Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-03-12
The New TariG

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The New York Cosr;er nuh,;.h.d Tia
new Tsiff bill as it passed Cono,sss Ths
changes made IN the Tariff an. Ssrv numsr-
Gus, and large interests are to be affected
by these changes; to what extent Tina
must Determine. The duty on Iron ~
been cut down fro 80 to "a Per cont
Woolens from 80 to "a per cent; Sugar
from 80 to "a per cent.
The Iron interest will suffer, especially
the manufacturers of American rails, which
were fast coming into use. The Coarier
srys;
The production of iron in this country
has more than doubled within the LAST three
years; and during the last year more than
two-thirds of the rails laid down on Aermi-
can railroads were of American manufac-
ture. The export of iron from England
has greatly fallen of, and this fact Is driv-
ing the English iron Masters TO castabout
more earnestly for remedy. Says late
number of the London Mining Journal.
"These facts have led some interested in
the trade to the conclusion that it would
be sound policy for the Srafordshire iron
masters to reduce prices next quarter day
two pounds per ton, with view to regain
the command of the American market,
and to get rid of competitors seho are sxp-
planting Eaglish iron IN the Unitsd
States. Doubtless if the price of iron could
be reduced to that extent, Il would rxin
many of the american mansfaetxrers,
and acould, for time, open the sgay TO
large d naand for English iron"
At this juncture the American Congress
has considerably stepped in and lent
hand towards "getting rid of the comperi-
tors who are supplanting English iron in the
United States, and have done what the
well could to save the Staffordshire men
from the unpleasant necessity of reducing
prices "two pounds per ton." The British
people owe debt Of gratitude TO the o.
S. Senate for tender regard for the Eng
lish pocket, even at the expense Of Ameri-
ican industry. saazl4 tzi- 80
The wool interest, it is supposed, will
not be materially affected, and sugar viii
not be any cheaper for the passage Of this
bill. The Courier says: -.s ~ a; -,..
If the cultivation of sugar in this coun-
try does not flourish under the present du-
ty-and that it does not, is pretty well es-
tablished by the fact that the production
has defined from 449,3 hogsheads in
l953,and 346,635 in 1854, and 23l, ,427
in 1855, to $4,000 hogsheads in 1866
it is not very easy to understand how . re-
duced duty is to help it, and it is past help
why then retain the duty at all /! Why not
make this reduction complete abrogationi !
Why lay tax of "a per cent. upon prime
necessary of life, while tax of 80 per cent
could not sustain the home production?
The fact stands apparent that everything
asked in the matter by the South, has been
granted. In the Comittee of Conference
the Senate members oyerrulled the House
members, and in this as about everything
else in Congress, the slavery power has ey-
erything its own way.
The Cincinnati Commercial makes the
following synopsis of the new Tariff bill:
/. A large extension of the Free List,
placing thereon many articles scarcely
produced or rivalled in this country, which
enter as raw materials into the compost
| ton of our manufactures.
2. A reduction of the present rates of
duty on Iron, Cotton, and Wollen Fabrics,
Hemp, Sugar, Wool costing over twenty
cents per pound, and most other articles
now charged thirty, to twenty-five per
cent. . ...l
8. Wool costing less than twenty cents
per pound will henceforth be free.
4. Distilled Spirits, LIQUORS, DC, hith-
erto charged one hundred per cent, are
reduced to seventy-fye per cent.
5. Wines, Cut Glass, Meats, Raisins,
Snuff, Cigars, and all forms of manufac-
tured Tobacco, all manufactures of Rose
wood, Mahogany, DC, Sweetmeats, Prunes,
&c.. are reduced from forty per cent. TO
thirty, if not to a lower figure.
6. A general reduction of twenty per
cent on all articles not carried to the Free
list or reduced either to four or eight per
cent. .