Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-04-23
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Thursday. April 93, ss46.
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The T'arifs.--aow il Is 10 be de-
feated.
l, will be recollec!ed tha, some time
last fall or in the winter Mr. Secretary
WALKER prepared Political Ca,eehism
in form Of Circular No. /. and Circular
No. 2. which he forwarded to office
holders throughout the United States and
the Territories, putting to them various
interrcga.ories. One was sen, to Yer
Plank Van Antwerp, but Instead of taking
the responsibility Of answering the cues.
tons himself he sen, the Circular TO the
then editor Of the Gazette, our presen,
Governor. for publication, at the same
time requesting the Clerks. SheriTs &C.,
OF the various counties to furnish the ne.
cessary information. Although these Cir.
culars were pretty generally distributed
among the various Office holders in Iowa.
1t appears that but one answered, and that
was Stephen Langworshy. Receiver a,
Du Buque. By The poli.eness of the Hon.
DANIEL WEBSTER we sometime since
received the famous "Repor, from the
Secretary Of the Treasury" which was
republished with such gusto by the Brit.
ish Parliament for the use Of lis members.
In that voluminous document we find the
answers to Circular No. Q, from Iowa.
As we said before, no one answered but
MIR Langworlhy. His answer to Qnes. l.,
is. mo cotton, rice or tobacco" raised in
Iowa. We believe in this portion of Iowa
considerable tobacco has been raised.
From the ID to The 7lh question he
gives no answers.
The s,h question which is unim portant
he answers correctly.
From the 9th to the l3lh he gives no
answers.
The following seems to be his answer
TO questions IA TO ~ inclusive. We have
no room 10 enumerate the questions; they
include manufacturing. ship building. the
proportion invested in commerce and ag.
ricnltnre and how they have been affected
BY the Tariff, warehouse system, draw
back, &c. &c. Mr. L. answers
1--WE have no manufacturing establish
ments. excep.a few Touring IN ills, barely
sufficien, for home consumption; and
smelling furnaces for the manufacture of
lead.
"The article ofsalt is extensively used;
and as the foreign article is the most used,
the price is enhanced by the present tar,
lit little more than the duty imposed;
thereby making the consumer paw about
40 cents per sack, or so per cent, more
than if imported free of duty.
"All wooden and cotton goods hare
advanced since 1871 from 10 to IS per
cent; and this is attributed to the fac,
that the foreign competition is prevented
by the high rate of duty imposed. Pork
has increased in price considerably within
the last two years, owing. it is believed.
10 the great foreign demand"
We wish to make few comments on
these three paragraphs. We do no. pre-.
tend to speak positively for other parts Of
the Territory in relation to the manufac-
ture Of Flour, but here. instead of manu-.
facturiug "barely sufficient for home
consumption" the two steam Touring
mills Of this city turn out from 80 to 100
barrels each, every twenty -four hours, and
the proprie,ors have shipped off thousands
OF barrels during the pas, season. In
addition TO this the mills on Skunk river
grind and ship of large surplus. The
steam mill at Fort Madison a. well as
those at Bloomington, to say nothing Of
the large number of extensive. mills on
the Des Moines, must send many thou.
sands of barrels TO foreign markets. In
fac. much Of the -four shipped from this
Territory is considered A No. l, in 81.
Louie aud New Orleans. So much for
the first paragraph.
In relation to the article of Salt, we
find on inves,ig CATION. tina, Mr. Langwor.
thy is entirely mistaken. Instead of the
'foreign article" being .the most u.cd,"
it is directly the contrary. Most of the
Salt brought TO Iowa is the domestic or
Kcnhawa. which can now be afforded al
wholesale for about 80 cents per bushel
A great portion of the 'foreign article" is
brought over from Liverpool as ballast,
merely. The ships load up will, Cotton
a. New Orleans and generally come back
in ballast. They usually load up with
Salt as ballast. Salt brought in this way
is frequently sold for 81 cents per sack.
We are informed by an experienced mer.
chan, that when it brings over one dollar
and six cents per sack in New Orleans,
the overplus is profit 10 the owners-all
under is a loss. Every one can see that
even in his estimate of The foreign article
he cannoi be correct, aud that in his gen.