New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-27
CANADA.
THE CANADIAN Tariff EEL
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w,r instantly become sis".
The trade Of Carsis xitb tie Unie1 oN'es /"
sues.er than il. trade with al the "oria essee'
Oar off .in tsbies Of exports and imports no" On
.,noy, NJ goods and products 10 the United States
~ nI3 2OG 436 during 1857. which sun beng addea
a. 600 11l GO the amount OF our imports from
,our country, gives $33, 43l ,Oos As the Official
amour. OF last years trade; while our exports 70
and imports from all countries excep. yours Bran
AID her other colonies inclu.lye) amount only 10
S3l, IA 205, showing value OF nearly $500 oOv
AZ the sum OF our dealings during irJ| WIN All
countries beyond our limits.
A residence Of many years in Canada, and a
connection with lis trade at different periods, w0ah
enable me 10 STATE with certainty that very large
opaotities Of goods are brought into Canada con
traband. The exact value OF merchandise thus m
perted-to which might be- added hundreds OF thou
saDds OF pounds entered but undervalued, on a
frontier OF nearly three thousand mies-cannot be
correctly estimated. A heavy increase in the new
tariff Will prove powerful incentive 10 smuggling,
more especially as no country csn exceed ours IN
tAe wastefulDess and extravaganza Of It's rulers n
pecuniay matters.
We had new tariff in 1856. Heavier burdens
were placed on Imports; the rates were lncreased'
but toe result a constantly decreasing income
and II is probable that the last turn OF the screw
will not mend matters.
The bill contains schedules Of goods paying spe-
ei6s duties-of ) per cent do, Of 20 per cent d.
of Is Der cent do of j. per cent do.-oi Tree goods
and OF prohibitions.
The United States aid their manufactures by adj
roifting tea coffee and certain other articles. on
which we impose taxes, duty free. Sugar, white
and brown clayed or yellow bastard, is taxed Il
cents per pound. Brown clsyed sugar, musco-
yado. or other raw sugar Of equal quality pays
81 80 per 100 pounds Raw sugar, for refining
only 25 per cent under the value of the last named
30 cents per 100 pounds. Canada, IN 1857, i'm
ported from various countries, refined sugar,
1881 cwt.; duty SAL Also, pa, 900 cwt.
Of muscovado brown clayed, &C.; value,
81, $50, 600 of which 3 $50, 900 value came from
the United States. The duties came to $3.50, Ow
paid by the consumer.
The duty on tea is to be 3 cents per pound, If not
worth over IL cents but if ~ cents, one unl-
form tax of cents. Our imports of tea in 1857
were 3,790,760 pounds, value 81 $3.50, 600, all OF
which except to the amount Of about $l20, coo,
came to us from the United States. The duty was
$I60, 600. II is poor encouragement TO immigrants
20 tax their tea and tobacco. You give them both
TAX free, and you are right. There is slight re.
auction in the duty on tea.
On manufactured tobacco the tax is to be ) cents
Per pound, where the value is not over 20 cents il
worth over 20 and not more than 40 cents the duty
10 "a cents-Over 40 cents, 10 cents. Snuff 10
cents. In 1857 we imported 1926, lS5 pounds,
value 1902 600, on which the duty paid was 1922, =
600; almost all of it came from the United States
On wine the only change is an increase of 10
cents per gallon, where the pipe is worth over SloO
in value. TOther day quantity OF wines OF ex-
eellent quality were returned from Toronto to
Europe for lack of customers here.
On ale, beer and porter the duty is ID per cent.
Il lie to be raised to cents per gallon and an excise
tax OF one cent s to be levied on the home brewers
whisky, new paying 121 cents, is to be charged Ia
cents land if distilled in Canada excise tax of q
eests) per gallon. Alcohol now 20 cents, is to be
increased to 60 cents. Cigars. now taxed 90 cents
per pound are to pay 80. Green coffee is reduced
from three farthings per pourd to one cent. Cur
rants, figs and dried fruits ere Il be raised to 3
cents per pound.
OF molasses, Canada imported last year from the
IHted States value SI02. sic; from other places,
S64 900; total l,2e6, 900 gallons. The tax was l2t
cents per three gallons it is henceforth to be three
cents per gallon. The duty paid in 1857 was
about SIS, 900. No encouragement this to Canadian
manufactures.
ii have mentioned above al important articles
paying specific duties.
boots and shoes pay 90 now, and are TO pay q
Fer cent ad valorem. Harness and saddlery pay 10,
and are raised 20 Is per cent on value
woolens pay IL per cent al valorem, and are
raised to 20, az is clothing apparel Last year
Canada imported woolens valued at S3,773,0O0, Of
which %, AT, 500 were from Britain and $500, 99l
from the United States. At Is, they paid tax OF
$566, 0l0. The duty at l2t, before 1857, yielded
larger revenue than the increase to 10. l pre-
sumo that 90 will yield larger profit upon snug
Cling, and still further decrease the -eyenue. We
imported l2I, $50 pounds of wool in 1851 Canada
exported Ito the United States the same year
1875, 600 pounds.
India rubber goods are chiefly imported contra
band. The duty was 10, then l24, in 1856 went
mp to 90, and is to continue at that In 1858, at
l23, the imports were, value, SIOl, $40; in 1857,
at ~, they had decreased to SOS. i6S. The Buffalo
dealer sells, with guaranty to deliver duty free
anywhere in Canada, and to starve out bad Gov
eminent, the duty goes to the Buffalo smuggler.
Brass manufactures are taxed $50 per 500
value; SO is cutlery, so is china ware, are all
sorts OF candles, also carriages, cabinet ware, car
pets, plate glass, glass ware, glass bottles leather
sole harness, dressed kip calf and upper leather,
millinery, moving, reaping and tLreshng machines
manufactures Of fur, cashmere, silk, satin, velvet,
patent medicines, scales, weights. spades, shoyels
edge tools, axes, spikes, nails, dressed skins iron
castings, including stoves; all these are 20 per
cents, as are all fancy soaps; but yellow soap pays
81 80 per 100 ID, say 40 per cent. on the value
Our imports of silks, in 1857, were of the value
pl Fi,V<OioVV, VI WHICH only C44l,VVV came from
the United States as also $3.50 600 value Of iron aud
hardware while $976, 600 came to us from Britain.
The tax came to $l33 900 on silks, to S29i 900 on
iron and hardware
Of goods paying and to pay Is cents per dollar.
The most important manufacture is cotton. We
bought abroad in 1857 value Si,796, 046 of which
1858 600 came from the United States, aud S4,-
409, $50 from Britain.
Of machinery, in 1857, the Import was almost
$4,000, of which the United States supplied
$253, 900. The tax remains at IL per cent Pa.
per, formerly paying 8 per cent is now up to 10;
but printed books, Of which the quantity imported
from Britain last year Was. value SIG 426 and