The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-06-07

duties cast his eyes map giving the line Of ronte
bounded by the river Lawrence and the northern lake
and ask himself tax ing into consideration nccien
customs regulations and the multitude of plying
on those waters aordng the facility Of communi
cation Let him ponder upon this and then ask himse,
whether these facilities the smugger will counter
balance the duty levied for protection For instance h.
asks for so per cent upon cloths the compromise tariff
makes the duty per cent after June that 20 per cent
will amply pay all the expense of smuggling through
Canada, and the 80 per will be sufficient bounty
the operator twill be well for the government take
the facts into consideration in reference
The 20 per duty would be collected but the 50
per cent will be evaded In relation to positive injury
which high duties nfct upon the Industry the country
where the duty is leyie! upon articles bulky snug
GLE Sir Robert Peel makes following interesting
ment -
" A foreign power DESTROYS of entering into oery
large contract for the building ofsevera steamships APP
plicaton was made to this country and the only obec
ton made to entering into contract for the building OF
these steamships here to very large extent,
count ofthe expense coppering and asenns and
pairing the steam boilers in this country as compared with
France and Belgium. demand was made to give draw
back ON the amount OF copper required or to permit
quantity ofcopper to be introduced from foreign
duty free equiv to the amount needed for those
sells. II impossible accede those demands, al
though was stated by the parties concerned that the
contract mrst be transferred either to Rotterdam
some place in Belgium. believe that has not
Ibeeye the decision the place which
the contract shall be entered into has been suspended
I'll the determination of this house shall have been made
known hesr) and have every to believe in
there should be an adequate reduction Of the price of
per in this country compared with the price in other
countries that that contract instead Of being transferred
to continental port will be taken in this country y
(hear)
Here authentic practical illustration OF the man
in which countries of low duties undermine the bust
Of those which oppressed with protection -"
The principle carried to all other articles gives
equivocsl Of the present stagnation of English
trade.
As an illustration of the motive which governs the min
lister in the proposed reductions of duties give the
following in relation to mpos;s on oil =
The present duty spcrmaceti oil Ga6 i2s per ton
and on train and blubber oil the rate is the pro-
pose to reduce the duty in respect train and bubber oil
from f26 i2s to &c ton and that spermaceti oil
America in cases where the price Of oil in this
at an extraordinary or eXtravagant amount"
The object is not to exclude foreign competition but to
competition or in other words to enable the manu-
acures TO buy where they get cheapest and for
| the following reasons:
"O late years have had to sustain formidable CON.
petition with the United States in branches
uacres and they have had this adv antage u.s. that
spermace oil could be procured there to u.s. gal
lon when in this country the price to 9s or 100
per cent dearer The reduction duty propose while
will prove highly beneficial to manufactures will not in.
uriousy affect the capital employed in that important
branch OF our commerce. the sperm fishery At the
time it is important to take security that when sperm oil
bears the price has reached of late years there should
be some competition with the produce of other countries
which will reduce the price within moderate limits"
What enghted and liberal policy is here developed
And how strongly does contrast with that whining
mendicant can't which through all the tariff propo
stions that have recently been made in this country To
read the various reports Congress home leagues
in vcnal prints would imagine that manufacturers
are set Of starving lazarone who periodically hand
round contribution box to the other interests for Their
| support.