The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-21

probably. some 5000 600 per amman, remain u the
former high rates JsFked beef (wo sxpsytsd $50
barrels in 1884, 10 reduced fourteen per cents but
tsl)ow 10 unaltsred. All Manufactures Of hnsu.
such ~ table cloths and nspkins Handkerchief, COL
lars, drawers, &c except sbirtins, are subjected
10 an Increased duty, which will not hswsvor,
be felt much In this country Wrapping pa
per Is reduced fifty per cont but the re-
duc'ion does not extend 10 the other descriptions
Of paper and Stationery, which constitute tho bulk
OF the thirty to ,hrsy-tSo thou ,and dollars worth
annually exported from the aited 5 ;stes TO Caba
The snuff makers of Havana are protected by IN
additional fifty per cent; aud, whether from similar
still less creditable motive, copy ing presses
taxed sixty six per cent additional No alteration
has been made in tho duty on timber, boards. or
slaves, of which the island tskes $4,000 worth
from us per a>ann; or IN the manufas Of wood
which consttlD ono fourth Of our whole exports TO
the island, = we except tie picture frames, and
wooden horses aforesaid, and fsw similar articles
other chief domestic exports, not mentioned above,
remain 30 they were.
On the whole, We do not think that the new tariff
will make much difference to our trade With Cuba.
What derencei ,es make viii be shsr against
of barTslled pork will not quite compensate us for
the various approximations the petty articles
enumerated in tho pew tariff But We said, il is
mail matter either way. and will hardly be felt
when it comes into effect on lst February next.
The Cubans arc about as miserable as q nation
can be- They have TO support o government com-
posed Of foreigners, who wiring the last cent out Of
them for their pleasures aud luxuries, the early
English governors did to the natives of Iadia,
and the French intendants to the North American
colonists They ore groaning under tse cruel in
fiction Of an exhorbitant tariff, and constantly
threatened with new exaosions supply the resent
deficiency in the revenue which the island used to
send to Spain. They are cursed with Spanish
family compact whose tyranny would make hell
Of paradise. They disgraced in the eyes Of tho
world by the slave trade, which tho officials ore di-
rccty interested in fostering In whatsoever direc-
toh their energy seeks to develop ITSELF they are
met by the veto of the governor and tue bayonets
of his sbiri. Aspirations after freedom lead to the
halter or the platoOn--astempta to expand trade
promptly checked by the necessities Of tho Span
ish exohequer and the decree Of the Minister of
Finance
To such race it must seem trivial matter that
tho taxes the necessities CT life are incre .sed,
while the royal ordinance Of her Most Cathoi, Ma
jesty permits monkeys and other small ani nals''
to be introduced into the island tbs pay ment Of
"a head. instead Of $40. as formerly. When Spsin
has done her worst TO crush thom-when their pa
triots are murdered or exiled-when their citizens
are silenced and their press gagged-ahen the
officials themselves do not affect any concern for
individual iberty-it must, indeed, seem an exceed
ipgly small aggravation Of their miserios to pay
triae higher for the commodities which are essen.
tial to their existence.