The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-10

moval OF the prohibitions still inscribed In our customs
tariff considered that this should be in q certain
measure the conservation OF industrial trumphs Il
THINKS period could be chosen tor eascng the
traces Of the struggle Of fathers and OF ourselves
given France the place that apperains 70 her in the
balance OF Europe; and 70 that end Il has prepared
bM that, whilst effectively protesting the nanufAc-
turing interest, win permit the entry Of foreign pro-
ducts INTO our markets. from which they abso-
luteiy excluded. The task beset with real din
cuiues What should in fact be the regular action OF
The tariff To establish q balance in the conditions
OF the struggle going between opposing interests and
70 elect thai general principle foreign goods shall
mot present themselves in our markets in more adyan.
tageous position than that occupied by French produce
IL WAS, therefore first necessary discover the differ
ences existing between the conditions OF French and
foreign manufactures order deduce from them the
respective prices Of articles on one side and
the other and be enabled thereby to fix the be
established. II always serious circumstance for the
manufacturing interests of the country to pass from
absolute prohibition TO a system OF free trade,
though even restricted and this consideration would
sufnse to call for the establishment at the CON-
mencement OF rates relatively high. There Is
mother consideration peculiar To France, which
must take into deep consideration, and that the fact
that the greater number OF the nations with whom
French manufactures enter into rivalry receive the
raw material either duty free or at reduced duties,
whilst there sll exists with u, Notwithstanding certain
reductions already made, duties which without
porance We also keep in sight the fact that with
fraud the right OF search IN the Interior which the law
OF 18th April, lslG has bestowed on the Customs ad
raj considerable, they should be- The experiments
already made give the hope that they will sufficiently
protect the interests at stake We will offer few
examples. In the principal articles cotton and woolen
tissues, the prohibition Algeria has been replaced
by duties which the law OF the 10th December
a. 80 per cent ON their value Since that period the Al
gerian market has been almost exclusively supplied by
the manufactures Of the mother country. In cotton
tissues, the proportion foreign goods introduced is
scarcely hundredth part of In wooen tissues
the proportion greater but still the OF foreign
supplies does not exceed tenth part OF our own shin
ments. Now, we examine the circumstances in France
what do we hndl The prohibition removed ia favor
Belgium by the treaty OF February q, 1854 with
I'M rtha tina
goods and trousers stuis Since the removal Of these
two prohibitions, we have received from Belgium $50
kogrammes OF earthenware, and 46s Of trousers sus.
The tariff proposed for tissues that which ap
piled IN Algeria. with the addition Of the premium of 25c
per hlogramme which tissues receive when they
exported into that colony which represents the duty
levied on the importation Of cotton For woolen tissues
the system Is nearly the same and the protection is
an average 30 per cent with in addition the export pre-
MUM also destined TO compensate for the duty wool
Finally with respect 10 earhenware the tariff proposed
Is tna established on Belgian productions since the treaty
OF the 27th OF February 1854 These examples are suf
cient to show the degree Of protection which the duties
Inscribed in the bill accord 10 manufactures. The
same sentiments Of benevolent equity have led the go
yernment to defer the carrying into effect Of the new
tariffs to the LIST Of january, 1857. Our manufac.
turers will thus have six months before them TO
prepare for the conflict The withdrawal of prohibitions
to the abrogaon OF the right of search in the
interior But the administration does remain
dsarmed before the naneuvres fraud and smuggling
Art Of the bill extends TO all merchandise from which
the prohibition taken OF the enacments OF Art OF the
Law OF the 5th July 1885, which specially referred pro-
auctions (cotton yarns No las upwards and twisted
was then replaced by duties The object Of these
ments Is TO subject the fraudulent introduction OF the
before prod lctons ali the of survell
lance which the combined laws Of the 2sth of April 1916
with respect to prohibited goods and OF 2lst April 1873
prescribed in the frontier district and the maritime
coasts beyond the limits Of seapors Thus with the
sepion OF the search in the interior French manufac
lures viii preserve all the guarantees against fraud which
they Possessed under the rgsDse Of prohibition.
The following are some Of the principal articles from
which the prohibitions existing Will be removed and
replaced by fixed duties
Refined sugar rom elsewhere besides the French colo
mes, by French vessels, SG per loo kogrammes, and
BY foreign cnes, s5f. vegetable alkas and their salts
s other chemical products not particularly spec ded,
20 per cent afyaorcn duty; extracts from dye WOO Is
o0f the lco kos; nader s0f the 100 kilos soap not
Of periurcr! sorts 20f the 100 klo animal grease lsr
kiios; painted, gded, otherwise ornsmenied,
1857 demyohns, and large bottles n all kinds, a. the
1o0 kilos smaller kinds, o.; window glass 25f.;
coored with yitnhed patterns, 50I; small
looking glassts Lot syered, 60 sivered, 75 cotton
thread from H. .oc. TO ~ the logramme, according 10
tneness ~oollen yarn, from IT. zoo u 81 35c the ko
grsmne according 20 quality nan&eens, by French
ses nom india L.. The klogramme; By foreign vessels,
81 cutlery IS per cent ad vaorem carriages springs
painted, 30 per ad vaorem silk goods Is per
cent al yalurem; figured embroidered 80 per ceLt;
muslns from. n csc 70 s5 55c the kiogram me- accord
ing 20 quaiy articles made IL hair l50f the 100
kiloe cloths and kerscymcres r. csc. 10 ST. 75c.,
coTdug 20 quality tapestry work on canvass by hand r.
1oc 70 ~ loo according 70 quality ready made clothing
80 per cent Al vaiorci prepared sknspg skins tanned,
prepared for making boots loot the 100 kllos leather
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