New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-12


the character provisions and probable eject OF the Ia
ri.f OF l5l6 We may INDUCED in few general sug-
ges,ons, bearing the Taritt controversy at large.
And fret, remark. that Of those who have
so ably discussed thu subject either in the formidable
tones which generally regarded a intallible
Textbooks OF Political Economy the able debates
of the last session Of Congress 70 have
templs,ed directly aud given sufficient weight the pc
cuiarities OF our National condition. y PEG
pie but difused rapidly widening which far
exceeds the civilized portion OF the Old World. Our
country presents diversity OF soi and climate OF caa-
cities and products. winch al Europe combined CANNOT
rival. l; Is quite comm9n 70 arguments pas I'm
challenged which res: on such bases a tne5e iaes
INJURIES herself IN refusing the Iron and oai'
ectng the Cot;on Russia in declining the " oo.es ~
Great Britain ergo, ought not 20 pToect ott 49,
Iron Coal Co,tons and Woolens! bu, t.e To- a.
short Admired in all ia legitimate force II 'Sonlu Only
prove the expedicncy Of free 4'aNe - -,
yious sections or states OF our own ,as r a,d 49,.
nobody Is disputing. Prove taI 1.d s ~ mos,
by an imaginary line or ie" fulieu nm a. Is -
~, drs1tspe6us v exchange products and you nave
,,. bg1n 10 prove like advantage IN exchanges OF
co,nr1odjfies bulky at least on one sde between ma
I'm; tc shoes are thousands Of miles distant
. Pm, in truth intelligent advocate Of Froecuon con
bN "a - anv,bng Ike the exclusion Of British Coal
. Frsnce and OF French Wines and SILKS from Great
| prirain-assuYning such 70 exist. The 5ppant apho
r.ms and sorry jess OF our adversaues averrng the
absurdty OF attempting 70 crow grapes N Nova ZeInola
and fsblcate ice IN CeyoDto make sugar al Labrador
or extract sunbems from cucumber5-are based on an
entire misrepresentation culpab!e perversion OF our
vicvrs Vnai ~ do maintain az we have thousand
re-statCd ht SCUM 5DacF dictates ~ zach
countror least each country so vast and 50 yer
satile IN capacity OF production our o"n-he expo
diency OF producing WITHIN liz own hullt5 al! afucIes
requisite it, sustsuance and comfort Otdr rs VA
,yrc inns iqcrpsSeG no obstacle H. for example Nature
has decrced the eaplant shall flourish only IN Chi
ma and is vicinity unless By extraordinary bestow
rnent of labor and care then the production Of Tea
ought 10 be nowhere else an object Of Natona! solcl-
| tudc and protection. But prove 10 u that Tea VIII
grow in parts of this country well as IN the CORES
ponding laitudcs OF Eastern ASIA and we would urge
! at frffs l.su
sufficiently stringent encourage people to engage
in this branch of industry and 10 enable them to over
come the difficulties and disappontments always inci
dent 10 such enterprise admit mat cur annaa4 sup
Div OF the fragrant herb would for time be enhanced
in by nearly the amount OF the duty Uhe difference
mainly going into the Federal Treasury and we could
doubt that the ultimate reduction in cost consequent
production within the neighborhoOd OF the consumer
would than compensate the oriclna! advantage
Of Protection, looking at the matter merely IN tne mar
rowest mercantile point OF view. Dcar-oourht ana
farctched Is the truth of which but partially
depends the cost OF transportation Nhercver and
r. producers respectively articles desirable 20 each
other are neighbors and exchange their respective sur
puscs directly the cost OF such exchange IS usually
tring and the product Of their united labor Is shared
between them. But place them few hundred miles
apart and you have not only transportation but re
ciproca risks OF damage or decay and the profits OF two
tratcking Intermediates 10 subtract from the
Joint products OF their labor before YOU arrive at the
amount ett tor their enjoyment ncrcasc this distance
to thousands OF miles and place formidable barriers Ct
mountain and valley well more piablc wntcr be
of their joint produc; which must be subisced to
satisfy the legitimate demands OF Commerce. Hence
the circumstance that the naturalization OF new branch
OF Industry has scarcely ever tailed 10 reuucc the
cost to the domestic consumers of the articles produced
thereby Thus while the whole OF Europe and Western
Asia Tor century after century procured their silks from
India and China by slow expensive, pcrilous overland
Journeys OF caravans the cost OF pound OF silk aver
a-cd nearly pound of Gold. though Gold was more
valuable then than at present Probably cost good
deal han this 10 produce the first pound or the
first hundred pounds, OF silk grown in Europe but al
ter the silk Culture and Manufacture had been thorough
" established there the price OF the product inevitably
declined aud i now as low rs in China. so with hun
dred- OF other articles in all parts OF the world.
But we deny that the mercantile is the only light IN
which this subject should be viewed suppose II were
true that Cloths ana Wares would Tor many years
twenty-five per cent. more II made here than II
brought from Encland-woud il therefore be proved adj
outrageous to buy them abroad We say 1t would not
for these among other reasons;
l. Because the price OF Scrculmral staples is
hanccd and the productycucss OF Farming increased by
the creation OF markets OF consumption IN the IniGst
OF our rural population Does any doubt TINS Let nm
compare the value OF farm in hamilton county ONO
wherein is Cincinnati with that OF mn equally good farm
in Richland stark county the Northern part of the
State The character OF the population is not materially
dierent their industry and thriit much alike. Yet
the Hamilton county farm Is worth thrice to ten times
| the Richland rival. And why Flour Pork is no
demcr in Hamilton but the immediate vicinity OF pop
ulous community, who consume but do not produce
food enables the farmer here TO secure thrice as great
return from each OF ground he could obtain in
chlAnd. His fields are not more fertile, but he can
here sell fruits vegetables and other produc,s-morc
| profitable to him than Pork or Flour-or which he
! could lind but capricious or no market in Richland
so everywhere so will It be wherever manufactures
extensively introduced Yet Free Traders look only
10 the price OF such great staples Pork Beef F0ur,
&c. and II these have not advanced in price they argue
that the farmers have derived no benefit from Proicc
ont Do :hcy clearly affirm upon ns efficient and
unreliable premises
. Again the difference position between nm old and
new country Is never fairly considered by those who
argue against Protection. We are new people, in
habtinS country yet not one.tcnth redeemed from
the primitive wilderness In such a country, il rapidly
increasing in population and improving in the of life
labor is generally in demand and paid higher than in
older communities. Interest also is high and the temp
alton of buying goods credit and reserving available
means to be employed as Is calculated advantage
ousy is with difficulty resisted Those OF her people
who engage in manufactures do under the great dis
advantages OF imperfect experience less skiui work
higher paid and every cXtraneous condition favor
ing their foreign rivals They Judged by their first
achievements and the udgmcnl Is naturally unavolabe
In time ii successful all these conditions improved
but the prejudice created remains. Home products
supposed 10 be rder dearer less servlceabc long
after they have through pcrsevcrnc endcavors ceased
10 be Tho defect has ceased but its evil cOnse-
qucnces continue Whoever will consider impartially
/ the circumstances under which manufactures have
sprung up IN our midst must wonder rather that they
have early attained such excellence than that they
have not yet al achieved perfection both in excellence
and chcapucss. Show any I'VE years OF steady ana
efficient Protection IN which they have made rapid
advances IN both respects and ergumcn; will be
found against farther and steady persistence in that
! policy.
\ word on the rccen, change OF policy III Great Byi-
tain, and pass 10 notice the peculiar features OF
the new Tariff. That Great Britain has reduced
duties true but has She done so in any instance to the
prejudice or peril of her own Manufactures, Suppose
there were no other nations the earth but the United
States and Mexico, would country deserve any credit
for ioeray in repeating her duties on Cotton fabrics
Would she ovince hearty conversion 10 the principle
OF universal Free Trader Would 1t be quite fair in her
20 urge Mexico 10 do likewise because OF her example
Now il England, after hundred years efficient Pro;ec
ton. hnds herself in condition undcrse other
lions in nearly every article she produces cannot
consider her course fairly held up example for
others Grant that she has acted wisely BY
\ follows that others may wisely follow her example.
Ii it be said that her prospective free importation OF
Grain in point answer that Great Britain and
does produce Grain abou; chespy any other
Try the face OF The earth Ii her prices are higher
It's because OF the rents paid ioc he: arabic
soil These rents may be reduced but her Agriculture
never be really undersoi. The bulkincSs and per
ishsble nature 0! Grain. &C give advantage 20 the
Home producer equal 10 twenty-five and thence 10 ty