New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-04

Z -arne objects could be executed IN Ing and, not
withsrandng our coal and our manufacturing al
/ van;agss. Spermac,ti and other whale oi., were
important articles IN our manufactures, and 70 va,
now proposed 10 reduce the du,ie. upon them, be-
cause whale oil had been loo per e.nt dcarer ~
( this country than in the United States which sad
/ manufacture, extensively consuming this article
successfully competing with ours. lie reminded
| the House Of Nj Deacon Hunc'. dIctHm tnar
/ this couHuy. having plenty OF usiaNed iron, and
! plenty of uutaxed coal. wanted Only llenty "a WI
/ taxed wood to give ample employment 10 her H.
du.try ard TIA, was the principle on which Gof-
ernTent ew proposed the reduction m the duties
on timber. He now came To articles If ioreisH
aasufacture. "a which il was contemplated go to
/ reduce duties that they should IN 10 Gaze exceed
the maximum of 90 per cent. Ii was >aid that
such q reduction. unless accompanied Win re-
peal Ui the corn laws. a great injustice 70 TIE
British operative. But; in fact, there bad been,
a. the amount Of duties in this very week evinccd.
a very great reduction in the duties ON gain
Salt provisions, too, which had been hitherto M
der a total prob bron. would under the new sys-
TEN, be admitted at a duty OF about penny
pound So. as - live animals. about which b,
trusted he should be able To make fully sati>tac-
tory explanation. So likewise a. 20 FISH, paricu
iarlv the f.h in which the poor we're most inter-
ested. namely hcrrings. The IRISH peasant nov
paid POS. per barrel hencoforth be would getthai
barrel from Norway for los; CT would procure
behring's of his own coast 10y means OF that i'm
proved craft which the reduced duty timber
would enable him to obtain there. The duties
were also To be reduced on the Importation ct po-
ia,ocs. rice and hops; on the last of which arii
Gle. the reducton Of duty would be from t8 Is
to Z los He trusted therefore. that iull dis
position had been proved on the part OF Govern
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which are principally consumed by the poor.
lie exposed tie error commonly prevalent about
the comparative chcapncss of living IN the great
manufacturing towns of the continent, where, al
though food was indeed produced chcaply, the
workman had always to buy it dear, by reason OF
the eciroi duties payable AT the gates OF every city
He then argued a. To- the straw-plait and other
manufactures. that under the present extent of
smuggling as induced by high duties, there vas in
actual practice no protection at all. Now, he
came to the great question touchisg the mpoua-
lion Of live cattle He had been strongly pressed
to defer to tine apprehen-ions entertained on this
subject: but he believed ii To be a groundless pan
ic. Advertisements had been published for sup
plying English town through firm at Hambugh
with meat at 81. pound and people had tect
frightened by those offers into selling their cattle
at a sacrifice. Ii they had waited to inquire the,
would have found that no such firm existed at
Hamburg. and that meat in that city itself VA, at
Cd. pound. He would not say that there would
be no reduction in the price of meat--thcre would |
be some; and some there ought to be, for the !
price of meat in England was now too high. Tie |
influx Of cattle from Scotland and Ireland b,
steam, within the last sftecn years, had been mn
mense yet the price OF meat bad stlll gone on IN |
cressinC. \ II this, il must be remembered, went |
to swell the navy estimates. The meat consumed !
by Greenwich Hospital alone cost 1000 more II |
l34l than in 1885. The chief objection made |
against the intended admission of cattle was, that |
the duty was proposed to be uniform per head ou
the fat as well as the lean Now, the admission
of the leaH cattle of course an advantage To |
be srazicr, whose business was to buy them Ter
aitng and far here was d. clear benefit 10 one |
important class of agTculturists. winch bcnehi |
would be diminished # lea, carrl- of a large size
were made To bear heavier dEty than can cattl,
of a small size But now TO the lat cattle
The great protection on far cattle was not amount |
OF dutv, but the length and roughnc,s Of the yoy-
age; no fat OK could ever cross the Bay OF Blscay
France, however, was nearer, and the agricultural
ists feared "a influx from her shores. But France
for many years, instead of exporting cattle, had, /
on the balance been importing them, and the
price of all sorts Of meat had been rising through
ont that country. flc showed that the danger Was
equally chimerical of importation from Belgium,
Holnnd Germany and the Prussian League. So
great was its superiority, that be did not despair
of seeing England exporter of tsat article. lie
was asked why rot impose the duty by weight H.
stead Of per head iIe would answer fairly hat
he wished to nave meat somewhat cheaper in Lon
don but still the increase of our population, and
the scarcity Of continental stock, gave complete
security against any vcry great diminuton OF price.
No fiup H,r on u.W Ia "a
no reason why we should not hereafter export 9TH
or cattle likewise On tie whole the fullest conl-
muuica,ion and consideration had strongly con-
frped the Government in their intentions IA To
the duiy upon catilc He would not revive the
discussion on the corn question; that he consid-
cred as decided By Parliament; but, at the proper
time, he was prepared To state the rassns why
Government did not consider the general principle
of free trade (Which they fully admitted) a APP
plicabe to the present state If the sugar ard tim
Der questions
They had endeayorcd to act in the spin, Of Mr..
lIu,kis,on, and To do much general good, with
a little individual hardship, as possible Lyen Tor
individuals they trusted, the measure would pro
vide compcn.aton and they believed that for tie
people al large the benefit would be extensive. Tie
regretted that other nations had not entered INTO !
their views. and he had reserved some SUBJECTS tor
arrangement with them; but let them taAe what
course they might it would still b. our inteIes, to
buy cheap and sell dear. The day would yet come
when those nations also would see their interest
their perseverance in high duties wosd be met by
that inevitable corrective-the smuggler; and the
example Of England contrasted with that ct States
pursuing opposite principles could hardly fail OF
ultimate effect, and Of reciprocal benefit. The
right honorable baronet concluded his speech IN I
the following terms; " have now fulfilled the
purpose for which rose which was to state the
general scope OF the commercial arrangements OF
her Male,ty's Government, and to vindcate those
portions OF it which have been most exposed to ex-
ccptions. from many gentlemen who were the most
strenuous advocates of the principles of free trade;