New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-23

D. ,sau upbostereY bill for the full amonnt OF ovV
with the information that the invoice ss pat
hsuJplert vice by. which he had been made ay
10 fraud upon the revenue Of bls country ha N'u'
" This ed vaiorem system ignored and abandoned by
every other civilized nation has gwen the inP'rte
trade of America almosi exclusively 10 regn honsrs
ar their agents. and ann hla ed the race OF American
me, ebants There are many kinds Of silk aud other
COZ ds which an An trican cannot buy in Europe tne
mspufactnrtr n referring Il EN- to the sgens 10 VIEW
York 40 that no man may be able to know no heavily
they defrs nd Government and impair the hdusry
of our country.
But again: writer oSr 81 h a rsss voe
bv pnblisbpg the fact that in 1859 we imported 6at
sf7'449 74O sorh of iron and is manufactures. he
gives from the report of the Secretary Oh the
q table settipg forth the amount OF .aeh article Im
nort4d Of all kinds of saws but $26 4O4 worth Why
ctzeI of ST. Louis, thossfgures purporting TO repre-
sent all XII de of saws fail 10 represent third the
amount of single brand OF saws npored 10 a Single
year. that Of Sp.W and Jscksons. Inere rs NOT csr-
nepter. cabinet maker, or other who mes saws, who
will not readily believe the truth OF thus assertion
And ifapopg you there is man who doubts IT, let
him drop ioto the magnificent store OF Mesars
Child, Pratt Il Co., and learn OF them now
mapy timer 500 495 worth Of Speer e. jackson saws
came into this country in 1859, and how many thou
sands of dollars worth that Immense he use alone i-
ported into this city, Or let him put the same ques-
ton 10 those genuine specmets OF American energy
and enterprise, Messrs Crook d. Frost saw manutsc-
tpr, r. of your city. Though it be apart from my
subject permit me say, in passing, that II the gen.
rlemsn who prepared that Article be citizen OF ~.
Louis, wonder that be didn't rather trampe nuder
foot than spread before the peoples through the ooans
of Leading newspaper, The official evidence thai
people hose land, beginning wifh New-Jersey NJ the
seaboaId il underad vi iron and COAL until here In
Mis- ouIi, near your Wn b. Lonis, II stands OUT IN
mountainous proportions Of the richest and purest ore
the eye of man has seeD. imported IRON foreign
lanos in single year, $l07 702 sorth OF old iron and
scrap iron. But let return TO the al udoTe0 sys-
TEN. -, 30 . ,o,o
the western portion of New Jersey, with a coil light
al sandy became the seat Of prosperous and remuuer
atDg busness-glass making. The poor and hitherto
un. mp owed pee pie fun constant emPlo gass
houses were erected and around them clustered popu-
lous villages The mechanic and tue artisan, nndinS
employ mtnt there, sweed the population VI thtse
tOwns aIA he farmer, finding market at his door ior
the fruits and vegetables bis land would produce en-
ioyed m. asure of prosperity OF which be had not
ore ed In many departments OF r sde the foreign
article was Who'll y excluded, Wills home compspion
wrought It's natural effect and gave TO The consuner Of
Rass cheaper and better ar lie. Under the lnh fence
of our present ad Udiorem tariff, the scene Is ag an
changed. The fires 10 longer light the glass; works,
the workmen that gathered about them are scstered
With the destruction OF the trade That called Ihe INTO
existence the villages almost de erted The farmer
sgan oompetes with those in Ohio and the Great Wes
in the price of his grain in the markets OF the world
while the banishta laberers wh Be trade has been de-
stroytd are thrown upon the West 10 Try ther htad
race for employment, at time when industry ID as
PROSTATE here as there. The duty on pate gl'ss s
nounslly ID per cent; yet 30 fraaduen ISL mVoicei
that pays ~ our Government not per cent duty IL
it not clear, wtrkiog men Of ST. Louis that our Gov
erpment should 81 have ssid specify what toe du1es
shall be- and not submit them The conscience or Gu
pidity of our foreign rivals And might not lawyer
and even Member Of Congress. understand this
But let us look at this question Historically Though
the view be general and necessarily cursory 4 may
throw q ho cd light upon the subject Az the break
ing out of The war of 1872 aud the general war IN
Europe, we were without manufactures. Bot under
The huence of these wars, with their em Fargo laws
order ia CO unc the Berlin and Man DEGREES, We were
forced to be our producers. Factories FORCES aud
furnaces were buiit-Dines were oPened-the South
her cotton could be MAJ ufactured III the NORTH
IL West found pers Of Ger produce IN She grow
il towns of the East. Industry in every part OF the
land found quick demand; with increasing rates OF
Wages money became ab1ndant, interest Was low, the
PEOPLE prosperous But IN 1910 tse wars were cos'o.
The necessit out of which this happy state OF thlags
grew, were lot Withdrawn, and Government furnish
Ing no defence infant industry against the eccu
nlattd capital machine ~, and skill Of the World IL
was prostrsted and crushed. h;st OF You who near
me were too youu TO remember the sad change wm;n
took place AK your IA hers, and they caa tell
you how foreign products h1wed in upon
us-how our young factories were ciosed-the
free in our FORCES exiting uishedthe prize OF grain re-
duced--wbil- people, from the deserted factory aud
forge focked 10 tle West 10 further produce aud de-
pitciate the price of the raw material. How, as
imports increased specie was exported money became
SARGE Dieret high, until fnsIy, oar laboring people
without EN- rloy ment our banks 10 state OF sus
yei 9 on, Government bankrupt THIS deplorable
state of thiDgs led TO DE passage OF the arh OF lo24a
law not unlike that which the Republicans OF tho
house passed Last session. but which yoar then sittGg
member says he eoud not underitand. Under the IN
huence Of the tariff Of 1894, our people slowly rose
from their prostration. AS the amount Of Imports de-
creased 90 diminished the flow OF specie from the
country workshops we're again occuo,ed the spindle
ano the loom began move the anvil sent forth its
tb.eI ring fire sgan giowed IN the furnace and
the forge; commerce, between the North, the SOUTH
the East, and West, again sprung ap And in lo2S a
further Increase of the tariff was made Ihls enAnge
was, in my judgment, unwise, for 1t gave designing
men pretext for stIkiUga deadly blow at our indus
try Sull il had the effect Of stimulating home lndla-
nv increasing the wages of labor diversyng the in
dustry Of the country and adding TO is general pros
peIiy But it not justed TO the revenue syaem
of the couhtry and produced surplus In the Treasury
Now it was that the South, under the lead of John
G.. Calhoun commenced it, upon the free labor of
the country. Awaiting himself OF the pretext OF the
surplus in the Treasury he sought not to revise or I'M
prove the Tariff TO adapt 1t TO the revenues or la-
dusiry Of the country, by enargihg the Tree hst py
adding TO il those articles which into our manu-
lectures those which, under the naence OF ts pro-
lection we had acquired the skill and the machinery to
quickly and cheaply thai they no longer
needed defense against the assaults Of foreign eompe
ton. No; his ain was TO overthrow the system, and
them now his followers threatened disunion aud Sc
cesson their demands not complied with. Gen.
jackson settrd that question. Applause. But the
North, yielding che has always done, accepted what
was termed a comprehensive ad vaorem system
was ,e principle Of the Tariff Of 1853.
Now, mark the condition of the country when that
bill became law. The National Treasury was OVER
flowing; money was plenty and interest low-f1r the
an puai import Of specie exceeded s exports. Wages
we're high; labor dversifed-for many new depart
peuts Lad been added 10 the business of the coun ry
The farmer and planter found good prices for thor
products, for the consumers were well paid and Goa
slantly employed. Our commerce was then thriving,
l..d oofA A.if In