New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-16
Gov. Barry,s Message.


That Repudiator should be rogue woalc
seem matter OF course, but there is no obvious
necessity tina. he sioula be fool. Yet the con
nex;on between knavcry and folly appears TO b,
almost as uniform as though ii were inevitable
Take, for example, the Glowing extract from to,
new Message of the Governor Of Michigan;
"a duty, whether specific nd ysorem article in
orted ;ax upon The consumer of TIM, article TINS sei
evident proposition, and reoar no Argument Tor i support
II follows Of that tariff Of duties on imports ss''
IAN article Of domestic manufacture ,nhnr TO one charge
with duty when imPnI,sd increased IN price BY an 'a2aa
equal 70 that duty Thy. constitutes no uncomfortable 9h9c
pa 80 nns oT the supoo q on articles in
pcrtsd opefale as hone 10 the home produces Of Ike
snoher. Tho tx paid opos the article poed tue
sSs into hs puoe e Tie oo ahe pae se 81
The General Government supported By taxes levied OF
ducers Of articles thus Increased price, 10 tenseyes
system Of taxnion In this Incidental protection. IT'S called
The public would bowevcr seem u be wl= 10 ncQue'ce bI
manufacturers, satisfied with this advantage are constant
ly demanding, and often obaln special disorHlnaon u
commo,ies composing IN p,oaHccd b.
tbsm thus increasing bcunies they receive of The pay
meni OF which all other Glasses aic taxei
Governor. let us test these assertions by L
familiar instance The Chief surplus products 0;
Michigan, We perceive, are Wheat, Flour, Beef
Pork, Butter and Cheese. The duties imposed
on these articles bv our Tariff are
T Tsss' PEE sst IL Bls pa % Do
Bssf per lb..........2 Cheese, do do g
These duties average fully fifty per cent. OF
mean to say, Sir, that the Farmers of Michigan
receive fifty per csn!. more for their products be-
oause of these duties
NJ, you do not mean 70 assert this palpable ar
surdity. You not only know better, but know
that the People knaw better. Yet there it il,
point blank, on the face of your Message.
That the Famers of Michigan are greatly
benefited by the Tariff we know, but not special
ly By the duties on thos, articles thy produce.
They are benefited by whatever increases the
capacity and steadincss of their home market
Whatever brings the production of Cloths, Hard
ware, Buttons, Pins, &c. &c. nearer and ycl
nearer to Michigan must increase the value Of
her lands and hcf produce, by diminishing the
cost OF transporting those products to their cor
sumers Any duty that viii induce FIVE thousand
consumers grain to settle il Michigan and pro
duce Flannes or Nails there will benefit the
Farmers of that State far more then fifty per
cent. more duty on every thing they raise. But
all this is Creek to His Exceilency. Though the
farmers of st. Joseph or Oakland were to pay or
their Cloths in Wood ut So per cord which before
was worth nothing, or Potatoes and Turnips at 80
cents bushel which before would not bring
shilling, his logic would discover in the Tanf
nothing but robbery of Michigan.
But urges wilier Free Trader than Mr.
Barry, I'VE don't mean that our duties on what
the Farmer Produces raise the price of such pro-
ducts. Don't you see the Governor confines bis
remarks TO MANUFACTURES
Yes, we ses that he talks of Manufactures, but
his principle covers The whole ground. 1t is the
home producer who is represented as obtaining
a price for his products enhanced by tho full
amount of the duty. In strict accordance with
his principle, all the Cheese made in this country
must be eight cents pound higher under the
present Tariff than it would be if the duty were
20 per cent. For it is notorious that consldera.
bic Cheese is annually imported and pays the full
duty of nine cents pound.
This Free Trade assumption of duties govern
ing prices may have once been honest-it canno,
now be SO. 1t has SO often been put forth IS
naked assertion and refuted by mountains of un
deniable facts, that ignoranco can TO longer ex-
cuse its re&ssertion. Take, for instance, Prints
or Calicoes: the duty is nine cents per square
yard or all that are worth less than thirty cents
per square yard, and yet you can buy very good
American Calicoes for less than the duty or such
goods, if imported. There are French Prints
Every good) which cost 371 cents to import,
which are perfectly initiated here and sold (as
French) for 25 cents. Broadcloths and Cassi-
meres never were cheaper in our City than in Oc-
tober and November last. Good, stout Cotons
(plain and prints) are made and sold in this coun-
try cheap 10 any where in the world so as to lival
those of all other nations in China and in all the
Foreign Markets where we have fair chance.
The Lowell mills employed steadily in making
these goods for China are among those which
have made the best dividends under the present
Tariff, showing that they obtain as good prices
as thor neighbors who supply our Home Market.
So that these goods are in the same category with
Cheese. We are exporters OF them; and unless
IT can be proved that the duty on Cheese ralsss
the price of all Cheese in this couatry nine cents
pound, it cannot with decercy be pretended las
Barry does pretend) that the duty on Prints raises
the price of Cslicoes to our consumers nine cents
yard.-Apd yet The very next Loco Foco who
gives tongue on this subject will blindly, bod!
rsiteraie the falsehood that the duty is inevitably
tax on the consumer, and raises tue price o.
both the foreign aud domestic commodity by it.
full amount Can such naked, detected unIuths
permanently influence public opinion
p Hon. DANIEL STURGEON has been reject
ed to the U. s. Senate from Pennsylvania for q
full term Of six years from the 4th of March next
The vote OF the Legislature in Joint Ballo. or
Monday, 18th inst. stood
For Daniel Sturgeon tLOco). u
I" James Cooper, (Wmgl.......,.,...,. 49
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