New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-22

any farther steps.
The returns Of the Election under the new Ex
else Law are better than the most sanguine friends
Of Temperance dared ever to hope. The details will
be found In another place.
The Great National Fnir-Protection Practl-
cally illustrated.
Editorial Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, May 90
Reaching this City at II this morning, 1 bent my
steps directly to the new Hall of Industry in which
the National Fair was to have opened today, but
Will not, lowing to the great amount and variety OF
articles forwarded for exhibition, the late hour at
which muny arrived and the labor of entering, ar
ranging and labelling them,) until to morrow at 10
O'Clock. Gaining admittance with some difficulty,
entered the new building which has been erected on
vacant ground just North of Coemans National
Hotel expressly for this Fair 1t is in the form Of
a cross or rather of T. probably 800 feet one way
and 200 the other, but story high amply lighted
by windows in the roof, with gas lights fer even
ings, and the best Of ventilation. There are no
stairs to be assembled, every thing being on the
ground floor.
Hardly halftbe tables yet filed, and the noise
Of hammers and hatchets opening is incessant
but mere spectators are very rgidly excluded the
passages spacious, room abundant and all hands
hard a, work. SO it is hoped that all will be in order
by to morrow noon. Many articles are detained at
Baltimore by the inability Of The Railroad to bring
them over as fast received sothat will need
to be placed after the Fair opens. 1 hope they will
not be many; for spacious as the halls are they will
be crowded.
have been looking over the fabrics already in
position amid the rattle and din OF preparation until
my head aches, yet have glanced ut but portion Of
what is already awaiting inspection. l, is vast and
gratifying Exhibition OF Cotton Goods and indeed
Of woven tex generally, there has been pre-
vous exhibition equal In extent and variety this
continent If any where. l speak not now of the
fnonoss or excellence of the goods of that, another
time This il maniiesty not an exhibition of show.
goods of articles got up for the OCCASION Of nov
elites, varieties and luxuries There are quantities
Of the commonest staples for every day wear. On
most of the articles the width and price per yard is
marked, and 1t is intended to be on all on many
tho card tells you the fneness, weight, &c. as well
as where made and by whom sold. The People
and their Representatives are invited TO sec just
how shockingly they are plundered by the Manu-
facturers and how much truth there Is in the
ton that an increase Of duties necessarily leads
an increase of prices. There nj least five hun
dred varieties Of American Calicoes or Prints rang.
ing from TO 20 cents per yard: some At : cents
which no lady need be ashamed to wear. THE duty
on Foreign Calicoes Is cents per square yard, or
about cents the running yardl There are wide
Shirtings at to 8 cents; good Sheetiugs at 81 TO
l3i cehts-the latter indispensable. For Summer
wear there Jeans ats TO Is cents sturdy double
twillcd Checks costing 90 cents which Europe can
not match at 95 Drilings of every style at TO 10
cents-not to be rivaled in the China or sny open
market by any British fabrics For Winter use,
there Kerseys and Plains from Ia cents per yard
up to 80; Fannes from 90 TO 81, VERY good Cas-.
simeres somewhat higher but still within the easy
reach Of any man who can earn lfty cents day
Mind you, all these are the very descriptions OF
goods which the present Tariff levies the high.
eat rates Of duties-so that 1t is said TO tax the
poor man, clothing so, 100, or even $50 per cent
according to the fancy Of the declaimer. do wish
all the poor men Of the land could but look through
this exhibition learn the prices of every article they
wear. and compare them with the prices of Eve
years ago.
Take another case as an illustration Oil Cloths
&c. paid 90 per cent. duty in 1912; which by the
present Tariff was reised to specific IS cents pei
square yard-averaging so per cent. Here art
shown specimens of good Oh Cloth selling at so
cents per yard which cold a, IS In ls42, others Al
o. which were then 81 90, and 30 on. Very fine
wide Oil Cloth Table Covers arc selling at 81 cent
they were nothing like so low prior to ls4a. Goo
~ r No-n
well as many a, higher prices The prices show
are manifes;y so low that The Union has attacke
them as deceptive. instancing q superb Yankee Ca:
petat So 20 per yard which would cost moro thai
that any where in the world. II any Free Trade
believe such assertions be has only give liberia
order for any thing he thinks under.priced, aud s.
learn his mistake or make his fortune.
Well ssys the Union. if our people are maxim,
these goods so low, they certainly need no Pro,ec
tion' But, Sir. they are making them so low *
cause OF Protection they could not do il If the du
ties were removed, Is this absurd We Sc
newspapers over our counter for 81 per hundred
though cne copy. if we printed ba, one, would COS
some ifry to a hundred dollars We cell Low
because we sell 20 many. II Foreign Newspaper
could come In free of duty and answer the purpos
of American newspapers. 80 that tie unsoid sheet
from the British press could be raked together an
sent over by each steamer and their ssle here woul
lessen the demand for American papers, just as III
sale OF brisish Calicoes does the demand for Amer
can Caicoes, We could no, sell our paper so chez
as at Present--shst is, we should be compelled I,
raise the price er diminish the cost Jus, 50 in o,he
branches Of Manufactures. The man who sells Oil
Cloth a, so cents now that he sold for IS in ls4s ha
demand for 10000 yards per annpm now. ,hous,
be could sell but 10000 then. He employs man,
more workmen. and pays them an average of 81 q
per day, though the wages of those he employed i.
& 1912 averaged but 81. Take OF the duy to-day
and any casual glus abroad would throw lsrs
quantity Of the fabric on our market, to be sold 70
whatever i, would fetch This woQld dsranse ca