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FOREIGN  CUSTOMS  DUTIES.

become  almost  imperative,  and  these  markets  must  be  sought  among
those  nations  which,  from  fiscal  or  protective  necessity,  from  the  need
of  revenue  or  the  desire  of  fostering  manufacturing  industries,  have  imposed ­
  duties  upon  articles  of  foreign  growth  or  productiop  which  are
most  onerous  and  oppressive,  not  only  to  the  consumer,  but  to  the
American  exporter.  A  comparison  between  the  tariffs  herewith  presented ­
  and  that  of  the  United  States  may  point  out  in  what  lines  an
export  trade  in  American  products  may  be  built  up  by  a  judicious  remodeling ­
  of  our  own  tariff'.
In  conclusion,  I  would  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  no  nation,
claiming  to  be  civilized,  imposes  duties  upon  works  of  art  at  all  commensurate ­
  with  those  levied  under  the  tariff  of  the  United  States.
Respectfully  submitted.
T.  r.  BAYARD.