The daily union., 1846-10-31
THE DAILY UNION

setiys t.riff WAS an ad vslorem as well AZ specific
tariff Upon manufactures OF iron aad metals 10
per cent? on wooden and cotton cloths 70 per cent?
manufactures Of lsslhsr - per cent, and % on.
more or lees prevailed, with the really vicious prn-
ciple first introduced Ia 1916 upon cotions Of mini
mum valuations, by which the tax on the poor man
was enhanced, and the rich exempted through the
deceptive process Of attaching fictitious value TO
low priced articles, as 10 tax the Cheapest and the
dearest fabrics all alike by the false process of deem
ing that the lowest price cost not less' than the
highest
THE new tariff avoids this practical falsehood,
which 'dseasd' that a poor man wore az expensive
cloth the rich and taxed hiFs lhe sane for IL Il
tells the plain trth that he who wears the most
expensive fabrics shall be taxed according 20 their
cost, and he who cannot affosd TO buy tho highest
priced article shall not pay the highest priced tax
But aside from the plain Jostce Of this rule Of
taxation according to value, ukere 1s the fact that
the whig tariff Of ls42, this moment raises three
iiths OF its revenue by ad yaloren, dutes and if
Henry Clay ia the Senate Of 1872 sbo'said: Il am
willing TO abide by that priSc'ple Compare the
difference between the specific and the ad valorem
system Of duties, and naintan M me latter Is Justly
entitled 10 the preference
"As to the other .yicious prsncpie,' "a revenue
tariff no other ever passed until she system OF
bounnes was got up by special essat'oa the injus-
lice Of which has done more than all other causes
10 weaken the Union.
~The nexi objection raised by the Massachusetts
whig convention TO the tariff, is that all former
tarfs embodied proiection, and This does not
SNOW, so far from this being true, tariff, as a
whole, except that Of I642, ever embodied 30 much
protection the tariff Of l446 II gives an average
protection TO iron, coal, and wooIlens, Of SO per
cent and to cotton fabrics generally Of 40 per cent
adding to the duties levied OF 30 and Is per cent.
the freight and charges, which all agree will en-
hanee the cost Of imported articles to that amount in
competition with our own.
Let the simple fact bestaod. that in selling coat
or carpet the American maDoftanef has so per cent.
advantage over the foreign sndcr>be sey tariff, and
in selling shirt shceting or drlilngs 40 per cent,
and then ask the consumer II he links he ought 70
be taxed more than that TO profit the manufactured
Or LEI the manufacturer himself say IL he really
poets to permanently establish higher tax than that
for his special benefit
''Or take the yexed articles Of coal and iron-the
great necessares of lifeand who will say Tor IL he
says it, ought il to be regardedl that tax which
enhances the price nearly haiJ to the American
consumer, is not bounty enough even for the Penn
sylvania miners and iron master1
"We venture TO say that no sober and intelligent
manufacturer in New England viii deny the suh-
cheney OF protection in the staple articles TO
much profit at least any other business will
YIELD unless il be in the single article ofmousene dc
aines, which it is apprehended may fall under the
classification Of porstsd, and thus come under the
duty Of IS per cent" a 1