New-York daily tribune., 1845-11-11
rom.


oucuty taken pleasure in commcn''hs ior '"l"
,ial,,y in rrea,, 10 Political conlroverS'cs- , Has
st l,n,th seen tit to compel Ma 10 wit raw MI '"eh
c,nnonda,icus Its leading article OF yesterday Is
. mos; uns,arius and iusidious attack on The FRO
,c,vc policy having especial reference 10 the Nv ie''
nt ln,n l. secs ii, to asscr, that tue mSh 1"'- on
lrsn have raised the price aud checked the o'ts"p
,i,Y when tic Editor mus, be well aware 'na' WE
p,,,,tions,S hold that such IS not The ie'7"'8e"'
.r>., ~ rr,t,c,iyc duties We believe thnl thc
( r,,rlc o, this Country now obtaining incl "'n
.,haccr ,han they would be if there had never "ten
rarticc of duty ON Iron We do not say that ii is
,b,apcr In New.York for i, might be $40 per ton
,,car,r here on accouu, of the duty and YET actually
cheaper in the average Of the whole Country pv o>
ING ~ much nearer the consumers For cxhnG"c'
suppcsc Bar Iron in Liverpool worth $40 per 'oA'
and the same quality OF Iron eau be produced 'or
500 near pi,,sbursh PlG,tsbursh, DHnvillc Pa Mem
rh;s and ST Louis respectively. OfCoursc, the For
,icn lycn would hc n; least Sl0 the cheaper IN New.
| Norls and Boston and the Free Traders would say.
.. See how much cheaper is British than American
/ Iron -" when in fact the American is $40 lower
where made than at this port, and aI The same ''no
is SO better there for the mass OF ITS consumers
than it would be if piled up in this City anu 20 re
uirns inland transportation This is but one OF the
/ thousand considerations which the Free traders
s,ubbornlv refuse 10 iakc into The account 30 y
the fac, that the surrender OF our market 10 inc "ft
/ ish p-oiucers swelling their orders very largely
would inevitably carry up the Liverpool price OF
/ INN far beyond even its present high Standard
And again we saw that if we could buy all our Iron
in England 50 as 10 deliver ii here duty-freel twenty
per cent, cheaper tn money than we can make IT, II
wou s,ill cost US less Of labor or our products
10 paw for American than for British Iron. Suppose
4 ton Of Iron made in Pennsylvania were TO cost $50
in this City, while similar British article could be
laid down here for Sos careful examination would
prove ,ha. the former cost fewer days fcoTh to the
mass of our consumers than the laitcr-hat the in
creased price obtained by farmers Tor their Beef
Potatoes Butter. Wood. Charcoal, &c.-not in New
York. bu, where such articles are produced-woul,
render the American actually the cheaper purchase
The Yrae Sun paradcs some figures intended 10
show thar the consumption of Iron has been checked
here BY Protection. but they prove no such thing
The simple fact that the production OF Iron in this
Country has increased from $4,000 tons in 1910, 10
$4,000 in ls44-an increase OF goo per cent. in
thirtv.iour years-settles the matter. Had these
been wears OF steady Protection, VIC doubt not thai
the present annual product would have been doubled
and the cos, OF Iron very greatly reduced. But we
no sooner get fairly started on of Protection
and Prosperity than an envious and discontented
spiri, ns,ga;es the breaking down OF the duties, ard
all is afoat again. AT this moment our Iron busi-
ness is Increasing with rapidly absolutely without
parallel in this or any other Country, and we have
only 10 let well alone and we shall see our annual
produc, go up to 100000 tons before three years
are over True, the prices OF Iron are now high,
and the Iron men are making money; but that is
Just wha: is needed 10 extend and diversity the bu
siness, as to ensure speedy reduction OF prices
And even now, g careful scrutiny would show that
the present prices OF Iron throughout this Country
are lower in comparison with English prices than
they were years ago under Free Trade.
The True Suns facts might all be turned against
its theory. l, says for instance, that Alexander
Hamilton in 1890 considered 0per cent Protection
enough. This may be so but the fact that Mr.
Hamilton proposed bat 10 per cent duty does not
begin 10 prove it. He proposed. for beginning,
such duties as he thought could be carried leaving
ell beyond to time and experience. W'hcut these.
i: was impossible TO say what duties ,aid be re-
qusite or adequate. Well, in trenty Years from
1890, under low duties generally, the product of
Iron had only increased 53,9Os tons; while in ten
years after 1910, under generally Protective duties,
the American product had increased from 53,9oS to
$50 tons. Does this look like being strangled
by Protection?'
But the enemies OF Protection have the country
in their power. They cut down the duties 10
20 per cent to nothing, they see fit If they do
it, we shall see what results from it. If they don't
do it, we hope they will at least have the grace TO
their clamor against the principle or the prac
tcc of Protection.
tS We call particular attention to MIR. MAcKES-
zIE's letter the Lives Of Hcy and Butler which
promised yesterday, and which will be found on
Frst Page to-day. Let every read. and then mark
how Loco-Focosm will persecu;e this honest nsturazed
citizen because he dared expose its vllauies. The
of Franklin is admirably in point The Loco-Focos
now use almost the language against Mackenzie
their prototypes the British Tyrants did i'll 1914
against Franklin. Franklin lives in the admiration of all
nations while his sandcrers despiscd or forgotten
II may he so in this
~ We call attention also to the article The Ma
,ional Association of Inventors on the Page.
- Money and Marine News, &c. on our Fourth Page.
Essex County.