The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-23

pose, then, a new arrangement; but respectinr ~
and other points must not enter into much d,,.I
Of course my proposals will be in the hand, !,
members tomorrow morning, and my suEzesho.
Is; that new principle should be established 4, !.
CARDS the silk duties, in which the general rule ~
be, enumeratlng every article, that duty shall /.
imposed Of 50 much per pound. would give -
option to the eustom-house officer but II taken !,
palorem, the duty shall not exceed Ais for sy,,.
fl00 value. The general rule would be the aS0.l
tion of duty of Is per cent instead Of tho yaryI.
and capriciOus duties now called 80 per cent ~
less upon some articles, aud vastly more upon al
ers. We shall then have a qualified admission !,
the article which will stimulate competition, and a.
no injury to the home manufacturer. Il seem, !
me much more likely that IL will excite MIN !.
greater exertons than that 1t will st all reduce n.
amount Of his business. will now speak of N.
perl mean Neutrality-suspicious. which tb.rs .
a duty when brought into this country OF L. ma
square yard, and Il is paid indscrmlnatsly upon !,
kinds believe il possible TO sell for single d,
thing n square yard OF some descriptions Of pab.,
but upon the finest, that which has gold embroIdl
nv, as we'll as upon the coarses, the duty is Ia n
square yard, As the excise duty is, believe, on
farthing yard, the duty of Is. yard setv,
sxorbilant, and | propose to reduce that a.
ty from Is, TO twopenee. Hear, hear.l | nov ~
proaoh those manufactures that are connected IA
sible for me to guess what may or may not sI,Tl
the visibility OF some hon. members, but If ooU1
avoid such points ! would willingly do il, in OrdI|
that | might be able to explain myself without III
terfupton lcheers.l l will enter into no NOR N
tails Than are absolutely necessary; and with NJ
spect TO metals, would observe that we have n
duced the duty on foreign oresj If, therefore he,
are any domestic manufacturers who Ouge
TO be able to compete with foreigners, il is ii.
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ais, speaking generally, are protected by du, a
fifteen per cent. ad palorem. ] propose that with 4
spect 10 these and other articles do not speelkcs
mention, the general rule for the future should Be-
duty not exceeding ten per cent; that shall Be M
maximum upon articles donot enumerste OF eoar.
II is impossible 10 apply that rule to such an sric =
paper hangings and mentioned IL as an exception
the general rule Of ten per cent; but wherever \
present the duty upon any article is twenty ID
cent, my recommendation is, that It should be n,
duced in future TO ten per cent, and that is 10 be N
maximum. Within the rule Of ten per cent. vi
fall brocade, earthenware, and some others, as vi
as all manufactures Of hair. At present the duty
twenty per cent upon foreign Carriages; and lhiA
| am only giving proper advantage 10 the al
sumers IN this country by making a reduction
will venture to say that there Is article so sr,
agant in price as carriages in London. Compare d,
price Of an Edinburgh carriage with one buit |,
IOnOOn, anu tne u most eNOFbfaw
[eheers. When we have timber, metal, Ieahz
skill, and capital, there seems no reason why AL
rages built abroad should be 80 much cheaper, n
why our own should lie protected by duy Of i
per cent propose, therefore, partly in odu |
promote competition in the manufacture Of al
risges IN this country, and partly in order 10 q
courage the introduction Of foreign carriages, s|
the duty should be reduced to 10 per cent. chen
There is another manufacture with regard TO xhd|
shall suggest the propriely Of reduction Of dus|
alude 10 candles. We have lowered the duty n
wax and spermaceti, and now | propose a r,dU|
ton Of the duty on candles 10 the extent of half n
cent | recbmmehd, likewise, that the duty d
soap shall be thus reduced: hard soap is nod
subject TO a duty Of 30 per cent, but in fluid
it ought, | think, to be lowered to 20 per csni|
the duty on saft soap ought 10 be reduced fo}
20s to las, and upon Naples soap from SCI
to les. las the right honorable barOu
dropped his voice not Of the last figured
These may be thought by some minute maTru|
but it is Of great importance that | should give
| full an explanation as | can, and pass over Olhj
articles Of minor moment. There are many upo|
which the duty Is comparatively triAing, and lha
| omit. Notwithstanding the great slmpiheauOn l
the tariff Of the year ls42, propose to carry thI
simpifcation still farther. There were, hlnd
nearly 100 articles in the tariff and for the cow
nience of alphabetical arrangement to the cus,or|
house officers, 500 articles on which the duty. ID
been abolished are retained in IT, | wish TO e,r|
that abolition farther, and to admit, duty free mari
articles yet remaining in the tariff. There are SOM
manufactures with which Imust deal specially N
others, regarding which cannot now state preeisI
the amount duty, but may not be advisable TO appl
to them the general rule Of 10 per cent. In resps
| 10 all articles connected with the manufacture
leather, we have made great reductions; and Dd1
come TO an important article Of clothing--boos al
shoes. You have RENTED the duty on raw hids
they are now introduced duty free. You have \
mtted also the duty on almost every article eo|
nected with the tanning process, and propose
abolish the duty on one article which partakes md
of the character of the raw material than Of a mad
ufacture-dressed hides, with the view to low
the price Of an article Of clothing Of great and
| creasing importance to the lower classes. For n
sake of making boots and shoes cheaper, | propo1
to extinguish the present duty dressed hides; an
when that is done, there will not be single nt
material which we cannot command for the purpos
of manufacture without the payment Of daH
| (Cheers.l Having proceeded so far, shall recoa
mend 10 diminish the duty on foreign boots n
shoes, in order to reduce what consider the Pr
ent rather unreasonable price of them in this country
They are most important to the comfort oia
working classes, and my suggestion is that weshou
lower the duty on what are called boot-frons rod
3s and Sd. to Is. Cd. per dozen, and upon The ID
ger boot-fronts from o. ID. TO 70. 90 per cog
The duty on manufactured boots would redue io
FL Sc. to las. per dozen, and on shoes from lA !
Is. per Dozen ! propose also to lower tho daf
on hats: and to carry now into effect reduetp1
postponed IN the year 1921 am afraid no. wst
ly-upon straw plat; at present it is Is. Cd. peril
and | wish to reduce it to SIS. per lb the duty
straw hats would make IS. per dozen, instead
IS. cd. have already urged a reduction Of the DAY.
upon silk manufacture, and propose also to cda1
| the duty on what consider rather a raw malsrl /
than a manufactured article connected with ours l.
| manufacture; mean dyed thrown silk. hope
convincing the house that am disposed to act hrt
ly and impartally in the application Of my pnasf
pie; and | believe have now exhausted every all
Gle that can be called an article of rnanufactur,
the word "manufacture" is now generally usd l.
| Upon all articles Of clothing, use, and consurt
| ton, have stated the general principle Won
| apply; and come now to an item Of great impSv
ance, which, though a manufacture in common N
lance, does not strictly fall within that denomD1|
ton, and with regard to which | apprehenda n
duction ought to be made. propose to reduce
duty on brandy and foreign spirIs. tCheer
present, the duty OF brandy is not less than n
lOd.; and if | am rightly informed, the consuniPa \
Of French brandy at this moment is not N
great, or at all events not greater, than It Wn
The latter end Of the seventeenth century. IL
fact, | apprehend, is mainly to be attributed 10
exorbitant amount Of duty as compared with
value of the article itself Now brandy, like Sl
is article in respect to which appearances are
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