New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-06
The Tariff and the News.

,1, es.i, ssvera appeal. 10 the Ereniag Post
PRAYING il IN consult the Prices Current ana .neenn4y
sskinz il 20 show now much oesisi - 49,, 4, in
uay 5Oto 10 prtnt duty now arc tnan hey ~ele ~ ~
h iat0 vhen they paid % per cent ourc. we secc'so
.oue Of the articles designsed and showed n1 Nc Loo
advanced 20 extent higher than me duty su ~
,c. tAs ,hey are very much higher nor IN rev" ION
H.. ,bc .apie articles are abroad The 1ronhe IN an
aver admits me advance but aser1oes II 20 eh1
than the TariE Why. then, did i Tirtualiy o.n ~
vance and appeal - the Post 70 prove maj tne'c ~"
nseT
l0ssrer-We never denied that some GTftcie' are
biohe- now than they were during the extreme De
,rcssio, ~ 1912 The Post named certain articles
which had not advanced in price, and asserted that
,bev had We challenged it to prove its assertion,
,vbcrenpop !, KEEP, silence and the Ners stepped in
~ sbor that certain other articles had risen. We
have repeatedly stated the fact that Iron and raw
sugar are higher now than in 1872, and given the
true reasons.
The News quotes our remarks on Iron, and says
The import Of Iron in the year l-ii about 5000
tons pig aud 5000 tons rolled The former pad u per
cent duty and the a,ier - consequently this was pre-
c.ely one Of the articles which the IrtbHae dehen
and advance. It admits the advance on pig % ~
s2 although the duty IL but 81 and on common i N
hsh bar s. equal the whole duty PIG - no" ~
aearcr In New York than in Liverpool and par 80 ueai
er. but says the 7rbuns the railroads ID hHS4 l
caused nee in iron every where uan'en m
been no such cause however in operation her~ nhy
,hen has the advance been mare here than herer iron
has been protected here ior 20 years, and Is now as
dear ns ever. ,.
ma. make the taxed article dcarer 20 the consumer, be-
cause the foreign producer vi" diminish the prce IN pro
IL, %, ,bc dufv When the Price-Curre show in
ronrovertbly that the advance has taken place. that
oaper with superave tells that i the rise
abroad and not tariff that makes the goods dearer
How are these statements 10 be reconcledf
Tho prefence for protecting iron was and IT, inde
pcndenco Of England - yet after fifty years Of pro'ec
lion the Tribune appeals the rise in England as sui
hcent cause for the here II then assts that our
manufacturers Of iron have not advanced. This IL
mere assertion utterly variance with the daily cXpe
Of every consumer in the country and II no the
manufacturers would have bitter cause Of compliant
against a rise in the raw material and decline in the
manufacture n result which could only be produced BY
duiaisLing the wages of wOrkmen. The price OF iron
is now here in cases 100 per cent dearer than
can be bought for in London difference IN price caused
only hy the tariff"
The News here says that Iron paid O. to = per cent
duty in 1874. and that II is ao,c s2 TO s25 per ton
higher than it was in lsi2. Yes, but The duty Is not
near 80 high per cent. now il was in ~, and the
price was not 50 high in sii az it now is by many
dollars Certainly. then, we all know that 1t Is not
the Tariff which has made the great rise In Iron,
since il did not take place till nearly three years
after the Tariff passed AL intelligent men do kno"
that the advance Iron was caused by the hall'
road speculation in England as we have stated
and il is now greater here than il is in England be-
cause the speculation is on the decline there, and
has not so far declined here 1t is certain TO 60
down. however. And the assertion OF the News
that Iron is nor as dear as ever after fifty years
Protection is at once untrue and unfair. Does not
the News know that it not 50 dear few months
ago and is morally certain not to be few months
hence under This same Tariff
On our Sugar expose the News comments:
Here again the fact OF the advance granted but the
risc is owing not TO railroads in England but shor
crop in Cuba Indeed Then what caused the advance
before the short crop in Cuba took place Lei,s see
how they run; ~
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"Was it the short crop of ls4i-5 that caused rise Of
81 cents, the amount Of the duty. in 1892 Prish
captain has discovered it seems that sugar can be car
red TO Havana from London at profit What smart |
one to be sure American captains made the discovery
long since that the ample warehouses of London furnish
goods of all countries in bond frequently less than at the
place Of growth The Tribune would seem to intimate
lis readers that whichhas paid the duty 24s per
cwt s. 62 be carried Havana and sold To advan
iage absurdty too great TO be alleged directly The
sagacious notion that failure Of the Louisiana crop
would have farther advanced the price OF sugar s key
to be correct The IriJRGs sagacity might also have
considered what would have been the fate Of the Lou
planters had the Cuba crop not failed The IIibDa'
triumphs the fact that refined sugars, although
paying high duty, but little higher than before
Now begin 10 think contemporary Il playing upon
our crcduliiy The business OF refining has been sup
ported by bountics on exports In 1872 the renncf |
paid 20 per cent for sugar and got cents per pound
draw back consequently, if the foreign cost OF the su
y he paid 20 cents duty ON 100 which
produced 20 lbs refined for which he got 81 drawback
30 than the duty an actual bounty. Con
scquenty sugar worth much more to export than 10
eel at home He pays for O. lbs brown and 80 lbs
white 81 on duty and receives bounty 81 80 making
less export bounty than before consequently the eN
port has ceased and the whole make Is confined TO the
home market In lsil l5O0000O lbs. refined were eN
ported and last year but 100000 lbs dminuion IN de
inand which has affected the price. The process OF
making has also undergone an Improvement so great !
during the last year reduce the cost some cents
per pound Under these circumstances the price should
be much less. instead OF higher
We frankly admit that Sugar is somewhat higher
because OF the Tariiia circumstance redcundng 10
the advantage not merely of the Sugarplaniers OF
the South but of the Sugar makers also from the
Maple, Corn, &c of Vermont and nearly all the
Free States. But Sugars, Havana especially, have
been farther advanced by the failure of the last Gu
ba cane crop-a fact which the News talks about but
does not deny. Yet Manufactured Sugars have not
advanced with the material-ihey scarcely |
if lat all higher than in ~ What says the News 10
this oh there was an excessive draWbdck then |
But this hindered no one from refining for the
Home Market, if the business had been safe and
profitable. If l5O0OOOo lbs were exported still
millions would have been refined if half a
pound profit could have been made BY ii. We'll,
says the News, the process OF Refining has been
improved and chcapened.-Very good we main
tain that Protection, by assuring sieadness Of en-
Ployment to Labor of investment 10 Capital and due
reward to Skill, stimulates and secures such i'm
provement Let the Tariff stand and such will be |
made in Sugar growing as well as Reining-in Iron
making well in either, and our people will
reap the benefit of them But break down the Ia
ria, and though such improvements may be made
in other countries, the benefit will not accrue 10 us
ill several colossal fortunes have been made out Of
them. Our own earnest conviction is that had we
never protected, both Iron and Sugar would have
been as dear throughout country they are
and that both will ultimately be cheapcned by Pro. |