New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-25
JONAH =. LITTLE,
GIDEON TUCKER,
] NlNGATEEiRR,
WlLLi.M {. HANMATT.
MOSES J.. APPLETON.
RICHARD =. PERKINS.
AARON HAYDEN.
Z WiLDER FARLEY.
Name Hhis state C-ntIH! Committee.
Could we buy our cloths cheaper under
20 per cent. Tariff.

20 per cent. Tariff!
For tie Journal qt Commerce.
Mcssrs. ditors 1T would seem 10y the nurner-
Gus replies 10 my communication, that had stirred
up a spirit OF resentment, instead oil awahing de-
sire to arrive at the truth. have been drawn into
a discussion unIntenlonallv, bat "beiug IN III bear
H." and if cannot dsprOee, either by positive or
circumstanlia evidence, your assertion that English
bleached shrtings equal inquality TO the New FORK
Mills can be, and il not Tor our Protective Ia
riff ,rOuid be- imported into this country, so rs 10
be sold Tor litIle over hall the price Newly ork
Mills are seling-n other words, could be sold
for cents per yard-l will admit the Tariff Is al
injury 10 the country.
Now. Sirs, let us be understood. You have in
your Office piece of English shirng, equal IN
quality 10 the New-lork Mills, that YOU say cost
III Manchester cents per ya'd that twas h0usht
in the regular Wa, ana az tne regular puce. ihS
YOU nut down Us a fact, land huye 40 disposition
TO dispute IT, Though and say ii with all due
resprct 10 YOU, Messrs. Editors-l do expect 10
prove that those same shirngs cannot De made even
IN Eng land for less ihUn about cents yard But
from the evidence II now stands the inference IL,
that were il not for the Iarh, English shrtlngs,
equal in quality 10 the New orb Mills, would oc
sold in this market ut about cents yard. Hence
the consumer pays tax OF about cents yard on
every piece of beached shirting he wears.
| am not now IN possession OF proof that tile
goods cannot be bought as low as the samples you
exhibit were bought. But that cotton goods were
lower both in England and America, in the years
1870 Al and 40 YOU us well all others who car
remember SO far ok, admit ltwoud now seem that
all had TO do would be 10 prove, that when these
goods were lower III England, and came into New
York under - per cent duty, or about cents II
ward. they could not be bought Notwithstanding a
time of great depression in business, less than about
l6 10 lS cents per yard. 10 maintain my position
namely, thai ths Tarif does not raise tne pnce oi
goods.
have taken a little pains TO learn what the price
OF English bleached snTtugs was during tnose
wears, and here Is the testimony OF several OF the
i. osi respectable merchants in the city
We the underssue cer;y that the years ls4l aad
AZ. we sete IN me bsas, OF buy2s 49d fGI oleachei
RANGED dgG ,ho,e sa from ~ e ss 10 esq. ,Iy Pg[ yard Whit
I.W. 4 r. LEAyIrT.
Coox. ASTnoSY * MAHoSY.
We purchased New NCk Mil shertpss IN the yeat' sil
same article, "A We have not. ANY tne du
the aosVe Ine,tioned known the English article
OF equal duall,y 10 sell for sss than 10 TO Is cen
We have been well sco,r nte it the value OF Brush long
cloths io yeas and prices nave uniformly
been high that coud not purchase them and sci them
90 PERKINS < HoPKIx..
In addition. called upon Mr. Caryille who told
me, after examining MS books, that he sold The New
York Mills, in the TALL OF 1872 and spring OF 10, a
low US l2i cents. This Immediately alter the
lani went INTO operation. But DO mol care 10
know how los New-iofk Mills were selling, only
II 10 shaw lhai the price goes dorm under the
operation OF the Tariff, = we'll u ap. But have
proved that the English article could nol be bought
low when admitted under q duty OF 20 per cent,
by ttregty per cent as the American.
Now Sir- let me ask all s.acerity, If have not
proved by evidence good a. yours that without
tariff the British goods would sell no cheaper III
Newly Ork than the American now does
! Iatn soy i'm connection I called win the
above certihcate several dealers in cotton goods
ior their signature, who admitted the truth OF the
statement therein made but refused 10 sign their
names 10 it, because they were Free Trade men,
and il would go against theIs party. You call re-
iusing 10 tell the truth, RoUtGHi>m; call II Loco
FOcoiSMl
would say further in confirmation OF the above
certificates, that took on Saturday sample Vi
New-York Mills that cost II. cents. and 6 sample
OF English sheetng that COS! Il :, ard showed II 10
sixteen merchants wlo are judges OF the goods, and
without telling themw wn!cn was men, asked t7eir
opinion, and. with oIe exception, they pronounced
the Newly ORR Mills worth Il- most.
And | ROW appeal 10 every candid nan and ask
ii nave 10, proved by evidence suiIclenI 70 con-
vince any REASONABLE mind, the following iacis:
lst. That the Trif mas not raised the price OF
the New York 5lils su5eriDg-
ID. That BRITISH sheetings have hitherto been so
much higher in NssH ORR, as the difference OF the
duty aud thar WIEN they came under duty OF y
per cent. the NeYcr Mills sold iull 2l: per cent
less than the English.
80. rhatthe New FORK Mills sells no higher when
the duty is 60 per cent than when il IS 2l: And,
Finally, ttnt as Tie N5~-forK NIiis sells just so
low when the duty is 90 as when II Is y per cent,
il makes no difference 10 the consumer, whether the
duty shrtings is u; or 90 per cent and that the
Iartf does not raise the price Of goods; =.
P.S.-Since the above was written, have ob-
aiaed the evidence Of large importing house IN
this city, which gees 10 show that the shifting you
exhibit as costing I! cents in Manchester, could rot
haze been purchased al any time wi;hn tve years
Eag!and, IN the regular Nay. and brought 10 tins
e9natr' free q duty, .lr less liInn iic per yaIi
presume Mcssfs. Cushman & Co did not examine tneii
puIchass eook io l II they would nave found tne:
tsy bought the New-Yo.k Mills ow Is Is cfn Is thst