, 1877-08-23
THE TARIFF,
GRAPHING WITH THIS OCCULT supyHcr,

uAAfFL!N1 WITH THIS OCCULT 8UD38CT.
spfctai Dts7.ntra 10 7a< 7stauht
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2o.-ProposItion thirteen.
submitted By the Philadelphia Boasu Of Trado,
rs follows, was taken up:
Rtso'rtd. That gil duties on hnports shonld, as !.
fsr ~ practicable, be changed 3snll ad valorrm 10
specific. the extent Of the change tn BE- determined
merchants manufacturers, and Treasury officials.
Mn. wETHxREi1, OF rnftA pELruIA,
saId that the present Tariff law contained 1,soO
articles liable 10 duty; that 800 OF these wcsu
subject to al valorens dutr, 5oo or more to src-
cilIc duty, und about no known ns "co,nroun,!,
that Is, subject to both Bpcvislc and n! yalsvul
duty. In considering the question ol What was
tho best way to callcct the duties, they had q
great deal to look through. Ad yalorcm duties
THREW OUT / FAgMiuA ON uNnEnvALuArioS<.
The Government ordered TINT, when an lnyoicc
was mado ut what was believed to be below tho
market price, tho highest market price should
be substituted. But Hhcrc tho inrotce price wns
tho highest IL was taken, anil that Geemcsl to
hln, 10 bc wrong. In ortlcr to approlsc tho
gools. m enormous staif Of officials was re-
QuErcd at q very great expense. In one case,
certain article was taxed 20 per cent al yalorcm
in New York, and only 10 per cent iu Boston.
The consequence Nas that tho New York men
wcro driven out Of tho field, and for two years
uUdk4A A<4A tA2 SAA0C III AA&k P44 eNAAA& Ak{S4ES
IN ENGLAND,
under an alleged frce-trado policy, there wcro
only forty dutiab1o articles, tho duty being
specific. The same was true Of Franev, whcro
several thousand articles we're subject to duty.
Out OF $50 merchants who replied to tho qucs-
tlons OF the Now York Committee, all but tiyo
were opposed to I'd valoEcm duties. Another
point wns thnt Congress passed sonu years ago
q law knowna ~
THE "lXNEp1ATE TRANSFORMATIONS ACT,n
which was practically tho child Of the National
Board OF Trade. It was not surprising that tho
Appraisers ut scaports should err In somo
cases, Notwithstanding their daily cx-
pesicnco In thc!r business. Neither Was
It surprising that In some cascs
crrors might creep Into tho appraisai by officers
In interior ports. Tho consequence wa. that
complaints arose. prompted possibly By 1cal.
ousy. The remedy Tor this Was the abolition Of
al valorem duties entirely. He believed that
commission OF experts could properly deal with
tic subject. 1t had been bis intention to ask
tho Board to scaifltm tho action takcu In New
York
1 SUBSTITUTE
Mr. Hill offered tho following:
Rtsolrsd. That tho Frusldent Of the United
8satea il requested 10 recommend to Coagtess. Tho
appointment Of commission Of Intelligent. pTac-
tlCnl. and thoroughly -tuttFuCtcd ptfxuns for tho
Of dutfes on lnipogh.
Mr. Wethercll accepted this - proposition
to bo considered by tho Board.
Mn. GAso DISSATISFIED.
slr. 0ano suggested that the resolution be
modified 50 Is to embrace tho idca contained IN
the original scaolution-a change from ad ralo-
rem To specific duties
Nh. HILL ACCOMMODATING.
sfs. lInl had no objection, II It should be tho
pleasure Of the board. But hs thought MF.
Gano would SEQ that the question Of specific
duties Was somewhat one Of detail under tho
general question Ut the tariff rcvtslon. lila
proposition really covered the whole ground.
AR. aANo BTlLL sPEciylc.
III. Gsuo greatly desired that the body should
express itself In lasor Of specific than I'd yalo-
rem duties.
Alr, IIil wished It to stand "a separate
proposition.
NH. BUCHANAN uELPs AR. 0AHo OUT.
III. Buchanan suggested tho addition OF tho
words: "a fcaturu Of such revision to eou.Ist
iu the change Of duties from ad yelorcm to
specific duties, as far u practicable"
Mr. Hill tlsd no objection 70 that
NEW yoRx AND JOHN suxR4AA.
Mr. Miller. Of New York, desired to say thai
tho resolution met with The full appreciation Of
himself and colleagues, aud Of tho merchants Of
New York generally. H. believed that the
Treasury Department entertained similar views,
Accoaptxo TO VALUE.
Mr. Ropes belic1ed there wu something to
bo ssId On tho Other side. ue had imported
great deal, aud had never hal snYtruublc. An
I'd Tslofem duty was ia principle the very bcst,
but tho difficulty came iu when It MAJ attempt
ed 10 execute 1t. Unfortunately, thcJ did not
hare In al their Eustona-uouses the rcsy beat
mcu that could bc obtained and the ofact&
were iiled BY men who got In through their ;
political iutuenec, md who cared more about
that than they did about the Revenue lava. liz
hoped that with ths rhXuge In the Tsri6 l1xs
would como auch pou4esl change ~ would