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NPWSPAPER
Ibe 100,000 tons wa sting to e etwhme..ti, but,
The now reduced to 10,00 0 t niS;3firktivia
The expense of cher nica iiidne4these;
and bleaching the. ,U ago (2-.6e Hines_ C4i/'
bleaching rmr.
Then look at tr ,e expense of conveying so 11a/oil'
bulk, for so smal I E , result, from the far corners of
the earth.
But let me ask hose who are relying upon these ; foreign fibres as ait Leans of supplying our deficiency
of material, how it is that the Spaniards continue
to use the old effe t e material, rags, to the neglect of
the genuine, soun 8 , and strong grass, growing upon
their shores ? 11 lc 'w is it that the Americans, who
are in a far great cT strait for material than we are,
and who are roan- ing over the whole world in search
of rags—why do they not call in upon their near
neighbours, the - Vest Indies, and apply the plain-
tain and the bai iana trees to their own use, they
being, it is said, f ull of fibre, and applicable to paper
making ?
No one will cliai i Tc cur cousins across the Atlantic
with want of enei g y, or want of skill, in eonvfrting
to their own use wha., 'ever is av:;.ilahle. Ask Jonathan
the question, and hi will reply, " I guess it won't
pay!'

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

THE PAPER TRADE.

It seems to be :sought that the repeal of the
paper duty and the a:holution of the Id. import duty
stand in the relation of cause and effect; - I
cannot understand,
When the duty s'as reduced from 3d. to lid, the
penny was retaine d avowedly as a compensation
for the artificial cheapness of material on the Con-
tinent, caused by their prohibitory
tax upon ex-
ports. If it were 'necessary then, it is equally ne-
cessary now, unless, it be the deliberate intention of
the Legislature to destroy us as a trade.
I believe that the majority of those who are giving
their support to the Minister, in his proposal to
abolish the ld. import duty, are doing so under the
belief that the relief from the paper duty will tend
to sonic economy in manufacture. This is a great
mistake. The duty did not in any degree interfere
with the economy of manufacture, nor is there one
word of truth in the statement that it prevented
experiments, or the use of any material whatever.
It is simply a nuisance, but by its repeal I 'hall
not be benefited in actual cost £5O pe37 year, and I
know of no means that will be available to reduce
the cost of manufacture, when the duty is repealed,
that are not now completely within my grasp.
Others there are who talk about nei,v materials
as though the repeal of the duty would have some
magical influence in bringing them 5n ; but the
great bulk of those who are supporting the Govern-
ment in their present intention of abolishing the
import duty are following what they conceive to be
the unalterable laws of free trade, and though they
admit that our case seems a hard one,. to be called
ox to compete with a foreign mania facture the
material of which is 50 per cent. cheaper than our
own, and at the same time to suffer from the com-
petition of the American in our own market for our
own material, he being protected again st all com-
petition by a 30 per cent. import duty, yet, say
they, " Something will tuia up ; you get on
somehow." It is with the view of placing the facts
of the case, and the inevitable tendencies of the
proposed remission before these gentlemen, that I
have troubled you at this length. I desire that
they should know the truth, that they should be
fully aware of the consequences of their own acts.
It may be that some he”dened stoic, some philo-
sophic Liberal, v:..11 say—Perish the paper trade
rather than maintain that which has the appear-
ance of protection, no matter what may be the pecu-
liar or exceptional nature of the case.