New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-24
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
British Policy and American Revenue
Ernn the London Tunes JUNE 4


The prosperitv of the United States Is
81, ,,,,maiclv p,crwoyen with that Of tins country,
tina, the extraordinary increase Of their federal reye-
Due Will be regarded as a piece Of domestic good
fortune Their revenue IS increasing beyond all an
,,c,na,ior As we are reminded by our correspond
ont a, New-York eighteen months ago the then Sec
rotary Of the Treasury estimated the Customs for
the financial wear ending the Both OF this month al
$40 OGOG coo The calculation threatened a dehcH'
and inc secretary warned ms teilO" cllizeiS lhtt
thew must make up their minds ellher 10 al1uonal
,i,,,5es an uuorts or 20 a loan Of SiG.OJUOOO. lie
Ieanf ofhe former alternative, AMI th're en,Utu no
little chucklng m TINS country al Inc prosper o. our
own liberal measures meeting WIN tllo ScurIy'
though perhaps unavoidable IeQulM. SIX HOhNa
AGO the nreSeut Secretary found ms predecessor So
far ont m his calculations that Tor the hrs quarter OF
the present financial year ms receipts from the tus-
toms had been $l47Gi0i6. Tins compelled NM
rather against the grdln, 20 advance the estimate TOT
the wear 70 Si500OOeO. I'm TINS country We can
hardly understand The phenomenon OF Chancellor
of the E1chcQucT shutting ms eyes TO ms increasing
resources, but 10y the Constitution OF IN" nied
States Il rs possible. andlS actually me case al TINS
moment. that Government elected by universal
suffrage NAV be directly at variance Win lcSlsid-
ture Of the same origin, ana me ftW oHcerS OF
State NAV be compelled. they are al THIS moment.
to administer apOhcy which they nave opposed mp 10
the hour Of their admission INTO Office Accordingly
SIX months ago. the American Secretary, an present
Inp his rcDOT SIN underestimate the revenue, tnd
overcSiimatcd the impending dohct. IN order % urge
As he did with some fdllaceS long exploded on tins
side The Atlantic. that return to the old Protective
Tariff beside bringing good deal more 10 the Treas
urv. would save various branches OF manufacture
from rum. Unless we take into account the intu-
cnce of prejudice n Is difficult 10 suppose these
Secretaries honest IN their official estimates. from
the day the last was made II has been continually ias'
fed The first tlree-Quaricrs OF The year ending ihe
seth INST have already produced SO l226u2 more man
eighteen months ago was expected for the whole
wear the produce OF the three quarters beng respect
iyelv Sl4 1G4 O43. $SglOli0. $if44s319-tOial SIS
100 COZ against $2f 64535. the receipts for IN" lhrce
corresponding quarters OF the wear ending juno,
1880 II the current quarter produces only as much
as IT did last year the total for the year ending the
3Oth inst will exceed by S3,o0oO0o Mr. Corwn'S
estimate made only last December. In tins case no
loan will be required, As for the other alternative OF
additional duties upon imports, 1t mas petn already
disposed OF IN Congress
Ii is no empty compliment, but "a literal truth, 'ha,
fh.s RoDrs6gg c0d,ttoH 81 the tacf NtotcS r.'f.te
"a az grcnf blessing a. equal ct cSS l 0r"tt
rcrenuc for Cn Practical purposes me tRte' Naf'S
arc TAR mare closely ed wb thS tugfom t1aR anyone
IT our COLONIES. and rhHC these com i1itcS are cpiDH"
m Hame but M reality either prsOns, eari>on> or lh-
dependent communities, The United states kcrpS up
a perpetual interchange OF the most important Soo'
Offices fakUig GHvfGcftTtS ant our surplus P'p"-
latio and gums retrn N, DacrldiN of "fHSiry'
Of rctcuc ant az NE. There are no two countries I'm
the world be they 50 adjacent, where frost IN
Spring or blight lu Autumn, speculative mania on
"A commercial collapse. a false opinion or an unWiSt
enthusiasm, IN either of the TWO. so immediate ~ ana
certainly tells upOn the other. IhcrCl@uOnS between
the parent and the child, separated as they are n
pOlliicS are unparalleled m their intimate nature Is
they aye m their enormous extent In the present
instance the state OF the American revenue renders
10 unnecessary tO pu any aduiiohd lMptiihth' ON
the commerce Ot tine two countries The American
CltlzCu Is not 10 pay any higher penalty than ne now
pays for the use of British and other loregn manu-
iactureS and the EnCl>nmdn is not 10 suffer cor
RESPONDING check ON ms trade. Ii NJ go further
back IN our inquiry, we md that TINS mutual ad'n-
tarC arises M great measure from the impulse give
10 British and American enterprise hN the repeal oi
our corn and navigation laws. I0Ohlng forward the
prospect IS most cheering Before many years me
federal deb; VIII probably expire, and with Il the
greater pant OF the import duties. That they NIL
wholly expire m the present generation Is Too much u"
expect for, economical n the federal expenditure IS
Will hardly toe met by so Scaniy aad pTt'Ail0'> d"
fund as that nom land sales.
The commercial philosophy which adorned Mr.
Secretary Corwln's report las December and winch
was received With rounds OF applause 0y certain PAY
ties IN tins country, has been >lneularly unouuaie
II mas been rejected by the Legislature To whom Do
was addressed, and II has been dScgcdlct by me
results of the next months. so far rs the federal
revenue i concerned there il now absolutely no pre-
tense for additional duties, or iOr any more stringent
rule CT assessment rs for protection the improve
mCnt Of ,hC revenue under the system whlch Mf.
Corwn denounced rs injurious To domestic enter
prise Is itself >uhCiCnt reply lhc customs OF tht
United States fer the quarters ending March 81. ISL,
lS49. 1880 and 1881 respectively. were $6,SOOooO.
$S,S47 OPS $ll 5ool44. Sl4,4tS,391. Whatever the
condition Of one or two branches of trade. - cVi-
dent that, a a whole, the mon has aourShCt under
liberal Iaud The produce ot the land sales.
meanwhile, has a,h anced irom S2+V.oN m Isl to
Ss21,O7t m 1881 The population OF the mon has
increased with Upldltv which might excite surprise.
even M q >ma0 and infant state ana The facility
with which the (uion has absorbed. employed -
Gated, led. and housed a million immigrants within
the last iVC years even more remarkable than the
unhapgN circumstances that have driven them from
these isles Not twenty years ago the most tnllglten
cd men N the Union could not contemplate without
serious m>gVlng, and some tax q, actal resistance
the annual ARRIVAL of some 2e,u0O British immigrants
The Union now halls with Wca-grounded security
and satisfaction the ARRIVAL % that number every
month IN the wear The most magnificent schemes
dTe founded on the hope 81 a combined emigration
al an equal rate. kmgrani> are to people the sides
OF the NewNo and Ere Railway. Just completed.
and railway, dependent on 4 like support i now
planned rght across To California What has 80
great and 81 growing country 10 90 with protection
" hat has gran, 10 10 with SwdcdGRS-clojhe Il
the strength and greatness OF the lnoa consist IA
numbers, rs territory It's command ol the ntce>Sarc>
oi HE, rs communications. Ms cllcS and rs free
dom. how can these be promoted ~ taxing the many
for the sake of The few. ana oy sacrificing the whole
OF The Union 10 the convenience al some manuiac-
tureIS m Newly 0TA SnC one OF TWO other states
The question, however, VIC believe to De as hnally
settled u the United states a II = IA tins country