New-York daily tribune., 1842-11-14
Tbe EGec, off tl,e Tariff,

Coal AND IRoN-lf,he PennsyIvanans expected TO pre-
mote the interests Of their two great mine ras-Coai anu
Iron-by the new Tariff, they have far been dlsap
pointed The Tariff has put end to the importation OF
Goods generally England, and the consequences is
that vessels which have gone with cargoes, find no
freehs back and compelled ballast with whatever
heavy and cheap. Salt Coal and Iron these quail
ties and have been brought such abundance TO
load the market Coal cheaper than before the Tariff
bill passed. and Iron bnt little dearer, and quite unsaeable
% The above appears in the Journal OF Com
merce of Saturday Nothing can equal the audacil,
of that paper. All summer we have been proving
that an increase Of tie duties on Foreign Pro.
ducts consumed in his Country acou1d by no
means increase correspondinglythe cost Of those
articles 10 the consumer. The Free Trade econo
mists have all along asserted the contrary, or more
commonly assumed it as fact undeniable. Well,
the Black Tariff has been passed, laying heavy
duties on Salt Coal and Iren, and which theory
stands the test of experience? Was Coal ever
before so cheap at this season? Are not Iron and
Salt low enough for any man of conscience Are
not ali sorts of Manufactures nearly as cheap as,
and many of them cheaper than, they were before
the Tariff? Most certainly. The Tammany Hall
lies about this or that manufactures making $50, ,000
70 500 900 by the rise of his goods consequent
on the increase of duties on the rival Foreign fab
Yics have had their day and done their Office. Here
are nearly all things as cheap as ever, and many
cheaper, while many of our factories, mines and
forges have been put in operation, and two hun
ared thousand of our own people restored to En-
ployment and Wages of which tile reduction OF
Duties had deprived them. In other words, our
Producers receive more, while our Consumers pay
no more, than they didssunder comparative Free
Trade How does the Journal OF Commerce
meet this staggering fact? Why it has hunted
mp the explanation that, because we buy less
European Manufactures, therefore the ruder stu
Piles are coming over to US ballast, and at such
reduced freight that the price to the American
consumer is no greater than before WE'LL Sirs
have it so if you will. So long as you admit the
essential fact, you are welcome to rack your inSen.
lions for plausible apology.
But you must not misstate the expectations o.
the friends of American Industry merely that yor
may declare them disappointed Our side hs,
all along held that an increase of the duty o.
Foreign Coal, &c. acosid not increase the average
price of those articles to the American consumer
they are your expectations, not ours, that ar
disappointed We say that Coal, Iron, an'
other staples win ultimately be 3o'oer under al
efficient Protective Tariff than under Free Trade
while the Representatives of Tammany Hall ii
Congress and its demagogues out Of Congress
have been whimpering over the taration anc
Too6ery OF the Poor of ou. City by the duty o,
Coal IN order to swell the profits Of the miners
Do not the present prices of Coal, &C. s,rikingl,
expose the smsiness Of their statesmauship or ,h,
hypocrisy Of their lamentations
We have the most undoubsing conviction ,ha,
duty even OF $50 per ton on Iron and S. on Coal
so far from increasing the cost of those articles
the American consumer, would diminish it esser
,ial,y. This might not be the Immediate effect {
80 large an increase; but the moment the HON
production had adjusted itself to the demands
rhe increased consump,ion-which it very SOC
would do-,he price would begin to decrease
from the effec, of eager competition, improve
processes of manufacture, and the comparati'
s,saa;ness Of the market. An Iron Compar
which should be sure of demand for 5000 to
Of tho metal annually could make 1t much cheap
than with precarions market for l,o0o tons tn
wear and perhaps 100 next. Does any praetieal nj
need evidence in support of SO plain proposi1ion
~ Election in Massachusetts to-day.