New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-11

Wools spun aud woven 10 brfish 20" O'''
ries into Flssnels. Bsiz-. Blankets. Ne- aug
great many more II tie sort vii b. re'e''S'
believe in making a dscriDins'ion 10 '1'o' -
-. ,,o.p,,., "a, AGAINST them and according to
80 80, xo,s. We believe. too. that
s,ecise Duties. where practicable sre greatly %
-. ,,eferrsd u Ad Nslorerns WIN tIen lncessIAt
....,,.,io,. 10 undervalse aud deirs1d, AID Their
80 a,p.iuution whenever there = most need
,,., ,h.. .hoald be maintained Rely on 1t that
he TsrF Of 1916 vii be overha1led whenever Il
s.lls fully into the hands Of Wing Congress
Bs, that toe Wings 10 power now would reensot
precisely the same rates Of mpost as they enacted
10 ls42. We DO not believe. Many branches Of
Home Industry then feeble are DOW strong some
that were infsntle are now mature and Vigorous
Take Railroad Iron for example IL had been
coming ia free Of duty for the ten years preceding
and none was being made or had been made IN the
country. The Wing Tariff imposed on Il a duty Of
s25 per ton and the Home manufacture was there
aoon commenced and pushed forward 20 vigorously
that we trust il never can be overthro~n The
annual production Of Railroad Iron IN the Country
now reaches 10 value to several millions oil oo''af'
ADD the present duty 80 per cent Is about elo 10
az Der ton-a far more stringent Protection than
was SOS per ton Ia 1912 Specific Duty OF 30
oe, ton on Bar and Rolled Iron we would esteem
really more thorough Protection than was go TO
s25 ia 1912 so Of other branches Of Manufacture
which have attained maturity and vigor among Us
Abolish all duties whatever. and many Of these
would survive and generally flourish, while sort
Of wise men would exclsim See how Maniac
lures flourish under Free Trsdel We, on the
other hand. would consider tnis striking proof Of
the benefcence Of Protection IN bringing these
great National Interests to a condition wherein
they could afford 10 dispense with Protection
What would be thought Of the ogicisn who should
urge the ability Of child Of ten years 70 dispense
with the food Of its infancy as proof that such
food was never needed, and that the practice Of
giving il was sbsurd and Perniclous
But while there are interests now so firmly
established that they will live and flourish under
far lower duties than they absolutely need
ed in former years-possibly in the absence OF any
duties at al-tbere are others which need stringent
and ample Protection TO day Among these are the
growth and manufacture Of SILK. Of Hemp, Of Flax
the manufacture Of the more costly and fsnciinl
Cotton fabrics. Of Cutlery Steel AID some others
/ These we hold II the true interest hOt hSitiy ~
those who are engaged or who may engage in Their
production bot Of our whole people to have so pro-
tected aud shielded by law that they may speedily
attain to perfection and enduring vitality
4 Certain articles Of Clothing, the Post tells US,
must be made near the point Of consumption, be
cause Of toe necessity Of adapting them TO the per
son Of the wearer Even so but does this affect
the principle contended fort Does it controvert
the fact that under former Tariffs Of Protection an
extensive manufacture Of Clothing for Southern
markets grew gradually up IN this City-thst under
the Compromise Act this was gradually under
mined sud supplauted by the cheaper Female La
Dor of Europe--snd that under the Tariff ci AZ,
which imposed a duty OF 50 per cent on eady-
Made Clothingj much Of this business cane back
10 us again We hold that it is better, not merely
for those who make clothes, but for our whole com
munity. that those we wear should be made in our
own country rather than imported the Post deems
this matter Of Indifference Then why not discuss
the point rather than seek 10 evade 1t
But the Post asserts that the Tariff OF lS4>
threw out Of employment thousands who were en-
eaged in Ship-buidng and our Foreign Trade
Our recollection does not oonfrm this. Shipbuid-
ing aud the related ayocafions were rather dull
if we rightly remember in 1910 Il. when our Ia
riH was lower and decning-quite as duh as in
"a and 49, Aud as 10 our Foreign Trade, the
Official Documents report as follows
Ttoo Years Of lse Compromise Tart.