The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-09-10

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And adds, at is clearly obvious that with the
increased production the domestic price has
greatly fallen, aud that the foreign producer
was paying a larger sun IN the shape Of duty
OUT Of a diminished gross receipt He certain
ly was here the payer of the duty. If not,
who wasp 1t is freely admitted that the
production has increased as shown by the ia
bic, and that the price has fallen, yet it is as
freely denied that the foreign producer pays
the duty, Notwithstanding the price to the con-
sumner Is less, or that the tariff Of '42 was the
cause of said reduction in price.
1t is usual, in all controversies, for the party
advancing a proposition 10 Prore ii, yet will
depart from this rule, and undertake TO show
why the price of wooden fabrics, particularly,
was less under the operation of the tariff of'42.
It is a well-established fact that the price of
wool or the raw material has greatly dimin-
ished within the last eight or ten years, it is
equally a well-known fact that the improve
ments in machinery and the reduction in the
price OF labor has enabled manufacturers to
furnish their productions at a cost of perhaps
one-third less, as competition will always keep
goods at the lowest possible advance upon the
cost ofthe raw material and manufacture, and
thus | account for tue reduction in price, and
not the tariff of az.
The next affirmative in the article is, Ole
(meaping the foreign producer) certainly was
the payer of the duty. If not, who was? |
also deny this proposition, yet Evil undertake
to prove a negative, by showing that the con-
m pays the duty.
1t is obvious the foreign manufacturer, as
well as all others, must have a profit on the
goods sold, whether the duty is 10, 20 or 30
per centum; and in order TO do this, he must
calculate the duty laid on the article as part Of
its cost, uhen he sells to the merchant or the
consumer otherwise, ifthe price of a certain
article was the same under a duty of 10 per
cent, as under a duty of so per cent, every
thing else being equal, OF, as the article at.
tempts to show, the higher the duty the less
the price, one of two things is evident, to-wlt
That the manufacturer charged 40 per cent
more than the value of the goods, when the
duty was but 10 per cent. or if they sold a
the same price when the duty was fifty pc
cent they have cheated themselves out o
forty per cent. Either Of these dilemmas
schoolboy would avoid, much less full-growl
Yankee, or a British manufacturer But tn
question, Who pays the dnty! remains yet t
be answered. This | propose to do by a HON
illustration. Suppose A, to be a horse tra
der, and the government under which h
trades lays a duty or tar Of ten dollars on evt
ry horse sold, the tax being paid to the govern
ment by the trader or seller, and not the buye
up 10 the day Of the passage of the law impo
ing the tax he is enabled to sell horses for SO
and make but a reasonable profit; now, whe
a tax of $40 per head is laid upon his horse
must he sell at the price and pay the duty
or must he add the tax as a part of the cost
the horse and receive 500, in order to NAL
but reasonable profit; he must, undoubtedl
receive the last named sum, which as clear
$ comes out ofthe profit ofthe horse Consume
Il or buyer, If he did not, he would at once di
+ continue the trade, and so would the Britt,
manufacturer cease TO operate as soon as |
J found it a l%oseing business, which he won
" upon the sale Of the first cargoes, if he sold h
goods at a small advance upon the home co,
h and forget to add the duty as part ofthe co.
IS Ii is principle laid down in Blackstone's cor
d mentaries; That the earlier a duty is laid, ii
d more burdenSome it becomes to the consume
because every intermediate trader must ha,
aprofit, or at least, interest, as we'll en- the mo
ely advanced to pay the duty, as on the none
advanced to pay the materials. 1.-THE 'foreis
producer pays the duty, it would be advisab
to increase 1t ten-iold, in order to raise a rev
nue. sufficient to pay of the national debt.
GRATTAN.
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