THE TARIFF TAX.
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Minimum, and specific Duties Expla incd.


The all-important subject of the Tariff be-
ingat length before Congress, it is the object
of ne writer to make appear, in terms to be
unerstood, what the real percentage duty
wold be under the specific rates proposed by
.bebiII now under consideration in the House
froa the Committee of Ways and Means, up
OH few of the more prominent articles of
import, say those manufactured from cotton
ano wool. A casual observer OH taking Up
thi3 bill, and looking under the cotton sec
tioi might rest satisfied with reading as fol-
l6lnkk,, son all manufactures of cotton, or Of
|syhNh cotton shall be component part, not
oth,t ,twise specified, duty Of thirty per c,llt-
un3 the minim provisions afterwards fn-
trofced, if read by any bot a merchant, would
preAbly be passed over without being thor
oualy understood, and therefore taken for
grated as levying duty something near 30
pelcent.; but let Us look at the practical ope-
rat 4, of this matter, let us unmask this most
spcsous mode Of framing tariff to suit par
ticlfr interests, and then it will be more APP
partt what duties are levied for protection.
an what for revenue:


pn white cotton goods, SO inches vide
