, 1869-12-03
TIE DUTY on RAW EATERIaL~.

4i.c lA31A lo1pcls III washington arc
,':Enc the country TINT they propose to
:rs's.,rase tie taxation by a1t;ng 10 The
l.: a free goods nuu.ber Of articles
wish 1re uot Produceli in tie United Ssates,
snd naicl. therefore, pay duty, md are
E,s,-ec Of rcveace- TLis Is no relief fran
tazatr'r, because tie revenue thus lost will
Lave to lie collected from other ob;u:ts.
These articles are all Imported for manufac-
turing PURPOSES; they axe Of that vast Va
r1e:y Il chemicals exclusively used in man-
Ef-ctuscs Of I'LL kinds, and nlso thoss a1ti-
clrs u raw material which are not groHn.oy
produced in the United States. These are
Cow imported, nad the tax upon them
is paid by the homo manufacturer. To
stMore that tax is to enable The
hotar manufacturer to produce his goods at
less cost; but it does not reduce the price
Of his goods 10 tho consumer. To admit
wsSl free Of duty does not reduce tho price
Of American manufactured goods; but to
reduce the duty woollon ,nAnufaetu-aa
viii have that eject directly. To admit dye
stufs free Of duty viii reduce The cost OF
manufacturing those goods in which they
are nsed; bat it does nut reduce tho price
Df the gooiA to the consumer. Fivo yearH
as.'. when there was All internal revenue
t.41 II fv. ler cent on all American manu-
frct.zes, their representatives in Congress
oh;sined IN additional duty on foreign
manufactures which, it was claimed, WAS to
r"vcr the domestic tar, and not al al addi-
sit.al protection. Three years litter they
procured the repeal Of the five per cent
lai, lut REUSED to repeal the corresponding
i.:1 IN # reign goods. The removal Of tho
o1.e sa1 1paEccd the cusi Of producing tho
a.'nn~t:s tnau13actH1e, while the coptiuu-
:-::.:r II tav tax IA the foreign article On
:s':~! taa Eonc manufacturer 10 cha-go
L. :a:s.a price Is l,cfort to the consumer.
Ike cHcs,la.rrs are rot Interested in the
i:-':r!',etioa Of raw material free of tluty,
4 tl,'..'y tEe prico Of the manufuo-
Jared :1r1icl.. Is reduced; hut this ~ not
~l:.t Nj. keuty ind 6protectiouists pro-
1"~e. Trey propose to ada1it such rnw
14;t,si.ls Is arc Eot produced il this couu-
aE. '1'-; tEey do NOT propose to take tho
Tx III anything whereby the bclling
r'i-' n1:s, he ro1acc1. They only p,op1se
L. svlraAe manufacturing from tho slight
la.atinn 10 which it is subjected, leaving
tic cum, etitlve prices Of foreign articles
exactly ss they were before.
Ills proposition is fraud u2on its face,
1lese is 1lo rav ma:erinl like that Of iron,
II il TIE rsw material which enters into
n1,T! trade AMI occupation. 1t is the raw
,;aatrsial Of which railways, and locomotives,
Il i Cats, and steamboats,, anil wagons, and
c:Ets n1e built, and, consequently, Of all the
r''ats Of transportation. Every reduction
i. Tic cost Of iron is d reduction in the
1rice Of transportation, and Of 30 pa
r'as u! al! The tools, implements, and ma
1tr7nl USED in the ordinary industry Of men.
II tlcse we're En- loacs: purpose to reduce
ts1ati"n.-vhich now yields comparatively
L. sevt:.E" to the government pig iror
}"lHt On the free list. The nlnount Of TIM,
OF raw E'atcsiAl Used in the United State,
Annually. in articles Of prime necessity
n:,l which rox yields not 1nosa than si1 ps
c"-t revenue 10 tho government, would "a,
for ten times over the fissl cost, and dut1
icc.c,.et, II Nil the articles which Ties
l'7r;eelienists propose to put on the fire.
lit.
So sEir. either wooden or iron, eau b
1'.:.; u tic GIFTED States; nor can an,
iin, uootlc-l cr iron, built elsewhere, b,
is-,".,. J. both arr prohibited. II thcr,
! -. !t?zss. IL ire 70 Lclp American labc
49,. Ac":zaee -t,acrican Industry, let iro1
I'D n's"'. eri'er and cordage, and all th'
s''..r articles ase.l in ship-builling. be pm
y