Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-04-10
Ss,l77,I4l
S9.sI2,494
Decrease, Sl,635.353

Decrease.
Sl,652O9l.5s S2,6l7.90l.s5 S965slO27
Thu--it will be seen that in single month IN SINGLE
PORT the comparative $500 600 IN the revenue
during the months Of December January and February
has been Than overcome In month the SIN
gle port OF New York there IS decreased revenue IN Is47
compared with the month in 1876 OF nearly ONE
DoLLARs-and that, too, the the fact
that, owing the extraordinary demand Europe for
bresdsus and other provisions, the value of exports
during that month"; from that port Than doubled
The fact much the larger portion Of the increased re-
venue accrung the mont his OF December January and
February last consequent upon the accumulation OF
goods the hands OF importers, which had been withheld
from entry the customhouses by the importers in order
avail themselves Of the reduced duties aud which did not
therefore egmaiey fall due within that period There is no
longer any such accumulation and the receipts the Gus
tomhouses begin therefore exhibit the influence of
the tariff upon the from customs. This as
sumption will be satisfactorily sustained by emitting the
month OF December, 1876, the first month Of operations
under the Tariff during which the increase in the re-
principally occurred and by ascertaning the amount
received during the first quarter ol the present year. as
compared with the first quarter OF 1876 We have returns
however from only two Of the principal ports-New York
and BJson-whch snow a very inauspicous result-a
DECLINING REVENUE ia the face OF fEARFULLY AUGMENTED
rArENDuuEE.
QUARTER The YEAR
Imports LIST quarter OF lsI7, SCI, 655,777
same months IN 1885, i9,5O3lUO
Increase in 1877, sls57677
Cash duties lot quarter Of l54G, $3.50 $50 50
Cash duties LIST quarter OF ls47, 4,57g.GO7,6
Decrease in ls47, S7sl.252 81
We thus that with INCREASED INFORMATION, amount
rag nearly millions of doars, there is DIMINISHED
Of $751; ,2s2 How does this fact tally with the
Locooco doctrine, that from the lower duties Of the ianh
Of 1876 shall derive larger than under the
tariff of lsl2
At the port Of Boston, the the first quarter Of
1876, was 81 AOs Ole W
In the first qnarer Of ls47, IO56,533 10
Decrease in lS47, S35l,le W
Add decrease at New York, 75l, 2s2 q
TOTAL Sl132 l65 %
We have thus decrease IN only two ports Of more Than
million Of dollars the first three months Of the present
year, compared with the receipts corresponding
period Of the year preceding II this Of things shall
continue during the year. have every reason TO
believe will be the case the amount even Of the first
years under the tariff Of 1896 which the Wings
had conceded would probably be large, from temporary
that Of the year preceding, will be oss
tcy had estimated the AVERAGE yield under system
clcd psT ereslienee the EEvESuE tariff We ask pub
attention these instructive acsand We ask especial
y the Of such persons may have been mised by
Secretary Walkers statement procured by Mosss Hunter
Tfchdwhy and Boyd Of the louso OF Representative .or
Hc purpose OF operating upon the Vrgina elections by
crcaunR iaacious impression IN regard 10 the effect oil
of "roc trade" tauG upon tho revenue Of the country
Lvon for the ordinary expenses Of the county under or
binary citcunsanoes, % is apparent that he revenue
customs. under the existing Tariff will bo who'll, u
adequate. Tue disparity between thc receipts and spen.
diturcs, during the Of The Mexican var which
wil be cosby apprehend h,u that OF 1872
with Great Britain, must be- fearful indeed.