, 1842-12-17
From the New York Evening Post.
Mischiefs Inflicted by the Nations
OF the World upon each other,

"0 A]oeus mercury, shows IN what
manner the Governments of Europe.
withheld as they are, bv considera.
tons OF policy, or fear, from making
war upon each other in the old way,
nave taken another method of doing
each other harm. The old warfare
at the c%annon's mouth. is exchanged
tor a warfare of commercial! restric-
u2ns; and Britain. to which the cham.
p"us ct the restrictive system in this
country have p intel as the model of
their Eyerlte policy. appears to be
the PrinciptI object of hostilitv.-
The new IN ,de, like The old, has this
recommendation to those who love
mischict-lhat it dnes as much harm
Ia the as saila1t as 10 the milton as
sailed.
From the Leeds Mercury.
"Atno period of II history, ex.
cept during the ascendency of Napo
c N, has such an alarming success
sion of blows teen struck by i,rei!n
Governments at the commercial PROS
peritv Of England as since the en-
trance OF Sir Robert Peel upon office.
WI d, not say that it has been ow-
Ing 10 the in%atteniiOl of Il own
Government, though in another arti-
Gle we show that ministers are verv
i'll supplied with com nercid inteIli-
yelce ny their agents; but we state
the sin,,:Ic fact. that within the last
len m NTH, 20 less than SIX hostile
tariffs hive bee1 published by other
c ,untries; AMI il !, possible that the
year may mt emo de without
Il idin, 4 seventh. We Sue these
facts for no purity purpose wh1rever.
hut with a view of cllIing the seri.
Gus attention of Government, of Par.
lament, an | of the country, to the
events themselves, and To the con
sidtrations they suggest us TO the To-
ture CON nercih policy OF England.
.'Firrt. we shall enumerate the hos
tile tariffs that ave been passed, with
their respective dates; and add the
hrieiest possible explanation for their
bearing nn English commerce.
81. The Russian IA il. issued in
November, 1874: ty which the duty
on worsted or wo.'llen goods, and
mixed wofsted and cniton, was raised
from n silver rouble per h.. to one
silver rouble and Is c~opecks, (Ihat is,
from g.. 6 l.. to 6,. 81. per lb., En-
gIrsh;) the new duty is from 200 to
300 per cent. al vaIorem; printed
goods are pr, Inhibited. The King Of
Prussia, during his late visit to St.
Petersburg, induced the Emperor 10
issue a more favorable ukas efor the
~proIncts of PrussiI.
80. The Portuguese tariff, bearing
date the leth Dece nber. I84l; by
which the duties on English woollens
were raised from $50 refs per h., 10
6oo refs per ID. The latter is equal
To an al vaIoren duty OF As per
cent. on the average qualities of cloth
sent +, Portugal. Before 1887 Tin
which yelr the tariff was raised) the
duties were about 10 per Cent nd
valore n, Though noninalIy 10 perl
cent? A favorable tariff is now in
curse of negotiation.
81. The French tariff. bearin.
GATE the 2Gth June, 1842; by which
the duties on EngIish linen yarns and
were doubled, and made en-
tirelv prvhibi Dry; this being by far
our largest branch of export TO
France.
ID. The Belgian tariff. issued in
July. 1912; by which the duty on En-
dish linens and linen warns was rails.
ed 10 the same prohibitory rate as
the French duty, in obedience to the
dicta,ion Of France, and with a view
of preventing the smuggling OF En-
pIish linens and warns into that coun-
try through Belgium.
-. The United States tariff, bear
irc date August, 1913; by which the
duty on wooIIens was raised from 90
to 40 per cent. ad valorem; on wors-
ted goods, from 90 to 80 per cent?;
and, on cotton goods, the duty was
made nominaIiy 80 per cent; but on
some kinds of goods it IS IN reality
100 to 200 per cent. ad valorem;
and on many kinds of cottons, wool.
ems. and other goods, the duty will
be prohibitorv.
&c. The German League tariff,
passed September, 1912; by which
The duty on one fthe largest branch,
rs Of our exports-nameiy' worsted
figured or printed--ls raised
many cases prohibitory, and by
which the duty on quincoillerie, or
is. increased probably over
arO nor cyVt. - |,