New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-14

Most of the duties thus levied were protective
duties. as those on baskets, clocks, lace, boots,
gloves, silks, etc Others like the duties on brandy,
etc, were higher than the English excise duty on
British spirits, and 80 far protective. Even mere
duties for revenue, such as the duty on wine, might
be considered by consequent FIee-trader as pro-
tectiye duties, because it is almost impossible to
levy taxes on foreign article without protecting
some similar if not identical, article in the home
market. For instance, revenue duty on foreign
wine may be considered reflective duty for native
beer etc. BY dint of the treaty just concluded all
British duties on French manufactures viii be
abolished at once, while the duties on brandy, wine,
and other articles will be assimlated to English ex-
else duties or to the Custom House duty now raised
on similar products (wine for instance) if intro
duced from British colonies. On the other hand,
the French changes of tariff will not be completely
carried out before October, 1861, as will be seen
from the following statement, borrowed from a
French Government paper:
July Isee-snppression Of the import duties and
July T. Belgian tariff applied to English
October la-Duy Of francs theoo Oss substituted for
December 81 issODimnuton of the duties on the mporta.
January 1881 Removal of the prohibition on hemp threads
and fabrics and the adoption OF duties not exceeding 30
October 186-Removal Of ell other prohibitions to be
placed by protective duties ad ralOrem for five years. and not
exceeding Is per cent afterwGd -
lDc SAINT UOW pdlo Wy Ood I'll ehc coh-
cessons apparently made by France appear of very
equivocal character. The price of tun of pig iron
No. (Wales) amounts, for instance, at present, to
f3 1OI, but the French duty on iron will amount to
nearly another E3. That the 30 per cent ad valO-
rem duty on prohibited articles will be virtually
protective is conceded by The London Economist
So far as the reductions real or apparent, on En-
gsh articles are put off to future periods the En-
gsh Government acts, in fact, the part of an insur
ance office for Louis Napoeons tenure of power fer
the terms specified. The true secret, however, o.
the commercial treaty, viz: that q ii rs no com
mercial treaty at ALL but simple hoax intended to
puzzle John Bulls commercial mind, and to cloak a
deep-laid political scheme, has been mastery ex-
posed by Mr.. Disraeli during the address debates
The substance of his revelation wa, this:
"Some years ago, the Emperor of the French made
con munlcaton similar TO the letter lately addressed
by him to the Minister of the Interior in which com
muncaton he proposed the entire extinction of the
prohibve system, and the adoption of measures sim
liar to those contained in his late manifesto. In 1856,
bill in this introduced into the Corps Legs-
atf but before being passed. was laid before the 30
Provincial Councils OF France which, with the excep-
ton of 6, all adopted the proposal with an under
standing that certain period Of time should elspse
before the new system should be broughtinto play.
Consequently, the Emperor agreeing with this proPo-
sition some pubic document expressed his resolution
10 carry this system into effect and appointed July,
1861, as the period with which it should commence.
AL therefore, that France engages by the treaty TO
do in July 1861 was already provided by the course
of law in France