New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-28
AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.


The Committee Of Ways and Means. NJ. HUr
sox. Chairman. made their Report % American Nan,
fsesares to the Ho1ss of Representative on Monday
We aad Il pubhshed ss esSsh IN Yesterdays PAaisxe
pA's NortA Sns-tess, from which We have prepare
the following syropss for the resdsrs Of tn Tr1sss
Nearly loo petitions signed BY s.,oo psrsoes. mood
from Psnnsyvsnia and sssups forth the great dsprs'
sion suffered By The manufacturing and mining tnss'
ssss Of the Stats have e,sa rsfsrrsd 10 the conne
Of Wsys and Means Thee psetces stsss hat in cor
sequence Of the Insufficient duuss uposed % article
Of foreign manufacture the farmers have bean aeprvs
OF valuable homo MARKETS and large uanbsrs Of Ne
chsnies and lseorers thrown cut OF employment
The Hosss had also Instructed the Committee " I.
inquire into the expedieuey Of reporting rsris sa
based upon the principles OF the rsrs OF lsts whi
the Committee OF the opinion tina, for wsas Vi tine
and proper information In relation to the asmeros, 10
tails Of bill 10 not sxp~disat ct this Time 10 attempt
revision Of The revesas systsm they believe that III
day 10 not far distant when the wants OF the Govern
msus and the people will call for such revisicn rhs
Tariff OF lsss q messars ssordins psossc
,on to the people whis met the wants 9th Govern
uen, The ommistee discard the idss OF any snasoo
lam between Protection and Revenue The hnsnesl aye
TEN Of country should stimulate its Industry and ssvs
% ito ustarsl resources divsrssy fempoyments vii
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up one great Interest or 10 increase the production OF
one great staple Athe annual product Of the labor
the cousry viii amount to least one eighth OF its
wealth any system which will increase the productive
uess OF labor would add materially TO The taxable pro-
perty Of the country
According to Prof raehsr. good Free Trade suthor
i,y the products OF the uptsd states In ls4O announced
to o. oc3 l3i ooo The natural increase Of popuiauoa
and productveness would swell THE amount ct the pre-
sent time TO o. 3lo QVO0,V. ws should deduct from
this per the inerest Of capital which scss into
the product which would BE- very liberal Allowance 70
would reduce the annual wealth Of labor 20 Oh 21 00
600 Any financial system which should add per
to the value and produciiveness OF labor. would In
crease the wasth ~ ths nation eI3sstot0 annually,
being more than twice the amount which any
would think 81 obtaining from Customs. Or n ws
ADOPT the estnste 81 Mr. Secretary walker and ses
doxu the production Of labor Of taooo0cooOo and 20
through the same process would give 90 ooooo
the snnua increase of wealth being more than nve
times the amour, Of revenue ever collected from Cos
toms In a single year. A judicious rafif, therefore.
would protect labor stimulate Industry and develop
the resources OF the cous'ry a. To Increase the wealth
Of tho people while II should meet ali the demands OF
the Govsrnm Mt
The Committee cannot agree with the Secretary u
the Treasury in bis annual Report that . Protective
rsra TO- Of necessity tax upon the labor OF the coun
try and that tends reduce the wages of labor o.
the contrary they sstisnsd that wise imposition
OF duties will create greater demand fog labor. and
the rate Of wages will rice With the demand Equally
unsound 10 Mr. Walkers position that true economy In
sl requires Ne 20 buy In the cheapest market
The no asly sdase Of our country farmers and msehsa
ice that they muss get hiags In their own line, con
,Alns more poesl economy than many Of the sspcals
tons OF the honorable Secretary. The farmer os
chanic, by getting thngs In hts own hne, can turn
many articles to good account which would other
wise be useless. and give value 10 portion Of tho
time which would under other circumstances. DO
Lost
The same principle spplss to nations. The cheapest
market 10 always the most advsntassous In the sad
What we produce by extra labor, or by converting
tsriais which would be otherwise ost into valuable
commodities 10 much addition 10 the wealth OF the
nation This principle may be Illustrated BY many en-
smples which actually exist Tske the article OF sSss
soods OF which imported more than Vi, 1911 900 the
las, year Admit that We can purchase hats boonsts
and ats ten per cent cheaper at sehon. or Florence
or la any foreign country, than they be manusc
tur.d this sill IL would bs good conomy 10 encoer
age this species Of Industry at homo This department.
OF manufactures gives employment TO thoussods Of
women and children. and go converts labor which
would otherwise bs lost Into capital and thus sdds "
the national wealth while IL gives comfortable cup
port class II population which might otherwise
become psupsr Rsaay ~s1, s1os'sy and hosiery, 81
which I'm ported last year - 1877 900 furnish snoth
er example ia point Ia 10 narrow and mistakea pol
Icy which would procure everything from abroad o
lie hrst cost night be traction lsss than could
be obtained for ct home
The Committee do not therefore consider u 9 caass
OF complaint that the citizens cannot alwsys have
cess To the cheapest market There are national COZ
alterations 70 which hs 10 bound 10 submit A mer
chant might obtain his goods at lower rata, " he
could smuggs them into the country, or BY tslss In
voices evsde the on hall of the presens du
ty But he has legal or moral right TO do u be-
cause il would be- dsirsuding tho Government and In.
dieting an injury upon the people. la time Of var u
mls ht bs profitable individual 10 trade with the
enemy but IS this might tend to proons tho var, hs
In providing Tor the wants Of Government such
system should be adopted viii most coDducs TO tbs
~. ~. f.xs al.
ro.t part consists in It's labor the working population
should shove sll things, claim especial care The vel
fare Of the country depends mainly on their prosperity
great prevails 10 tho community 10 relation ~
the effects OF Tariff upon the different elsssss VI ID
borers Some have vsiBIy supposed that none but
manufacturers proper had any interest Tn tho prossctivs
policy II the Committee entertained this des, they
would abandon that policy slsose'hs, Though Tho
manu- fsctursn large and respectable cAss OF our
citizens they would counte nance no policy which would
build them up upon the ruins OF 70 the injury OF othes
aud more numerous classes Tho common mechanics
and the sriixaDs who are dispersed over the whole
country and whose sbors required In every village
In the land have vital an interest In the American
system. as the manufacturers There 10 also saeh .
community ct Interest among those engaged In different
pursuits ths, part can be saectsd without tho result
being felt oy all
To adjust revenue system to the wants Of these
classes requires this utmost care. broad and liberal
view should b. taken Of every interest tho wants of
the Government should be- carefully considered, tho
direction and tendency o trade this laws BY which tho
commerce of the world 10 governed tho policy Of tho
nations with which commercially connected -
The Com mttee have time only 10 present some brief
combinations The shipping Interest should BE- eoeour
aged by giving preference TO American bottoms and
BY Increasing far possible the coastDs and Inter
nal trade Of the country where foreign shipping en
trey excluded. Judicloas imposition VI dutss tnds
promote the prosperity Of tbs navigating intsrest
While the duty coal for example 10 low. - IL al
present and portion Of our supply espe
ciay In our Northern cities 10 sbtsiDed from ths Bh
tsh Provinces tho carrying divided between our own
and British shipping but with Increased duties or
whole supply upon the Atlantic would Be obtained from
Psnnsy vania and Virginia aud this would not ony
give To miosrs but secure ~ our stin
ping the carrying
liberal sncouras ss at Ia manufactures would slso
promote this iys,Gg interest During the last year
we ex ported Manufactured articles 10 tbs amount Of
el2 9el 0O0-oeins than onstsnth Of our entire
domestic export and the greater part Of this consisted
Of goods made wholly or 10 part VI materials brought
from abroad. Encouraging domestic production and
90 u commodities between the Ststes sd6s
greatly to our coasing and inland trade. The hides
which are sent DOM the Mississippi 10 New Orleans
and thence conveyed cossswlss 10 hassachnss where
the ere tanned with bark from Maine. and thea
turned 10 the form Of boots and shoes 10 New OrssDs
furnish one among thousand instances that could DO
named In which our ovn carriers reap On advantage
from domestic manufactures. Mr.. Walker, Ia hs so
nas report submitted Dec q ls47. estimates ths Inter
changes between tho States ct 800 10000, large
share OF which 10 the result OF domestic msnufsetures