New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-14
rh. Projected Tariff.

IF tho sincere and consistent friends OF Free
Trade will but scrutinize the Tariff bill framed by
Secretary Walker and his Custom House snbordi
Mates they cannot fail that while it is in real
" no more accordant with general Free Trade ,haa
the Tariff now existing it strikes many severe blows
at the National Industry which they noless than we
should stand ready to parry. Take these examplesi
The duty on good Wool is now 8 cents per pound
and 80 per cent adj vslorem-equat to more than 40 per
cent. On poor Wool costing seven cents per pound
and under (which. it was supposed, would not come
in competition with Domestic Wool, though
some of it has done sol the duty was nominal-hve
per cent. Accordingly. the duty on Wooden Goods
generally was fixed at 40 per cent. and on Wooden
Blankets costing less than rs cts fifteen per cent
'Woolen Blankets is a term covering the coarser
and poorer cloths, such as were expected TO
be made from the cheap, coarse wool, and
here was discrimination of ten per cent In ia
vor of the American producer. But Mr.. Walkers
bill proposes to raise the duty on this wool TO
twenty per cent and reduce that on the Blankets to
ten per cent. SO TO make discrimination OF ten
per cent ganst the American manufacturer OF these
Blankets Now the British manufacturer and ours
both go to the same markets for this kind OF Wool
On which The former pays duty. He is thus TO be
armed by our Government with ten per cent. dis
elimination against our own Industry and in favor
of British Is this fair7 Is it just? For whose
benefit is it made Is any Woolgrower so selfish
and short sighted as to wish such adjustment OF
duries7 What can he possibly gained by it He
cannot, surely, pete with Foreign Wool costing
but seven cents pound, no matter whether the du
y on it be per cent or 90 but the proposed adjust
L. ,Fo, 1aJ ,Latf,
his Fuel, Vegetables, Meats, &c. which manufactur
ing the Blankets in this country would secure him.
And why
Rap Six is 10 be charged 90 per cent and all
Manufactures of SIX only 30 per cent-a margin
of only 10 per cent. in favor of The youngest and
least hardy of our manufactures of which the raw
staple mainly comes from abroad. Is this enough ?
Col Young and large class like him say they were
willing to protect stringently in the infancy OF
our Manufactures, but now they no longer need it |
Suppose this were true of Couons and Woolens.
why should VIC not now protect those branches
which have JUS. begun 10 thrive among us-whch
are in their first leaf as it were Yet here is Silk
one of the important aud promisng-to be
turned off with 10 per cent. Is that enough
Manufactures of Hemp are treated even worse
The raw material mainly comes from abroad and is
cheaper there than with us; the foreign manutac-
ture has an advantage in the lesser of transpor
ta,ion. Yet Hemp and its Manufactures, with
Flax and Linen, are to be admitted a, an equal duty
of 90 percent And yet we are told that a Rerenue
Tariff win afford very efficient Protection to
American Manufactures!
Plain Wtndop Glass and Tnni6iers, with all
ether Glass are now stringently protected by high
specific duties; the consequence OF which has been
arapid extension OF the Home Production and u
diminution Of the price. The facts are on record;
any man who will may satisfy himself that we are
now supplied cheaper by our own artisans under
prohibiiory duty than we ever were from abroad
under Revenue duty. Yet all these duties are to
be cut down to ad valorem OF 20 per cent on Plain
Tumblers and Window Glass and 80 per cent on
all other Glassware. Who is to be benefited by
this7
-Popsr and Books of all kinds TO be cut down
10 20 per cent This viii cut off good deal ofrepub
hahing here Additional copies may be printed for
our market from the first foreign editions mu Oh
below the cost those editions a, home-n fact for
the bare cost Of paper and press-work. We shall
see how this operates ON the interests OF Printers
and Paper. makers here.
Diamonds and Precious Stones are to come in
at 10 per cent. under this Tariff while nearly all
neeessaries OF life { such the poor man bugs y
ere charged three times as much. OF course, we
do not object TO this,--for we know it is based
on the impossi bty of collecting high duty
tcles OF no size or weight in comparison with their
value, but how II unmasks the knavish, dirty dema
goguisna with wfnch the present Tariff was assaied
through the eontes, OF 1874 Shall we not make
the deceivers rue their tricks before they have done
with this controversy
r. The Union most automatically asserts that
III Is almost matter OF supererogston TO contradict
no Idle which have been recently circulated In
tho Hoaton Atlas the NewYork Tribune, &c. &c to
The condition OF the Cabinet. We emphstcally repeat