New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-08
VIA, mps, b. the can.e which compels resor, to

What nnus, BE- the cause. which compels resort to
such absurdiiiesl
inst look at the qaota,ions: The News says yard
wide shirtincs can be obtained in Manchester at
cent. ner ward. The New-York Price Current
shows that ward wide Shee,ings N his city mot
the place Of manufacture, a. Manchester - IN ing
and cost q u cents Oar goods called shir''ngs
are but TO wide; the former ranging . q c'-
ward the lauer6a7 We are confident that the
poores, Of these goods better than any that can
BE- bought for cents in England. u There II no
Sbrtine here 20 high az the News asserts the prce
10 be-. even that made Of Sea Island cotton ranges
f,o 10 II cents. so that fabrication ia nailed.
The News flies or from the quotations Of prices
ao., i3O,h July, ls42l and picks up an old table
showing what they were some where In years pre-
vious TO bat not including this. Admit this 10 DE
correct and to refer to prices IN this Ciiy' l"hch
w. are confident il does not still It proves nothing
n o News saws the duty by vii,ne OF minimum
va higker in ~ than il is now, and that the prce
VS. LoreC. Rather striking fact, but we do MT
ask that paper to defend our side Of the question:
We can do that That goods were remarkably low
IN lsf2, when every thing was depressed il very
or bable: but as we have shown by the Prices Cur
rent that they are a. low now, when business j.
active and prosperous there is broom for complaint
And now for the News's closing hourlsn OF
tnmpets. Hear
Our contemporary tsuniing appeal 70 the Po y en
ifly refued by ia showing AT me saile 'li'o ~
nf be remarked, that 70 compare pm, ,ce ss n,
% od and another affords no conclusive eN1snos az =.
b. .c,ion Of the Tariff because there are muiu'uahous
al r causes which enter into the cost Of goods al amer
m times no. the Of which 4 the stare OF the cur
-. The time tee, If the Tariff il what Il the 0tst-
~. diaerencc between the price here and the pfice
.bosJ az for instance compare the prices Of English
Bar Iron Of 1876 with the present; -. ,o,
London Nsr, Ysaf L9nd:s % Ns', ~ Xxx 20
Dtly... -
ss2 So %
Vow we observe that iron is $50 per ton cheaper in
\. ..york now than in ls31 and our amsbe Trend VII
,ese from this isolated fact that the tariff DID H. "hen
tn truth is as follows ,oc
Pr &c In London .....................s5I 30 90
Prce in New-YOr W w w
Desrer in Ne.-York.............s2 ~ ~ ~
the difference il the duties. charges proh'' &C ana
fhs result IL that in all cases and al all tunes he ces
Of duiiable goods whether comparatively hign OF low
are always AZ much dearer in New York by at least the
amount Of tariff. than they are abroad We trn7t we
have copied our coicmporarys article 70 Us
many d our readers dry and uninteresung we nave
compiled with IT. request Aud now i Is welcome 70
return the compliment If II sees III. We nave 10 D'E
pardon Of the Post for cutting in into discussion 10
- ch II is sef 20 admirably qualified 10 do fall justice
Tie N,1rs having made few reflections, on rs own
hook, on the 7riJaats tauntns appeal 10 the Ir's,
Current. the reply of that paper was so amush-y seN
commitment and cad out with its figures ana acs
at er fashion calculated 20 be so imposing 10 superb
81 readers that have thought II worm WINE 70
Ike the stifening out Of II little by following II step
af
II IL Of fabric Of our neghbOrs domestic manufacture
Very good: we are used to this style of thing IN
III, News. and rather like il, The Newshas shown
W nat we never denied, that Sugar and Iron are
ID arer now than in 1912. Sugar is an Agricultural
At pie. and the advance benefits the whole Farming
in crest especially the Cotionplantine by abstract
in lands and labor from competitive employments'
Ir ,n-another product of mere Labor-is higher
i ,hty so on account of the Tariff but the great
rise of ls44 on Iron. and the smaller advance on
Sugar, had their origin in causes already stated
which have no relation TO the Tariff. Neither OF
tn SO will ouilast their causes and it will yet be seen
th the Fictitious prices obtancd this year Tor iron
h. e secured US an abundance of cheap Iron through
y, ars 10 come II has covered and is covering the
la ld with Furnaces which will soon render US IN
A, pendent for Iron while we doubt whether any
Congress will essentially reduce the Iron duties. 1t
m " be attempted by Polk Co. but Iron is getting
tor strong TO be put down except by Ms own con
ant The factories NAY be brought to the block
b,, Iron will be found rather stiff in the back bone
We have seen that Hemp, Coal, san, cotton
G00ds Giass ami GldsswGrc, and Rchned Sugar
arc not doarer now than when the Tariff was low
e. but in the average are cheaper TO the consumers
II -oughout our Country. Such is the case with
Anerican Sfccl Edge T'00ls, Pms, and almost
every article OF manufacture. Even where the raw
material is higher the enlarged and steady demand
has enabled the manufacturer to afford his product
a. low as if not lower than yet make whereas
he formerly lost il Where then, Is the Newss
triumph