New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-16

Great Britain on Protection.
The Morning. Neps replies to our notice OF dis
orepancy between its usual talk that Great bfiisin
- now in favor Of Free Trade and its recent asser
tion that i, is her policy always to supply herself
from, her own resources" in the following strain
Tho discrepancy Is apparent only 10 those who io't
n, thr i.ts Of Protective theories cannot comprehend
The plain common and eternal principles OF free
Trade on which the present policy oil the enhgnteneo
ministers Of England Ia founded Great BRIAN has al
ways soueh, To supply herself from her own resources
she has however OF years most thoroughly changed
her mode Of arriving at that desired result ferne.y
she sought BY taxing her own people and making a ,nc
materials Of labor high promote the industry VI her
people She has learned by hard experience that the
reverse the true policy to supply herself Even her
manufacturers have gone in body TO Parliament sup
pcsed not be- protected any more, and heorist and
politician have been compelled 10 comply with their re-
quests The unshsckied industry OF her own people
Will only supply herself but all other countries
where industry T. Opessea ~ 0 pro,ec,on On
recent occasion the ship Kalamazoo and some others
were 10 be new shes,hed with yellow metal An Amer
lean mechanic applied for the work. The answer was
the duty 10 cents per pound which on the 5OOOOO
pounds metal required amounts 10 slOoO Hsihef
than pay that 1t !. better for us TO go TO England ana e
the work done The labor on these vessels wouia nave
amounted TO $1,000 which was transferred 10 hngisn
laborors and taken from United States operatives be-
of the duty the material This Is inc way Eng
land supplies herself from her own resources sno ie
way the United Sdtes don't supply themselves ren ther
own resourccs There is none Of the metal in question
made ia this country
We trust we SHAH hear no more from the News
abouttho suffering OF the British People being caused
by her Restrictive policy, since the News says she
has abandoned that policy of course if her aborers
are hereafter unemployed poorly paid and her
needle women are compelled TO make shirts at three
cents piece, ii will prove Free Trade curse by
the logic 40 long current among Free Traders Yet
nothing can be clearer TO our mind than that the
most formidable of the evils which aict the Poor OF
Great Britain not caused and cannot be cured by
either Free Trade or Protection. SoloDg as the lew
own the Soil and almost every thing else but the rags
and empty stomachs. and the laws regulating the
descent ofProperty tend to aggregate rather than
distribute it, we believe the working millions must
remain in their present state of dependence, want
and suffering. The crfernai policy of the Govern
mcnt may do something to mitigate their misercs
but their essential causes lie too deep to be reached
by Tariffs or No Tariff.
Now as to the fact Of radical change OF British
policy We see evidence of its existence
Great Britain wants to inundaie all other nations
with her cheap Cotton and Wooden fabrics, and her
leading statesmen accordingly talk much in favor oil
Free Trade. But, beyond this talk, we see little
evidence of their devotion to the principle, nor shall
We believe word OF her conversion till chronicle
the tidings of total repeal Of her Corn Laws. We
believe that would be good thing for her landless
millions and so shall DO glad to see it, though it
mus, cause immense immediate bankruptcy and dis
tress 1t seems ~ us quite likely to work Politi-
cal and Social Revolution, and probably pail down
the pow or Of the Empire but that is concern OF
Down with the Oorn-Laws then, the sooner
the better but they not down yet and until they
are. we shall not believe in British Free Trade,
merely because Peel removes the duties from certain
raw materials not produced in the Islands, or from
fabrics which there produced cheaper than any
where else in the world. The Manufacturers who
have gone in body to Parliament and suppl
Gated not TO be protected any more, are not the
makers Of silk fabrics, Gloves &c. which need Pro
lection. but those who, having the largest capitals
the best machinery the amplest experience and the
greatest command of markets Of any in the world,
are eager for Free Trade because they hope II will
open to them Foreign Markets from which they are
now excluded or increase the demand for their goods
in others. These occupy the same position with the
Cotton growers here. When the Wheat growers o
England ask for Free Trade that will be something
to the News's purpose.
The News's 5000, 600 pounds of metal required
to shcaihc two or three ships. is rather chokcr
even for Free Trade statistics We presume 100000
lbs is intended
But what does the News mean The duty OF
shca,hing Metal is two cents per pound which il
less than itceRfy per cent ad rdlorem, or smpl,
Revenue duty. In other words, if Protection wcr,
utterly discarded and the Tariff adjusted strictly
Horizontal basis the duty Shcathing Metal would
he higher than at present. Does the News wan,
departure from the Revenue principle is the tax
ing Of Iron or Sugar 80 to 90 per cent What is ou
contemporary driving att
The News asserts that the Sugar Rcfners ar,
not at all protected by the present Tariff If SO
then the Post has mis- shed great many tears owe
the enormous fortunes which il has represented tn,
Black Tariff enabling them to draw from oul
People. But in truth cents duty on Refined Su
gsrs, when the raw staple pays but "a, is Protcc
ton. all know, and as the fact that very little Re
fined Sugar is imported evinces Tha, this higl
duty has no, increased the price OF Refined Sugars
is fact that dcmolishes the Free Trade theory o
higher duties necessarily enhancing prices. w,
have mover complained that certain Rcfiners hav,
imported their machinery, but that they have beer
allowed to introduce !, free of duty in papablc eva
sion Of the Tariff. However bsmeless they ma,
he in the premises the Treasury officers who allow
ed this ought to be ovorhaulcd for it,
Cassius NJ. Clay.
A private letter from this devoted champion o
Human Liberty authorizes to state positively tina
fhe True Amer7cas riH be continued So friends o