Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-09-17
From the Baltimore Patriot.

The Two TARrFFs.-We pointed out yes
lerday the fragrant errors Of the comparative
statement made by Mr.. Secretary Walker
for the purpose OF exhibiting, rs he says, toe
practical workings of The tariffs of 1912 an
lSl6 These errors were So palpablc, 50
manliestly made to deceive, ard were vet pu,
forth with such a show of official sanction
that we could not but express our surprise
both al the boldness OF the attempted dccep
ton, and the impudence with which it was
2nt forth. We think there must have been
some imposition praciised upon Mr., Walker,
~ obalOing hls signature to the statement
made in the Union. As we SAID yesterday,
wo cannot think SO badly OF him. as to believe
that he knew what he was s:gnng. lie must
have been deceived
There are two objects apparent on the lace
OF tins "conpara,lve statement" One is to
make IL appear that the protection " some OF
the principal mechanical employmenls-such
as shoemakcrs, ,nllorS, segar makers, Sc.-
Is MS great under the tarlii of 1916 as il is un.
der The tariff oi 1912. And the other is to
show that the tax on what are called lnxures
IS much higher under the tariff of 1916 than
It rs under that OF 1912
We yesterday showed, by reference t.
the case of boots, shues and segara, how the
mechanics were attempted TO be deceived, by
putting an cxlravogantly high valuation up.
on the foreign article, and thus reducing the
per ceniace of the specific duty. II Is ~ a
slmllur way that the duty on luxuris is made
to appear as being much increased. We
take the case cf Madeira VINE. The duty on
this article, by the new tariff, is forty per cent
idvalorcm, that is on iis Cos, or value. The
iu,y on 1t by the tariff of lS42 as a specific
one OF sixty centsa gallon This Mr. Walk
er puts down as equivalent to 5,24 per cent.
ad valOrem Now, what mus, a gallon ol
Madeira WINE cost, on which n duty Of sixty
cents will only be less than 81 per cent. al
valorcm? Nearly twelve dollars! Does not
every body know that this cannot be so, ,ha,
no such price is paid for ,hc vine imported
from Madeira? IN fact Mr.. Walker iorgels
rha, he has shown in his annual report ,ha,
The average cost ot this wine is s y 90 a gallon
and that hence, specific duty Of sixty cent,
is equivalent to duty of fifty per cent. ad
valorem But he forgels, or decries, his own
report, and publishes statement to the world
setting forth that sixty cents gallon is only
81 per cent on its value to make which
statement true it will be necessary that Ma
deira wine should cost nearly twelve dollars
a gallon.
In regard to the duty imposed by The tariff
of ~ on Madeira wines, It is TO be stated
that Iormer Secretary of the Treasury, on
the application OF thePor,uegese mins,cr,gavc
an outrageous decision, repeating. in effect,
The duty, by allowing them to be imported at
the same rate as that charged on the common
cheap red wines of France. The decslo
was pretended to be founded on the treaty
with Portugal, which provided that no higher
rate Of duty shall be charged by the United
States on the productions of that country,
than are charged on similar articles OF other
countries. Mr.. Bib decided that the wines
of Madeira and the wines Of France, both be
ing red,' were similar" aud thereto
must be charged with the same dnty This
most ridiculous decision has been followed by
Mr.. Walker, and under II Madeira wines have
been admitted at a low rate Of duty yet Mr.
Walker, ~ his statement" treats the matter
as 1t lbls low ad valorem was fixed by the Ia
rlfl OF ls42. instead oi by the Treasury Depart.
ment Was there ever such bare-iaced i'm
pudence as tins?
The wine merchants ought, by all means,
To get up very handsome present for Mr.
Walker, for his raising, on paper, the value
OF their wines about one thousand per cent.
Whilst tins s going on, would 1t not be well
tor the "Charles,on Hat Club" to hold ~
meeting, to consider what they should do in
the premises? This Club has n standing rule
awarding" the hnt' to the man who shall ex
cecd all others ~ "bomcing.' The honor is
now worn by Distinguished member of the
press IN New York but we submit that the
'bouncers" of Mr.. Walker in tins "comoara
tive statement" fairly entIte him to The pecu.
liar honor Of wearing "the hat" VIII the
Official journal see that justice is done in the
matter?
NoRwIcu AND WoRcEsTrR RAILROAD. The
business Of the Norwich aud Worcester Road
~ August. was highly encouraging to the
siock holders. The result sill exhibit n con.
siderable increase over August, 1913 A.
soon rs the steamer Atlantic commenced her
irp', The receipts went up Ia high figure, in
some cases reaching $500 to $500 for the boats
share Tor single trip. The boat has proved
herself Ia be- all that was promised by her
builders, aud by attracting large share Of the
travel between New York aud Boston, largely
increased the earnings Of the company - Uor.
csstv spy.
false friend is like a shadow on dial.
which appears IN tine weather, but vanshcs AT