The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-05
The Tariff Tranps
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New YORK, October 3.-The tariil COM
mission to-day heard number of persons,
one of whom, George w. Dean, of New
York, advocated new section of the tariff
law authorizing the secretary OF the treas
ury to increase the import duties one-sixth
whenever the imports of any one year ex-
ceeded .tive.siXths of the value of the ex-
ports for the same year; this step to be
taken without waiting for congressional ac-
ton.
William James Lyman, representing the
firm of A. A. Law e. Brothers, importers of
tea, raw silk, hemp and jute, sugar and
China sundries, read an argument against
the proposed increase, OF the duty
on iute. He assumed it to be the
common sense of the people that
the tariff should be simplified and
relieved of all unnecessary taxation, and
that the tariff commission must desire to
hear arguments in regard to the special ar
ticles taxed He, therefore, asked to pre-.
sent the facts in regard to Manila, slsal
hemp, lutte and iute butts. Jute paid a
duty OF S15a ton and iute butts OF So ton.
The annual import of iute was about GO,OOO
bales and OF iute butts 100000 bales. The
product to the revenue on both articles
was somewhat less than $4,000.
He believed that there were no
vested interests that could properly
demand a tax on these two sorts OF raw
tioIe. 4 cry came, however, from Louisl-
ana newspapers that jute could be raised
there as a valuable crop. Hehad heard that
cry for about ten years, but he had yet to
see a bale of iute or jute cuttings OF Ameri-
can production, and he had heard or read
ofonly ten bales raised as an experiment,
If the tariff was raised the progress OF jute
manufacture in America would be
checked, and the interests that now
import jute and jute butts would suffer
materially. If the tax were removed its
removal would stimulate and energize the
| American manufacturing interest and ma
| terially assist competition with England
| erd Scotland In regard 10 hemp, he
| agreed that there was no need OF protection
| TO American hemp, because its character
and quality and uses were different rom
those of Manila hemp or sisal hemp. lie
! touched upon other matters, showing lr-
rerularities and incongruities in the tariff.
! Mr.. r. II. Wolff of New York, repre-
! senting twenty-five wire and spring manu-.
| facturers, q large majority, he said, OF all
such manufacturers in the country, made
an argument against an increase OF the
duty on steel wire rods which is at present
! 30 per cent, and in favor of its reduction.
Wm. ID. Marville, of New York, read
! long argument in favor OF the abolition oii
! the duty on raw materials, such as WOO
and iron ore, reduction of the duty
ON other forms of iron and the aboli.
ton Of the duty on bituminous coal
as n means Of reducing the cost
| of manufacture in the eastern states. lie
I favored direct tax on tea and cotiee, and
summing up he suggested a system OF leg
! islation by which 500, 600 would be de
rived from the tariff, Sl00,O0O,OOO from d'
rect taxation, SlJOWO,OOO from internal
revenue ard S5QWO,OOO from miscellaneous
/ sources.
NEw YoEK, October THE tariff com
mission resumed its labors to-day in thu
city. +. Moore. the "Parsee merchant,
I read a long review of the tariff Legislation
and then quoted and commented upon 50
I distinct principles laid down by Robert }
I Walker when secretary Of the treasury, a
follows. First, that no more money should
] he collected than is necessary for the want
! OF the government, economically admins
tered. second. that no duty be imposed or
I quv article above the lowest rate. which VII
Yield the largest amount OF revenue; third
l that below such q rate discrimination may
+ - descending in the scale Of duties and 10
/ imperative reasons, articles may be place.
on the list Of those free from all duties
. n
/ sboui1 be imposed on luxuries firth, tha
All minimum and all specific duties should
be abolished and al valorem duties sub
stftufed in their Esace, care being taken =
guard against fraudulent invoice. under
valuation and 20 assess duty upon aCtla
F. markes ralue, sixth, that duty should %
50 impOsed ~ TO operate as equally as pos
sble thruuehout the Union. discriminai
ing neither for or against an
ciss- or section. Moore, in con
Guiding bis statement. submitted u
PROPOSED revision Of the tariff. Jane
| Waifender, o. Jersey City, machinist an
I engineer. read a statement in relation .
the tariff on tin plate and its ingredients
He wished the duty increased on in plat
and that block Tin sh01ld pay, in picsc
slabs ~ Ter cent. I'd valo-ern, in tars
and in sheets q. but that Nben iupurif
m American ships it should b free'of dutg
also iron d1s imported in foreign Fesse.
should par a per ton, and in America
shirs - cents.
Adjourned TN tomorrow.
CrIrrs nnd Cssualfles