New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-09-23
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The Tariff and the Cotton Manufacture
Prices OF Cot:ons.
The Journal Of Commerce concludes Ions
and able presentment of the Free Trade side OF
the Tariff question with the following Statement
OF its positions
country IN England. great manufacturer Boston, ana
advocate ofthe protective policy who had been nncn IN Eng
land. wrote several see, o. articles 10! one OF ~
Boston proving TINT there YVES No eIsenc! di5e
and Labor Il pad in 6y The day Ea.an
then accomplished From all that Ve can eafn gu
or n ,tle money here IN England. counting fnhines
hone.ty. number Of hours and especially the bad effect q
trades unions We do not believe ns IN the mailer o. 1907
the Engshmsn mas essentia advantage the English
Inns the great disadvantage OF beng compelled to pay
cent duty on his raw cotton with double egh' aho oe
Of importation. HIS only advantage IN les rate
Of interest for money and tfee trade IN al i'eCn acf
which he wishes to use such rs lIon paints &c budns
must be chcsD here IN Eng Water power lahr
preferable Take all all. the manufacturer IN
Inc United states stands fully par with the manufacture
England He has the advantage IN IN" market OF hiteer
the Comptoise Act he would hive thirty FIVE cent sdvan
,aye; Goods costing and WITHIN cents n manehee'
ton or manufacturers might enjoy without controversy
Thu, 6is proved by the fact that American cotton
a"o s". pun any yb The fngib IN All uors of e
world aud even the British troops lndls clothed IN Mas
sncus. drili" Large purchases ofb'own goods have
Gently been made in Boston Shipment that letter from
ren, house there ssys demand will probably
pnce. receding FATHER. It mutt I've noticed however
which We have exhibited All goods good deal apeI
IN England thon here and Tor atfe portion OF those carried
=. The English mnuUf1cures at tins time keeping The
countryen IN past years They have also within he
hast two gone before US IN those departments IN which
B. The Enyixh manufacturers IRE I'll Froe Trade men. hav
become thoroughly convinced that Free Tde essentla
iacure which protected great manufacturer IN Man
chester sad recently to friend o. oS SO GnE as french
let in and we saw them aud were Obliged TO compete
and they engaged in great and determined warfare
against The remnants OF protection which still remain in their
laws. hs applicable TO agricultural products
e. We have other samples of English manufactures which
show difference prices than these which
have made much conversation We shu!l bring them for
> The capital and labor ofour country under The influence
present Tariff rushing with fearful
rapdy. Five million. have been thus invested Mnstachu
s % nf * %
goods I1pdy snaIrnS our county, and
continues live years longer. will bng about revolution
among manufacturers winch "ill their preen unnau
Good true patriotism would desire to avoid
Lastly The why cotton goods have advanced all
over the world is that the wcrd has Just
OF general colupse The why The ndvance has
much greater this country than elsewhere that the
manufacturers making such enormous ptof, lr. Mar
shall excepted that the Compromise Art adopted 1893,
rendered people cautious of building factories The increase
equal to he increase of our population. We expected
OF free ade when suddenly land most npo-
pey und unfortunately think. tor ell interests the abnn.
dOned policy restored m It's worst extremes. Foreign
goods shut out and Just as the greatest prosperity which
country has enjoyed upon shut
tn the supply 81 mills altogether inadequate. great ard
mos, advance wGs the consequence These he
views Of the whole matter.
U- We ask the attention Of every reader 10 the
admissions of this article:
|. That tce can make Cotton Goods cheaper
than ice can import them, all things considered.
It's details not all right, particularly with re.
gard to the Wages of Labor here and in England,
but its conclusion is right Why, then, should
we send our Cotton TO England, pay the British
Government six per cent. on it, pay Church.
Rates ard Poor Rates after that, send out the pro-
visions to feed the workmen and afterward bring
back the goods Why not save all these taxes,
transportation and charges, by making our Cot
ton Goods at home?
2. That our people are now crushing into
Manufactures wih fearful ropidity,' making
all the machinery We can for eighteen months
yet, and are certain to make goods lomer than zee
can buy them if pe only keep on the Tariff.
The Journal docs not say this in plain words, but
what it does say makes this inevitable. 1t says
We can make these goods as cheap as any body,
that we are about to make great many more
Than we have ever yet done, and that we shall
make them so cheap as TO 4" bring about a rero-
luton among manufacturers sDhieh wiH seattle,
thei, present unnatural profts to the ucinds." All
this is true-that is TO say, if the manufacturers
are making excessive profits, it is certain that the
Home Competition will reduce them TO the low
est practicable point and, if they make too much
for a year or two, they will make little or nothing
for similar period thereafter, owing to the ex-
cessivc production which high profits tempt to
and ensure This is a natural dictate of the
laws OF Trade.
8 The Journal admits that Cotton Goods have
risen in England as well as here, and that we are
now making heavy Cottons 30 as success
fully to compete with British in India and else.
where On some finer and lighter fabrics, the
British, by mixing the cheap short India cotton
with Amercan, and by superior machinery, may
unde1sell us little for d time-but the Journal
itself shows what all considerable men know
without being told-lhat no such disparity can
long exist il the Tariff is kept stable. The mo-
ment it becomes known that fabric selling at
twelve cents can be made for len, there will be
hundreds rushing into Tho manufacture of that
article. until i. is brought down to ten cents, and
for a season 10 nine.
A. The English Manufacturers are all for
Free Trade, says the Journal 20 yes, We all un-
ders,and this. They have been built up under
Protection; they have abundant Capital at
lower interest than any OF their rivals; they are
ahead of all the world in machinery, and would
continue so to the end of time If other Nations
would aceuiescc in Free Trade. 1t is Just like
an athletic, grown man saying 10 his infant BROTH
ors and sisters, "Let us divide our fathers pro.
pcrty fairly by each taking all he can get and
: keep" They would doubtless say, Wait till