New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-04-09
HOME INDUSTRY CONVENTION.
IRspare,i for the Tnbun&l
Thsrd Day.....THu..pAr, pr,l

declared order.
The COMMITTEES on Bu.iu-ss rrpos;ed that q
Commi,tc,- On In, Book Trade appointed
Chaplin, Jane, Van Orlen and r b Walker
| .ere appointed
Mr. Mars, from the Committee on Su-
gar refining. reported 4, length on that subject.
showing by statistic, that the bu,nes. oi Sugar
Refusing vii %. entirely DESTROYED 4 horizontal
Iaritsis imposed, and urging The necessity Of a
Discriminate IN 'ayero' Domestic Refined Sugar
| Tie Report was accepted aud laid tfs table
| for III" prc.en;.
Mr.. J. BiUxT tronl=th, Committee on tina,
| SUBJECT, reported aMemoral ;o=Consr"s,. pray
| ng ,h,. adoption o. u Preamble IA tn Tariff Law
abou, TO b.. enacted similar that OF ih. ilr,t Ia
riiF &c, u.dcr the Federal Constitution in l7S9:
| e. Whereas il necessary tar The .uppor OF
I Government. the payment OF The Debts of the
United States. and n. Protector OF Donlestic
| Manufacturers That dutie. be laid on Foreign
Goods. SCI The RePortforciblY rvci,,, the
facts in regard TO the precediag condition Of thu
country, and to tins acten winch Washington.
Madison, Hamilton Franklin. AMI their conpa-
,riota concurrcd, and ask that III, prenm.
1ie Of 1889 be Incorporated in The be" Act.
| Mr.. 5. OAKI.rY from, the Committee Iron,
Coal. and VI 4nufac,ure- of Iron. reported that the
| ,ubec, committed to them bad been divided into
three parts, and referred three sul-coinlnit;ees
| which would report s.veraly. MID IT, hKL-
LocC OF Troy read ,he PREDATORY report embracing
,rfera considerations, showing the importance ct
the Iro,l rraclc 10 the lnde pcndcncc OF the Coun-
ILL.,, I .
! the progress Of Civilization and Tho Arts.
Mir 5 OAxLEY then reported a, 9Th on the
,ublcc, ot the production OF Iron. 0cludns Nails
racng he history and rrogrcsszo the Irad"#ii
th- country down" The preseu' time. The R"-
por states tina, the business has bccii but indrt-
,.ntly profitable through the last fourteen y.ar-.
and that i, must be- entirely abandoned las, OF IN"
| teghcne- if the duty il reduced 10 hnrlx' sal
standard as provided by=cNiS,ing laws. The dit
| equity has arisen from the greater cncapne-s ct
| Fuel Us well abundance OF capital IN England.
where the Mineral Coal used IN, melting costs but
| 81 per ton while the Charcoal used IN tins Coun-
| try costs time. much. But new I,rocc-s.a,
| and improvements, the establishment q, works
where Iron Ore and Coal beds ;fund IN c!c-s
| proximity and c>ycciallva di.covcry at
| mode OF making Bar Iron with Anthracite alone.
| i, fast reducing the cost of making Iron. - thai
| il cum now bc produced near vas cheap here rs II
! could III In LAND fifteen Years ago Bui the Ing
| i,lI cos, has also been redaccd; and the Commit.
tee believe that duty of twenty-five dollars ton
| On Bar Iron Will suffice, instead ct thirty
! even and II half dollars lrvicd IN 1928; and oi
light dollar, on Pig Iron (ins,cad 81 twelve II,
1929 vi DO adequate To sustain the hnsn''>-
With such Il duty, the Committee arc confident
tina, the Of producing Iron can=hc Steadily r.
,iuce,l year after, year. r#ha, hitherto been,
until IL shall be nw here as n any part OF The
| world
Thc=nunh,r of person, dependent On thcZiron
h.ioc., for Subsistence new over two undrc,
ard ft,y thousand ,l, wage. pad=lhc.n annlAlly
over Eighteen Millions OF Do.r,=; the amount, OF
AGRICULTURAL production. consumed bs=thcm
about Eleven Millions per nnnun. The toiu! AN
ual product of Iron Is about TWENTY-FIVE Mil-
hons capital employed about srwcnty-,w Alll-
lions: including Mine. and Woodlands, Thirty
Millions rhisc.pta vii l,,. almost wholly de-
,lroyrd bv "a horizontal Tariff
Dr c. FlsHlR. from III, same Committee.
reported n Coal The ulnountof Anthracite. oal
! produced IN ls4O wa. 863.OnO ton. of biturnin-
Gus o. 900 900 bushels. (98 10 . ;on total value
a, 81 per ,onl over S. OOO.0O0 Number OF
! ,.cr.n,s cn,,loy.d ID producing i, j. $4,000 IN
rluI;ns ,b,ir families. 90 600; their annual con-
.,n,,n, ~, asr,c,,ltarnl urnluc,, over =. 5OO.-
ooo Zcosl abounA. ,bfouylou our Middle,
W,.,.rr. and Sonth-Wc,,crn states: hu,=it> vast
stores ,,on=oply be- d.yclop,d by adcqlin,e Plntec-
| son 10 the mining Of Iron. &c. We do no; need
a pound Of Iron or !, bu,rcl OF Coal from abroad
,rt have an abundance Il; home, and withn steady
policy OF Projections i, can he produced amply
| and cllcapiv
'Tbc ,n,,. Iircct con, p,,iton with our oDI !.
from Noyn Sco,ia. Our Coal Is generally situated
b,,dr,.J milo. ~ ,,r,. from ,id,-,yo,rr no, -,
,, -, Pen, winch ,,, Inn. b.. thrown INTO u