New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-09
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The Tariff oaes.isn In IsAS.

his hard bargain. Almost every body who think
himself any body wants TO live oot Of the profit
Of othsrs labor by continuing directing and bar
gaining -nobody bones down to hard work WIFI
car manage 70 live any other way. 1t lisa matte
Of social respectsbity-s mark OF caste-to b
able to consume much and produce nothing, snc
the noisest brawler for Democracy and Eqaslit,
at the Polls or in tho Bar Rooms lodges into ,
custom house or some other well. paid, lazy berth
the first chance he can get, and leaves Productive
Industry to those who can Z avoid It. Whoever
thinks q. oil can hardly fail to perceive how thu
general tendency conducts TO and insures an ex
trsvasant, bloated, monstrous stimulation and ex
pansion of Trade. Everybody IL keen for specu
iation, very few have any confidence in patient
plodding Industry a. means Of acquiring wealth
From baby Jumpers to graveyard accommoda
tions, everything that Man can use, some air ans
less water excepted, 10 the foot ball OF Traffic
and Speculation. And. while ninetenths Of
the more especially trading class die bankrupt
or In penny, Trade stilI, absorbing most OF the
hnsnciering talent OF the civilized world con
trives to absorb most Of the realized fruits Of Toll
Successful Commerce POUNDS the Colleges, and
they teach the doctrines il loves to hear 10 patron
ICES Au.hers, and the books of Political Economy
are mainly written to prove that Whatever IL Is
right, ia tho mercantile sense Of the AXIOM
The gospel Of Supply and Demand-the law Of
Buy where you can cheapest, sell a. dear az
possible, 10 fundamental to the recognized com
mercal ethics, and. everybody being in fact or
In aspiration q trader, is the law Of modern socie
IT, Yet the very men who adhere 10 il, preach it,
live it, revolt at once at any novel yet perfectly
legitimate application Of 1t, which bears severely
on themselves or others and does not conduce to
filing their own pockets. Let doctor say to
morrow to a rich man who has just had his leg
cut off Sir Il the eflnsion Of blood 10 not stop
ped in Ave minutes you arc dead man yet
there IL no other person who can stop It within
half mile, and must have ten thousand dollars
or won't do it'-and ninety nine out Of every
hundred would kick the law Of 6apply and De
msnd TO kingdom come aud exscrste the doc
tor for acting on their own cherished principles.
The world 10 Just a. reasonable - this.
We have now nearly olosed the third year
OF an avowedly Revenue, anti Protective Tariff
Ia fact, It IL on some points Protective, on Others
its hostility ~ Protection 10 carried to an extreme
suicidal 10 Revenue. 1t 10 the child OF various
party necessities, and their contradictory traits
are stamped on its sngainly features. IL tries to
be sweet on Sugar and strong with Hemp, be
cause its authors feared the producers OF those
articles but 1t 10 full OF deceit and the poison OF
asps 10 under its lips. The Hemp which 1t pre-
tends to subject to thirty per cent duty, 1t let's 10
~ Cables, Cordsge, &c. at twenty tn" Wool
on which 1t also processes to impose thirty per
per cent. II lets In a. Flanncls. Bsizes, &C. at
twenty FIVE. and az Blankets at twenty. The
farmer, thus duped by pretense of favor IL driv-
en- from his own markets by South American
Wool made into British Blankets aud thus ad.
mitted Mt rate one-half less than 10 charged TO
the American importer OF just such Wool who
must pay higher for his labor, and contend against
ripsr experience and larger sggregations Of eapi-
tai Yet the farmer is told he has twenty per
cent on his Wool, and that ought to content him
when IN fact the Foreign Wool 10 extensively
admitted at twenty per cent in such shape as to
deprive the American farmer Of q market not only
for wool bu, ir the fuel, nests, vegetables, &e
which would DO consumed by the cloth. makers i
the fabric were made In this country. even oct OF
foreign material. The act ia full OF such juggles.
This Tariff 10 consistent in q single featare--its
adherence throughout to Ad valcrem Duties
Every article charged at all pays 90 much PEI
cent nothing 10 Specific. One effec, Of this is
to create and preserve a glazing and indefensibls
inequality Of exac,ions at different ports Of the
Union. AT two ports only twelve miles apart, the
same article has been entered this summer at one
valued ct 81 50 and paying asc. duty, at the cthe
valued as coo. and paying a$c. dnty--a difference
Of 81 per cent. Railroad Iron of hke quality has
been entered the same week at 81. sterling At one
port and At ~. ias. at another, payine 81 - more
'~sy : cse case than m the other. OF course
GA s~ve y sad articles Of less definite value
the a. >sssy ws.-s ssill greater. And such in
equality srs pvse> 81 man may see, Is insep-
sfuelc iron. -1lsts.et and operation 81 Al
vAlovem Duties. Every man Engaged in import
ing goods naturally wishes TO get them in a.
eheapiy a. possible, for Per cent In the valua
tion may make the difference between profita-
he and a los,ag adventure. II st~niy aprieh,
importers will not undervaue. they will be under
sold and driven on, OF the trade by men who " IL,
And custom house valuations always do and mus
depend in q great degree upon the invoice io
VINO can TELL upon casual cAAutnksion nov nuct
q barrel OF Watch Movements. for example, IL
really worth IL might be worth 100000. An(
may not be worth esoco. Competent Appraiser
Gao como within 4 stones throw OF IL. bat iade
psndsnt, accurate valuations at the custom house
cannot generally Be made.
The American Importer has no fair chance with
his Foreign rival under . system Of Ad Naloreu
dusies. In the ksst place, tho foreign mauafaS
tsrer Of goods can honestly swear that they oos
him less icoantins his rents. nachinery, fixed sal
aries. personal services, &c. - nothing, since
these must have been paid If he bad not made
this particular invoice Of sccds) than be will sell
them for--less than the American Importer car
bay shsm for. sappose be swears the invoice Ct
goods cost him Ito make 10000. while the Amer.
icsn importer caanos bay them ior less THAI sloc.
coo. and the duty 10 ss per cent--here 10 g., 500
clear profit to the Foreigner and lose to oar Rev
eaue iin the difference Of duiies--the foreigner
paying 81, 500 daty, while an American importer
Of like invoice nuat pay esSooo How many
rspesisions Of this per amman coald the American
BE- expected b Stand
We have supposed both psrsiss 10 invoice with