New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-30

Of products between the gardeners Of Tamworth
and the cotton spinners Of Manchester s mutually
advantageous, by no means provesthstsn exchange
betw cen the farmers ofLuzerne or Lancaster and
the spinners sioresaid-not ten miles apart but
thirty five hundreds likewise advantageous.
For. IN the first place, no such exchange Of Vege
tables for Fabrics IS practicable in the latter case
and. if i, were the cost Of transportation would
devour nearly the entire proceeds. The Tam
worth gardener transports his csbbsges 70 the
Manchester spinner ~ cost Of one % five per
cent the Pennsylvania farmer must pay twenty
times as much % reach British market and, On
reaching IT, viii very likely fnd bis produce wholly
decayed. This viii never answer 50. IN order %
pay for British fabrics, he is compelled 70 grow
something less penshabIe, iess bulky in proper
ton 70 Us value, less conducive % improvement Il
farming and far less productive, either 70 the
hand or the acre. He may seem % save trIse 10
the price Of bis fabrics but be ia certain 70 lose
ten times as much in the prices Of his products.
- Bat Says the Free Trader # II IS the
interest Of our farmers to buy American manuisc
lures. why wont they DO IL without Tariff -
SIR. suppose the country were invaded and over
run BY Foreign soldier. instead Of Foreign fabrics
and YOU were % ask II it IS the interest and De
sire Of our people % drive out the invaders
what need Of organizing an army Why not
let every man 20 out and hight on his own hook
buying his own provisions and ammunition Just
az he happens % want them You readily per
oeive the folly Of this alternative why not per
ceive It also IN the case Of Foreign fabrics ? T.
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pers and have no particle Of interest 10 fabrics Of
Silk. Cotton Wool SC. except as consumer
Probably | buy Of these for the clothing Of myself
and family hundred dollars worth each year
perhaps more Now ! am sure as ! can be Of
ANYTHING which human pervereness ever under
took 10 dispute that 1t would advance my inter
est. as publisher % have our fabrics all made IN
this country rather than imported-that, even
though they were to cost me $50 instead OF 500
per annum, should gain by the natural increase
Of readers and subscribers consequent on the
growth and extension Of manufactures among and
around US far more than the addition 70 the nom
inal cost Of the clothes. But suppose I'm the alb
sence Of a Tariff halt or two-thirds OF our people
choose 10 buy the Foreign goods, what induce
ment have the residue 70 pursue the opposite
course would very cheerfully pay the extra
cost Of the goods IN order 10 secure the advantage
Of having the manufacturers here among US as
customers Of our printers as well as OF our butch
ers. bakers, taiors teachers, &C. &c but II every
thing is left to 60 as It happens, my paying the
$50 extra for my clothes will accomplish nothing
alter nothing, answer no purpose. 1t Just IKE
nv going out alone with rifle 70 beat back an
invading army. When our forefathers saw 1T 10
resist the Tea-tax imposed by Great Britain, but
were not at liberty TO exclude the Tea by law,
they entered INTO extensive combinations 70 re-
rain from using or dealing IN II. In the nature OF
things. this compact could be but imperectly en-
forced and only IN times OF strong excitement.
To have rested on the sense OF individual interest
or on individual feeling, would have been to let
the " hole cause Of resistance 20 to ruin. The
farmers of Pennsylvania are certain OF much
higher price aud reader sale tor their products 1t
the Iron. Coal and Fabrics required by our coun
trymen are produced at home than II they are i'm
ported from abroad but no one OF them can Sc
cure these advantages to himself, IN the absence
of a general concurrence IN so doing, by buying
his own Iron and Cloths Of the nearest producers,
no matter at what price. He must sell hrs pro
ducts at prices created, not by his individual
course or action but by that Of the entire commu-
nifty He can only create markets by ms action
on the National Legislation aud Policy
I have thus far conceded, what know is not
fully true. that the reason why Foreign iabncs are
preferred TO Domestic is the superior cheapness OF
the former In part, this Is so but with regard to
fabrics wherewith taste or fancy has any concern
It Is not so. As new branches Of manufacture are
commenced in any country, they are nevtaoy
exposed 20 a deadly rivalry from the Foreign TAB
rics they are calculated to supplant. But the older
PRODUCERS enjoy great advantages in machinery,
experience. coloring ingredients, &c and the re-
putation thereby created at once stimulates and
long outlasts the inequalities on which It was
founded Up to this day, thousands prefer Foreign
10 American colored fabrics, saying the latter VIII
not wash although the ground OF objection with
regard TO many classes OF goods 10 which It IS ap-
Piled. has long since disappeared. - thousands
of Americans 18th more money than brains, still
import their coats hats, sc from London or Paris,
because the best were once made there. though
none better can now be found In the world than
are maze III new iNi n aiiN pun N'+N+N
is an arstocratic pretenslou IN laying the ends OF
the earth under contribution for the supply OF one
every day vi ants, instead OF employing man IN
the next street, which turns many empty heads
and, while would not forbid this, do think since
the Government must have Revenue, and those
who indulge such ianoies should have money. there
Is no more legitimate, no more inviting subject OF
/ at,,n han xnch narplelous tolllPS
But l proposed IN this letter to point out
to you some OF the radical vices and errors of
detail IN Messrs. Polk and Walkers TarIh OF
sac. passed by the casting vote OF George NJ Dal-
las There is not an ntenigen, man Of any party
who doubts that tins Tariff Is the direct result Of
the election of lsii Had Henry Clay been then
chosen President, the Tariff OF - would have
stood unchanged, and this country would at this
| day be making 100000 tons OF hon per annanl
more than II IS. instead O! buying enormously from
England and depressing all business and industry
IN our exertons 10 pay for It. The year lsi7 was
the first Of that Tarih operation. and We import
Cd from twice 10 three the amount Of Foreign fab
rics that We did the year previous under the
Tariff Of ~ - Of lroa and lron Wsres and
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