The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-01-12
NO.


r Readjuster in Congress but will gladly do al
IS In his power to secure it, and, with it, iii,
0 plaudlt-" Well done, thou good and faithful
s servant p
/ IL would be graceful thing orour Readius
s ter Legislature in fitting terms to ACKNOWLEDGE
0 thelr sense OF the goodwill and patriotic
: craftsmanship exhibited by Mr.. Blair Of New
: Hampshire, in bis school-biH now before ths
S United States Senate; and, al the SAME time
7 to urge upon all eur Senators and Represen-
! tatlyes in Congress to- use their exertions
among all the friends of the South, and of the
f Liberal movement particularly, to give the
Dill early and full effect, The South, through
Malone, of Virginia, has extended the right
, hand OF restored fellowship, andnow it is not
only grasped eargerly on all sides by repre-
sentatlyes of the North, but Blair, of New
Hampshire, proposes to fill it with all tile
blessings that can flow from the bounty of the
Nation Ricltasoad Wig.
The Tariff S of England and the United
States
From The American (Phiiadephia}
The customs duties levied in ENGLAND an
the i,iiPorta,ioil OF aThctes The produce and
in'nuic'ule OF tie ohitea states are large in
amount ana oherous IA theif character and par
ticuarly oppressive, if such duties can become
oppressive, to the farmers of this country.
whom the leaders of British policy affect 10
befriend. While it is difficult to ascertain
| rom the olllcial statistics OF either country
tle exact proportion OF revenues derived from
the products OF the other it is still certain
mat England levles and collects greater sums
annually through her tariff on our productions
than are collected IN the United States on the
! importation OF articles the produce and manu-
facture OF the United Kingdom.
IL. Inc duty on tobacco IN England is three
shillngs anu slxpence per pound for unmantl-
Incurred, four shllilngs and sixpence for manu-
iacturcd, and hve shillings for cigars Taking
inc brlush Official returns, We find that the
1mporlatlons OF uhmanuiactured tobacco into
England from the United States averaged ST.
l43 ,49l pounds for I'VE years-1S73 to 1877,
lhciuslve-Whch, at three shillings anil six
pence, or elghty-flVe cents, per pound, yielded
an average sum OF $43,2l5,23S The largest
importation was in 1861 GAS pounds,
yielding $o2,326, l09 During this same period
the average importation into England of manu-
fact4red tobacco from the United States was
nearly three million pounds, yielding O reve-
nue. OF about $3,oo0,00O. The United States
oiflclal reports show an average export of 90
40 40 pounds OF leaf tobacco to England for
eight years-lSio to 1880, lnclusive-at an
averags export value of twelve and six-teatlls
cents per pound. On this the English duty
OF elghty-tlve cents is six hundred and seven
ty-hye per cent, The customs revenue derived
from this extreme tariff on one of eur leading
staples is therefore S45 100000 to $50000000
yearly. The United States statistics do not
give the weight OF manufactured tobacco or
cigars exported to England the average value
for eight years is 81 ,102 ,244; the average
weight, as imported into England for Ave
years, was 2 ,065 ,531 pounds, the duty of 81 30
per pound giving revenue of So AIS, 637
Another product largely exported from the
United States amounting to 10112,59 gallons
In 1SS0-grain sprits--s charged with duty
OF ten shillings aud fiyepence per gallon in
England-$2 80, a rate equivalent to ten times
its export value, which is twenty five cents per
gallon, or one thousand per cent, ad mlorsm.
In consequence of this extreme duty but "a
small share-less than one hundred thousand
gallons-appears to have been sent direct to
England, the greater quantities going to
France and Spain.
On the side of the duties levied in the United
States on the produce and manufactures of the
United Kingdom, we can not fairly use the
United States statistics for the reason that
they include under imports from England all
that comes in transit through that country.
The English accounts however distinguish
foreign and colonial produce and n1anufac-
tures' from produce and manufactures Of the
United Kingdom" The average of four years
1874 to 1877, inclusve-shows a value of
f29S30,905 SO exported, or approximately
Sl60,000000 The years 1876 and 1877 aver
aged but 50 000,0 600, while more recent state
ments are wanting The United Statistics
agree in confirming this estimate
Of an annual average not far from 100000,
BOO as the produce OF the United Kingdom ex-
ported to the United States The years 1878