New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-13
How the Present Tariffs opposed.


committal policy of the Albany Argus and the
.Old Hunkers' with regard to the present larifl
but assas it with the deadly hostility of genuine
straight-out Loco Focoism. True, 1t does not
stick for truth but we think that is the result OF
ignorance and not OF Intentional deception. For
instance, says the Tocsln of the existing Wing
Tariff:
ad v.loem The imported this country is of this
s . bIGnshi s om soa America and so
eahsd state az cnd7 cents m er osl's o'0gy "oS"e3
1t sells readily for s and 20 "
Why Tocsin, why don't you buy Wing AL
manac or some other reliable book Of statistics,
and learn how to keep out of such blunders as
this The present Tariff, in its very first sec
ton, (after providing that if Wool CT different
qualities is imported in the same bale, package,
or even inuoice, it shall all be appraised at the
value of the best qualty,l says
Provided further, That if any Wool be imported having
dirt other material or impurities other than those
patuay belonging 10 the nd mus thu 1a % II va VA
praise such wool at such pre- h ihe ~ M ~ wgaa
and auy shall be charged sreOn conformity '0im such
appraisal"
But, says the Tocsn the duty on Glass Tum-
bers was cents per h. and 90 per cent. ad valo-
rem under the former elow Tariff All wrong,
Tocsin the duty tcaS twenty per cent, and ttoo
cents pound, but it had been cut down by the
graduations of the Compromise Act to bare 90
per cent in l84l Then they cost As to 50, or
at the lowest 37t cts. dozen under the Reoenue
duty, and now they are made at home III per
cent. cheaper under Protective duty So OF
Window Glass, so far it is affected by the
present Tariff. You must try again.
But hear the Tocsin again:
.It is useless for them attempt deceive intelligent
peope Although the price Of few articles OF hardware may
1sn hasf pef Deee eenf as Tribune whole
SUMPTION since the Tariff Of 1912 went into effect
WHY, neighbor, who stuffs you with such fabnca-
tons as this The Tribune never admitted any
thing like this but has proved the direct contrary,
beyond all dispute We say, because know,
that hardware is afforded cheaper to our consumers
now than il ever was under low duties. How many
times must we correct the above Justification?
"The farmer is taxed l60 per cent on his log
chains" says the Tocsin, and the blacksmith, tai
lor and halter 70 4O per cent on their anvils or
smoothing irons' Now Tocsin, will you just be
80 good as to tell us how much these articles seve-
rally cost in Cayuga county now, and how much
cbeaper they >seru q, uny former time? Why won't
you come into close action
But the Tocsin gives table Of alleged prices of
certain cotton goods last Spring and now, showing
rise, and says here is the effect Of the Tariff! But
what do two prcesthe earlier SIC months after the
present Tariff was adopted, and the later eighteen
months after-prove2 lfa rise of cotton goods elgh-
teen months after the Tariff passed is attributed TO
it, why not their fall, three months after? Why not
contrast their price the Spring before the Tariff pass
ed with that Of the Spring after, or the next? But
this obviously just course would have upset the Toe
SINS cause.
But that paper proceeds
ce,ued very heary dicidend,n
So far is this from the TRUTH that some of the
best among them .tailed, and the Free Traders
chuckled over their downfall. Very few of them
were doing well then, though four or five COM
panies, having rare advantages and good luck,
made good dividends. Generally, however, the
manufactures did badly for the six months ending
March, lo43.
But hear the Tocsin again
"Eis said that Que pound Of the maerl w,ll make
several yards Of common factory cloth aud he the iones
has twenty per cent on the toud The a,eF mas
alyaaced from thirty sixty cent. ON THE YARD
OF course, "it is Suid,' if you say it, but II is
untrue, let who will say it. The rise in Cotton
from March, '43. is fully fifty per cent. and the
rise in Cotton Goods will not average thirty per
cent. although the business was SO depressed
year ago that many mills were running at a loss
- But why need we expose these statements
in detail Let one more example suffice. The
Tocsin tells ridiculous story about Matteawan
Fus,ians costing II or ii cents a yard being sold
(it does not say by whom at 25 or 30 cents :!
Surely every one must know that a tenth part OF
that profit would bring a hundred competitors
into the field in thirty days Can nobody make
Fustians but the Matteawan man. IL it be any
thing like the Literary article of that name, III
warrant the Tocsin Editor as good hand at the
business He goes on to talk of
THE present OF Of clothes made by the buttonmaker
Of the Massachusetts Senators for p9cuag The
used manufacture Of buttons III duty ., iie
7rohititory duty IS laid ON The buttons hsmssees
Here is this man asserting that the duty on
Buttons (Which is 30 per cent. for metal and %
for all other, upon a minimum valuation of 81
per groce) is prohibtory. But just the other side
Of MS (New.Hayen) is the Columbiaa Register
as bitter Loco -Foco, anti-Prolective paper as
The Tocsln and this, being located in the but
ton.making region, asserts that Burrows hac'
hat n lop dutu IN their jaUor, while other manu-
f,,tures are protected by 100 10 l25 per CENT
This is the way these lads of principle manen
no, tbe whole country over.-But will the In
dustrious Classes be deceived, divioea ana con
quered by their chicanerles
nze New H ,MpsuIRE held her State Eiectiei