The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-09-28
The Tariff-Ad valercm D.,,..

which cannot faiI TO staTtle candid men or
all parties, when they come TO the con.
sideraiion Of the tariff, in the next Con.
eress. However tho House may be con.
sliiuled, there is no doubt, we suppose, thai
important notifications OF The tariff will
be successfully attempted. The voice of
starving LABOR will be heard-drowaipp
the walls and howis Of displaced pensioners
and ex stipeudaries.
To give few instances Of the operation
Of tho ad raiorem system: Broadclo,bs
pay duty on an invoice cost OF sixty eight
to seventy five cents per ysrd, and that.
TOO, not even the square yard, bur on the
running yard, five and six quarters wide.
Branches, that pay one hundred per cent
duty, are imported so as TO cost, landed.
duty paid, not above seventy five cents per
gallon. The pretended iaroice price of
such brandy, on which duty is paid, could
mol have been above thirty cents, az there
are, besides the duties, freight. insurance.
&C.. to pay. Entire csrgoes are impor.
ted at this rate. Champagne vine is i'm.
ported a, The cost OF 8 ! ) TO So per dozen.
by five huodred TO Que lhousand baskets al
a time. The average rate o! duty on
coal from Nova Scotia does not exceed
three. iourths TO one cent per bushel, and
is brought IN very large quantities.
Now, every body knows that To invoice
b osdclohs al siSiy.eight to se,enly five
crnt-, aud champagne o, two dollars
dozen. is fraud, and yet i, is fraud with.
on, a remedy, under Mr. Walkers system.
So, under this system, the some article,
imported from tie same rlaee, is made TO
pay one rate Of duty al Boston, another at
New York, smother o, New Orleans, &c.
The importer shows his invoice, and the
collector his own way Of determining on
What evidence il is to lie taken or not, for
the genuine cost Of the article. The frauds
Alread, praciised on the revenue amount 10
millions OF dollars.
Fem the article TO vh,eh we have re-.
ferred IN the Courier. TO which We are 10.
debgcd Tor the above facts. We make tho
following extracts - Hcshingfen Replb.
hc.
la sii, under he operation Of 'peeife
duties, the proportion Of impvTialons INTO
New York, for fntc,ge account. was only
forty four per cent, ard now, by recent
ieiutn under the operation oi the presen.
"a raiortm tariff. the proportion OF tie I'm.
pofiailon there, BY foreigners. - arfniy.
usLt per ccu,. Ia Boston IN medluiely
previous 10 the tatif Of i-I2, foreigners
imported riaden per ceu,. uncer the
tariff Of lsi2 nine per cent. aud Gov, un.
der the pfs-en, larif, thirty one per cent.
Our merchants refuse 10 chat the revenue.
They leave the cheating 10 he done By he
foreign importer. 1t Is now the universal
rule for tho American importers 10 boy
the goods from tho foreign manufacturers
the same ss formerly. tut dsiirrotie IN
The talitd States, by whieh they find they
can save from ten to fifteen PER cent, ~
stead of taking possession Of Them IN Ea'
rope, and pay ng the tull duty on the actual
cost. Que Of the delega.es q. the New.
port convention stated case where an in.
voice Ct cloths had been purchased IN Bel.
gum. v hlch the seller sgntd TO deliver
an Ne~ York al bftn per o,ai less than
the American purchaser could do, # tie
full duties we're paid.
The operation Of The present iar'lT upon
the American manufacturers Is indicated
bui too plainly IN the following tacis:
Railroad iron 10 1916 vas IN England
fl2 s60) per ton, and pig iron 60 ls25l
The du'y on the former al 80 per cent
was us per ton, aud Oh the latter - so.
At present, railroad iron Is i5 ts25) per
ton 10 England, aud pig iIou e $40 per
+ ton. he foreign article has therefore mo
advantage o. mt only a reduction oi Ea5
+ per ION 10 the price, but hlso $40 81 IN
tho duty. This system IL Gd rolur'm do,
ties gives, therefore, 10 Tho foreigner the
double advantage Of fall 10 the pflce and
fall m tie duty ; and when TIC home pro
duccr waits the latgrs, protection sgsinh
low pricrs abroad, The tariff gives him The
smallest; when under high prices abroad
BE requires no protection, thea the iauh
gives him heSScy one. by the opera
uun at this absurd aud ,uiuuus system ne
manufacture uf ialltoad iron ~ the tnitd
States is utterly ptosiialtd, ard one NIL
lion OF dollars, invested in the mills IN
PenBsy wanna alone, is total loss. The
furnace Msnuiaciu ing pig iron Sfc 10 gu
equally s'ta'e condition, and thousands
OF IONS Of Scotch rig metal ute lmroIitd
Tor the purpose OF beng Manufactured ~
10 bar iron, whilst our own furnace ele
daily going gu! al blast. All these losses
We encounter under the fn,hefls protection
OF the Walker iar,ti, for the bent hl oi 10
glIsh manufacturers end importers, no
Imporaiiuns Of rail- road IRON from Englahu
have amounted to l50, 600 tons within tho
asst two years. The money which We
lose ~ this manner is taken cut oil 'he
pockets Of The fdrmtrs as well as metu'
lecturers Tor Il Is ensy 10 see that the '"''
, potlailon of 10000 tons Of railroad IRON
IS tho same us the importation OF an eq'a'
, amount of wheat and rye, OF beet and PoiA'
, The hbofcis who ptoG1ecd Tia, ifon con,
, Sumcd foreign bread and meat Inslean VI
American, rs would have been the ea'v
had dts Ircn bccn made IN the uni'eu