New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-15

say Whet her the prosperity oil the country
was OF was not creator under the tariff of
lci2, when the consumption Of cotton grew
THO az fast as the population. than under
| that OF 1916, which exhibits rapidly grow
,ng po1,iI1t'p, ard saY'5iY d'r's''a'ng
cons--.rtio7 Of cotton
We will row briefly notice another free
trsde statement in regard to the consumP-
Hon Of cotton in this country, that or
/ readers may see an1 sppre- ate their uli-
form inaccuracy. In a speech OF the In
sre to7-Gercral Of the Customs. made last
month, in the Legislature Of Canada. Ne
fld tie following passage
" The imports Of cotton goods aye, IN
proportion to population, nearly four times
a. great rs into the United States The
speaker then proceeds 70 show how III
stTuctiye" IS tbs fact, as showing the
cost 10 the consumers OF q protective
tariff No notice i here taken Of the
| fact. that u least eleven-twelfths Of the
cotton goods consumed in the Union are of
domestic manufacture, and that if the Do
nestle and foreign goods be combined, the
consumption of lsi7-S was about two and
a-hslf, and probably three pounds on the
American side OF the line, under protec-
/ ton. Tor one pound on the Canadian side,
under BRITISH free trade. We should b.
! clad il TIE Jo'rnd Of Commerce or The
Unions correspondent would explain the
reason of this enormous difference. To
do tbs would. however, be found impossi
bic on any view OF the subject, except
that protection, and efficient protection Is
the only road to perfect freedom Of trade
We would now, in sober earnestness.
ask our neighbor of THE Journal to explain
who il is, connected with the growth trans
portation manufacture, sale or cOnsump-
ton OF the great staple Of the South, that Is
benefited by the tarlff OF 1916.
Is It the planter, who sees the consump-
ton falling off from year to year, thus III
creasing the quantity to be sent to the
market Of England, whose dealers direct
interest it IS TO magnify the stock on hand,
with view to diminish the price
+ it he shipowuer, who sees that, with
this diminished home consumption, the only
salvation Of the planter is to be found IN
short crops, attended with great dimnution
of frelghts
Is it the domestic consumer, who !inds
a daily increase of the difficulty OF pur-
chasing cotton goods, and Is now Obliged
10 be content with twenty per cent. less IN
weight per head than he could have four
years since. whereas, under the tariff Of
1912, his consumption almost doubled ?
Is II the merchant, who sees daily
elimination in the quantity Of cotton goods
passing through his hands, while his ex-
penses are doubled and his risks quad
rupled
l. il the manufacturer who finds the de-
mand diminishing, 80 much more rapidly
than the supply, that although we now work
up more than hundred thousand bales less
than we did four years since, he Is compelled
to fall to a cent yard less than the actual
los, Of production -
+ it the importer, who finds himself OBJ
hced to abandon his business, or unite ia
a system OF perjury Of the most dlsgracelul
kind. and is thus compelled TO make his cler-
ton between his hope Of this world and
those OF the next
We earnestly ash cur neighbors to con-
slider these lhings They desire to have
perfect freedom OF trade, and so DO we. We
believe that the road to that freedom lie, IN
The direction that gives the greatest power
Of consumption. indicating the highest pro-
ductIyeness OF labor and the greatest pros
perity and here they must we think, agree
/ with Ms. Ii 50, there Is at once establlsheda
mode of determining which!s the true road 70
perfect freedom. and TO that festive are Will
/ mo that our views should be subjected If
F they can prove that consumption Increases
under low duties, We viii al once JON them
IN the effort for the total abolition OF the
tarif Ii they cannot-ii on the contrary,
il be manifesi that consumption grows with
protection-are they nor in duty bound TO
unite with ourselves IN an effort for the
( establishment Of that system which leads
most certainly % perfect and universal free
dom oftrade. by the humiliation ofthe British
monopoly Of machinery for the production
/ OF cloth and iron
/ Sc pr. Co045 Reporter IF SATURDAY ~
The Ansi-Papsl Bill in England.