New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-19

Ia ,,,, / .hcr moro fully employed and rewarded
;h,, !, was in lsse' Arc not Agricultural staples
bringing epod prices ls,hc Country lcss prosper
GUS Did !, erc, increase in wealth. ability or intel
cnco faster than in the last three years. isnot Com
mcnNc prnspcmus Look AT our wharvcs and trad
INK streets look NJ tho returns oil our Foreign ana
Internal Commerce look n, our Canal lois ana
Rniln,ad receipts look al our Treasury Reports
Tho Hc.<awr Tariff ran the Country deeply in debt.
which tho po.o,t,rc Tariff is rapidly paying OIL
Nav Look Mt tho Journal of Commerce. and see
~, villa; grounds i, nor urges the overthrow OF the
Tariff. How different from the reasons OF 1872 =
Now IL, us look NJ lis several positions as cnumerat'
ci above
!. The preamble 10 the Tariff enacted by the frSf
Congress under our Federal Constitution and ap-
proved by George Washington. declared that such
Tariff was necessary Tor the raising OF Revenue and
for tic protection al Domestic Manufactures
Nobody appears 10 have objected TO this at the time
The men who passed and approved that Tariff ha'
in good par, made the Constitution Just before ana
may bc fairly supposed 10 have known what Ii means
Isanv thing more needed on that head
y The Free Traders nre constantly iel''"s "o"
much our ship-buiders are taxed by the du''e' Va,
their raw materials especially Hemp Inc 'ou' ''''
now ip,plics that we raise Hemp us cheaPly as we
could bnv !, though good deal is imported IN inc
,,,, g, ;,tx of $40 per ton. The TACT is 'hat we
;,,,,r,,,, our processes for the rotng and iao-
- :, Uo,,, % that we soon shall produce II
,,.a, !, can be bought only lei the Tariff stand
/ Our growth Of Wool also Is rapidly extending uhu
49,. ,,,. r-o,,ncc the finest WOODS about as cheap as
tbcv can be obtained any where Coarse WOODS we
!, no, and on these the duty should be made more
s,rn.eu; ,lIan it now is. The Tariff was right but
certain heavy dealers in South American Woods
have so, way Of swearing round it, Let them be
headed.
The assumption that, because we export most Agri-
cultural staples therefore the Tariff does not benefit
Agriculture is an old device of the Free Traders but
every mans observation must contradict it. We are
every week exporting Manufactures, too; but who
arcues thence that the Tariff does not benefit our
Manufacturers At this moment, our hundreds OF
Manufacturing villages are furnishing markets Tor
the farmers Beef Pork Butter Potatoes, &c &c. at
their own doors often at prices ADORE those which
rule in this City. and very far above any that could
be obtained ii our workshops were in Europe
Wherever Cotton Mills or Iron Works are started
there the farmer finds cash market for his Fuel
Fruits. Vegetables, nc which formerly he could
hardly get brush fence for. Just note the prices OF
Farms before and after Manuiactories are established
near them Surely, the Farm ers cannot be deluded
on this point.
B. The conflicts and contradictions have been
made by harsplitting Collectors and Secretaries Of
the Treasury who are animated by deadly hostii-
~ to Protection and doing their utmost to break
down the Tariff If they will only behave them
selves, there will be no trouble. If they have made
any discrepancies let them be corrected-byl egisla
ton or otherwise.
4. We deny that the Protective policy was in
tended TO be temporary, or ought to be So Many
branches of Industry which once needed high duties
10 protect them need such no longer; but there are
others which are yet in their infancy, such as the
culture and manufacture of Silk, for example. Had
these been as long and well cared for as Others,
hey too might have been strong and prosperous by
his time We stand for Protection wherever need
I'd, and TO- the full extent of the necessity.
). That Manufactures are now prosperous is true,
1ui so are other interests and that is good reason
or lie ting the Tariff alone. Admit that we might
10 well with Free Trade, and it is still certain that
We are doing well under Protection. Why change?
? .ather let we'll alone.
C. Here is what we have always contended for
Home Competition Is surely regulating prices and
equalizing profits without the aid of any reduction
Of the Tariff. At this moment we are making even
Railroad Iron az cheap we could get 1t from Eng
and if the duty were now taken off but we should
10, have made ton of il by this time 1t the duty
lad not been put on Ii is certain to TALL II the Ia
if is kept on, so that Capital and Skill may go mo
he manufacture without fear of Foreign competl-
ion A hundred articles are now produced here
heaper thai we ever did or now could buy them
,ul for ProtecIion-Scre>vs, Pins Wire, &c. &c.
An inn. ,ensc Screw Factory based on American
nver lions, has just been put in operation here
vt ich will turn out 1000 groce OF Screws per day,
II price which will enable us TO compete with
English Screws in every open market. The inven-
or for wears vainly begged the aid OF capital TO put
ais in operation but could get none till the present
Tariff passed, which gave our people decided ad-
vantage in our own market: then he got ii. So
with hundreds Of articles England cannot begin
with us in Pins unless she has adopted the latest
Yankee improvements; but we never could get q
air star, at Pin making till this Tariff was enacted
We could revolutonize Needle making In the same
,yav. if we had Il good specific duty on Needles
yc, under thirty per cent. ad valcrem we are buy
me our Needles of England. The Journal appeals
10 the avaricc and the fears Of the present Manatac
urers to help shut down the gate before so many
get into tie business 10 spoil it, but this Will not
pc needed.
:. That Government has nothing to do bat TO pre-
vent crime is a Loco.Foco dogma, which Wings
utterly reject. We maintain that it is as proper 10
promote good as TO punish evil. Our Government
has done vast good by protecting the Industry OF
the countryside proofs al around us, and pal.
pablo 20 all but The wifully blind And why should
i, no, continue 10 DO so AS TO European States,
the best of them are protecting and developing their
France Belgium nearly all
but paralytic Portugal and bankrupt decaying Hol'
and. Enclands newborn love of Free Trade is
understood.
5. Those articles that we can make cheaper than
all other nations we might indeed reduce the duties