The daily union., 1846-09-02
Prom the Mobile Register
DUTY ON IRON,

The sympathy Of the tariff men all over the can,
try for the suferngs Of Pennsy yania under Nv
new tariff act has been imploringly appealed ,ol
the Philadelphia Spirit Of the Times-one Of rSo.a
papers which proclaims that it is demosUev -
government TO regulate the private pursuits of ms0
and exercise the power oftaxaton, 70 make la.;aL
business profitable 10 few fayorites at the eosI y
everybody else. Here is his complaint briefly sum.
med up;
"'fhe duty upon ton Of iron under the new hin
will not on the average, exceed eleven dollars. Los
be landed trharues for from fifteen 10 tosu,
hts dollars per ton cheaper than can be maRufieis
al our nearest mills and broug here. This We kno
and so knowing, we have but little hope that an,
manufacturers can continue operations for anv
length Of tlme.n
The iron duty in the bill Is thirty per esni tn,
statement assumes that il is about sisUtn dollars ps
TOM and the demand is that lseR TO tlosnV 6re do
lars more per ton are necessary in the form Of pro
lection To make the prices Of the foreign and don.s
TIC article equal TO the consumer. Ii follows thai
from twentysix 10 thrty-six dollars besides ali ths
costs and charges Of Importation are necessary 10
protect the iron manufacturers.
A dollar less would not allow Of importation a,
all, and there would be consequently no rspsnu4 col.
leeted. From twenty-six 10 Ihirly-six dollar.
ton, naked tax, without regard TO revenue, ara
therefore demanded for the support Of the iron man.
ufacturer. II the thirty per cent. duty amounts, a.
stated, 10 eleven dollars per ton, the duty on The
same articles would amount, at S26 per ton to Abou,
70 per cent; and $50 ton, 10 about 100 Der cent
Thus, every ton Of iron produced in Pennsylyani.
would cost the consumer, in AN increased price from
10 to 100 per cent, under protective tariff such az
the Pennsylyanians demand. before the government
receives dollar from the imposition, which il has no
power to make except for revenue" The tariff Of
1912 imposed various rates upon iTon ranging from
90 TO $50 per eentthe average being far above The
rate demanded; Of course, IL was fayore with the
producers Of iron, for the very reasons which ought
TO set every body else against i-yiz that il leysd
enormous burdens on everybody else for the pro.
lection" Of iron.
What these burdens are, exactly, is a compleat,d
question. But some idea may be formed from II,
hgures Of thus writer himself The annual prsduet
ofPennsylyana iron is said to be about 300 900 ton,
all Of which Is sold al profit. The Times tells uI
that this cannot be produced for less than SIS 10
s25 per ton above the cost Of the imported articls
which has paid sll per ton duty, and paid other
heavy expenses. Setting aside these costs and
charges foe the case is strong enough without them,
II Is ayoWed that not ton Of this iron can be mad,
and sold unless it brings from PC dollars to 30 dol
lars per ton more than the imported article would
sell at in free market The enhancement Of pric.
demanded, and heretofore obtained on the product
Of Pennsylvania iron, in consequence Of the tariff,
therefore, at the minimum upon the figures Of their
own advocates 26 dollars to 36 dollars on every ton
Of three hundred thousand tons, from 81 500 900
to SO 500 ,000-ayersging So, 300, 900 per annun.
IL cannot be less than ths-and 1t is as much NOR,
as the amount Of incidental protection arising from
the expenses Of importation, and all the further In
crease Of price which the iron men obtain by III.
raising Of the duty beyond the amounts stated to b
necessary in order make the two articles Of equal
value in the market.