New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-04
The Tariff at Washington.

p.,,.,Ivs,;. 4 III. Loco Foco advocates OF Pro
,ec,o, in other Srates Since threef ouuhs or one
fourth OF Mr.. Folks oPPorters must De osappo'nt
ed and aggrieved by the action OF congress on 1hs
subiec: Ue have Supposed Inevitable that Inc hep
resen,a,ives OF Tie larger section OF the party
wood satisfy their own constituents and leave their
Protective brethren TO reconcile themselves TO the
change and the unequivoca attitude Of The party as
they might And yet 80 potent is The influence oil
sound policy and common sense even upon those
who would gladly in disregard Of their dictates
ina, the fate of the Tariff is even now doub;'ui.-
The desperate Efforts TO destroy 1t DO plainly 60
against the grain. the Presiden, and the secre-
larry OF the Treasury, the Court and the Organ, al
unite in an eFo,, to break down The Tariff, but the
People and all the non.pa-tisan Influences bear
strongly the other way. With House nearly two
10 one Loco Foco no, oneth'rd OF is Members cond
be rallied 10 the late Anti Tariff Caucus; ard while
ten votes from New York The Post says are needed
10 secure the passage Of low Tariff bill, not
Member from this State, and hardly ore from any
Northern State, attended the Caucus. This the Post
deplores and would change by such arguments as
the following:
heir temper which is sign that they perceive come
causes OF encouragement They have got up. with
grea, splendor fair az Washington exhibiting fsvora
samples OF the fabrics produced by our various man
ufacturIug companies with the prices affixed, With
view of peruading Congress that under the present
probibOry system they make goods OF excellent quail
y. and cell them at exceeding low prices public
spirited Boston gentleman in the face Of this exhibition
has undertaken 10 show, with regard 10 many OF these
fabrics that import good or beuer from abroad
prices st lower For this purpose ne mas procured
- ,H.s-
vel OF American fabrics with their prices.
and placed them where they be seen by mem
bers Of Congress Nothing be fsirer Than this -
The Lowell manufacturers present their aide OF the
question In the exhibition al the fair; Mr.. Homer
In behalf Of the American presents their side OF
Tho question: and the members Of Congress are asked 10
Judge between them. The manufacturers. however take
offence They attack MI Homer who only states Inc case
for the farmers planters labo:ers and all who follow The
unprotected canss; they call him British agent ard
complain in the Wig prints tina; the CAPITOL poiiutd and
desecaed because the samples he has procured are aceo
for inspection in the room Of the Committee On the fos
Office and Post Roads Not sword said 10 deny the truth
of the comparison he has made that is silently confessed
is very impairment In Mr. Homer TO make Tue com
paron a. all and he British agent for his pains. We
infer argument which the manufacturers are at
tempting derive from the fair namely that things arc
very well thsy stand does not convince N many as WAS
expected, and that many afer looking at Nh Homers
samples are opinion things would DO still better for
the people under mugaed Iarlf
Let us state the facis here grossly perverted and
nysiificd The reader would necessarily infer, from
The statement that they have got up a fair. and
20 public spirited Boston gentleman, in the face OF
this exhibition has undertaken 10 show &c. that
the Tariff men bad commenced the work Of show
ing goods at Warrington, and thus provoked an
exhibition OF British fabrics But the truth is us,
the contrary. Mr.. Homer Boston importer. came
TO Washington with assortment of British
samples and certain others which he termed Ameri
can samples either inferior in q1ali,y or held at
higher prices. For these he obtained one of the
Committee rooms Of Congress, and exhibited them
to such Members as be saw fit But some Members
dropped in who were not invited, who pronounced
the exhibition most unfair and deceptive. These
spoke and wrote 10 other friends of American Man
uiactures and it resolved TO hold Fair at
Washnston in which American products, qualities
md prices should be truly and fairly exhibited. So
said so done; The Fair got up, not in the CAPT
toll but in house built on purpose, and paid for by
those who got up the Fair; and in this Fair MIR
Homer was invited select his table and show his
British specimens in contrast with real American
fabrics he declined TO do IL. Why so Had he
not chosen The samples most advantageous 10 Brl
lsh production 7 Certainly. Then why not com
pare them with those chosen on the other side
Why should he insist selecting and exhibiting
for both pSrties And how can reputable journal
assert that the truth and fairness of his comparison
is silently coniessed7" Most surely, the fact is
otherwise. The only conclusive course would have
been to let each party select it's own specimens, ard
place thu rv al articles thus selected. side by eide in
the some exhibition. This j. Just what our side
proposed and The British Snowman declined He
could make out his only after his own peculiar
fashion.
But after refusing TO meet the American pro-
ducers in obviously fair and just scrutiny. Mr.
Homer resorts 20 course which convinces us tina,
he has no confidence in his own statements He
comes out in The Union with letter asserting that
some descriptions (which he specifies OF the fabrics
exhibited al the American Fair may be bought in
England at prices % 10 80 per lower than the
American fabrics Now, TO say nothing of his re-
usa 10 toe the mark with his samples, let us exam
inc this assertion in the light simply OF indisputabe
facts and of common II is agreed on al
hands that Cotton fabrics mag be produced in this
Country nearly or quite cheap as in Eng land or
any where else-that Nature has interposed no
obstacle 10 such result Labor is somew hat higher
here though quite cheap as abor ever should be
Cotton oueh, TO be shade lower Power is cheaper
here if any thing Machinery nearly as perfect and
rapidly improving Now there is, In England if
no, here. abundant Capital embarked, and ready 10
be embarked in Manufacturing. l, is of li;te
sequence to the Capitalist fchere his work is done;
what he looks for is good dividend. Now lie, US
suppose it were to-day the fact that Cotton fabrics
were 80. e5. or even 20 per cent dearer here than
In England. Does any man beieve-ean any man
imagne-tha,,hese British manufacturers would so
on in etec, Transporting American Cotton to England
fabricating it there, sending back the goods 10 this
Country. and paying thereon 30 10 IS per cent.
duties when they nigh, easily hire or buy if they
did not choose TO build. factories here and save all
this useless ruinous EXPENSE Jus, think OF it a
moment and realize how utterly hostile TO rish,
reason the assumptions Of Free Traders They
oush, to know that the British and French manufac.
tuners are not IDIOTS nor begsars, but clsar-sighted