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

see how Dir. Secretary Walker viii treat
this matter Of sugar and molasses.
with the new sugar region OF his OAR
ling Texas coming INTO the Union, will he
take Two or three millions Off these articles
aud put them on tea aud coffee, nov free Of
duty! 10 the consumer, il has been we'll
said, 10 be all the same whether the day
on dish OF tea or coffee, be divided be-
tween them and the s~eetenng, or laid
~holy on the latter. But il is test q1es.
ton d principle, and sc epprehend will call
INTO action all the ingenuity Of The oecfe.
tafy.
| Next in importance comes the article Of
iron, in lis VARIOUS forms. Pig iron pays a
duty Of G7 per cent, rolled bar iron, C..
These tgo articles produced revenue Of
upwards OF a million Of dollars under these
high rates Of duty With those Oh heir kin.
died manufactures the highest 10 the tariff.
No doubt reduction Of he duty On iron to
~ or 70 per cent, supposed 10 be about
tie revenue Standard would immensely IN
crease tho Importation, and porhaps in.
crease the revenue. But Il would, in the
same degree, put cut the furnaces Of Penn.
/ syiyauia; il would arrest the present rush
q! capital into The iron business. l;on AID
ts coaser manufactures cousis, Of direct ab
.iIoct labor. A high duty upon iron, can
only be defended 90 the principle Of direct
positive protection 10 our own labcr. Cheap
non and cheap labor are Synonymous terms,
they must 90 together. This article pre-.
scuts another test question, aud ne have
cqqa! curiosity tG see how the Secretary
vii present II to the electors 0l Peunsylsa
MA, @ho voted for Mr.. Polk, as better
iriead 10 the tariff than Mr.. Clay, The
coat Of Pennsylvania is another article pro-
Iected with duty Of 81 per cent, produ
chg revenue c. enc Auadred and fhy-iwo
lhoasend dollars, tie greater paH paid 5y
Massachusetts, tie chef consumer of Novu
Scotia coal Sglt pays duty Of - per
cent, and produces 4 revenue Of SIX auO.
dTed aud ti.ly.nue thousand dollars Such
IS tho operation oC this tariff OF The leading
articles Of cur consumption in the cGudef
productions Of the country.
We now come 10 those requiring higher
skill in the manufacture, and more capital
for their establishment.
Hoollea Manufacture pay On ad valo.
rem duty Of ~ per cent, aul produce q
revenue Of upwards cC iao millions d, dol.
lars. This manufacture has always given
rise 10 the most difficult questions IN the
arrangement Of the tarii, owing to the d,fI.
Gully OF adjusting the duty on wool 10 the
satisfaction Of Loh wool-growers and The
manufacturers, whilst our own production
OF wool was much below our consumption. |
THIS difficulty is fast disappearing. The in /
crease IN the production Of wool, more es.
peciaIly in the Western STATES, is Furnish.
ing Us full supply, except Of the very
coaEsesl sorts, costing under seven cents a
pound, In this state Of things, any consde- |
rGbie reduction Of the duty, which will ma /.
Ierlally Increase the importation Of woollon /
manufactures, viii act directly upon the
price OF the raw material, reducing il in
proportion The duty Of 40 per cent, is
Sufficiently reasonable as q mere revenue
duty, aud falls chiefly 90 the higher branch
es oil the manufacture, worn by the richer
portions OF the community whilst the coar-
ser articles, for common clothing and the
common carPet,ugs are furnished by our
own manufacture, under our improved ma
chlnery, at prices 60 low as to leave no rea (
sonabe ground OF complaint as TO prices, /
aud ttltcluaIy 10 shut Out foreign compeu |
ton.
We come now to the most lmpcrtont Of
our manufactures, that Of cotton-Wmch ex
hlbus the greatest triumph OF the protective
policy, which has attracted to It the greatest
amount OF capital, at the same time that lis
fabrics have been IN the greatest degree re.
duced in prlce. II is not, Perhaps surpri.
Slpc that Its success should have made il the
object Of the especial hatred and abuse OF The
enemies Of all protection. Mr.. Secretary
Walker may, therefore, very probably feel
himself called on to exercise all his lngenul.
~ IN indlng grounds Of attack upon this
manufacture. We challenge hIm TO the
stuctest scrutiny ihc fullest collection OF
facts.
is well known thatthis manufacture has
grown up under the protection Of specific
duty, in the form OF minimum valuation,
introduced by South Carolina IN lsl6, but /
which has been since rePudiaied 5y that
State in terms Of the grossest bllhngsgate.
The present sarlii' Iesles a duty Of six cents, !
at least, the square yard, on all manuac.
lures OF which cotton IL component part, !
and when printed or colored, OF nine cents, /,
The Nhle Informs US that the whole amount /
of res uue derived from goods to which the
minimum principle 10 applied, was S4,273,. .
geo, averaging So per cent. on the whole /
cost, aud which is thus classified:
Rates Of daty.
Sl,l2l goo from goods costing
above the minimum. 30 per cent
2,57i,0O0 from printed and
cold goods at &c. 8. y. ~ do,
$4,000 from PLAIN goods,
at cents square yard, 4'4 CO.
g. 600 from vuYets, &c.
at l0I cents square yd, 80 DO
We ,rustthc Secretary will give this sub
iect of the cotton manufacture, a thorough /
examination in all lis bearings that be viii
ascertain what description OF articles we
&c.,, h,t a. n it,,Dnrt haf no %