New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-14
EIAY Avn TIE TARIFF.

To f.s Fdise, II y Hi5sEe
SIR l. there truth iDthe statement IN AZ has apeare
in ,ome newspapers that Mr Guthrie has so Tar ptnc
his original plan exclude linens from ihS free s'
had thought in my simplicity that one Of the iclden sna
fersnee in The affairs of this Continent Great btain
has aays encouraged and protected her manufactures
carefuv and pursuing this policy NJ the lp ent mo
ment And vet il that she can interfere Sitn the
coolest ssursrce in the domestic affairs of the One
States without rtmOIsfauee, and try 20 break down
eropirg manufacturing interest in this country lns
x,aviug of linen has Just need, aud time and care
will be REQUIRED to perfec; and essbsh and II the Brit
in plan be ador.ed and linen put in the free s the mln
ufatuIe will never get footing here. IL is thoroughly
established in Europe they have cheap lssor the best
machinery and long eXperis nee and any one csn sec
that II impossible that machinery can De imported mere
a. greaexpense heavy duty and labor u run u AZ uea
dube the Euror can urice and meet them ia an open
naIket new business y very much Ike an intant II
must be protected until it can walk alone Ana II tne
Coverpme Mt al Washington woEd initiate the exame OF
the British in this respect were adopted 20 de
yeop the vast OF the country, gee n',hns 20
binder during lhe next century rom oeoonins w
gre attst hax growing country in the word olr
extent of territory and varied climate offer hsu II"
es for the pros cution OF this business Inc mperec
efforts made up the presen, time show conciusivey hs'
Ae can he raised in tho United States good ii not bet
ter than be raised in Russia which oo~ me largest
fax grow inc country But much yet remains to DC d2n,
arnot society be formed here upon the psn of the Bel
fast pen Society 10 do the work for America hh
n society has done for Ireland Agricultural societies
too could perhaps increase aud perfect the OF
fax by premiums for specimens OF the hues knCs
Information il needed too all over the western STATES
either in the shape Of lectures or pamphets-on he 6lnd
Of soil beet suited for the cultivation Of fax, and the best
note of preparing it also, the proper time 10 pun It, the
best mode Of roitiTg H. and 'he most effective machnery
for cleaning il, All the Ohio lax that have seen 's OF
weak dry lber and this ascrbe partly to an improper
mode of oultiva:ion and though have seen good max
In the State of NewYOrk it would have been mach
bSter if it had been rotted differently NV England max
is coarse Of IL the coaTsest in existence 10y Oh
FAY raised in Wisconsin by an Enghmsn, and manusc
tured in the State of New York has been SAID TO be the
beet ever raised in the United States s. .
Tie cause Of the of New England lax IS De
is thin upon the land aud suffered TO STAND
until fully ripe ti desired to grow fine fax it must be
sown very thick We are told that three bushels an a re
common seeding il Ireland and that double that quantity
il sometimes sosn
We have cut OF corrpondens argument in favor o'
admitting the raw material Of fax duty free directly at
war with the interests farmers notwithstanding may be
to bis interest uacturtr We cen raise and manu-
fsc,ure our own fax in America tEA