New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-22

be strained to secure the assent of Delegation
A pretty fellow this to talk of political trckery
Hardware and Fair Play
AS the Hardware Importers are the only cias
Of our citizens who have been induced TO sign
petition to Congress adverse to the present Tariff
we proceed to take some farther notice of the po
sitions of their revised Memorial, and Of Fai
Play in defending it.
They state that any reduction which has takel
place in Foreign Hardware was caused by tn
demand temporarily falling off, and that until an
other market is found British manufacturers SUB
NIT to reduction, but no longer. 10 TINS We
answer that they have for the last e'g"feer
months submitted to reductions and still continue
to reduce their prices all articles protected py
the Tariff, while articles not 50 affected are
generally and rapidly advancing in price. How
LONG a time will it take the British to find an.
other Market? If the explanation Of Fair
Play be correct why do the importers base their
calculations of the duties on these reduced prices
Why not give the prices of wares when the de-
mand was good and the price fair
They say it appears by the statement in the
Tribune that at an ad valorem duty of rs per
cent the cost of the imported James Screws is
greater than that Of American, and ask where
was the necessity of advancing the duty from 25
to SO per cent We answer,
The calculation was made at James's price
previous to the passage Of the new Tariff. 1t is
not contended by us that the American Manu-
facturers, working Iron at American prices
while he obtains it at British, can compete with
James at his present price bat we do gay that
if it were not for the Tariff the price of both
I"'""e'r PA tIr hiJaerican would be considera
'.'ehe than that of the American is at
/ pEcseni.
They say the American Screws are infinitely
lner1cr to Jamess as regards strength and quality
of iron, the imported ones being made of best
tough iron while the American are made of iron
wire. Now all James's Screws, except the very
largest size, are made Of iron wire. The iron
wire the American Screws are made from is of
the very best quality, common wire not answer
ing the purpose. The American Screws are
superior in every respect to Jamess. and are pre-
tered by the consumers here.
James Screws have been sold at auction con-
siderably less than the price of the American, and
several of our Hardware Merchants have stock
that they hold but tri1e higher than the Ameri-
can, but sell very slowly; and, stated in for
mer article, "Ledsam's I" Screws, but little (n
ANY, inferior to James's, have been repeatedly Of
fered l5 per cent. below the price of the Amerl-
can, but cannot be sold at that. That the best
American Screws are superior in workmanship
and finish to any other, can be doubted by no
man who has compared them with James's. The
Evening Posts certificate of their excellence
must be fresh in the recollection Of our readers
Log Chains do not cost 81 cents per ID. to i'm
port. AT his own pnce, Q2s Sd. per cent? they
cost but y cents, being 81 per cent. less.
hotter Key Vices have never paid but 80 per
cent. duty; consequently the Tariff has little to
do with this article besides he is greatly mista-
ken in the cost
Warranted Anvils never cost here of a cent
per pound less than they do at present, notwith-
standing the advance of Iron.
Bright Faces the article mentioned in the
Memorial, (63 feet, No. 81 can be purchased here
at 52i instead of So as they state; and the Amc-
rican article, that was manufactured in our State
Prison, is far superior to the English, both in
quality and weight, being at least Is per cent
heavier. The English article spoken of above
cost in 1887 over 60 cents. He says this article
was sold previous to the Tariff for As cents (that
is, when the duty was 30 per cent and now costs
% cents. 1t appears by the revised Memorial
that the Trace Chains now pay duty of l4i
per cent, being 124 per cent. more than they paid
when the duty was 20 per cent. and yet there is
but 223 per cent difference in the price of the
article here. Let the production be thoroughly
naturallzed among us, and we shall make them
as cheap as we could import them in the absence
of duty.
Cast Butts in 1887 were exactly 100 per ct
higher English price to export to this country
than they are at present.
Anvils' 25 per CT higher.
Log Chains so per ct. higher.
Blacksmith's Hammers 50 per CT higher
Kitchen Furniture Sauce Pans, Tea. Kettles,
&C. DO per ct. higher
James's Screws As per CT higher
Brass Kettles (American) may now be OBJ
tanned here at S5 cents pound net cash. which
is as low as English Brass Kettles were eoer af
forded under low duty. The Journal OF Com.
merce and Post talk of our People paying so per
cent. additional on their articles because of the
Protective duty, but the Price Curreu, convcts
them of error. We have not doubt that the
article will be produced here cheaper if the Tariff
| is sustained, so as to induce our people 10 en-
bark in the manufacture Atpresen,, we believe,
there is but one mandatory of Brass Kettles of
anr c;ze IN the Country