New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-08
p,e,.csive Daties, Prices, and the Common
Interest.

p,a,.ctive Daties, Prices, and the Common
Interest.
r. Hop.oK GRIZZLY, Eso.--In The Tribune
a ,h, morning you state that at this moment Dali
the .uaf.ctores In tbs country running 81 ios'
,,,,, have stopped and more must stop some De
sd.5 ehsuse 10 not effected" That our iron-work
A.. closing 3D. while British rails al our ports, and arc
soresd ins over the country.
p,..uniug the information on which you found your
assertions 10 De correct sil 90 not admit the proPr
CRY or justice Of farther Projection 10 Manufacturers oil
,hs .yrcle. In question Tho People require these ar
d.. for their eonsumpiion-shey already submit TO
dur, Of 30 per cent and II manufacturers cannot pro-
ancs nroetsbly with that Protection, II occurs 70
s., they bad better employ their capital elsewhere
s consumers Of the country constitute the great ma
r;,, ard their interests should be fret considered
Th.y require Railroads. and II British rails are
cheapest they should be permitted TO use them rather
tsa b taxed for the benefit Of the few manufacturers
Railroads for toe benefit OF the peoPe-they place
the producer and consumer side by side, and should
noc ts cramped BY partial legislation.
an q whig-out, without reference 70 party, sup
port those measures only which conducive TO the
welfare Of our COMMON COUNTRY
Ta- York, July 81, lsis.
Remarks.
Toe difficulty in bringing this Tariff controversy
70 conclusion grows out Of the fact that one party
pa,. no attention Vkaterer 10 The Others arguments
we who staad oT Protection read the writings Of
oar oppopen,s and discuss the question with d.
rect reference TO their arguments bat our sdver-
,aries coolly assume at the outset that all we have
70 say is nonsense and sbsurdity, dictated by self
ishues, or bigotry, and never take the trouble Of
Listening 20 us for the frst minute. Thus, after we
have parisntly met their arguments, point after
point and az we think refuted them, they simply
repeat their previous assertions, paying no at
tertion 70 our replies, and deeming themselves
uaanswered because they have not looked at the
answers.
Our correspondent is a fair sample OF the breed.
Calling himself Wing ('chy Whigil he coolly
assumes that the first article in the Wing creed sla
fsllscv, and gives us q rehssh OF the most ordi-
nary sophisms of Free Trade with seeming IN
oon.ciou,nsss that they had ever before been ut
tersd-much less answered Yet there is not
suggestion in his letter that has not been at least
ten time, fully considered-and we think refuted-
in The Tribune alone. Where has he lived these
twenty years. What is the use OF our rearguing
the matter IL 1t is foreordsined that none OF our
sayersaries shall read word that is offered on
side
Oar correspondent is not accurate in bis state
nent of facts Our manufactures do not enjoy
upiorIn nor en- average Protection Of 80 per cent.
On the contrary, Cotton Manufactures are charged
bat rs per cent. some Of them but 20 j S'lks but
Is, lies, !: per cent. duty on the raw materially
and fyoolsns range from 20 and % to 30 Blank
cts o. all kinds paying but 20, and Baizes, Book
ipys' Flannsls 'Wosted,' &c. paying but %,
though the raw material Wool is uniformly
charged 50. with full knowledge that the com
mon qualities Gre produced far cheaper in South
America and Australia where the sheep are never
fe1l than they can be here. So Cordage, Gables
and other Manufactures of Hemp are let in at 90 to
9, per cent while the raw material is charged 80.
In view Of these facts and many more like them,
what can our correspondent mean by so quietly
assuming that our Manufactures he makes no ex-
ceptionl now enjoy q Protection OF 80 per cent. =
Ought he to assume SO much without knowing
something
Taat 80, rs. and even 20 per cent. is sufficient
Protection for many branches of manufactures, We
have freely and often stated. There are other
branches which need more, and for these among
other reasons They mot all manufactures, but
these brancbesi are yet in their infancy, and are
necessarily prosecuted at great disadvantage
while exposed to the fierce rivalry Of the mature
ExPsdsnee, unlimte Capital and depressed La
Dor OF Europe. @ The cost and charges of lmpor-
tation are little more (oiten less than the cost OF
transporting them to and selling them at the great
markets Of our own country for even Pittsburgh
it,cf geographically in the Northeast quarter OF
the uaion, is practically as far from Boston as Lv
arpool is 3. The poSsessors of the market
those who have for years supplied it, and have a
knowledge and command OF all the channels of
sale aud dffuslon-have an immense advantage
over upstairs who striving TO take It from them,
n our manufacturers are with regard TO the Euro
pssn and 4. The popular presumption that the
Foreign fabric Is superior in style or in quality is
another serious drawback on the home producer.
The infancy OF a manufacture is necessarily mark
cd by imperfections aud errors the colors will not
wash or hold the workmanship is inferior in va
rious ways. Now the influence Of this fact on the
public mind does not cease with the imperfection,
but continues, and prevents the free purchase OF
the home made article, and the general preference
given In all matters Of style or fashion to Tar
fetched fabrics, also operate saganst the domestic
producer. Let an invoice of French cslcoes, for
instance, DO put on the market at fifteen cents per
yard CO the same time with an invoice of Ameri
Can cslicoss Of equally good quality at twelve
cents and the French will sell frst-will or re
Gently would. These are but q part of the reasons
why certain branches Of Manufacture require eff
oisut Protection Because duty OF 80 per cent. is
required to secure the Home Market to our produ-
oers, IL by no means follows that they charge 80
per cent. more than the price Of similar goods from
abroad Often, they are sold as low, yet cannot
Command the market in an unprotected struggle
Now as 70 Iron. There IS 30 per cent duty
la favor Of our own Iron. and some people talk OF
ten or ftssn per cent. more advantage in trans
portatop commissions, Sc.-just as though IL cost
nothiag TO bring our own Iron to the great marts
OF Commerce and sell IL there. In fact, the aver
age cos, Of transportation from our Iron Mines to
ths chief Atlantic cities can hardly be less than
that Of bringing hther like quantity from Stat
ferdshrs and Glasgow A good specific duty equiv
Alent 10 thirty per cent on the average prices of
Iron would be quite fair duty. But it is one "a
eel d.fect OF the present Tariff that By reducing all