Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-11-21


the discipline of those within the old limit
sary that there should be military arrange
ments there, to preserve life, 10 preserv
property, and to preserve the public peace
Then, again, when we broug ht in Texas
we brought in with It not only a gres
| Indian frontier, but great ocean, or gu
frontier, destitute Of all the facilities c
commerce. and unfortiied.-Do you nc
perceive, fellow-citizens. that it is YER
plain proposition. that the expenses Of tn
country, under these circumstances: mus
be greatly increased, that we must hav
an enlarged revenue to meet these objects
Do you not perceive that an increase O
expenditure is Indispensable to the stat,
of things which exists! Well. for Thu
reason, the revenue system needs a revis
ion, and a modification. But do no
view this as the most essential and i'm
portant part Of the matter. |, needs re
vision from other causes.
suppose that here with perhaps no ma
terial difference Of opinion. we all agree
that in the imposition of the revenues o
the country. regard shall always be paic
to the division of labor; that if we raise
our revenue upon foreign imports. by tho
assessment Of taxes upon them. that some
Just discrimination should be made upor
those articles which employ our own in.
dustry (applause); and that that dlscrrn
inaton shall be made in their favor This
is a principle for which we have long and
earnestly contended. We say that il shall
be continued. For this purpose the re
venue system Of the country needs mo-
dificaton; for you will bear in mind thai
the law Of 1916 worked out a great and
injurious change. 1t ventured upon a
system which has characterized, believe
the revenue system of no other country
1t abolished all specific duties, and intro
duced instead Of sPecihc duties the system
OF du,ics az ;:G.."S:-cc%%::. Now: fellow citi-
Zens, it was just as well know then as
now, that such system was impractical
BILE 1t was just as well known then as
it is now, that the Government would be
defrauded under the at ra/orem saystem,
and that it was impossible to detect or to
defeat those frauds.
Now. fellow-citiZens. have taken some
little pains to inquire into this subject. and
find, for example. that nearly all the
broadcloth mills in the country, believe.
have changed their business; that they
have found it next to impossible to make
broadcloth with any profit, a business they
had pursued successfully for many years.
and have gone into some other pursuit
| take this merely by way Of illustration.
and ask how does it happen! The for
eign article comes in and is sold at a price
SO small that it is impossible for the man
ufacturers Of this portion Of tine country IL
stand the competition. This touches the
great interests Of the farmer and of the
as well as the interests of
the manufacturer and Of the community
at large.
was told the other day in Boston,
from source | believe to be reliable.
that goods Of a very fair quality. broad
cloths that any gentleman almost is willing
70 wear, were constantly introduced thro'
the Custom House at an invoice value of
cloths actually selling as high. perhaps as
four dollars. How can this be, when it is
the duty Of the party that imports the
goods to put down upon the invoice upon
which the duties are assessed, the foreign
cost of the cloth! Ii is done in this wav.
and it is notorious to every body, and
was notorious when the law was passed
The seller furnishes the purchaser with
wo invoices: one showing the real cost.
md an invoice TO enter the goods by An
invoice is made out expressly to enter by,
and that is the way in which it is done
And this is done, not only by men willing
o perpetrate fraud, but by the most re-
'pectable houses in Europe. | have
proof Of it which can be produced. They
ay: We DO not swear to the invoice: if
'ur customer wants two. he can have
hem. we make out one for our own ac-
ount. and the other as he wishes to have
t. Then the importer, who enters the
foods and swears to the account. escapes
he perjury by the fact that he did no,
make out the invoice!
Now, gentlemen, these frauds are per-
ectly notorious. do not RELY upon the
taternents Of any man, for | apprehend
'on, the information that they could be
ro7ed to a demonstration, substantially
S now state them.
Now let me state another case that fell
nder my own knowledge We were de-
ating this very law Of 1916 in the SEN
te of the United States. A gentleman
laced in my hands bundle of papers.
nd requested me to examine them, and
did so. They came from a certain
ouse engaged in business at New Or
cans. The house was actually domi-
lied in Alexandria. D. c., but its bust
ess was in New Orleans That house
ngaged with French house in New
ork TO furnish a quantity of French dry
GODS for which they were to pay a GER
'in per centage in advance. upon the cost
4 Paris. and the duties. and they were to
e imported by the selling house. They
anne and were entered at the custom
ouse at New Orleans. The duties were
aid, and the inventory was presented,
nth the additional per centage Of the cost
pom ii. to the purchaser Of the goods.
nd was paid. 1t was a small invoice, Of
erhaps some two, three. or four thousand /
more than that 1t occur
ed TO these gentlemen, after they had /
aid for the goods, that they would just
INQUIRE at the custom house about the |