New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-05
Wisdom Of the Free Traders.

The Erenlng Post learns, with show
of surprise, our conviction that the present
commercial policy of the country is not ia
vorable TO its growth, and especially to the
growth of the old States. which, in the ma
tural order of things. ought to increase Just
in proportion to the advantages of soil, cll-
mate, transportation, and manuac turing ia
cilties which they offer to labor and capital
from abroad, seeking place IN this Repub-
lie Not to do any injustice to our cotem-
porary, We copy It's argument
The Tribune orgeis that If Protective Tariff
be as efficient as IL suppoSeS If ITS effect Is TO accu.
mulac population IN dense masses, II would have
that consequence as certafly IN Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts IN New York, and IN a still greater
proportion Pennsylvania and Massachusetts have
a more unequal Suracet than Newly ork, and larger
proportion OF country waiered with rapid streams,
rushing down the hiil-sIdcs, where very little
pCnSe IN constructing dams Is necessary. In vast
districts Of The State OF NewloTk the land Is level
and The streams sluggish, and II a fail Of water Is
required for turning machinery dams must be erect
cd al great cost. and large tracts must be overlooked
and rendered useless higher Tarlf, therefore. #
II increased the number OF mills az all. would have
this effect IN PENNSYLVANIA and IN Massachusetts.
rather than IN Newly Ork Under such d system, the
loss oi NewA ork III rs proportonate representation
m Congress would have been sure 10 be still greater
than il now IS ii We mad had an entirely prohloliory
Tariff instead of a partially prohotoTy one as We
now have, New-NoTh might nave lost TWO or three
representatives instead OF one
There Is another ahsuTdity IN the reasoning Of The
TTiitne That journal suppoS6> that cotton, WOODEN
and IRON mills may be multiplied without IIn1I, Oy
the simple process of increasing the duties. The
truth how ever. that put the duties as sh as YOU
Will make them as absolutely prohloory a. possible.
IL hat. ar'p n
AS viii supply our own country. Hgn dunes Only
secure ~ the manufacturer the monopoly OF me
home market ana nothing more. rs soon, therefore,
as any ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS competition, or the
false hope of large proiis-calls INTO existence
greater number OF mills than necessary 10 supply
the country with the fabrics they produce some 81
them must stop some oil the mll--o"herS mus oe
ruined. There every reason 10 believe there : a.
present sufficient number OF cotton mills IN the
country. # they were all atwork, 10 supply our popu
lotion With cotton fabrics, y even every port IN The
United States closed 70 the importer from abroad
ueap duties on duties anG YOU could no, essentially
add To the number YOU could not increase the con-
SUMPTION nor the demand. II our ports were smut %
foreign goods and The number of cotton mills should
need 10 be increased Il IS not along the line 81 the
New York anal that they would De built theNwON
be set up ~ the Southern States, IN The ne2 ncorhoOd
OF The cotton heicS, or at the West on Inc boEIels o.
the coal helds, where me MACHINERY coAld DC cGedp
IN drNtn by steam. We doubt whether hali dozen
cotton mills would ee e>tabl Shed IN TIE State OF
Newly orr II every rag OF cotton tissue entering rom
abroad were stopped a, the Custom Houses.
We must prepare ourselves, IA all probability, Tor
migration OF the WOODEN manufacturers also 20 the
south. They have begun already 10 pasture sheep
" Virginia, and large tracts, not SUITED 10 the Pow.
VII >ooa be covered With fOckS SILL further South,
IN the hllly country OF Georgia. where the Winter,
are short aud he hOcAs Wall ely require shelter
IN any season, the experiment Of sheep hu>banGry
has been made With perfect success, and BY anu By
these Will be the wool growing regions OF the United
States where the rearing OF sheep vii De attende.
with hiie cost and trouble. ana their heeceS can be
obtained almost as chcaply as IN South America
On the streams which rush down the slopes Of this
mountainous region. woo.en mills Will. N all prooa
uahtv, be soon erected, from which The nelgAosrine
country will be supplied with fabrics. We are moi
aware OF any circumstance which. under any po>Sl
HE alteration of the tamil Is likely 20 concentrate
This branch OF manufactures IN Western New-fork
as The TrIbsnf seems 10 imagine
Every line of the above displays the ina
bility of one fed on the dogmas of bastard
Free Trade to apprehend the true prinei
pies on which the well-being ct country
depends. We say that State ought ''
manufacture for itself; the answer IS. thai
| New-York cannot manufacture for o.he;