Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-20
The morrIlI TarITf BIII--An InIquI.
tOus scheme

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The New England sharpers and specuIatorl
have improved ibe opportunity OF The retire.
usnt Of many Of the s9uihern msmbers snJ
Senators to put through the Houes Of Repre-
sentstives one Of the most iniquitous schemes
% taxation Of the many, for their proieetiea
and benefit, that was ever devised. The alarm
ng state Of the country hss 50 enerosssd pub
lie attention that the oTigiEstors OF il haVt
had a wonderful success thus far in their ope-
rations. In ordinary tines such measure
would not have been presented before It would
have been overwhelmed with q torrent Of de-
served obloquy and denuRcistion. The follow
ing are specimens Of it, Cheap blankets
worth not more than seTenky-ii cents each,
are 10 be taxed six cents pound. and, In add
lion, ten per cent, ad UaisTem. The duty viii
efectualiT exclude the cheap blanke.s, or pu;
them at a price beyond the reach Of the poor
man. The duty upon cotton prints is from one
to four cents per yard, and ten per cent, ad
uaIoYess, in addition. This large duty viii put
enormous profits in the hands Of the cotton
lords Of New England at the expense Of The
laboring passes. The daty on steel and its
nufsct4res is increased from fDelus to fortg
per cent.
aThe increase Of duty on fax or linen
threads, twiBe and pack thread, and the nom
enumerated manufactures Of hax, OF OF which
fax shall be the component material Of chief
value, Is one hundred per cent on The existing
rate; while all manufactures Of fax, iats Of
hemp, Of the value Of thirty cents or under,
are charged with an onerous duty Of tweaty-
FIVE per cent, ad ValOrem, instead Of Fifteen per
cent. ss hitherto
"Druggsts bookings and felt carpstings are
charged with fifty cents the square yard,
which equals fron foTty-0Re 10 hundred and
eleven per cent. dd-rai0rem. Cloths, cassi-
meres, doeskiDs and ladies' eloakiRgs, valued
at twenty-five cents and OF exceeding seventy
Eve the square yard, are subjected to a duty Of
sixteen cents pound an outv Of twenty per
cen' ad valorem, which "a equal 10 from forty
one to eighty-fouT per cent. In al these caseE
the great bulk Of impoTtatiOHs are Of the lower
shd cheaper qualities--tbe finer ana dearer
come iu small Quantities. We may fairly
state, therefore, that Morrilps bill raises the
duties on woolsns from twentg-four per cent,
as they stand at present, TO an average Of
something like seventy or seventv-fve per cent.
A tax 50 exorbltsnt must cat Of the importa-
tons almost wholly. II these goods should
continue to be imported and the duties paid,
the burden would fall upon the least wealthy
class"
All the articles used in commerce, upon
shipping, are charged with the most onerous
burdens. The spirit ia which she measure is
gotten up, t. Cypress the agricultural interests
Of the West aud the commercial interests Of
New York, may be understood by TIE follow
Ing aluutrsiion cf be measures, which We 6nd
in the Washington correspondence Of the New
York Express, which says:
"The article Of wood scrsws' for instance,
will be under M0rrill's tariff bin, saddled With
such a heavy duty ss to prohibit their impor-
tstion altogether, and thus give a monopoly 10
ihe Providence screw company, which now
controls the American manufacture of this
article. The consumption Of wood screws 10
the United states and Cana q is estimated At
81 OO0, 900 per sDRgEa. TIE hardware i'm
porters propose to make the duties on wood
screws 65 per cent instead Of the probibitory
duties charged in Norriil's bill Nov 65 per
cent is regarded az adequate protect on fog
any branch Of msnufactaFe, and there is ne
reason why It should not be sufficient Cor the
Providence screw company.
q But It appears that the Providence COM
pany have expended large sums In buying a.
an The other screw companies In the United
States, and have also 30 Obligated themselves
TO nav Mr. Nettlefoid, an English manufae.
turer. s25. .c01 year not 10 81 any orders fOi
his sharp pointed screws FOR the Americas
market. For these expenditures they wish
the American people 10 reauBerste them
NThe Providence Company net only monoPo-
Iize the whole screw business cf this country
ii the bone manufactures 3 leie, hat more
ever fsIekent tii1 II ioitAAiSn u w DAi3 d.
Isl screw which can compete With their goods
AZ e not surprising, therefore, that tEe tWe
late rival companies Of Providenes nov con
90 idated into one, divdsd for the last SIX year
the almost fabulous pyoh's Of fifty per cent
per MONTH"
ne duties upon OK claims, trace chains
bslterE, fence chains, etc, used extensively L
the West, are increased about 30 per cent
making those articles very dsar. On spoo
cotton thread, the duty, according 10 the oP 2
jons of those engaged in the tradei amoanis Z
prohibition. Now as every family IN %
countrv is, 10 a eertsin extent, cers1mef Q
screws. chsins and thread, Il is evident TIA
Norrsil's bill proposes changes il The pfesen
tariff which viii seriously affect The income Q
svery fanily in the Uaited States.
Il EeV deserves The name Of fIhe Bill o
! Abominstions," !" ard It viii nsYeT be submiue