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Subject to a duty 



or tax ad valorem 



in average. 



Per cent. 



Wood screws 67 to 120 



Iron tacks 45 



Scythes 46 



Spades 45 



Shovels 45 



Pitchforks 45 



Buts and hinges for the barn and stable doors 53 



Paint for the barn and stables 51 



Hand-saws, twenty-four inches 39 



Cross-cut saws 26 



Files and rasps 50 



Hammers 38 



Hoes 45 



Whips 35 



Saddles 35 



Saddle blankets t 140 



Kochelle and Epsom salts to doctor his horses 73 



It is asserted by the friends of the tariff that the high 

 duties serve only to afford a revenue to the General 

 Government, and thus supply it with the means of 

 meeting its enormous expenses. But the burden upon 

 the people consists not so much in the taxes they pay 

 upon the foreign goods they purchase, as in the enor- 

 mous tribute they pay to the American manufacturer. 

 The bulk of the manufactured goods sold in the country 

 are made here, and the high prices kept up by the 

 operations of the tariff compel the people to pay to the 

 American manufacturer an undue share of their earn- 

 ings for his wares. Let us suppose that the duty on 

 blankets was 25 per cent, instead of 90 per cent. 

 Sixty-five per cent, on every pair of blankets would be 

 saved to the purchaser. Instead of being forced to pay 

 $8.50 for American blankets, and $9.50 for English 

 blankets, we should pay for English blankets $6.25, 



