New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-31
The New TariI-Why shouId 1t discriminate
against Home Industryt

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against Home Industry
We have pressed this question home upon the
advocates Of McKsys bill in every stage of its pro-
grcss bu, no answer has been vouchsaied US. Mr.
Webster did the same thing more forcibly in his
great speech Of Saturday last as others had pre-
viousy done No explanation was deigncd from the
other side. Now that the bill has become law
may We not hope that this protracted and wful 81
lence will be broken7 Nothing that can be said
will affect the present OF the measure
1t has become law, and all must obey it Why
then, should not the Free Traders defend explain
their measure
viii they tell US why Woo, should be charged 81
per cent. in all cases while Wooden Blankets OF al
kinds Wool Hats and Hat Bodies are admitted al
90, and Flannels, Boizes Bookings Flor COINS
all Worsted Manufactures with Worsted and Ilo0fe1'
Yarn are admitted at 2j? Who is benefited by TINS
admission Of Foreign Manufactures at n 10" rue
than is charged on the raw MATERIAL Surely nor
The WOOL c,r,.er fr If pound OF Wool enters into
tbe con,umption of the Country he cannot possi6i;
gain any thing by having 1t imported 10 niai''''a'
tnrea rather than a raw state, while our farmers
must lose the supplying OF food iuei' &c 10 inc
manufacturer when the article is made abroad Inc
staple of the fabric known as WOODEN Blankets
with Carpetngs and most of those above enumerated
is mainly the cheap coarse Wool which Is bought
in the cheapest markets OF the World. This the
British manufacturer imports without duty, and IN
making Floor Cloths, &c. he broken Wooden
Rags for filling This fabric, produced, is admit
ted into our markets by this new Tariff at a lower
rate Of duty than the American manufacturer must
pay on his raw Wool These it will be seen, are
not exceptions they embrace twothirds OF all the
Wooden fabrics which enter into the consumption OF
our Country. Is there any kind OF apology for this
discrimination against our own L abor-this premium
TO Europeans for doing work in EUROPE II
there u.s. why will not some one state II,
So with the admission Of Books, magazines, PERI
odicals &c mostly at 10 and the balance ut 20 per
cent duty whio Paper, the material of Chief value
is charged thirty per cent The consequence must
BIO large increase of our mportations Of Books TO
the immediate detrment of our Printers, while our
Paper.makcrs fare no better than if the Paper
imported and the Books printed here We can print
Books in this Country cheap as any where else IN
the world but insane knavery IN refusing ON
international Copyright Law deprives foreign au-
thors OF any legally recognized property in their
works here, while it increases their currency and
popularity. A London publisher of new work by
popular author very well afford to send over
thousand early copies for sale here and these
will take the cream of the market while American
editions preparing. Having nothing additional
to pay for authorship, illustrations stereotypnG &c
because OF the American demand he can swear in
tho copies required for this market at the bare cost OF
paper and pross-work. The consequence will be,
must be. that many works which would be reprint
ed here under the present duty OF twenty or thirty
cents per pound will be wholly imported under the
new duty Of ten per cent. They will not be offered
cheaper to our consumers but at higher rates
than our printers and publishers would gladly
manufacture them for if our market We're secure
to them "a now.
We will not so the whole list of articles
on which like determinations are made against
our own artlsans-some Foreign Manufactures
being admitted free while our own makers are
Obliged to pay duty their raw material.
Hemp, manufactured, is charged thirty per cent.
while Cordage is charged tcent y:jiuc, and other
manufactures of Hemp aro admitted at t,ccaty.
The foreign manufacturer OF Cordage. &c from
Russia Hemp has thus in his favor, in competing
with our own ropo-walks, five to ten per cent dis
examination in the duty and much moro in tho
greater weight and bulk Of the Hemp ho must I'M
port than that of the Cordase his rival sends here
1t is not possible that such Legislation us tins
should stand Party drill. Executive patronage,
the enormous stcalings of the Mexican War. will
all prove reeds before the mighty tornado OF IN
dignation and injury which will rcsound from our
betrayed and sacrificed laborers demanding the re
peal of this most inpotc and mrighteous act,
T,efn lar NIX info htt
let one united voice 30 up from the fields and tho
workshops Of the land, demanding of this Con
gross and securing from the next, the Repeal OF
this destructive measure.
School mt Newton Centre, near Boston, Mass.
To those parcnts who desire thorough intellect
ual discipline for their boys We wish to mention the
school opened this Summer at Newton Centre, near
Boston, by DR. Charles Siedhof lately from Germa
nv. DIR. Siedhof was for many years the Rector
of a. Gymnasium in Hanover, and took rank among
sho ablost teachers i'll land where instruction is
conducted on a more thorough and liberal plan than
In any other of Europe. He has left Hanover vol
unfairly because the mean policy Of the Govern
mont made it impossible for him longer to fulfill to
his own satisfaction the duties OF his calling. He
has opened now school for tho reception Of twelve
orfourteen Pups oh1Ni ~ whom NC VIII ueNote 'Ae
care formerly diftused among much larger num-
Der. He is described to us by an excellent judge
Ms frstrate scholar and teacher in the Greek and
Latin languages and literature and is less distn
guished in natural history aud philosophy He
makes his own Instruments for practical study Of
the latter and takes pleasure in teaching the pupil
to do the same. Our informant adds that the tone
OF his mind is pure and fine his standard high his
influence kindly, expansive and strengthening
Such teachers we profoundly need to form mon,
who may become, in their turn the means Of lbersl
ling, refining, and elcvating the intellectual life of
this country. We profoundly need an infusion Of
the German patience the German ,horouchnsss
the German loyalty. We hope that ii DR. Siedhof
be one likely TO impat or develop these virtues be
msy have pupils from other States besides Masss.
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