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Editorial
May 24, 1843
Edgefield Advertiser
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
An editorial excerpt from the New Haven Register critiques the tariff policy, using the arrival of the barque Trinidad with only ballast and old copper as an example of how it discourages imports like sugar, salt, and molasses, resulting in lost freight revenue for merchants and potentially leading to direct taxation.
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More Ballast—Still it comes.—"Arrived barque Trinidad, Duell, Trinidad, old copper, and ballast"—Extract from New Haven marine list.
This vessel with her ballast, brings also old copper—an article that pays no more duty than the ballast, it being alike free.—But this, as the whigs say, was "the very object of the tariff," to prevent importations. What say the respectable merchants to whom this vessel belongs—are they satisfied with having prohibitory duties on sugar, salt, and molasses? Are they willing to give up all freight on their return cargoes? Every merchant who understands his business, knows that such a course of trade is suicidal. What would he said if our coasting vessels, or steam-boats, could only take freight one way? But this new tariff is not less vexatious on the foreign voyages, than a law would be to deprive steamboats and coasters of half their freight. And again we ask, if we get no duties from imports, shall we not in the end be driven to direct taxation?—New Haven Register.
This vessel with her ballast, brings also old copper—an article that pays no more duty than the ballast, it being alike free.—But this, as the whigs say, was "the very object of the tariff," to prevent importations. What say the respectable merchants to whom this vessel belongs—are they satisfied with having prohibitory duties on sugar, salt, and molasses? Are they willing to give up all freight on their return cargoes? Every merchant who understands his business, knows that such a course of trade is suicidal. What would he said if our coasting vessels, or steam-boats, could only take freight one way? But this new tariff is not less vexatious on the foreign voyages, than a law would be to deprive steamboats and coasters of half their freight. And again we ask, if we get no duties from imports, shall we not in the end be driven to direct taxation?—New Haven Register.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Taxation
Trade Or Commerce
What keywords are associated?
Tariff Critique
Import Duties
Merchant Freight
Prohibitory Tariffs
Direct Taxation
What entities or persons were involved?
Whigs
Respectable Merchants
Barque Trinidad
New Haven Register
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of Tariff Policy On Imports
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Prohibitory Duties
Key Figures
Whigs
Respectable Merchants
Barque Trinidad
New Haven Register
Key Arguments
Tariff Prevents Importations Like Sugar, Salt, And Molasses
Leads To Empty Return Cargoes And Lost Freight
Such Trade Is Suicidal For Merchants
Comparable To Restricting Coasting Vessels To One Way Freight
May Drive To Direct Taxation If No Import Duties