Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-03-20

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10, Siiisu: s.-.;:i5.. ! i;,ci9 ~;.r''sr6 i-rt It TO-:
| nc:c va Tbs reg III. there y oC,i - .e'S sr5s .,7eiSi'
c!.'rs Imported, aad The --:ery= T." "hiaipe! Vt"'-
.-ng!sn coed: would AL, or VERY Ito=:ii III, tt i'H'-
lie duty upon Nooi shou.d nor t1ac",i ten PER e..n' :
nor should tine SANE be higher nn wOpler goods.
Such Is the view whic!. VI. J'rss pTeseils' ana J
give it, thst IL may he Weighed IL cout!"et'"' WEI
tho views entertained By uihcrt OF .4aH' experience
intelligence snd integrity.
ACCIDENTALLY cbser"-d in e rapo: THIS morning y
summary OF the provisions Of the various tariff law.
Containing statements OF Tao auIuGs ci duty whlci'
hrs been gssessed on :!.= hctlcle ri WOO under -"cii
law from The fnunis:iuu or tne Government I" thr
present time. the information Confined j" the hf
ticle is Instructive aud interesting. | 1--we not has
tis time 10 make an FL smina.ion ut tie various las
referred to, Il" test ia accuracy, hut ! imagine u VII
be- found very nearly, il not altogether correct:
TGrig fusi-s on imported Woo! from l.so.
January, 1889, 10 April. lst6-free.
April, 1916, 10 May, t52i-l5p per cant. ed ralorem.
MAY, 1924, 10 JUNE, lS2j-costipg lndr! lgc. per
h., Is per cent. nd vsloren.
Nav, 1924, 10 Juue, lS25-cus,ing over ljc. Pc
h.. Is Der ,.-Ht. al vsiu-rrR.
June, 1875, 10 June, ~i52G-cos;iug under Zoe. ner
h., ~ PR cent. SCI vsur-,n.
June, 1925, 10 June, lS26-cosiing over lie. pa
TO-, % per cent. sd ya!0rr,n.
june, 1926. f" June, lS&S-cos'irs under l0c. per
h., IL per cent. sa vIiorrn.
june. 1876, 10 June, lS2s-cos:iry over IGc. per
i5., 81 PER cent. Id valorern.
jazz. lS2S, 10 JuGe, iS.2-tc. per -. speciEc, ard
iD pe- c.l,;. nd veiorem.
June, 1879, 10 jcn-, 1914. per II. specific. apd
As Der cent. nd %vGioreni.
June, iSSn, 10 juu-, iS3:-4c. per ID. apeciac, ea1
50 rs- c"=:. I'd vsiore!a.
Jrce, :S22, TO une, !S.2-cost:ng .rder Sc. ps!!b.
free.
June, !S32, 20 June, 1872 ccsiin: over Sc. per !5.,
10. specific, and ~ per rsn.. ed v%elore,u.
June, 1872, to July, lsie-ccs::ry uude. &c. pe.lb.,
5 per cent. nd vaior-m.
jana, 49,, 20 july, l~6i6-costinc over &C. per TO-,
Sc. specific, and 30 per cent. al yaIorem.
July. lSiC, to present tlme-sli ~9c! 80 Pc. cent. aa
vaioreuI.
We thus ses that there were extraordinary changes
in ,hs rates OF duty, and THE mode OF laying item,
under the various tariff ls%s enacted b. Congress
bet 1889 and ISi6. We ali r.coIlrct that e, the
time Of tie passage Of the tariff law ii iS46, gentle.
men who were then Interested III WOODEN msau'ar-
lures, complained gr!e"ously q: the provisions ~ lhrt
law in regard 10 The duty upon wool. and liz regard 10
the duty upon %ooen manufactures Of all suT.s.-
Where was the wool in this country CHIEFLY p-udaced
prior 20 the passage OF tbs tsriff ol 1887 II you
will take thu trouble 10 20 lack and examine you viii
fnd, that up 20 lSiU there was more wool la prcpor-
| ton 10 The population aud extent Of territory, pro-.
duced in the New England States than in any humber
OF States OF the same size aud population in the
Union. / have collected somn E.at,Siirs in regard To
the production az woc!i and | have prepared = tah!r
showing the productions If different diviSio:s Of The
MY nDNi l uGNt laHiI'h - z suS .Iu
States, north western Suites, middle States. sDutil
western States and Territories; and southern Slate.
strictly.
desire now TO cal! attention to il Tor the purpose
Ut ;mpressing upor. the minds OF four Northern friends
who are urging here That wool should be entirely free,
aud who are maintaining that II would he 10 Tho in
terest Of all portions of The country tina; i: should DO
tree, that they ought to stay their hands for the pre-
gent, and rscUilect laa: 81 the time Wien They were
the wool producers. they were sustained by a duty
ranging from ten 10 fifty per cent. nd rolorem. with r
specific duty during u portion Of the same tima, OF
from four 10 I've cents per pound. But. SIR, the scep-
tire has departed from New England. The product
OF WOO! IL that section of the country IL decreasing.
and The increase in the produce at that article is going
now TO the South ard Southwest, and the Northwest
Of this great country. ] now present III. tauis winch
| have prepared, and ! ask the attention Of the com
mites and the country ID the results which it e-tab-
fishes
Production Of rool in tie Euiked Sto'es, as ascertain.
I'd from thc Census t05ics.