East Saginaw courier., 1866-04-25

had to Join two couple together. This
is a, warnin to all professional men TO
understand their business and the
moral of the case is, that a. man
ouyhtent to be squeezin the gals when
anybody can see him. Bat 1 don't
want it understood that I'm agin 1t ON
proper occasions and in a proper man
iner,, Their aint no squeezin neces-
sary, =. ~, ..f.. 'D 20
But I must close this brief epis:le.
Yours truly, Bril- ARR
Tho Iniquity of High Protecting
Tariff. N iA rom o1
n lFrom the New York Iost. Republican. . 4
We have a proposal to make to our
neighlors who urge Congress TO- inn
pose higher taxes on the importation
of necessaries. 1t is that we should
rest the discussion upon facts, and not
upon guesswork or Hypothetical sup.
position, In considering the cost Of
production, let us take what IL costs
to produce. In considering the value
of produce, let us take what It sells
for In market. In considering the
worth of what We import or buy, let
us take what it brings sthe standard
of value, and what it costs to- import
it as the measure of exchange. q We
shall be much more likely to come to
an agreement if We accustom our
selves to reason together about these
things as they are, instead of using
IFS and s,pposes. i'1-it'oJ 7li4
AS a step in this direction. we have
obtained from respectable importing
merchant in this city All American
IA true statement Of some recent and
actual transactions in the way Of busi-
ness by which he gets his living and
supports his family, that is, in buying
and selling hardware. The articles
were bought in England, and the in
voices vre in sterling but are turned
into Federal currency at par. The
expenses are stated in Federal money
at the value "in gold" so that all the
figures conform to the same standard.
The first article il three casks OF
wood-screws, weighing 4, ,I3i pounds.
The net price is e97 SIS, 3D., which
amounts at par, to si32 81. The
charges for casks, shipping, custom
house certificate and commission,
s21 81, make the actual cost OF goods
on board of ship, sl54 l5. The ex-
penses of importation, for exchange,
freight, carriage, insurance and interest
are sos "a, which is nearly twenty
three per cent. on the original price,
and nearly twenty-five per cent on
the cost on board. The duty on wood
screws is eleven cents per pound,
which, on i,434 pounds. amounts to
si7S ~, or 1873 80 above the cost
on board, and above II per cent. son
the original price Of the goods. The
whole cost, $l,o40 Ga, is more than
l40 per cent. advance upon the price
OF course, it Will be understood that
the American merchnnt-iirst the
wholesale dealer, and then the retail
er-reckons his jus. profits on the
gross cost, sl,040,62. l'1s.
Another single fact may be added.
The American Screw Company, which
is protected" by the above duty, with
a capital Of $l,000,00O,. divided in
1864 Sl,000,0o0, and in 1865 81, 300.
600, being go per cent. on their cap.
ital in two years. Out of whose
pockets did those dividends come p
Out Of every mans who used or paid
for wood screws. If we could add to
the number of screws imported, the
whole product of American manufac.
lturo i'll this line, we should be able to
calculate what it costs the people OF
this country TO collect the duty oi
eleven cents per pound, and to com.
pare this with the amount it brings
into the treasury, while no one j,
benefited except a few capitalists who
get larger dividends, and a few work
men who are brbed away from more
productive labor, in order to restrict
80, 200, 900 people from buying wood.
screws at their market value. oH ID
On an invoice of sledge and hand,
hammers, the advances ON the origi.
nal price was only 30 per cent. the
duties being equal TO 56k per cent.
On padlocks the advance was So pei
cent, and on vices 100 per cent Or
wrought steel-faced anvils the duty o.
"a cents per pound was so per cent,
and the whole advance 95 per cent
On OK and log chains the duty of y
cents per pound is from 100 to lOt
per cent. and the entire advance l67
per cent. That is, what cost 800 t.
buy in England cost S267 whenland
ed in store in New York! On hook,
land hinges the duty of ~ cents pei
pound is equal toll40 per cent, and
the cost advance is 900 per cent. Or
hoes the duty is 40 per cent, and th,
cost advance 30 to 100 per cent
We have statements of several other
articles, but will give only one more
! An invoice of iles-W Butcher.
aud Spear 4 Judson's make, ''ths
best brands known"--show the duty
of ten cents per pound and thirty pei
cent. ad ralorom for ten-inch and under
and six cents per pound, with the az
.paiorem, for over ten-inch, averaging
equal to fity-fye per cent, and max
ing the advance of cost eighty pei
cent A good deal has been said
lately, about files, in consequence oi
the failure of the Whipple File Com
pany, which started with a capital o.
100000. Some say that they failed
for the want Of a sufficiently protec
tive tariff; others, that it was through
exorbitant salaries and incompetent
management some, that it was be-
cause they had bad machinery, and
others, that good files cannot be made
by machinery. We have been as
sured in other quarters that there Il
machinery Of American Invention
which win make good files; and, with
skill and judicious management, at q