New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-16
The Tr.a.ury Report.

Jockey and the thimble-rig are beyond c''f
Thus he says
Tribe hereto annexed, Shove that the aggregate
,,s Of cotton rice wheat rye Indian corn oats ana
b.,isv was ON the Both Of July le4o under tne Ola "a
ri S4s3 200 and on the is. Decsm6er Ie4o when
.he new tariff vent into effect 500 2S 55Jnnaking an
aggregate difference In The price Of sll5 so1o5y-
II In true that the failure Of certain crops IN Great
Rr,tsn and the continent mas extent, affected
prices but then there opposing causes-scch As ms
enormous freight low exchange ac.-whlch 10 the so
seuce OF reduced duties. must have kept the prces On
Goth IDLY and lst December more nearly the same.
We ask every candid man 10 consider tins state
nent It's obvious purpose and its natural influence
on the uninforrned and say whether It's author does
not deserve the pillory That the prices of Grain
were higher in our seaports on the lst INST than
on the Both July previous is true and do not all OF
US know exactly ,chy they rose, and that 'he ia'e
change Of the Tariff had more to DO WIN II than
the last change ofthe moon But admit thA' the'e
is room Tor differenc 0fopinlon ON this Point-tha'
q msp may honestly believe and contend that the
Ney, Tariff had <0me share ia fought not high
officer fthc Government 10 deal with facts fairly
LIE, each make his own deductions but lot facts be
handled honestly Surely, the Secretary OF the
Treasury cannot have been ignorant OF these facts
/. That the rise in the prices of Gram was great
CIR from July Goth to Dec lst Of last year, when no
relaxations OF either Tariff had been made, than IN
the corresponding period OF his year
Q That the prices Of Grain were fifteen per cent
Laphey on the lst of December Of last year before
Messr. Polk and Walker had broken ground
against the Tariff OF 49, than on the lst OF Decem-
Der of Mis year
g. That the prices Of Grain intlns Country largely
and pretty steadily deciined throughout the mouth
ofNovcmber Of this year, being the month preceding
the st inst. when the Tariff Of -i6 went into OPP
Grafton
Now, had Mr. Walker allowed these facts to ap
pear along with those he has culled out to subserve
mis- purpose his pre,ence that the Farmers Of tins
Country had realized ali advance OF, tins year 5
crop amounting to One Hundred aud Fifteen Nil
lions OF Dollars, even TO Sixty Millions would
have been exposed 10 the derison OF mankind 1t
is only by glaring fraud that he is able 10 make out
case
We wish true history OF the advance IN Bread
Stutis during the last two Autumns. based on par
TALLY real partially fabricated failure OF Harvests IN
Europe, could be written. Such history would
chow that the smallest portion OF the late rise has
come near the pockets OF our Famers-that while
some shippers aud Transporters have realized
gigantic fortunes, and some Spectators have peck
eted their thousands while others have lost their
all and ruined their friends, the great mass OF our
Farmers have derived very little advantage from
the rise, although Mr. Walker literally carries Il
farmers net profit of Sixty millions TO the cred, OF
his Tariff The actual rcsul, is the natural, incvi-
table one. Place oceans and continents between
the producers of Food and the producers OF Cloth
ing, and Commerce and Navigation will devour the
Al ~ IL, -,
be taken to pay those whs produce nothing, tor
their services as gobetweens. For tins absorption
there is no balm in Free Trade--no physician
there
Weare acquainted with scores OF farmers On the
comparatively cold wet soils South OF Lake Erie
who could get rich raising Potatoes aud Oats at
twenty cents III cash per bushel with hay ut seven
dollars per ton but the cash, save ia lmtcd DIS
tricts is not To be had. For Corn, Wheat Iooac-
co, &c their soil is not well calculated Now YOU
MAY abolish all the Tariffs IN the world anu you
cannot find remunerating markets Tor the Hay
Oats and Potatoes OF Lake Erie IN Europe-mo nor
as far East US Rochester Their bulk and weight
are such that transportation soon eats them op
The only way YOU can make their production pro
htabe is BY inducing the mining OF Iron Coal, &c
from the beds Of the region under contemplation
and by multiplying Mills Factories &c on the
streams Of that region This ensures, not Free
Trade but Free Industry-ireedom to devote the
Soil to those products to which II Is best adapted
With workshops and our markets IN tu-
rope this is not possible the farmer must produce
that which will bear transportation 10 some one
who viii buy 1t or his produce is valneess, and
bankruptcy compeb him 10 cmgrate But Nc
need not rcurse these truths
We give one evidence that Mr. Walker
does not mean 10 discuss this question honestly
In the spirit OF the housewife III the song who sings
TO her aquatic brood
Dill dill dill
Come here you little duckliugs come heIe and be killed
he undertakes 10 convince the Manufacturers that
his kind of Free Trade better for them than Pro
lection Here is his song
"lf the .hipbuilier constructs, and the navigator
trc!Shts more vesselsN the farmer sells more bread
s.us and provisions aud the planter more cotton and NJ
Better prcesu the merchant trsnsascts larger ana
more prosperous businessf The seaneu Increase IN
number and receive better wagesu the working Class
&c employed in conncSon With trade in America
nRrts of foreign commerce are Increased and rendered
prosperous they must al DC enabled purchase
more oi our own manufactures and 81 better prices.
II the sky falls we may catch larks But how
are all these is 10 be converted into realities Mr.
Walker has Just before told US, BY receiving the
.tahr1cs q EarofS in exchange for our products -
We are to supply Europe with Feod aud take our
Clothes snd Wares in return ana lhe srguesl she
can't take our Food unless do take her Cloths.
Then where dc We find the demand or q Isore OF
oar oSr" manufactures and at letter p'1ces p Eaa,
Aed TO purchase, do You say Blu, Your whole
cobbouse falls unless Europe is enabled TO ali.!e7-
sell our Manufacturers and drive them measursbly
rom our own markets, Then where is yoar mar.
ket for NOR OF our own manufactures and at tvt.
K, pricesi" 1t is all cheat and YOU know it Ne,
1t is of such allacies that this Report is COM
pounded
AIR Walker tells Us that =" EarerSe4ce Is against
the Protective Policy. In England. stser long
trsl, and ruinous results 1t is abandoned fes.
SIX, very ruinous Compare the Manufactures Of
England, which undenishy grew up under the IN
huence OF Protective Duties with these OF Holland
or any other ayowe,ily FIRE. Trade nation Let Us