New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-14

the cost Of every yard OF Cottons, so ss to hand it
over to the poor al something more than double
its fair price that Is to say every square yard Of
plain cot,ons costs and every yard of
prints nine cents because Of the duty. But
The Union cannot fail 10 have seen al the National
air abundance OF these goods, OF substantial fab
rio offered for sale considerably less than the duty
the Foreign article is including fair calicoes at
fve cents yard. II that paper will give us com
mission 10 60 So we will invest for all the profits Of
the Printing OF Congress in fair cacces a, i've cents
or plain co.,ons a, still lees How can any one be
duped into believing that goods are enhanced in
price by The Tariff more than the whole sum they
sell for2
The Union itself states the fac; that we export
very largely Of certain descriptions OF Couops-
some Of them 10 British India We happen 10
know and can prove that these goods are sold 10 60
abroad at the same rates that they are SOLO LOT
Home consumption. We have therefore me Case
settled that Cotton goods are not materially en-
HANGED in price by the Tariff; for the mills hioh
make the goods which go abroad have maoe a'
| eooa dividends as others, and might have WORKED
on the kinds of goods sold exclusively al come nau
thew not found it more profitable 10 DO Otherwise
.Tben wby i'm pose these duties (? asks The Union
we apswer. Because arc don't rant TO send our Cot
tan abroad TO be spun and roren into taor1es Jor
our opn use. Ills wretcbed bad policy 10 do any
thing of the sort. We can make Cotton goods here
in the average just about as cheap ss they can In
England some descriptions perhaps little cheap
err Others not quite cheap. But the cost OF trans
portation on such fabrics is nothing, and with Free
Trade or low dd udlorem duty all the refuse and
out Of fashion fabrics of Great Britain will be raked
together and vomited on our shores, at any price,
seriously deranging and Gripping our Home Indus
try. Printed Goods for example, sell al prices based
not at all on absolute COST but on immediate adap-
ta,ion TO the market All OF US have seen Muslin de
LANES then Giughams, sell here at twice their actual
COST, presume Alpaccas, whatever Is the fash
ionaoe fabric, now does. British and French Prints
have sold here case after case, at 371 cents which
American printers would very gladly have made at
25. Habitually, European Prints and other fabrics
Of which the sale depends their novelty, style or
fashion, sell here at 90 TO 30 per cent above the
range of American fabrics Of equal intrinsic value.
Now the Of the duty on these goods s TO incline
our consumers TO give our own fabrics fair trial
or in default thereof, divert into the National
Treasury the excess above the value they zee fit TO
pay for Foreign ar,icds because they are Foreign,
which would otherwise swell the profits OF the
Foreign manufacturer and his importing agent here
Under the 20 PEI cent duty provided by McKay's
bill. it will be more profitable TO make Prints for
ibis market in England or France than here; for
they i'll never pay an average OF cents yard
duty. while they will command cents or over
higher because Of their European origin Does the
Union now understand why we stand by the pres
ent duty on Coltonsl We insist thai wherever the
duty is imperative IL does no harm; while in keep
ing away the eepings Of British store houses ant
counlerac,ing the pernicious hankeripg of our peo
pie for Foreign fabrics and fashions 1t does grea
positive good.
AS TO specific duties generally, we challenge the
assumption Of tue UPTON tina, the Poor usually buy
the poorer qualities Of goods they do, they oue
To be taught better. The poor mans wife who
would not prefer superior Calico 10 tlmsy and
shabby Silk dress for herself or daughters is poorly
qualified for her sta,ion. And if our people hare a
a taste for ,awdry iuery and refuse fabrics-as We
fear some of them hase-we rejoice that The Tariff
is so shaped as to counterfeit it. The Minimum
principle has certainly tendency TO keep out film
sy and worthless fabrics. and is thai account 10
be commended and sustained.