New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-20
T.k,nefhe Back Track:

Taking the Back Track:
The Ereniag Post. Of the 7th Ell March last
contained. among a great 5eel equally mistaken,
the following naked assertions with regard 70 Inc
p-esen; Tariff
From Tie Ersring Post Of Mcrsh 7fh a..
The OrEsATIos or THs TARIFF.-We are eohHosI.
Tia, Il ,- farmers tn mechanics and laDoIers Of our cu
try could the Of tax which hey pay tV
p:oc..ds OF their labor every article OF E=fSoia u
use, ulj-r ths Taiii, scarcely ro;e "ouia ps
ti-rn elect the who advocate the present 1...
They would BE- appalled, how much unasi ~. 49,,
they paid orer Tie natural price on axes 'e!s'
cz,t iroa, hofsssho-s, mails, spades 'ho' s!s
fok> pots kettles and every a:ucle OF non STEEL US
c1. and liz that Is necessary building and furnishing
lou:e sui more Il they knew how much add'tioaai
pnce they pay for coats Pa'aioonS sl't'' I-@hsi e
tho- and handkerchief; also sbaws bohnsts g9F-s
dresses oti-. articles BY female on sheets bl:
kes coun.e5Iaa-s beds aud pillows Not even The a!tic
h.y consume e.ca,- tie Increased prcssugsT. se pepf
cost cuch nor. under III Tariff ;,4a t- natural Price
But the mere duty ievied not I'll that IS paid Ihs IN
poer charge h,s profit the duty advanced aud Ills
equal to fl cre-thd Of h4: liz, consumer pays as dHty
After tn. duty thus paid oay portion goes 20 The Gov
ernnsnt About onealf expended pay Tor the cosc
ton Bu, this principle Of import duties vii consider
d. another time. Let hos tbs aIif operates o.
some Of The manufactures Of non
"Woop scREws are charged with du;y Of eighty pr
cd tGi0rem making Tn" retail pnce net much Tess a
double, if imported und.r 10 present Tariff free
myorqttou Blu, this article IS prohibited and the dome
TIC article "i be sold instead causing TIE consumer 10 pay
no tax indeed 10 the United States but tG1 70 the eastern
fGc,rer Of o%itTd he Price Tor tie Prtiege q
utng has inferior article TIE domestic a:tc!e Is hand
some 70 The sy. beng made ~ machinery bu; on account
Of the gh pro, Of labor has TO be made out Of wiz ~
stead Of forged blanks and pR ccus1 many eapeHte'
TO sroau hecds eistef of Besides The 1rO Is not
30 good for carpenters the foreign article These
Inconvenience are to borne for privilege Of con;bu
ing to the goten gGtHS Of The manufacturers AZ me
East" sc. SC. TIC.
Having taken particular notice OF this article
at the time oi its appearance, knowing then that
almost every assertion It contains IL utterly at va
rance with the truth, we might have expected
t.,,ne rccantation if the Post were not notorious
for It's logged persistence in error, however resist
less the evidence OF It's fallacy. We were as
much surprised as delighted therefore, to find
the following Editorial in that same Erening
Post OF night before last
From the Erening Post of May 1917.
AMERICAN Woop ScEEws-We haN. been showed a
sample of screws manufactured By the Nsw-Engand Screw
COMPANY al Providence r. J. They are remarkably neal
aud eguiqr their workmanship, compared rifh ne b'
sh article rhich is and rough TO the eye are
told thai the Of manufacturing them is about cent
gross that g will cut, with the machinery sN'y
gross day and that the mandatory OF The company makes
about ton Of them daily They may be furnished teenfg
fire per cent. cheaper than The English article winch w
ensure their sale this country, suppose aTlit or no
Tariff See the advertisement of the company
Such, O Free Traders are your oracles On
the 18th of March, the Evening Post editorally
declared that Wood Screus cost III tins country
double Uhat they ought, on account OF the Ia
riff, and arc uery inferior at that: on the 18TH
of Nav it asserts that the American article is TAR
superior TO the British, and is hocnty. hcc per
cent. cheaper This latter statement is correct.
We have card of the American article now
hanging in our office, with some favorable spccl-
mems of the British rival by Their side, and the
American are vastly superior, while they are
cheaper than foreign Screws were ever sold here.
And now, with the Prices Current and the adnls-
sions OF their own organs staring them in the face,
how can the Loco. Focos continue to assert that
Protective Duty increases the cost OF the article
by the amount of the duty And yet they rill
do so-nay, Gov. Polk in Tennessee, Whltcomb
in Indiana, and others of their leaders are now
doing it, day after day, and expect to secure their
success by making the People beeveit Ought
such party to prosper Can it do SO without
disaster TO the Country