New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-23
The Taria-Fact. and Prices.

cofdingy, we nave been IN no hasp 10 ans"ti 'H'
News's last response on the Tariff question; and
now We shall endeavss only TO speak to It's TWO
most material positions. viz:
1. American Cotton Goods are 90 per cent high'
or than similar English fabrics and
q The American manufacturers sell Par' VI
their goods for expectation AT half price or some
thing like IT, in order to keep up the price OF the
residue. which they sell for home consumption
To this last most incredible position the News
WAS driven BY our repeated questlon-U Amer'ca'
Cotton fl5rscs are so much deoyer than BTt'sh'
~hv doar our exporting merchants bny IN Eng
land ratherfhaa IN his Country There are sew
eral mos, intelligent, capable, wealthy mercantile
houses which buy American Co,tons by the thou
sand bales at time for expectation TO China South
America SC. If they could buy goods OF equal
value even one cent a yard cheaper in England
they might make immense profits or savings by do
ing So Surely nobody will pretend that such firms
as Rowland a Aspinwall, N. l.. & q. Griswold &c
whose constant study it is TO buy in the cheapest
and sell in the dearest market, constantly paying
their $50 900 al time for single cons gnmens OF
American shirtings or Drills, when they might buy
nm equal quantity for $4,000, or even $4,000 II
Great Britain, The News secs that the unsound
ness Of its position is here unmarked, and at last at
tempts to cover it by the new demonstration above
marked No.2.
Just consider the reasonableness OF this assunp
ton Some Manufacturing Companies have for
months together made cloths almost if not quite en-
tircly for expectation Who believes that these
companies sell their goods at half or three iour;hS
the price which their neigbbors get and hey might
get Who believes that others pay them to sell
their goods at half price in order TO keep up the
market
But we need not rest on the papable absurdiil
Of the News's assumption. We have direct and
unequvocal evidence. We found time yesterday
TO apply to welknown Domestic Goods Com.
mission House in Pine ST. which has sold over third
Of all the Cotton fabrics exported from New-York
during the past year. Their answer to our inquiry
Is as follows;
Mr. GREELEY . Dear Sir-ln reply to your inquiry. We
would remark that the usual difference in favor OF buy
ers of Domestic Cotton Goods in large quantities for IL
poraiion over those who take small lots for the Home
trade. 10 oHeto~rrh 10 onehaJ cent per gsyd; in mos
cases not over onc-fourih Of cent We hare nerc
made or knorn a Qrca,er reduction Than haif cent
Your obedicnt servants. NESM1IH co.
New.york. Aug. 81, ls45.
We think no more need be said on hat head
though other houses in the Domestic Commission
business gave us the same information. We are
confident no business men in the City will question
the above statements
SO the fact stands impregnable that we are OK
porting large quantities of Domestic Cotton Goods
not of one kind but of many kinds-to be sold in
direct competition with British Cotton fabrics, when
the thoroughly informed and capable buyers might
Just as easily buy in England if they chose, and
would il the goods they want Were cheaper there.
And these goods which we send abroad are sold to
the shippers at just such prices as are charged for
the same goods in similar quantities for home con
sumption. and but fraction higher than the same
goods are sold for Home consumption in far smaller
quantities.
And now to the relative prices of British and
American Co,tons. Ii is demonstrated that there
are some styles of goods-and these the most com
mon and sabs,aniial--whch are about cheap here
n in England bat are there none which are dearer
here We have made considerable inquiries.
among business of various politics and OF none
and we find that some kinds Of Cottons dcarer
here. Printing CiotAs-(plain Cotton fabrics, in
tended to be transformed into Cacol-are now
scarce and high. and the makers Of such cloths
creased demand for these has drawn into this bust
ness several factories usually employ Shir,ings
which are also 10 good demand at good prices An
eminent merchant, for twenty years extensively en-
gagged ia buying and selling English cloths at whole
sale estimated that Printing Cloths are now selling
here at cents, which might be bought in England
Tor s. But this is an unusual case. and just such
cloths have sold here under the present Tariff as low
as in England. and doubtless will again when the
supply has had q chance To overtake the suddenly
increased demand l, is no more possible TO keep
the price of any such article permanently above
the cost than ii is TO pile the ocean the top of
mountain and have it stay there. Capital Power
Skill, Labor ia abundance are ever ready TO dash
into any business which yields more than an aver
age profit and the tendency is not arrested until the
excessive profit is dcstroyedby competition, gluiied
markets and low prices.
Another case we found where British sheeiing
costing in Manchester SID or 10 cents yard com
pared fairly with similar article, which is sold in
this City mark the difference Of position for Ia
Cents. The American an inch the wider; the
British the more highly finished bu, each good ar
tice. But this American was isvorite article, well
known to the public and selling accordingly
dealer informed that he thought an equally good
American fabric Though no, equally popular might
be obtained Tor II cents The prices of goods are
often governed as much by their fashion as their in
rnsic value. Prints which cost Is cents sell rapidly
ut 81, while right beside them are goods of better
fabric which cost IL, and be sold for IS One
salesman informed that he had Just sold case OF
American cloths (Woo!enD which cost the manufac.
turrr sl7s yard for 81 25. The mandatory is
new one, which had no. yet established repuia
ton. and was working to obtain one. Thus Merri-
mac prints and New York Mills Sheciings will often
sell quickly at the established prices, when cores
ponding fabrics equally valuable cannot be sold even
Eve to ten per cent lower.
And here is esinced the unfsirness Of the Journal
of Commerces comparison las, season. which the
News for want of material. resives. An i'm
porting house produces piece of Shooting, which
purports TO have been bought in Manchester At ~
cents yard, and declares il equal to the New YoriI
Mills Sheetings, which are cold In this city mo.