, 1866-07-09
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Il Will 1sc observed that the only changes
in tic woul tariff consist, first, Ia raising tic
t't:s on shoady tru1n tllrcc 10 twelve cents per
l,uln1tl-;u Increase .nalc In the interest of
g.n'd morals. and 10 prevent or discourage
swtndliH. in lhc manufacture Of clolh-scc.
ond, the increase OF ten per cent al r'ofcn on
sl.ccpeLius imported With the wool on, ui
which VIC imported only Si0s, sos worth dur
ing the lcst fiscal year; md, tllrd, the strik
ing oli VI Decentralization Of the old tariff
''uvrr twtnty-iuur aud not over thiEty.two
rc,.ts tcr pound" The elect vi which Is to
inpuse Il duty oi tcn ceuts per pound and ten
lHr ecnt Ga ta'u!tm on NIL woots valued at
over twelve and not over thIrty.two certs per
pound. Tie incftdte Is on wool valued be-
tween twelve aud twent y-four cents per pound
al the place Of expostatson. aud amounts TO
eNactl, tour cents per pound and ten per cent
aG ,alercn:. We are thus particular In stating
Nhal the Increase Is, and upon what It op-
GATES, because the tariff Is denonsnatcd a
measure in the interest Of the Northwest. 1t
is stated that the proposed Change In the
wool duty was agreed upon by tic wool
growers Themselves. II tlIs be true, II merely
proves thai they were less greedy tiian auy
other class or interest proposal to bc benc-
Gtcd by the bill.
Thc Ic2t interest lit Tho bill is woo1len man.
ufacturrs. The duty on voo1len cloths,
which Is At present 81 ccns per pound and
10 Ter cent. al ,a'ctto,,is increased to50 cents
pcr pound an d c5 per cent al ta'orem Wool
len dress 20 DDS arc Increased from cents per
yard, and . TER cent. dd ,u7ortM. to 6 cents
rcr yard and So Fer cent. ad ,uloren. The
duty on carpets is raised about 25 per cent.
81, H,1r ,e 3fnv41t far mr.
body hut an cSrc,t to calculate the exact iu-
crease on woollen goods, tue duties are 50
juc.1eu with .pt -ific md al ratorens rates,
bu1 j, is safe to say that the increase Of tari0
on wco:len goods in the proposed bi]l is froul
thrce to 1lsc lines as great rs the increase on
wool. This surely is not q measure III the ia
tcscet Of the Sorthw cst. If it has any local
halitafion 1t Is in New England. Senate,
Wilson displays more s:atesmanship than &C
curacy in denying that this tratusc ol thebtt
is q New England measure. The Northwest
.,as lew wool!en mills, and all OF them seer
to he quite prosperous. It they have asket
the privilege ci takin. money out CT tbE
Treasury, thes ought to bc put uE'1cr th'
surveillance of tho police.
Il will not be affirmed that manufacture
cs cotton, iron, steel, copper, brass, zinc AMI
Et1hs, uCu.AS- 1l-3'tI IAulA-1AHUGt &-ONASs SsstA
l,oate aud shoes, marble, etc. are Northwest
era Interests. On the contrary, the North
west is immeasurably Interested in prevent
in. any increase in tho prices of those art1
v9rs. The railroad iatcrcst is especially q
Interest Of the Northwest, for the question {
1ausp,rtatlon comes 10 tue door OF ever
1uar, wonlan end child. Is this interest to b
bcnetitc,l b; au Increase of the tariI On raj
road ircr to So. per ton in =olst? Thu sin
p;e truth is, that three flfths OF all tae fl
tracks in the Jill lead to Pennsylvania. TIL
irt,, steel, glass and coal Interests ovcrsha'
n@ everything c!sc, both in the extravaga'
rates If duty demanded. aut the Vuan!lti
al the protected articles consumed IA Il
coun:rv. After Pennsylvania. Now En:'as
a,;d -,rw York arc tho uext bcneiic:arics
1.1v l:.l, but they will lose more than tllt
ean hope 10 Gain ~ its passage.
seu:.tor Wilson exhibits i higher degrce
sa.acity in opposin:: this tariff ab,minatis
Than SINE Of his colleagues from shc Se
England Status, and from his own Stale,
tbc I;r1,-e g, Representatives,. We trust til
thty vii ece their interests from the 81:
elevated s;andHoin. thot lie 'locs and ve
tIuNu lie i'll! with thc us'nost rcn-can
wl,n i, Is pa; upon its i'assasc. Il they
..,iy .io tits They may call IL Nnrshwc
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