New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-19
Fr,s Tr.de and its Advseate-.

d,ph's statement. Let the fact then be empha,i-
cally noted that the Free Trade Report circulated
through the Courier and Enquirer and double-sheet
Herald was no, the real Report made to Parlia-
ncnt, but garJled a5sract containing only such
portions :, were deemed best calculated to sub
serve British interests In this country, omitinS all
the testimony having contrary bearing. Let tins
be remembered when similar documents are a.ain
forced into circulation among as.
| But the New Era has made out abstract Of
the conclusions arrived at by the authors OF the
Report. of which il asks Us to publish the sab
stance. Now it was not the coAclussoas of the
Committee that we arraigaed, but the crideHee
| elected by It's Investigations. Every body knew
tia, they were Free Trade men bat we cannot
consider their opinions entitled to any special
weight Ana we cannot forget thlt the friends OF
| Protection asked similar investigation OF { on
| crcss ast winter wherein every one Who could
throw light on the suffice would have been eX-
ARMED As a witness but thiS EGs roted dorm, tte
! r-.e Trade Members IN tie ntga'sre. Why are
they so eager to palm upon US the sarbled evil
dence and the conclusions Of British committee,
which we maintain to be- Irrelevant, while they re-
,i,t and prevent similar investigation by com
miltee of our own Congress with a special view to
American experience and American interests
! VIII the New Era auswcr' Meantime We viii
review t.at papers British Free Trade conclusions.
! They are substantially n follows.
i That Tarf witch oonte plates both Reyenoe ana =,
pr,ferfgu s often witt iis,i ina'much a. u 10
rrea.a, the one while tdimnsbe, tie oiher and wee versa
/ ln reiutaton of this sc appeal to notorious
facts. When was cur Revenue largest Clearly
under our highes, Protective Tariffs-those Of
| 1894 and 28. and 20 down till the duties were
greatly red uced by the Compromise Act OF 1888
when it fell off. All experience shows that Judi
cious and efficient Protection increases Revenue
and Commerce. by increasing the ability to buy
and to pay.
p fCondemns Prohbltory Dcues Irelevsntl
-. That high and protective suuc' impose upon he
consumer tsN cysai 10 ne 81 duties lfed upon the
fo,egn ari'-es, whilst they ~ the same time increase NE
price oflhe home produced article r0mIg INTO the compe
on 20 The same amount the duty and tiatthis ncres'
ed price goes the Treasury but to the Protected
Manufacturer &c.
We are tired Of meeting this bold assertion with
saring undeniabie FACTS with which the whole
history of our Country &. filled. Thus, the Cotton
Manufacture OF this Country commenced and was
sustained until short time past by duty fully
equal to 100 per cent. When it was imposed We
bought our ordinary Cotton fabrics OF Europe and
India, at a cost Of % 40 cents per yard. under
this duty, the price has been gradually, regularly
reduced, until We now obtain better fabrics OF
Home Prodact at 6 to 10 cents per yard SO of
Cheese protected by specific duty Of nine cents
per pound, but setting in abundance at s,s So OF
Nails Protected by specific duty OF tye cents
per pound yet often sold far less than five cents.
So o. almost every article which has been steadily,
efficiently protected by our Government. The
British evidence is based on a state OF thing en-
tirely dissimilar to that existing in This Country,
and has no application to US.
81 Tha, Protective Duties check imporaions, by which
the fiscal Interests OF tue nation, the proh OF he
merchant and the advantage OF c coDsuner are sacrificed
! 10 az unjust and unequal policy
We wish the Free Traders weuld agree among
themselves on this point; for half the time We are
| obliged to meet them one side and half on the
other The Journal Of Commerce and many able
authorities on that side generally argue that I'm
portalions canEot be checked by High Duties, un-
less they have some special point 10 gain by going
the other way. When we see those nations which
impose the lightsst duties importing and exporting
more than Great Britain and other Protecting Ma
tion>. we may agree that there Is something IN
this Till then, shall believe that abihfs
10 p0y is the first condition of advantageous i'm
portatop, and tboS this is greatly enhanced by
| ludicious Protection.
"5 That the be-, service which can BE- rendered the
work ng cassss 10 extend the fed OF labor by extending
Commerce which can only be done by iooenng The eAHt
| as restrictions"
We answered this fsy in our reply to an Hi
nos friend ten days since. la that we showed
that the Commerce which is employed in bringing
from another Continent articles which can be pro-
duccd here with little labor there, Is wholly
valuelcss intrusically, and. to the extent Of all
the Labor and Capital employed in it, dead
weight on the Productive Labor Of the County
All enterprise and effort employed in merely
transferring articles from one country to another
are generally Of 10 real value unless the articles
transported are such a. cannot with equal facility
be produced in the country to which they are taken
That Commerce which busies itself in exchanging
the Grain, &c. of this Country for Clothes, Wares
&c. which could with equal facility be produced
here, mast Of necessity be q dead weight on the
Productive Industry u cur People.
go Thsttie branches OF Industry bch have received tie
aos Protection precisely those mos frequently 10 dis
fesS and That TIE inevitable effect "a Protection 10 pro-
duee consian, and unavoidable fluctuations IL trade"
Not so. The Agriculture Of our Western States
Is now more depressed than our Manufacturing in
terc>ts, and would se more .ignaIly benefited By a
Tariff. But if th. were ,.uc il would amount sinply
TO this, that those branches Of Industry which are
most exposed to ruinous foreign competition stand
mos, in need Of Protection The last clause OF the
above proposition is absurd Fluctuations in trade
viii be most frequent and destructive, not where the
srain-grower. the manufscisrer, the artisan. the