New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-02-07
Hardware. Foreign and American.

ton of the duties imposed by the present Tariff on
British Hardware it was their perfect right to do.
l;ut they have accompanied their memorial with
certain statements OF the amount and effect OF the
| present duties on Hardware which as honest and
! fur men they had not n right to make-which many
whom we recognise the list of signers could not
lave made, if they had known what they we're do
| ing" Perhaps | might retort on the writer his own
remarks; but as calling hard names proves nothing,
will refrain from doing so. He finds fault with Us
for not adding a large book to memorial giving
such explanations as he might think had bearing
on the subject; but which even il true, the memo
raiists thought had nothing to do with II. They
merely wish to state the enormous duties on the ar
cles therein named, and the general effect of those
duties. This writer says the tables are deceptive,
because the pound sterling is taken at "a a. Eve
ry merchant knows that this is the usual way OF
calculating it, both in the sale OF Bills OF Exchange,
and for the purpose of stating the,cost OF goods For
instance if an article is said to cost 81 per cent ad-
vance, it always means on 81 "A, and any school
bow would have seen by simple division that this
was the basis of those tables He complains that
Butt Hinges at 32I per CT discount, are called
usual kind, but ought TO have been designated
Ordinary and that they horrible article;
but | shrewdy suspect he knew perfectly well that
this is the article usually sold in every bill TO the
country and that more than halt the importatons
formerly were of this kind. This article, too IS
precisely the price as it was Just prior to Atl-
gust 1912, before the laying of this enormous duty,
and the ONLY difficulty about his friends example
cask a77 per is that was perhaps little better
though of the Peter Pindar kind, but good enough,
it seems for his respectable hardware friend TO I'M
port, notwithstanding no respectable mechanic
would use them.'
This writer seems to be- however, very difficult
70 satisfy We give him the poorest hinges and the
best screws but neither suits him. He makes q
great flourish that these same screws are cheaper
under our present Tariff than they ever before.
He does not tell that Mr.. James had been accus
toned to supply this market with nearly all the best
Screws that he had necessarily prepared large
stock, for which he had no sale, on the sudden pas
sage of this non-importauon Act.
What should he do with his stock; but sell 1t as
well as he could. Suppose baker had large
quantity of shilling loaves on hand, and was prohib-
| tied from selling them at more than slxpence; he
think you he would bake any more You may
force down for moment peculiar article intended
for particular market; but too low II will soon
cease TO be produced.
II is we'll enough to talk about the young Ameri-
can Manufactures, &c. being supported; but |
| should like to know whether young Hardware
Merchant has not the right TO be protected as
the other? but does it become an American with the
full of his faculties TO be always asking Govern
ment for help? Is he also pauper
The consumers, too must be left to the tender
merces of the manufacturers, without foreign COM
petition; and in the instance of Screws, has al
ready shown his good disposition by raising his ar
tcle about per cent. in the last month. American
Screws, lately 35 per cent. discount, 80 per
cent discount.
| should like to know what revenue the Govern
ment gets from prohibited Wood-Screws!
Who gets the duty on Brass Kettles and Iron
| Wire
And now for the much auded fall in consequence
of high duties. The usual kind of Bar Iron mot
the .Pindar kind cost in England, in December last,
ga lbs. 3D., which, 81 80, suit this tasudlous
parsonage, is s22 20 duty, S25 is ll2! per cent
Has this article fallen since August, 1872 And is
! there ne American competition IN Iron
Did the manufacturers want this duty to increase
or reduce the price in this country! 1t a high duty
dimnishes price, why are applications now made to
take the duty off Railroad Iron!
Have not Trace Chains Log Chains, Pig and Bar I
Iron risen here 80 per cent since the Tariff? Would
not thousands of new articles be made IN this coun-
try if Iron were admitted free
| One thing omitted to notice-the writer com
plans that we almost uniformly leave out freight
from the mandatory to Liverpool, Liverpool
charges freight across the Atlantic &c. are not all
these addition protection to the American Manuac-
turerl For instance, suppose an article cost IN
c cisP and freight Lpoo per duty Butts
S9 ~ per s,s cent p:e' Ct, ss2 cent,
49,
Custom House ~ only
Perhaps it would be well to explain, that in max
ing our calculations for the tables where the duties
were so enormously high, we did not make IL WIN
the nicely of stock operation but left of here and
tho one or two per cent: -,
memorial are more acquainted with Butt Hinges
than Bar Iron and as it regards that under DO inch
they may have made some unnentional mistake,
and put down the price OF very trashy kind. But
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is Sc los to e. (call it Ell which at S4 80 is
S33 co. and the duty y cents per pound or 500 per
ton is Ct per cent.
If the editor wishes and will publish it, new ia
BILE shall be made out at the rate of 4 81, "a 90 or
So 90 the E Stg. calculated, if possible to one half
per cent. and distinctly showing all expenses and
setting forth the best and poorest qualities OF EACH
FAIR PLAY.
would refer the reader 10 Chases advance British
Sterling, published Boston and New York. in which the
eplatnc the OF goods by both American and Foreign
Hardware Importers.
Mr.. j. w. Edmonds's Account with the
Government.
JOHN W. EDMosps Esq., Late Commissioner
Second Auditors Office,
WASHINGTON, January 81 lSA.)
SIR,-On an adjustment OF your accounts as
Commissioner under sundry Treaties with the
Nlenomonee, Pottawatome and Ottowa and Chppe-
wa Indians, the explanations submitted by you, have
caused be passed your credit with the sanction
OF the Secretary at War and Commissioner of Indian
Affairs the sum of 1886 IS including an additional
charge made by you, ortravel and services rendered
in May, 1888, amounting to $3Ol 90.
You have also received credit for 81 l20 charged
to you on settlement of the account of Col. John
Garland, 25th July, l839-and for $50 charged by
you settlement of the account OF J. NJ, Wyse-
allowed on your certificate and xplanations-leav
ing due you balance Of 1888 19, which you will
find explained by the enclosed statement of differ
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