Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-10-04

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gross must 10 obee them, contrve some ihooe " s
their already immensely thrifty business 'neie
n,.n ~, upon consumption TO enable ueHi ~ oo'' n"'
10 n H., ran of the thus levied So nuch hene peeS
FIR Their Goods But why should not Inc
have their prices regulated by those "h!c rue - s h
markets az vel is the asculfaiss VINO nave se' .i
cotton, rice tobacco wheat flour, con ana pio'isio ~ w
mar .rs and su5ni, 20 all the mutations VI peo.
which commerce j. liatle? Why should eoVeIreh, &c
,ed nnon IN guarantee prices 10 the manufacturers coofe
thos, ,revang in the MAX oil lie "oti9!
10 be JUST should protect all classes ei'!; o ~ m
words ensure h;eh PRICES Ia al cl's'es ":c Siouu va ~
,sses ,o II, l., attain lis end. Bat II Goverhieh. iais
Ia render ., handed justice 10 all, ran II, oy pursuing
system. If undue vorItsn, and imposing taxes upon one
- ~ l,r Il, bujld I'D another, do any thing more than
transfer the profits o that portion u LABOR anu e"p ~
faxed 10 those another, thus rendering Inc iHoeu casS
dou;y AZ prosperous il deserved 10 be- ana reducing e
oppressed tie extent of the tax imposed upon ~ p
thereby unnycrishng them in manner manifest un".Se
ana Unjust" Ii legislative cnacimen's can credse Mci'
why not call upon Congress 10 grant he same "' VI Wy
reef boun,i,s t. the agricultural classes. as we no" u! 1t"
extend ~ indirect bountios those engaged IN na"t'
ur,s? But the people hy Law all equally 'a@td, ana
ihen in return received back in the form Of bounty her
nal quota in what way would the community D. ielueea
more prospcrous Butt, is because OF me ,ncquay IN TIE
our,aens and benefits OF all protectre laiiis tat M. nan
pcrnacious!y advocate ''''ih -, nnu Wv
mass oil tie people bitterly oppose them Meesce'ay
invoke careful peFsal and CONSTIPATION OF me
extracts report al K j. Naher ll'c oteelay o
the Treasury No. 444 and first session vi The z9l Con-
sress and dated July 23j lSi6 ..
in pursuance call oi the Scnne tAis department
has nroc,edd 10 ascertain the paid each OF the pro-
tectec articles this information could be obtained
in the short period within which it was necessary 10 submit
this report.
The table marked L. hereto annexed, contains state
men OF the principal articles protected by the Ia
riii oil 1912.
III viii be perceived upon these articles alone, the
tax paid By the people of the United States in enhanced phi
ccs domestic articles, similar to those on which the
present duties imposed, Is S15,1Sl,iUo, and
rhis ,aaie only embraces the following sixteen articles
viz iron and the manufactures thereof, the manufactures
vi ,bacco cotton wool and leather, coal salt sugar, mo-
/ arpf'a laffu fg drqf
straw hats bonne;s and braid and earthenwarc.
The total Of these articles produced in the Uni
ted States by the table, is 1881 l9Ss39 upon which, The
enhanced price be equal the duty the tax on these articles
anon the peope OF the United States imposed by the Tariff
would be Sll9710a9S IL was assumed by til de-
par nj that the equal Ia the duty but on the con-
irary that measure VI tho tax the difference
arising tue duty between the price Of the foreign and
domestic article in market, upon the principle
tanned in the extract quoted from annual report
On reference table A, (nsercd oclow,) II wouldap
pear that in instance, is the enhancement "l price equal
10 the duty The OF cotton hagging is not an excep-
lion the comparison being made with gnny coth which,
bu, du'v would be largely used substitute for the
article generally designated as cotton baggng.
The raised by the duties these articles
in Is Vas SIS $50 i52; and deductng the expenses nj col
lection the Sl7522-9 and the total tax
both on imports and domestic articles order 10 bring
ths last mentioned sam into the Treasury, was s9ll2OS5
Thus bring Grt revenue ~ ST. U622-9 into the treasury
iIc.c imposed by The taro lsi2, tax OF S l20e5I
unon The people Unici States OF which sls 35j 52
was loss revenue and remainder s5Icl 403, const-
ted enhanced price Of these projected domestic articles
Hereto i annexed table marked ID, III domestic pro-
duct tom fuckers Progress of The United STATES conicd
from of 1870 presenting an aggregate result ."
annsa products Ter That OF 81 O63 l3l 80 U This
ano"u there * $3.50 So 22l io manufactures ncary I'll {"
watch i protected So 35 6 or minn. nearly Ill
prot,ctr there S1,S}3 900 for the ir s. Sii portion
i whc! Is protected ) 1896 JUS ir the fisheries,
small portion u wh!c is p."tecd sbii ~ Tor a.fi
culture vcry i"coaSira6!e portion al which ln,lt'mg
suga., wool! hemp &c l. also protected. ana SJi2lp-b
Tor c"iiincfce u i 'ie"r i!"h Il i'e'chce - ueS.
tables. L. Il hundred and sr.sniv millions
of above products protected, lehyE. nearly
eight hundred millions al The amount tftHy a9cu'nth
pruucl unprotected. Now II ha- often been lray proved
that, unGer 81 lSi0, the riUns II Tie various
PRODUCTS United Suites vary in"ectly given:
t because thu requisite number oi questions We're not
propounee second because answers were often refused to
these questions, from cnr o ditect aNto ana iher
causes; and, lrd from want 81 accurate X oAled, o. IN.
adserencr IN many oi i"s" Collecting me n'"n'''on-
From ali causes well known facts,
the total amount Of our products mas been estimated
LS Practical men, rs well as distinguished statesmen
less the peisent period tiIan S2UU5oVlVUv,
hrins nearly Guutlc tie amount shown ~ tie
census iSiJ and much larger than would be the mere
sui, the progress al products, although they Accumulate
speedily han population. That t amount does tN-
Coed s. t0J000Uuu believed 10 he ender.d nearly certain
oy the following facts; There compiled hy 'hr au-
tnoy The Legislature Of Massachusetts, statistics oil the
condition and products o IN: several branches ii ndnsi'!
Stat, or yea. ending April Isl, leio. By tie
census a. lSiU ;lere was p'oduci III MASSACHUSETTS, III
So 29 which according 10 the returns o !clo nd IN
creased 81 0i26i5. That lhs amount large II Is Is
very far below the actual result, is distinctly announced IN
Inc publication the work. by The Secretary OF the State
massachusetts,. Taking, however The amount returned:
ard estimating tile present popaton al the Union al TWEEN
Il lii,s Of peopl, and oi aassahusetts III si3 ~
Il 40 would make III the lniied States an aggregate
product III $302S GOO shown table Il, here" an
ncy, d. Now whilst manufactures have not Increased 80
c dix in other Massachusetts,, yet population
and agricultural products have augmented III much larger
a,iu in many States and rii'oc-. Maaeiiseis IN iIit
res,lcci being below The medium increase.
'ihc official table u the statistics ot Massachusetts, 'r
sl5 is gi.cn marked I. \ s!nlr o!c~l statistical r.
turn Connecticut, for the year ending October l-t l-io,
il hereto annexed marked G. In ans view Of t'e case,
he totally 81 annual products o ic United States, al
This l.nc cannot IT, les thousand millions nj dol
hs ana profecd articles iye hundred millions. upon
which Pc ie compelled 10 pay iax II sli20Jl3',
il Tie rate be- the thr five hundred millions CONF
pairing the total ci S9i ST. with tie amount oi
1891 9 SD the value protected articles enunca-
I'D IN table A.
liable IL Is hereto Annexed being statement OF the pro-
cc,d and unprotected products ny the census OF Mhss
chuscrts Mississippi OHIO New York North and South
Carolina Such liable all the States would be interest
nn but in the bi period allowed there Is not time 10
communicate results for each II the States separately
Sufficient exl;.naon however has been made by the de-
pan,nt the fact. that neither under the census
OF oO Isis do the protected creed the unprotected pro
ducts in arg territories trct III Ha>sdc'i-
sets Rhode Island and Connecticut Comparing Mas-a-
chuseiis Isis wih Mississippi In l-io and yeia other
states tlerc is exhibited the following result: