The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-01

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IFagzen Consultation, and the IDAHO
: atag Hiadicator. i
4 On motion,th Convention adjourn
!. ed sine die -s-- 5
: s. d. NORTON, Chairman.
Z. You've, Secretary.
disastrous Eject of the Republican Tar
ih-Some Important Facts-rhe We,
our Commerce was Piundered.
The July number OF the A tlaaff,
published an essay from Mr.. E. II
Derby, which contains many yaluablG
statistics and soundi deductions whiel
1--we find condensed in convenient
form for the benefit of the genera
reader in the columns of eotempo
rary, and which will be found of great
Interest M
sE When the war commenced our ton.
mage, then 5,539. .SI3 tons, exceeded
that of the British empire. In 1865
i it had declined to 4,3lS,S09 tons. while
the British tonnage had risen to r Tl1tl55
00O tons. Our ship-building in 1885
gave us $50, $50 tons. In 1868 Il had
declined one-half In 1855 we builI
373 ships and in 1868 but SO.
Before the war the carryinp trasle
tween nation and nation em,,loved
& s, 900, 900 TONS OF these the Brit,sh
furnished thfee-eighths, the United
States one-third, and other nations
i the residue. In 1866 our PROPORTION
had fallen to one-sixth, while that OF
Great Britain had risen to one-half.
1 the deficit being supplied by continent
tai Europe.
Before the war two-thirds of the
arrivals from foreign ports bore our
nag; now two-thirds of the vessels
which reach our ports carry a strange
ilag, and though the war is ended, our
ships in the foreign trade continue to
diminish. In the first nine months of
the present fiscal year our tonnage in
the foreign trade diminished La per
cent, while the foreign tonnage gain
ed % per cent. Had our TONNAGE
risen to 100000, as it should have
done, the annual income at the mimi
mum of only $50 per ton, would have
been $200,000 Its management.
repairs and dependent trades would
| have sustained nearly a million fami-
lies, and would have furnished mar
ket for the surplus of as many en-
gagged in agriculture, who must suffer
from competition If consumers are
converted into producers. s3 al &
Under duties averaging Ill per cent.
Tor the first epoch of .twenty-one
years, our tonnage rose from 20l. 900
tons in 1889, to 1,424,7A8 in 1910. Its
increase was 700 per cent. During
the second epoch, from 1910 to, 1881.
under duties averaging 80 per cent.
tonnage, instead of gaining 700 Der
cent. fell IL per cent, or from / ,424.-1
748 tons in 1910, to ], PSI, ,847 in lS3I.Ls
After 1881, excepting a reaction in
favor Of higher. duties about 1872. our
duties fell to an average of I6 ner
cent, which lasted until 1861. a(5uf7
navigation revived and exceeded the
cent.
Ship building, which under the h;ob
tariff iii 1880 decrease 52,686 tons
again rose under: the reduced tariff in
1888 to 1886 tons. ~ Il.
Our susceptibility to a change of
duties IS illustrated by the fact that in
1874, under the Influence of 27 per
cent. duties, the tariff of 1912. our
ship-building fell Ito II, ,732 tons, aud
under. The l6 per cent. tariff of l846
rose to 262,5Sl tons in lS4S, and under.
the same tariff to 5S3, 450 in 1856.
Look at the present epoch. Begin
with 186l-with a tariff carried up from
10 per cent. to- an average of 40. per
cent, in 1859, We find decline-a
loss OF % per cent. in place of a Gain
of 430 per cent.-a fall from 5. $50. .SI3
tons in 1861 to 4, ,318, ,309 tons in 1859.
And of this residue more than 3.OOO.-
600 of tons are on lakes and rivers or
in coastwise trade, where we have a
monopoly while III July last S27.-. 4
OO0O00 of our imports were brought
in foreign vessels, and but 10000. 900
in American bottoms.
We can spare these duties, Mr..
Wells assures US that our surplus rev
enue is $780, 900. With the usual
increase of revenue it is safeto esti-I
mate that for the year beginning June
30, 1870, the surplus revenue will be
$I70000,0Q0. Is it safe to trust the
government with this immense snr-
plus? Is it not better in the pockets
of the peeple2 Can the consumer af-
ford t,, NOV tb;, L,,,,T4 = : ~ -- =, es.'
isnd i = eSy Wyr 14is ~ polas ana t9aNeW Eng
In many cases these duties DESTROY
the revenue. For example
The duties on spirits and brandy
baen H. nroven @ Uo hafoso 10 oao per cenI. lt has
sold as Holland Gin and Cognac si ana
Hocneile brandy IN New York are
wb;chISa dnt;a Ga mere are cigars on
264 per cent, not d tenth Of g which ddo cau ..o
be collected. Under these absurd
charges the importation of cigars
,a eI;,' ii ao 'ne ne. eussom na' mouse have de-
shops have mnltinl;ad 1 .1p naga rng cigar
of 10 Der cent. on snices sn;r;te seuS ssn. sloA
dy, tobacco and cioars afana %, ,,sa1.i5 o,1,
ofii3 o,,I,,,all., COO or9 nseAt su souiiu