New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-30

of trusting to the partisan misTeP'esenta'ohS %
demsgogues alike ignoran! ard reckless OIL 'ne
Public Good?
And now word to the paltry cavils thrown IN
p, the bottom of the handbill- The writer has
been grossly deceived re cannoihsT wll'ul'y iieo
CO foolsblv. l. is no. tru. tha. the Tcrltt eIcu-
sivelv benefits few OF nany owners OF Factor
iss-it tene.its generally those who live by labor
and was intended to do 50. eilors, Seamstres-
see. Hatters S,noemakers, and workers in hum
cred other avocatons are directly benefited By III
nearly ali tie rest indirectly. Striped sh'rtne is
and has been through the two yers this IaIiii mas
stood. fully as cheap through our country as
through lhe two preceding years OF low duties
asno man acou2inted with the facts will venture
to deny; log chains used by farmers are also
fully as cheap under this Tariff as they were be-
fore. aud most descriptions OF Farming lmpie-
ments arc decidsdly chcaper-for instance, AK.
es. Shovels, Scythts and Cut Mails, arc cheaper
than ,bev were before l542 Geld Watches and
Chains III Cold Chains are admitted as parts OF
Watches are admitted at = per cent, because
the Importers proved that il the duty was raised,
tbey would nearly all be smuggled in, atfofdlng
ns,tber Revenue nor Protection. "cef the Pro-
rec,iye in.e!cs: went for 4 higher duty on these
articles, bu: were overrucd ny Congress on the
eraibfion o facts by the Importers which we
couiG no. g,.iasay. Even with ! per cent d.
~. Watches are oltea smvgsled IN and large
se,zprs Of such was made by our Custom House
last ycar The Loeo-Foco press harped on this
as a pruof of the demorallzng Influence OF high
dnties.. Has our correspondent ever reflected
that duty Of j per cent. on an artc!amade OF
gold is actually more Protective then one OF htfy
oer cent on heavy ard ceacse manufactures o;
Iron dixie OK chans,) because the material forms
nins.tc,ths of the cost OF the Gold article, and
Dsrhaps one half the cost O? the Iron Has he
over reflected that the L9co Foco Committee Of
Wsvs and Means Mr.. hIcKay's) last winter
while cutting and carving at the Tariff on all
sides. decided 10 let the duties on GOld Watches
and ali manufactures Of Gold stand ohere the
Wings put them
Now as to Blown Sugar ard Wines The
Loco. Foco bill in The last Congress proposed a
reduction Of barely one.Glh OF the duty on
Brown Sugar, while it GU: down the duty on all
Wines at lcas, t,eo thirds. What says a Me
chanic
Hqnsmers except BlacssmithsD pay bat thirty
psr cent. under this Tariff; Blacksmiths' pay p
cents per pound. We are confident that they ara
as cheap now as they ever were. The Saws OF
the Carpenter pay bat thirty per cent. duty in
stead of 10. Talors' and Ha.ters' Irons pay
but ,, cents pound-which is not l4O per
cent. by great deal. They arc as cheap now
as they were when the duty was but 90 per cent.
Cigars pay 40 cents pound, which is great
, deaf more than 20 per cent. The duty is Pro-
tec,ive and most benefi cent, as the whole Cigar
trade well knows. The most costly Carpetings
paw 65 cents square yard; the next best 80 :;
the commoncr 80 anil the poorest only 80 per
cent. Coarse Cotton Goods pay more than Fine
only by virtue Of the minimum, which prescTibes
that no plain Cottons shall be valued at less than
30 cents per square yard and 10 Printed Cuitons
lCsicoes) below 80 cents per square yard. TINS
minimum principle was established in 1916 un-
de- tho ausuces of J0hn c. Calhoun, then Chair.
man Of The Committee of Ways and Means it
WAS ,.afiirmed in 1924, in the Tariff Of that
wear. which Aadre,o JqekSon, Thomqb II. Ben.
ton Martin Van Buren and Richard NJ Johnson
voted for This principle is extended to Flan-
ne!s and Velpets, and for the same reason as in
the case of Shee.ngs and Calicoes-yiz. to pre-
vent fraudulent undctvalaations and pscvent the
Tariff heing blown away by Custom House
oaths. Under this Tariff, many descriptions of
Cotton Goods nave been reduced in price very
materially, and the average price of az Cottons
and Wooens is this day considerably lbwer than
the average Of ISL.
And now, friend Mechanic, VIC have gone
through with your string of accusations against
the Tariff Have we not met them frankly
Have we not removed some scales of Prejudice
from your eyes If we have, just give US a vote
to sustain the great shield and support Df Ameri.
can Labor But if not, just answer this AT
lowing the Tariff to be generally and specially so
bad as you think it, why does not James h. Polk
answer those who hav. repeatedly asked him
whether he is for or against it 2 Why do Mt his
supporters in Pennsylvania and New. Jersey
frankly say they are opposed to it, Instead OF
skuIklng away from the issue, and insisting that
they are friends of Projection, aod Polk as favor
able to the Tariff as Ciay7 Just think of this,
will you and act upon it2
The Duty Of Christians.
Rev. Dr. HAYES, OF Hartford, Como. recently
received the following request:
sir on Christian OF Bible principles you sustain