The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-07
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS,
WAsHINoror, Nov. 4, ls47.


The Present Tariff
The revenue under the present tariff, for the first
quarter Of the current fiscal year. the
OF first quarter Of the last fiscal year under the tariff
Of ls42, by four millions, nine hundred and forty
thousand dollars This excess Is the increase The
returns already received Of the fourth month
show OF betwe eight and nine hundred thou
sand dollars the corresponding month Of last year
and when all in, 1t will probably be augmented to
million. This cannot be all sscribed to the f.
mine in Europe. Starving men do not eat iron
or COAL and still these articles which thought
would be more injuriousy affected by the new tsrlR
than any others, bring advanced prices, and an in
creased demand at those prices We will soon be able
to underbid Russia and Sweden In supplying Europe
with charcoal iron. England having no wood cannot
manufacture charcoal iron and is dependent on Russia
and Eeden tor the article II will be her interest
to buy of U.S. The export Of wool and hemp has also
increased and these articles have increased In PRICE
There every reason to believe that our exports
for the remainder Of the year will be great as they
have bssn for the last There two
OF Europe either Of which will command large export
OF breadstuns from America-the ono, great scarci.
ty the other great abundance In the latter contin
gency the quotations will not be inflated but never
theess there must be large and steady demand for
American food, abundant harvest always causes
an increased consumption Of five, or even ten Der
cent or cotton, too, there every TO beievs
there will continue to be fair export The English
government Is fully that all efforts for the cutya
ton Of the plant in her East Indian will
prove unavaing Neither the soil nor the climate IN
adapted for Its culture Under the most fvorabe cir
cumstances, the soil will not yield quarter much
t. the acre as that OF Msisepp and what docs yield
Is of inferior quality and full Of weeds The SOIL in
stead Of being light and sandy, is loamy thick and
heavy Half the year the broling bakes this thick
soil hard and the other half the rain pours down with
out nermisson beateng the cotton to the earth and
rendering 1t unit for Moreover In order to protect
the plants from the fierce heat OF the SUM- those who cu
tvate It Obliged to suffer rank growth Of weeds TO
spring up side by side with the cotton and to ovsrtop IT,
From this the plant Is puny and the fibre Is un-
clearly, and consequently OF but little value The
scheme succeed with the aid Of Mr. Ayl
wins plan Of reducing the duties salt imported into
India the labor Of the natives ~ barely sufficient to
supply them with the most scanty substence and even
ismsny thousands die annually ofsarvstion and Of
diseases produced by want Of sathe rice which is the
great staple Of their food being extremely unwhoesoms
in that country without such seasoning II ould be
impossible therefore, to divert their labor into any new
channel, without outlay, which would yield
30 return. The United States then will continue 10
supply the world with cotton and corn.
1t evidences strongly the mschievous extent TO which
this has been rendered party question, that one is
obliged to dissaim all party bias In saying a. one is
compelled to say, in all truth and candor that 1t Is vain
to deny the beneficial results Of the operation Of this
tariff The evils which were doubtless In good faith
apprehended from 1t, have not resulted The unprecs-
denied prosperity Of the country furnishes its complete
vndcaon 1t is to be hoped that in future, the tariff
question will be regarded which no party will
presume to make party question. GALVIENsIs