New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-10

well put, and we hope they may eiicn information
of the highest importance TO the cause OF Protection
House. OF REpREsE SrArrvEs
Washington, December 9Th le45 )
DEAR srR VIII you have the goodness to answer
some or the whole of the following questions at your
earles, convenience The facs you conmuncsaIe isy
be important in the discussion Of the Tarii qaesng
pending before Congress- Inc 20 ob,an facts on
one aide of the question end il is deemed out Fish "
tax. measures 10 obtain some on the otGe!' 1s
io,s onoosition the Protecttrc poilcy - oaSeu
1e .,zp.ion of the fact (8iihout prooi) that pro
,p,;> 5ntIes Increase the prccs OF oon oouiesuc sho
foreign goods and are therefore Oppressive anu
.ou1e 10 the people Now II this proved 70 De untrue
IN roin, o. fact then the whole ground OF opposition TO
the Protective policy falls TO the ground
l. Is admitted that duties, levied on articles MOI
D1odced or manufactured in this country, may and
generally do increase prices but protective duties ieyiec
on articles we can furnish at home it Is commended uu
nsy REDUCE the prices by Introducing competition Skill
machinery. and increased supply ana tna' sucn ID Inc
universal experience on the sup1ect
You unrceve therefore, that the whole matter resolves
sef into question of facts and it to ascertain those
facts that have taken the liberty 10 ADDRESS you ,
you then be good as TO refer 10 your COOKS sne Ollie
and furnish anspers to the following questions
TO MERCHANTS MANUFACTURERS AND OTHERS
l. What the price OF cotton goods, sneennga
shirtings &C. in 1916, when the minimum duues
were first imposed for their protection VIVA. tne
price when the Tariff Of 1923 was passed. and wnat Is
the price now r. .o,;.o.s
Q What the prices at the date indicated OF caicoes'
twist yarn &c. and they not reduced 10 ABOUT oe
fourth of what they were before they were y
the Tariff OF 1916. s.,,. s.,
e,s 6c AT the periods above mennonedf ana are tney
not now furnished of domestic manufacture or ess lna
half the price paid when exclusively importer HUN
abroad r A., ,r-.a,,. =;
his Report that manufacture "a millions OF ooiiefs
worth Of g, DDS in the United States ana assume
b,ii tina, amount of wooens, what would be the Ell
fect ON prices a, home and abroad were this immense
supply destroyed withdrawn from the markets OF the
world
s What were the prices Of window and other glass in
1916 and at The dates of the Tariffs of 1924, 1923 and
what Is glass not now supplied at home Tor less
than onefourh OF the price paid 10 1870 ana LOT Tess
than the of the duty imposed for s protecuon
What were the prices of IRON nails and other man
ufactures of iron and steel in 1861 What at the other
periods referred to- and what the prices now Are
not many of these articles now made at home Tor one
half and one.fourth Of their former Price
T. What the prices at the above dates oil SAT-
paper and of such other articles as may seem 10 you
calculated 70 show the effect oil Totectioe duties upon
prices generally
On the other hand please state whether the articles
not produced or manufactured in this country on which
duties for merely and not for protection are levied
such az slks velyets laces &c have been reduced in
price since 1916 have they been reduced IN anything
ike the ratio of reduction that has occurred in the prices
OF the protected articles What is the reason OF the
difference and is it not true that otecce duties IN tnc
end reduce prices while duties increase them
g. While protective duties have reduced the prices OF
manufactured goods has not the Increased denand re-
sulting from the increase Of manufacturing establish
ments throughout the country, sustained and Kept up
the wages of labor and the produce OF the farmer nour
grain provisions &c at as high and IN come cases even
higher than they were in 1910 ana 40 NOT pro-
tec,ips duties therefore by increasing the supply oil man
uactured goods while they increase the demand Tor the
material and breadstuis enable the FARMERS W s
for and buy for less
QUESTIONS TO FARMERS, MECHANICS, &c.
TO- What part of the value OF yard of cloth consists OF
wool bread. meat and other agricultural products ana
is not piece OF flannel, manufactured oy FARMER III
his own family, much production OF his iarfn and
As strictly agricultural II barrel OF fourf
IL. What portion OF the price of foreign hats shoes
axes hoes glass salt &c consists Of foreign agricultural
produce raw material and the subsistence OF labor ana
when we send money abroad to purchase these ar
ces do not send it to support and enrich foreign lar
mers and mechanics 10 the injury OF our own
l2 What portion of the value of ton OF pg.iron con.
siss OF agricultural produce estimating the subsistence
of horses oxen &c employed in supplying the ore
and coal and converting it into iron ls not seven
cghhs of its value AGRICULTURAL Does not Great Britain
make iron CLOTH glass &c. out OF the same materials
that we do; and when we import these articles DO we
not import the British agricultural produce worked up Ia
heml And the policy of reducing duties to increase
imports such policy as ought to be sustained by your
representatives 2 Your answer will inform them
Is. What proportion of the value of the whole OF our
foreign imports consists of foreign agricultural produce,
estimating the material and the subsistence Of the
labor employed in their productiont Is 1t not greatly
more than one.half.
H. Estimating then one.haf of the value of i'm
ports to be agricultural produce and our imports of Brit
sh manufacture Gas appears by official docu ments) hav
while has taken for the time, of all the agrcul-
tura products of the growing States flour grain,
meat, and provisions of every kind less than two mil
lions of dollars worth per year from does not fol-
low that annually twenty millions of dol
lars worth of British agricultural produce to two millions
of the same that she consumes OF ours and ought the
extension of this system Of policy, BY which we are
made consume ten dollars worth of British WOOL grain
and provisions in the form of British goods to one dol
lars worth she takes from U.S. to be advocated BY the
American people or their representatives
QUESTIONS TO LABoRERs AND OTHERS.
Is. With present facilities OF intercourse with
Europe by steam, would not free trade" reduce the
wages of labor here in every department of industry to
the level of the of labor there just certainly
the removal Of wellseparang two unequal bodies Of
water would reduce the the level of the other
16 1.-THE productions of European labor working %
cts per day making shoes cloth and every thing
else, admitted into ports free OF duty must not
mechanics and laborers come down and work
low they do give up the market just certainly
that labor side OF street river working at
IS would reduce rs cent labor the other side TO
its own levelf
IL The Message says the Tariff imposes heavy and
unjust burdens the Farmer General Jackson says
the Tariff by taking 600 coo men, and children
from agriculture, and employing them in manufactures
would home market for more breadtstufs than
all Europe now furnishes
ls The Message also says duties ought 10 be imposed
for only and whenever they high as to
diminish imports and revenue they ought to be reduced
TO the revenue standard. Thomas letters in his report
Congress says the true system just the reverse of
this he Congress should select such articles
manufacture Tor ourselves, imposing on tnetn uu
ties lighter first but hedper and hearier atterward
other other channels Of supply open The says,
the American supply increases reduce the duties TO
mports-he other says as the American supply
increases. increase the duties diminish imports
Here Jackson and Jefferson both stand directly opposed
to,Polk. Which is right
The information sought by this letter may be addressed
TO any friend OF the Tariff in Congress- stating whether
the name of the writer may be used publicly not.
Yours respectfully A. STEWART,
NEw-YoRK TOWN ELECTIONS.