribune call convention of
progressive Fourerite wings and have candidates
nominated to its own liking The more candidates
the merrer.
amount Of incidental protection afforded by the ne,c
revenue bill or tariG.-ln changing from specific to
ad yalorem duties, IL subjects many arclest charges
levied IN the way of inland transportation from the
place Of manufacture to the port Of shipment ex-
empt before. For instance, iron now pays so much
per pound specific duty. Ii is weighed on It's arri-
val in the United States, and the duties assessed
accordingly; whereas, under the imposition Of
per cent. ad yalorem duties, TO the invoice must be
added the inland transportation or freight, and 81
per cent commission before the duty is imposed.
The 18th section Of the act Of 1912, which will
remain in force under the law, declares that in
all cases "the cost and charges" shall be added to
the invoice, and the duty assessed on the amount
Looking at the words "cost and charges" in literal
and in what believed to be a commercial sense,
supposed freight to the United States was embraced
as one Of the charges. But, according TO ancient
treasury circulars and the practice of revenue off
GERS, "cost and charges" are intended to cover the
'cost and charges" from the place or point Of man
ufacture to the place Of shipment, including 81 per
cent. commission in England for delivering and clear
ing on ship board. The law would have been more
explicit had it said: that to the appasement or in.
voice shall be added "all and charges except
insurance." from the place Of manufacture to the
point of shipment, with q per cent. for commits
slons.
In considering the amount Of incidental protec-
ton afforded by the new revenue bill, the inland
freight transportation, of goods to the shipping
point with 81 per cent additional cost in the way Of
commissions, must be added a basis of taxation.
This fact few people aware Of The inland
freight greatly varies different articles and in diff
ferent countries Ii is not generally known either,
that When sugars imported, the boxes and hogs
heads are charged for and added 10 the bill Of costs
on the sum Of which the duties are assessed. When
a certain per centage Of duty is named, many peo-
pie talk Of it as though no increase in its amount
ensued from the method Of collection that 20, 25,
30, or 40 per cent &c, was really nothing than
what the figures represent, when in reality the
in practice is widely different
| have derived the following facts from an Off
cal source, and they may be therefore relied upon
for their accuracy:
Inland transportation from points Of manufacture TO
places Of shipment; supplied fronsfhs United States
appraisers office, .Nep York.
Place Of manufacture. .1sSrsge trsrsf Comrlis-