Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-01-17

Duties per tarif OF 1882 VI lSf..
Woolens ........... SO per cent. 40 pei cent
Flannels Is cts 50. yd. Ia cts 50. yard
Pig IRON 10 dolls. per ton. 8 dolls. per ton
1 Rolled iron. ....... 80. do. rs. do.
4 Other bar Hon lS. do. ~. do
Salt ...........2O per bush 8 cts. per bush
Brown sugar 81 per h.. Ia cts per Id.
Cotton baggng. 3! cts So. yd. .4&5 cts So. yd.
Cotton minimum white
/ goods. 80. do. 70. do.
Cotton minimum dyed
and printed. 35. do. $3.50. 80 do
II will be seen that there general reduction the
highest of duty That's say the tariff of 1912 is less
protective than that Of 1892 The only exceptions the
articles Of sugar and cotton-bagging, which certainly
be laid the door Of the Northern manufacturers II true
the general of al vaorem duties raised from IS
per cent but this done wholly for the purpose Of in
creasing the 1t becomes them matter of some
interest inquire under what circumstances the tariff of
was passed The national debt had been paid off, and
great reduction of the necessary The Jackson
party had decided majores both Houses of Congress in
the House of Representatives consisting of upwards of thirty
The tariff OF 1882 prepared with great care the prn
ce OF raising the necessary revenue disposed afford
protection to our own industry in all its branches Many of
the poteciionist however, not satisfied with the duty
on wooen manufactures, high was corresponding
with the high duty wool The bill passed the House Of
Representatives by vote of 80 to 65 1t is somewhat Gu
rious to find amongst the yeas the of James K Polk
and Cave Johnson. OF the nays more than one half
consisted of those who voted against the bill as not high
enough woollens leaving more than thirty who
voted against the bill on principle consisting of Mr. McDuie
and his converts to the orybae theory In the Senate
the same bill, fortified in the article of woolens by
an addition of per cent, passed by a vote of 80
to l6-Mr Dallas being amongst those voting the ama-
tive Such the position of the Democracy of the country
on the principle of discrimination in favor of protection in
1892 None OF its deformites then discovered But
South Carolina did not like this bill She adopted the theory
that it imposed tax of 40 per her exports She
threatened notification and rebellion. General Jackson at
the next session of the Congress- proposed reduction
Of the tariff in order appease this oward State He ad
United that cit would violation Of public faith sud-
denly to abandon the large interests which had grown up
under the implied pledge Of legislation and added that
nothing could justify but the public safety which the su
preme law"
The prctext for reduction that the tariff would produce
too much evenuehat Congress had not carried out the
reduction proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury in bill
which he had at the previous session furnished the House
OF Representatives at their request There no foundation
for this petex afterwards admitted by the Secretary
himself in document which he called on to furnish
doc 81 I'd sess ed Cong showing that the tariff of
1882 actually made greater reductions than those
in his own bill.
But under this pretext what called Verpancks bl
was brought forward and the Jackson party were most of
them, drilled to the mark of undong their own work of
the preceding session. But without success for after yo
lent effort Verpancks bill abandoned Il was in this
state OF things that Mr. Cays compromise bill taken up
by the defeated party and carried through the House against
the votes Of the friends of the protective system
Mr. Clay acted under the mistaken idea put forward bv tho
Administration that the tariff of 1892 would produce more
revenue than required for the administration of the Go
vcnmen Experience and present debt have proved the
contrary.
But with what face the party, nay the very men by
whose agency the tariff Of 1892 was passed. now come for
ward dcnouncing the tariff of ls42the principle
but mder and moderate in all respects than that Of
1892 the abomnaton Of abomnations-as new concoc-
ton Of concentrated Whgery Such is the spirit of parv
The Baltimore Convention considered the vote OF South Ca
rona necessary TO the election of Mr. Polk and the
word went forth, do,cn tch The tariff The affiliated presses
of the party take the note and down with the accused
the Wing tariff Of 1912, responded from tho same hroats
which cried sy in favor Of similar tariff in 1892 Thus
The great interests Of the country made the sport and foot
ball Of selfish politicians in their eager pursuit of Office is
this action Of it which makes many of the statesmen Of
Europe, and some ourselves pronounce our system
a failure. We do not agree with them. With so much of
good we must expect evil We believe in rccupera
tive power which will eventually things right We must
expect wrong measures, but they will work their own cure
It Is possible 10 sound the depths of democracy too low
Mr. Walker expresses particular dislike specific duties
including the cotton minimums which are in fact merely
specific duties In this he goes against the experience Of the
whole world lie will find mercantile man in the whole
country to agree with him. The difficulty of guarding against
fraudulent invoices has increased with the increase of our
trade and It's tendency fall the hands of unscrupulous
foreigners with whom the custom of double invoices ia no
| torious.
The carrying out Mr. Walkers views in this particular
would not only put whole system of revenue in ne h,
introduce The widest system Of fraud and rcr;rv which ,h
world has ever seen. Many Of the continental tariff, na a.
famous Iol- Vercm in particular, are wholly spec6c mann,
lectures Of cotton WOOL and silk being rated nv weight r.
British tariff admits ad valoem duties in ,b Co..,
cases. and then subject TO home valuation at which Tho
Government officers at liberty TO take the goods a.
an addition OF ten per cent Mr.. Walkers oh;c; ~
specific duties, and especially the cotton minimum ,ho -
equal burdens on the aborng classes and poor compacd .
the rich has hardly the shadow of truth TO supno,, i
far as respects the cotton manufacture not even the shadow
II Is FACT which must be admitted by all who look into tho
natter that all the manufactures OF cotton ALI which
possess substance and most profitable in use by tho labor
ing classes furnished by the American manufacturer on
better terms than they be had in any other part Of The
world In this they challenge inquiry The constantly in
creang demand for export for this description Of goods to
markets In which they meet the British in full competition
would seem TO be sufficient evidence Of this fact unless in
deed one would adopt the discovery Of the sagacous Bunde
cund that the acturers sell their goods hall