The daily union., 1856-04-10
COMMERCIAL.
FROM OUR oo4AERCrAL correspondent.
NEw Yong. April 8. 1sI

New YoRK, April 8, 1856.
The tariff bill recently introduced into Congress seems to
have with favor generally, inasmueh as that 1t is pro
gressye with the ideas Of the age being liberal in its
character at the time Is advantageous
urers, while it the principles OF the revenue
tariff" Of Mr. Walker Nevertheless the manufacturers
for that reason alarmed since carrying the principle
Of releasing materials step further they alleged ruin
would results on broad grounds everything consumabe h
raw MATERIAL since all essential to the support Of
those whose subsistence forms necessary in the cost
that which produced by their industry The making
OF WOOL dyestuhs &c., which the elements out of which
textile fabrics are formed facilitates the manufacture of the
raw cloth, WHICH then at a lower cost into the
hands of the nher. This object to but the
importing interests claim to side with fnshers and
demand that cloths n the gray should be admitted free
the raw material OF 'printng and dyeng" This movement
has alarmed the who aege that they
exits in face OF imports with costs OF importation only added
Il probably the e that the number of works where print
ing and finishing only done very SMALL at no time
has been profitable to purchase the goods print dye
them On the other hand the large class of factories
like the 'Manchester," the Pacific" Hadly Falls" &c.
print and finish all their cloths. To do this REQ
however, much smaller number of men than for the
acture OF the goodsn the proportion Of fifth Thus
the Manchester mills employ 1000 hands of these 500
employed in making the cloths and 400 in printing and
ing them and the other mills oper the same propor
Now they aege that if the gray were import
ed free they should be compelled to close the cloth mill
very great oss and discharge 600 hands, while the print
to pay interest the whole capital, and, consequently
that the whole would The quantity goods sold
in Boston, according to the report of the Boston Board
Trade is per annun Si6 of this in the proportion
named S90Q 900 for printing and S3 600 for cloth
making and the larger interest is that of spinning 1t
appear reasonable however, that under ordinary cir
it costs to make cloths here than it does
England 1t may be true that having grown up under the
protective system the corporate factories have acquired
expensive habits than they ought and therefore
quir continuance of the system which has long
vailed 1t very evident however, that since the proposed
tariff makes important reductions materials drugs
dyes &c. corresponding reductions might to advan-
tage be made upon the goods without altering the 20
stion Of the manufacturers Thus it is calculated that
the dmnuton of duty the articles bought by first
class mill like the Manchester" is equal to saving OF
$40 900 per 1t follows that reduction Of duty
the goods they make to that extent would leave them
quite good position they BEFORE and the finished
goods which into the markets and form the part of the
material in other occupations would cheaper
public large number Of towns have in New England been
created by corporate companies operating under the proec
tion granted by Congress- which has given them the
material of the South and West Free while 1t has shielded
them from foreign competition. Every rtclass mill is the
nucleus of town of 900 souls These are mostly
handsomely laid out welbui brick dwellings, with all the
public buildings necessary to American town the value
the property the occupation of the houses and almost the
daily food of the people, depend upon the continued running
of the MILL to feed which materials from the South
and monopoly of the Union granted for its goods
Yet the clamor of the parties Interested equally
divided for protection and against all guarantees of the
| strument under which they claim that protection.
The buness Of the tor the past month has been
large compared with the month of last year. II
Is equal that of the period in 1854 The i'm
| ports have been follows