The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-28

nn OF Commerce of this city The expenses of impora
those paid by the leading houses and the lower
cost OF 1919 decline In the article in Eng
land the price Is, however. again the advance
This paid for in agricultural production, OF which
export of the produce oil the States has
become important only since the notifications Of The Eng
lish tariff 1872 Now, IL the valne OF the
by Of article (dour) exported in exchange,
their labor in 1919 than in 1913 To find the
average value OF -four for the year. the best method is
the quantities (and valued delivered the Hudson
from the Erie for years. officially reported
~ s;s' s g sz Il Z. E: -
Thus in 1885, sos tons Of bar iron bought 5000
barrels Of aour and in 1885, 10000 were had for the
same quanfirys
s.s s,ss TOM: ar GO barrels -four. . 2
Thus iamer with the product his farm has Obtained
per Of the articles which he mps-
Of TOLL II viii be observed thar although be has paid
50 90 per than the English ironmske
sold for yet The American contends that he
make iron that price Thus the English
sold bis pig si2 per and the American
pays $40 Including Importers profit; and 10 this must be
added mills per 900 lbs per mile canal ios-say S3 60
per Buffalo. and mnch for eight-say ST -
SIS 70 than iron sold for in England and the
iroanakers here complain They say that II they do
have high tariff they will shut up shop, and ear
farm produce. The price OF farm produce. whole,
seems nevertheless be well maintained Il IL ihis way
the labor Of the farmer is TUNED under mod
fed restrictions upon trade. Ii is alleged freely by the
protcconsis that be produced here because
higher One fact Is carefully concealed, however
viz, hai the American yields per much
greater that of England mai the wages Of
double price, cheaper than those OF English miner
thai IL say SIP per week wages, a
double the in the Pennsylvania mines thai could be
raised by the best workman in the prolific Of Wales
The labor per made the Unied States less
in Wales, owing the superior quality Of The II
miner Georgia procnres Of gold an fourteen
dn n man res IN
the time, would be absurd say that gold cannot
be raised in California without tariff because the
living mnch higher there ihan in the Atlantic States
Nevertheless, this Is the Of the coal and pro-
toctonss Nature has spread her riches with prodi-
gny unparalleled among people eminent for ingenuity
and industry; and yet told cannot be available,
because il can be had cheaper from more sterile re-
gi1ns IL 10 n curious fact that the New York Tri-
bune-~hich, by the way. mar be considered the mos,
efficient fee-ade paper in the country, for the
uniformly draws protecfioniss Arguments
such manifest absurdtes as 70 expose their fascy 70
the obfusc int lecireccnty, In the same paper
which contained attempted reply the able eucr OF Mr.
Brown Of Liverpool. Mr. Meredith, In the course OF
which -shc Trbune Asserted that without high tariff
furnaces and coal mines would be abandoned published
notice OF coal company in Pennslvans, Of which
enc OF the propreio Of the Tribune ~ owner and 10
which he has invested his capital The ediioris was
probably intended frighen others from doing likewise
e.f coal might cheap. through composition
What wonderful sympathy pro'ecsiOnism engenders fo'
the s'desr peopie~
The general Of business remains prosperous
with an abundant money marte and falling exchanges
shourh for the few days. there has been less doing
under expectation Of by the America, which
racket was overdue The advces which reached berc By
terrsp on Sunday neither satisfactory reliable
md had no mste<isl influence upon die market Cotton
which remained very quiet confined 60 and stag
nant market closed At the following quofsiionss
Ordinary MA 10 Mid fair Fully
20 "a GOOD mid fsir- good fAif
Upland and Florida, ~ i2l - al3f lYsl4 ~ aL
Aohile n Orleans. ri rai Isaai4 iss IA Ia al
-Four Is dn with unimportsnt transactions nj - "
IS rs. good ssse IS . Ss ~, Michigan; southern
IS n ss 10 Ss ~ straight Aiexsndrs Rye honr heavl
At a. Corn meal dan ~ s. There y fair demand
for wheat al Izs cents. Genesee IS liz cents Ohio
RYE nouin. al 81 cents. Oats active n a . AZ cent?
norsbern Corn rather ower-ssy ~ 90 cents ordina1
white southern. OIL lnsecd, is active 81 81 ~ oenis
Pork IL fairs.les go 20 prime - 5ia ~ Bee
steady at s5 rs % for prime - 81 tor country mess
| Lard was duh Cheese in good demand stet cents
Sugar in good demand A . 8 cents. New Orleans
Frrirhss have been nominal awaiting letters steamer
The sock marker has exhibited more bnoysncy. and
prices generally bsfser fair foreign demand fo'
government socks TIE qnotsfons are ~ fciows'
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