New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-09-17
!. wo know that thousands Of dollars

have been raised by contribution for one among
them, while another, hitherto protesting NEUTRAL,
ty, has been bought up for the season, and placed
under the direction of Polk anti Tariff Com
mit.ec To put forth articles under the garbof nsu
trality which shall poison and Pervert the Paohc
mind. Never was money poured out 81 pfeiose-
IL in our City by the Loco ocos Is IN this con-
test the beggarly $40. 500 and $50 cont'i0u.
TONS they levy upon the Custom House ana
State ofiice-holdeTs cannot furnish tithe OF IL
Il comes frors the men who have had HUNDREDS
Of thousands OF dollars taken out Of the pnD:ic
Treasury and most unrightcously put in Their
pockets By Secretary BIbbs extraordinary SUBJ
versions Of particular portions OF the Taritf, and
Of those who expect to destroy what Bib has iei'
Of the Tariff by eIecting Polk and an anii-Tarlii
Congress.
Atthis moment, the Loco Foco journals of this
City would almost seem to be printed IN Eng
land, SO eagerly do they catch at every thing
calculated TO disparage American and exalt Brit
lsh fabrics. Thus the News published MessFs.
Edwin Hunt e. Co.'s commentator OF their Bit
sh Shirtings to the disparapcment Of the New
York SheetiDgs, but never even alluded to the
countcr-stateuont Of the agent Of the New ORR
Mills: ,oe gave pace to both. AL around Us.
the British Importers statement ia received and
.xulted OYER By the Loco oco press rs worthy
If implicit credence; the American counter
statement is passed over in silence 90 unworthy
IF regard. TO disparage American and magnl-
ry British productions to make American man.
iactures odious by exaggerated and often false
st4tcnents Of the prices and profits of particular
establishments, intended to give the impression
.hg, such are the usual profits Of Manufacturing
than which nothing can be more unfounded
these are the daily occupations OF the Loco
Foco press. Surely every. intelligent man car
see through these decisions. He must see that
il the profits Of Manufacturing are higher than
the average profits Of productive industry gen.
orally, then more capital. skill and labor will
De attracted into that business until a just eqai-
hb-iun is established. Only let US keep the
Tariff steady, and all business and all profits
will fairly and very speedily adjust themselves
10 it. An article on which there is a hundred
per cent Protection will not afford better profits
70 the producer than another on which the duty
is but twenty per cent. since the price OF each
will be graduated by the cost of production and
The relation of supply to demand-not at all
5y the amount of duty. All this is perfectly un.
derstood by those who clamor that the Tariff is
enriching some men at the expense Of others
They know very well that if the present manu-.
tacturers of Cotton or WOODEN fabrics do not
make them as cheap as they fairly can be made,
they will very soon be supplanted by others who
Mill dc it. Water, steam, brick, timber, &c. are
abundant; and we have sure way Of reducing
the profits of Home Production TO a fair standard
without calling in the aid Of our oficiously bene-
VIOLENT friends over the water, or their agents here.
For twenty years past they have been preaching
10 the Germans the folly of Protection, and the
npossi5ilitv that Cloths should be made in Ger
many as cheaply as IN England; but the Ger
mans have gone OH unmoyed; and at this no.
,ncnt German superfnc Cloths are rlvang the
like British fabrics in this port of New-York. Let
us in like manner disregard the interested clamor
of our would-be teachers and diapers in England,
and all will be well with w. Meantime we would
ask those who claim 10 be Democrats 10 ponder
the following. You can't find any thing like it
IN the self styled Democratic orecles of cur time,
but it strikes us as very sound doctrine. Hear
Daniel ID. Tompkins:
From Geu ToMrgIss's MESSAGE, Feb g. lsl6.
ong the objects will necessarily invite the aen
lion the Legislature the situation Of the Manufacturing
interests The country ought to he dsreg0rded The ear
" effort they made render their country independent oi Tor
sgn supplies little facilitated the operations OF the Late
War neglect Of their interests cannot but
-esrain OF future hus,'ies. the direction thn
Patriotism and enterprise would Otherwise give 10 sTs. ,
portion OF the Cartnl of the country. Il; Is 'o
oiain require any observation 10 eLi.,' ~
,.,,,c - ~ ..TfrR FOR ITS ESSENTIAL SUP
~ The maintenance of Manufactures
" isw oil deep Interest To the present and future
sriiy OF our county and confidently recommend them
your patronage aud protection"