2。Ataxonanyonecommodity，whetherlaidonits
production，itsimportation，itscarriagefromplacetoplace，or
itssale，andwhetherthetaxbeafixedsumofmoneyforagiven
quantityofthecommodity，oranadvaloremduty，will，asa
generalrule，raisethevalueandpriceofthecommoditybyat