The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-05-22

est possible cases, and then subject TO
home valuation, at which the Government
officers are at liberty TO take the goods, on
paying an addition Of ten per cent. Mr.
Walkers objection tina, specific duties, and
especially the cotton minimum, throw un
equal burdens on the laboring classes and
poor, compared to the rich. has hardly the
shadow of truth to support II; So lar us re-
spects the cotton manufacture, not even the
shadow. Ii is a fact, which must be adj
mitted by all who look into the matter, that
all the coarser manufactures OF cotton-all
which possess substance, aud are most pro
ftable in use by the laboring classes, are
furnished by the American manufacturer
on better terms than they can be had III
any other rart OF the world. In this they
challenge inquiry. The constantly Increa-
sing demand for export for this description
of goods, to markets IN which they meet
the British in full competition, would seem
10 be sufficient evidence of this fact I'M
less, indeed, one would adopt the discovery
of the sacacious Bundecund, that The man.
ufdcturers sell their goods abroad at one
half the prices uhieh they obtain at home
The Secretary quotes from Document
BOG, LIST session, 2sih Congress, Mr. Me-
Hays Report,) to show the high duties
payable on certain manufactures OF cotton,
adding The difference is founded on
actual importation, and shows an average
discrimination agalns, the poor on cotton
imports Of 50 per cent. beyond " hat the
tax would be ii assessed upon the actual
value" Now, with all due respect for Mr..
Walker, we must say, there IS no such
thing. He is utterly mistaken. No such
importstions have been made. No such
horrid exaction has been practiscd upon
the poor. His authority is the sixth col
umn of table c, appended to that Report,
BOG, stated in the table itself 10 be, +" the
rates ad vslorem Of the duties under the
present law, as estimated in statements
made to the committee, upon the authority
of known and respectable merchants and
/ importers in several Of the large com
mcfcul cities" We 6ud The explanation
on page - Of said Report, in the /" Price
Current issued by Stewart, Thompson and
Lay, Manchester, January 81, 1913 with
the rcte of duty under the present Amer.
can tariff added Here We find precisely
the same rates Of duty, being those which
uould be charged, on certain goods, IF IN.
ported, as those gwen previously 10 the
sixth column, very kindly estimated, no
doubt, by some Manchester agent. A.
mongsl them We find "siouts or domes.
tics" Limitations Of ours,) estimated to pay
i upwards Of 100 per cent. duty, whilst they
were actually selling lower in Boston anc
New York than the prices quoted in tins
very Manchester price current This gros
mistake Of Mr.. Walker is the more extra
ordinary, since the second column Of thu
same table Z gives the actual rates Bd va
loren on goods coming under the cottor
minlmums, as made Up al the Ireaslry
upon the actual imports, being on Tie y
cent minimum 80 per cent, and on the 3
: cent minimum 43 per cent Thus yantshe
this grievance Of the poor into tim air
But why, then, this heavy minimum dui,
on goods which require no such protection
The whole matter is fully explained 10 tn
memorial Of the citizens OF Boston in,cres
'eu W s',c co''"'' h'n.lu''cluie' N'''Sull''
foi' 81 sess'oo' ~'n '"'5'csstl ,t''
WHICH VIZ 'iiaAe '"c 'o''o" i's eN'iae' 'io'
| PaSe ~
| Tho foregoing analysis WI have shown Y.
.no P.,o" "a J,uea.,u an, !, 80 w ~
n uf,ctuIe The eo,rscr f,ttcs vim which y
supply foreign nations at tho rate Of about thr,
:. millions Of dollars per annum, ~ free compel
''on ",. ''e n'''ls' ~ 4''e are t''
}. The only effect Of pneninr oar MI 5sTts 10 ms d
;. scrption Of good. at yery lou duty. Or no tu.
!, at all, would be tile influx Of inferior British IN
!. iAl'ons made from Bengal cotton, but who
wou'u prove 70 'e consumer ln'',n''o1,'y ueaf'
cotton. So far asreIa,es 10 ,hc fne, qualities
plain co,tons. very moderate square yard dot
will protect the manufactures no" IN e1i',ooe
II IS IN reference t 70 the sf'aio Of printed ca
liz ,,,,T ,.s,oos =. ,sc wy '''''''
The preares, imnortanr. or the min
:. mum consists in liz tendency IN cnnst,,,l
II cnrryIDo the manufacture nm ,nto the fla,
;. and higher branches. In I'M, particular