New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-09

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making and will make nothing else bu, Ginghams,
and with machinery which will enable i, to furnish
fabrics equally good in every way for something ess
than the fret cost Of the British ar,cle-l0 cents
yard. This viii be followed by others, if the Tariff
be let alone and the business OF The Country be not
deranged by new experiments on the Currency. IN
til we shall soon be exporting GiDghams at 10 cents
and under per yard, though we never made any sach
under 20 nor bought them much cheaper than that,
until the passage Of the present Tariff
So of Carpets The duties imposed by the pres
en-, Tariff are high, but whs, has been the efec, on
pricesl VIII any man assert that carpeiings were
ever cheaper in this Country Than since the present
Tariff was enacted Were they ever cheaper than
now? True English Carpetings are afforded lit
lie cheaper in England than here, bu, how
Simply by making them nearly half of Ground
Rags-old blankets, hosiery, &c. worked over
worked into their Carpeiipgs, while the American
manufacture is made entirely Of new Wool The
consequence is that, while American Carpets which
made a, 20 cents per yard and sold al retail al
about dollar, will, after long wear. wash and sp
pear as good as new the rival British fabric which
looks quite as well when new, and is afforded duty
washed after wearing Similar differences prevail
between most Of the British and American fabrics
which have been triumphanty exhibited this winter
in the Committee rooms Of the Capitol to prove the
inferior quality or exorbitant prices Of American
Manufactures.
But says Free Trader, you admit that many
articles could do well enough with much lower
rate Of duty than now, even with none; then why
no, reduce Them We answer, first Why do Il?
If we are obtaining the articles we need from our
own workshops as cheap if not cheaper than we
could if we divided our custom between our own
workmen and those OF Europe, why make the
change To what end Would il DO, be inta,
ing the Indian who ties his prisoner TO tree and
hurts his tomahawk one side and the other Of his
head, to see how near he can come TO the face and
not bit it
Bat il is false though common assumption that if
we can make particular fabric cheap it can
be i'm ported then may take of the duties with
out prejudice. The truth is that many fabrics which
we make here cheap they be made
elsewhere would be poured in upon in ruinous
quantities if the duties were taken oil. New pat
terms, styles oil goods, will often sell twenty
FIVE per cent. higher, always considerably higher,
than common or wekDown fabrics OF equal cost
and intrinsic worth Such is The case now, has been
and ever will be- Under 90 per cent. ad valorem
duty the foreign manufacturer Of prints and fancy
goods would have decided advantage of his Amer
can rivals in markets.
- But the Repeal of the British Corn Laws,
say Free Trader; have you not always profess
ed a willingness TO abandon all Protective duties if
England would do likewise no Sir zee never
protested any such thing Whatever others may
have suggested, our doctrine has always been that
each nation ought TO produce for itself whatever it
needed, so far as Nature did not forbid it, We be-
licve that no wise nation will continue to purchase
fabrics, when ii may procure the raw materials and
Iabrcate for itself. We believe that each nation
should make its own laws with reference to its own
circumstances and leave all others perfect liberty
% do likewise Such have ever been our doctrines
As to the Repeal of the Corn Laws it is not yet
carried and it will be time enough to count such
chickens when they are hatched. We can then see
more clearly what we to gain by it, if any thing.
But be that as it may, it never be advantageous
o have our Cloth made in England and send our
grain over there 10 pay for the making. Every
Dushel so sent least for transportation
rom the grower 10 the consumer which would be
red by manipulating the latter the side of the
former. This is the course dictated by sound
policy, and liz certain TO result IN general and en-
during prosperity