New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-02-01
rur, TRIBUNE.
5=57=nsnAy MORNING, FEBRUARY /.
D..ruo OF Hon. ALEX. PoRrER.-We learn with

cHAshEsk TAyl0n' Secretaries. fl
Dr.rH OF Hon. ALEX. PoRTER-We learn with
nrofonnd regret the death of Hon. ALEXANDER
ponrr. II. S. Senator from Louisiana, at his re-
,;dence in the parish of St. Mary's, on the 18th
nit He was q. native of Ireland So years OF
ape. having emigratcd tc Louisiana 33years ago.
Ha has been Member of the Legislature,
JUDGE of the Supreme Court, served out one term
IN the n. S. Senate, and was in 1912 elected Tor
a full term of six years from March, l8A3 he
was very intimate personal as well as ardent
political friend of Mr.. Clay We think Wing
will be elected to fill his place.
Hardware, and the Importers Memorial
TASTE OF THE SCREWS.
In the memorial to Congress of Messrs. Edwin
Hunt, R. Kingsland & Co. c. V. s. Roosevelt
and others, Importers of Hardware, we ind the
following item, designed to exhibit the iniqutles
and enormities of the present Tariff:
"Screws, iron, called Wood Screws; cask Of
James's, value ESQ lbs. equal to 500; duty l2c.
per Id. weight 22oU IDS. duty palo gov Wv o. PEI
cent"
Now ESQ 15s. is not 1910, as any clerk must
know, but 1887 So, increasing the cost SIT So
and reducing the per centage Of duty in proper
t;on. But never mind we admit that the duty
ON Wood Screws is heavy, and intended to be
Protective. But what has been its effect on the
interest of the American consumer This IS the
essential point, but this is point on which these
gentlemen fail to give Congress any information
And yet they know, every man of them, that
these same Screws arc cheaper under oar present
Tariff than they euer ,oere before-that the For
eipn Manufacturers, and James especially, re-
duced their prices Immediately on the passage OF
this Tariff, and expressly to counteract 1t; and
that he is now trying to sell them much below
his former prices in our market, yet cannot, to
any extent, because the american article lsbette'
and cheaper and undersells him. But abolish
the Tariff and give the British full swing here,
and they, with their immense capitals, low inter-
est and cheaper iron and labor, would soon upset
cur Young American Manufactures no matter
at what cost, and then they would sell at their
own prices again, affording to Messrs. Hunt
KingsIand, Roosevelt g. Co. the liberal profits of
the good old time. All dealers understand that
the profits on Imported goods are always more
liberal than on Domestic-that the Home pro-
ducer is always at hand, and ready to supply all
orders at his uniform prices; but let the supply
of an imported article run Short and there is a
chance for a corner'-Messrs. Hunt & Co. know
that no supply can be had for months, and if they
have supply, they very naturally put up the
price Here is the substantial reason why the
Mercantile interest always leans to an Importing
trade-there is larger margin, and better pro
fits Thus when James's Screws the artic
cited by the Importing gentlemen, cost So q
casn 10 flnporl, that was not the importers pnc
here, by long odds; it was -Four Dollars forty
four cents, by the cask. "a better American ar
ticle is now selling here at Three Dollars t,oen
ty.fpe) And here is the advantage these gen
tlemen have of our side in making exhibits wher
we say that the American article costs 80 much
we mean that it can be bought here for that price
by any man who wants quantity; but thei,
prices of Foreign Hardware are not those at
which any man here can buy them, but those at
which they say they can buy thenl-amost uni
formly leaving cut Freight from the Mandatory
to Liverpool; Liverpool charges, freight across
the Atlantic, &C. &c. beside the wide margin
between the price at which the goods can be i'm.
ported, and that at which any body bit an i'm
porter can procure them here; which we have
just seen is or recently was 25 per cent.
But no matter; let us have a comparison OF
'James's' with Ameri can Wood Screws