The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-06


This table is not strictly correct, some Of thu
schedules having been enlarged, while others have
been cmtailed; but in the main 1t will give ar
idea Of the work done. A great number
of fomerly dutiable articles, including wool worth
less than twenty cents per pound, fruits, spices
drugs, chemicals and dyestuHs are transferred to
the free list.
The iron makers and wool manufacturers made
so fair fight that the reduction in the duty
on most kinds Of manufactured woollens and
irons is only six per cent, the tax being cut down
from 80 to "a per cent. This of course must
only be regarded as the entering wedge Now
that the work Of breaking down the manufactur-
ing monopolies has begun, ii is not likely to be
stopped until the tariff is fairly adjusted to a
mere revenue standard, and the nation emanci.
pated from the taxation Of the manufacturers. A
year or two under The reduced duty will 90 far
to convince the manufacturers themselves OF the
wisdom Of such policy.
One Of the best changes that have been made Is
the removal Of seventy per cent duty from bran
dies and spiri< The hundred per cent duty
was imposed on the principle that spirituous
liquors, being luxury, ought to be heavily
taxed. The facts seem to show that the people
regard them as q necessary Of life; such q neces-
sary, indeed, as no legal prohibition will suffice
to exclude from universal use Such being the
case, the effect Of the duty has merely been to
hcightcn the price Of liquors; and the successive
failures OF the wine crops in France occurring ST.
multaneously, wholesome liquors have risen quite
cut Of the reach Of the poor. Vile poisons have
been sold in their place-with such results as the
least notion Of toxicology will suggest The
people Of the United States have been poisoning
themselves deliberately for four or five years.
Good brandy is not to be had almost at any
price and the workingmen, who are used to
drink IL and must have It, take vitriol and other
corrosivcs under its name. The new tariff will
have the effect Of cheapcning brandy about one
half: so that there is a prospect that the mode
rate consumers may be supplied with whole
some article at something between three and
four dollars gallon.
II lie estimated that the tariff will reduce the
revenue about twenty millions of dollars. This
would answer the purpose, especially as all
goods warehoused between this date and the end
Of the fiscal year are TO benefit by the tariff
But estimates of this kind ere very liable to be
wide Of the mark. II would not be at all sur
prising- considering the prosperity Of the coun-
try, The systematic progress OF agriculture in the
West the growth Of our shipping aud msnufac-
turing interests. and our means OF internal COM
,.,,r;oai;on o,d Tho eironU nroqpoci thai Ar
CONFUSION which the railroad schemes before us
have rendered certain will not take place within
q year or two--if our merchants 80 largely in
creased their orders for the fall that next years
receipts from duties we're as heavy as those OF
1856. Already we note at this port an increase
of say sixty TO seventy-Gve per cent let this be
maintained throughout the year, and Wy the
time Congress meets We shall need another re-
duction Of the tariff.