The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-01

upon price Of importation, Is delivered
thus Ia New York TO the American
printer three months after sending his
cash ian article generally required by
Of 56O-lOOl
Cost Of prnting-In bleaching, NOR cents.
dants, printing, preparation, dyelng af-
ter printing, &c, &c. up to finishing
for market, in paying duty Of 10 pen
esni. on his dye-stuffs, bleaching pow
doris, mordants. &C., will be say a
Commission TO his selling agent, suppo-
sing no advances required, "a per cent o,,oo
s $siVV
Total cost OF madden print made In the
United States ION rs per cent. duty
on the imprinted cloth - cents per a., ,Oo
yard 'ofivo
Cts pr. I'D.
The English printer buys his cloth near
He prints il, paying no duties on any of
his materials, for u
Is ready to export to China or elsewhere, =,
Thus duty Of rs per cent on imprinted cloths
prevents the American printer from exporting his
printed calicoes. At per cent his print would cos,
g. against the Engish al H. and IN fancy styles IN
foreign markets he could succeed.
Shut out from export, how does he fare al horasY
The British printer will forward per snnum TO 'he
United States, on duty OF 70 or W per cent. al
valorcm al least twelve million dollars value pay
inx 10 our revenue three three and half millions
He will pay the expenses enumerated above TOT me
cost Of importation, less the ~ per cent buyers
commission; in all 36l per cent, including duties,
x1sin. On ~ A%s,isao printed calico laid down
in New York at 8, cents, on duty oil 20
per cent on the imprinted cloths, Is present
ed the English, with all the eclat Of "mer-
ehandise Granger" at ~.
The RAJ protection thus given to the American
calico printer land il will be the same with all color
ed goods when yarns, &c, are % .n N.Y., Ts
you lay duty Of rs per cent on the foreign Prin.ed
calico, and Is per cent. on the foreign imprinted
calico, (the plain cloth is the difference between
ss4-iOO cents and 10 25-lOO cents, being pei
cent
cent; whilst the other and far more meritoriou'
branch. il killed dead, both at home and abroad
What is the remedy
The remedy will be found in the adjustment o
this bill upon practical, more than theoretical Prin
ciples. .,,s..,,u.
40 ros,on printed DYED, or stained will severely
cr;pple the American calico printer by the auAsrIT
thrown into market, and he MUST nAvE mis- chis
material at a price that will allow him TO export
other parts Of the world his productions
!, The import of printed calicoes may be estimate
safely nt twelve million dollars.
The production here Is twenty-n mliions, an
the consumption not much more
The revenue, at IS OF 30 per cent VIII moi ne les
than three ssiilion dollars per annum' ,,..
Revenue so levied, would reduce permanently
the consumers The prices Of printed caieoes AZ
other colored goods, p5- provided the Amenc'
printer IA not 'sk,led of" 10y high tnB on q" "a
t<visl, and he Britiss printer given the market o.
tire. -,
With the reduction to - or 30 per cent, inste'
of9 cents per square yard nav levied upon print
and colored goods, reduce the duty on "mannfHetnr
n cotton cloths not printed, dyed ~ F'7ess ioH
ceun. IN, square ward - 70 tfst sHifa '' ~ nFr''
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