Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-28


Fl IL ,, 10 til; proposition iliyrc shyull i,
no obIrcan Aud hope llt there iii l." nt"cirn rn
any side ui !c House 10 enlargement q: h- lasts I" Tree
:tc'cs, and rriuction ahy ION II dnIy up" many
i'c articles which cnicf iGiu lie composition ui Hannac
'''i"si "r, III the i!:s place. M it., aCds aware
'iiat ti'ai viii be species o inGrh'" legitimate psvrc
Ion, al Which Inc o;h! side I" tho House
plain"
'I!ie gentleman is 'asakcn do complain and will com
plain Ui si.rh pJ,!;,cun:
"And mT Democratic re'is will lie that whatever
c'nteiIaes reduction Of The revenue in !I.rn il
be I" ctucc to .! HE manufactured article consumed
as tH"g Contend II does proposition winch ha- hcaiy
q net with favor, u wh, in its dcais bat be- ad
/ inei rto favor 81 ;irI aglr.n
Now, admir- that The gentleman from New York. is TN
i iTcs night IN surprising that - placing w ir" lit the
various iiclCs Ch enter into the culp"snH ui
tic manufactures wil pT"pahly luce the prices oi tho
/ manufactured articles. In tat respect the people at The
country ,rti leg viii perhaps
something; but I"y will be losers very great extent IN
particular w!..: Tie gentleman has referred the
duty shnnd be a" he'd upon dyes'u- and thr mate
riai into the Of dDrrstic abiir. sup
pose Tie existing Irrv five per yc.suifs "a
amuur five tn: -! he manuictur,d
;ci i. uucs;ioaably ,r that hv tic abolition al his
utE the price .! i;r article might and ncrha.a "cnd hc
ieluced ivs per rrmt II il sold nr one dollar Irorr il
con!i be sold for ninrry five rents afterwards Bar this
sa.'I I n'rr t" -" c"ull not hr Effected witr.-
n ron io 70 ne people IN other respects. which
VIII ,cd tn rSaiiin
Let suppose TIA: ,'ur consumption q particular
Kind oi manufactures aulnuns hundred collars or"
half o them beng IN DE- in is country IN! lht other half
imported from abiai. Faga article soils for doIi..
Fl lhr price itlcrc,n article composed af c
mcnis; the un""fvc cents, aud the dur upon the
material entering composition amounting I've per
cent together making dollar The clements Of price
The foreign arci. five cc;ts mir
Now, sir the abolition of The tutY vf i.e per
cent by placing the material the fee list will
p'- t, American ginuia"tct saHi hn itci" a niGrry
five cents irscIt ol uar which must coEtinne II or u
price of The nrci2a article ana he tnns gris rid o:
petition from abroad au! m"Eopoiizs ne market f"r
the foreign article will not ir imported il sod
!;-S lI rtStlu
lar, it cannot without 9ss be sold !or ninety five
cents.
each hundred dollars al valre making, on The whole con
Isumptiur Uf two hunic dollars, gain oi ten dollars
But what do thet lose? They nsc III 'hcir live
pc: cent, of Ave dollars, iEc! Tie abolition OF HE duty
which they get from nr raw material used in making the
domestic manufacturers ard they also lose the thirty per
cent or thirty dollars ~hich iry cv"! nin the hundred
dollars worth ii foreign articles imported Tn" tie
people, dollars; the loss 'hc treasury
Of people which is -s is thirty five
oiiar- Now sir, am not willing Ia save 10 The people
len dollars al the cost rf thirty i've dollars We shOri
dec ihc duty upoH manufactured taancs IN precisely The
proportion that reduce upon HE nacfiai,
otherwise there will be no balancing i IN: loss and gain
If h time that you abolish the hHc dnry
the raw material you reduce The duty corcsP'nfin%y
upon imported manufactures then the loss ~ The
will h. compt nsaicd by he gain 10 The pcopl. III the
a tho article 10 abolish tie out" the
ra II without clrrcspunhng reduction upon import
I'd 'aorics wuu' precisely rqvllrni !p.royri
lion u c amount q" n" gtr o The treasury ~ Dc be-
sinwcd in bounrs 10 inr ,angf,crcs II slsia! ,htIn
! agtlaSt foreign CrHi".Iu"
This VIC ii leads notice rhr argument
Submitted Yesterday by the gentleman from Pcnnsylvana,
Mr.. J0SI, who -a thar il made difference to The
P! q" m c"unt'v w!aih"E when inrE "S II % raised,
you selected two articles and imposed "lns dnty On rac
ar whether you c&en1Pe! une altogether, and Imposed
.nuhc ny III" other Sir addition I" iic answers
given by The sturnln from Nortr CIiilna Mr. CLSo
NAN dmy colleague NJ MEADE suggest another, and
II i Tai: ~ . Object the imposition uf ,G duu
BIZ luy upon one article .ivc protection similar
rcl7 d"mestic lanuacrr-" - rrvern& "r' r'~ ii
inshlag the Importation oi ;hsa ..e4n ur,.clrs
,euitt,
Tho eci there w0Uii ur i"r Il al "' a0d iiis
uoJec accomplished wnuid Gn b.
attempted The result, Then, is that instead {" rucci.
ing the whole ol duty nrior" yon eScne
iI;.-. aE TIC at'ir iu!Icf.: upt'i aI! -; crsc Ut
oniy aa l., ai;c sua.ruuE ugicc dom
bic iaty :nn :nnnued o ''ti the sic qn"h;iiy "a uc
,rrc, ypu wont! undoubtedly collect the .vcn by
pdnl The "hut Au Zen np"n Article rnd c&"rpng 1t
"ihrr, wien r"n dl'rirn II between c i"0. Bat -
have The eli, will ht diminish The Gpnrtain
:ai Of - ,!n'nsh IL! a!4 VII r'i y
sut ,cc: - The ".rr>sy o IMPOSING laXcs upon
nrg suo, - ~ tlN.tOm "ui,.c up the deficiency.
Nj jos i:i .! Puunsy tnrerpssin@ VISA I" cor
IL" gentleman Il" position. ]! ";S Ins--tnt u
made difference wEcher the lax mpused np"n
articles, tgmiy GpuG BOTH provided The article upon
iaa mr'>rj article OF general consumption
an! qua .etiDu'd the hu'dcn the masses OF ht
lCur.rmrT~.
n Nh Mii.LSON Wei -ir ,,c gentleman surely h! an
in Urging that Argument aud his o1ect unigabieIiy
e .t"w h" !n"i gnal protection might properly b;
gvcn pIcar interests IN this country, by The lmp0s
nan :" larger du'Y aih composing af'ie'es Imported ron
abroad han upon articles which did n" come in romp"'l
case 'her" would hnv" he'n u" prce 81 al "a me arg
n the rcncninn un!r>- contend that lfc
Imposing ti.h duties i,nn articles nnd exempt
in "t,s lrnm all taNs was IN CIV" inci nii protection
Ia The manufacturers ri the articles thus selected for tax
z aon And am nOw proceeding {" show that thtr" mus
hc loss the people such arrangement oi duties
you'd extent, IL cpa!d only be by rAc.dn. ror
ti,r m III. foreign fabrics IS c come u competition viii
our The would thus De reiuccA, and W.
should he compelled 10 lay supply the Gecicn
cy. THIS is nut the only loss. and Is by no means ih
( I,
which IS nos srlcvous the increase IN The cos; ot VIA
have sc by compelling purchase from
the domestic manufacturer at prices more an his wares arr
: worth ;nan his WORTH pccauac, but
Tor the pains taken exclude similar foreign by
,amount of duty which only :cw o; them bear.
3 shou; able purchase them Ter lower nj price
suggest. then, The gcntlcmrn from New IotS, and 4
tine gentleman from Pennsylvana that rhc people have nc
comp lncd ni osc duties which bang mppey into Iii
C treasury They complain Of those duties which, Keep
b ney ." the lfensuy. They complain OF the pera"n o
d those duties wtch, while they nrr laid seemingly with
The collection u revenue really imposed Tor IN
purpose OF giving protection certain domestic Interests
exclusion uI large umounf Of foreign imprlti"ns
u NCw all know that undo. the operation u IN" tai
Il 1912 and pc !aps under the operation aril uf lSiG
y H. consuming classes oi this country pay much large
rnt in The protection o certain Interest," in uI lii
States lian they contribute 10 The OF the ntc
i!e= NNr, e!Srrn protected articles alone, uGtrr N
Tariff Of ls4 "eTe ,s-inn'ed 10 impose a nt upward
sI6 uOU VuO npon the consumption o The country IN ad
iilion the contributed by icu?!r
e anc. cannot then, 90 with III" gentleman from New
York in his ch;- 10 cnlrg the hrr lists BY ab"isiu. 'r
llag duties ;mpos"d apun The naiel!i Used ~
the manufacturers This would only aggrayatc tie exist
ug Evil They bring none ntu the treasury and s la.
own ey 10 protect Us from losses I" when The!
tbnl"n would I" some extent cxnnse s No SIR the dn
Ties Which desire reduced those amounting L
thirty forty dollars n the hundred, which are lad pot s
much r the purpose ii raising revenue :" destroying c
venue which add nothing 10 the treasury, whIci
r property bat only To itan-ie miIcn
rom possession II the agIc url, mechanical, "nt
commercial classes Of people into The pockets o olc
and less numerous Gl4ss.a without n fair cqu. aent.
; But after n ." this d. mani for the cx
enpron material from all duty2 WHAT the
m1i.,l ARE consider such whatever requires 'bp
fit i, Car lis ultimate Tse Them sir is the mate
rial nf smith, co'h s the material OF the 'ailpi sill
rln- Of the modern haeF sugar OF the 'onectiuncT Ar
all these from daiyl Perhaps the gcnisrnaF
d iom New York would be unwilling 20 do 80 than
: should be-
In assuming, Mr. Chli:man, that reduction OF five pc
e upon The manufactured article woud be necessary
balance the reduction five per upon the imported ma
criul. which into the composition oi domestic
fabrics merely take those The sake OF c1nvenicn
and simple illustrations The cost Of the maer! may
not than twentieth 0f the whole cGst OF the man
II ufactucd article and .! the present 6niy wicn
: nny fec per cent would be only onetwruch p tnht
oac hundehh par ut the whole cost Tint wunt ~
equivalent Of only twenty-five cents on hindre
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