New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-13

"prohibitory policy has been kept up in France,
:" with persistency which gave but little room
"to hope for any ameoration in that regard,
"unt, in the general progress Of commerclai
=" reform in Europe, France would find herself
" isolated from the rest OF the world by reason
" of her prohibitions with respect to imports, ana
4" her restrictions upon foreign flags. Inc
g treaty referred to, however, proves that france
" has entered upon new and different pohcy.
"Already she has made proposals to Belgium
and the Zollvcrcin for negotiating slmuar
commercial treaty with that concluded with
"Great Britain and numerous Imperial DEGREES,
" modifying in many important particulars the
|" actual tariff in favor Of imports, evidence the
" fact that the old protective system, which al
90 most virtually closed the ports Of the Empire
against foreign flags and foreign products, VIII
" soon disappear altogether" This representation
of the provisions of the treaty, and oil the
promise of future advancement toward the posi-
ton of COBB aud Golden in International CON-
merce, which il was supposed to contain, was
received by tie country as authentic and author
ilative; the newspapers Of that school echoed the
sentiments Of tue Departments, and project Ohists
, were eycr,where confronted aud aiironted with
the instance Of advancing liberalism aud fnan-
cial wisdom in the last stronghold of the reSric-
tive policy.
Nov. for the worth and truth Of oil this
boastng. let u8 look iirst at the Treaty itseli,
/ and atcrward at the tsrid OF duties arranged
! AID determined under It. In the lst article the
Emperor engages that on The following articles
! =. of British production aud manulucture, I'M
ported from the Uriicd Kingdom iuto Fronce,
the duties shali Ia 40 Gaze cJoeed thirty per
cent ad 1qiOTcm, tho tHo additional dccmes
"Incirded. la this l.0t embracing hiy drscrip
tious OF goods OF tne highest commercial import
ancc, 80 note such as; refined sugar, pig aud
ca,t iron, bar and wrought IRON with certain ex.
crptons, steel, machinery, tcols, brarGics, and
,t,nis, cutiery. metal ware, oil 6srtS Of textile
MANUFACTURER, wooden, elk, hemp, ard flax, col.
lon, and vegetable fibre, leathtr, prepared skins,
ceou.clouc aud gutla-pc,cha, glass, cSioa porce.
laa aud stone ware, retaining upon oil these ar
..r.c, zoo dl6errutial duties in favor OF French
shipping.
But even at such iair rates of protective duties
., .ac,r. tAc Emperor ,hkos care 10 escape the
Baud. and uuGcsyaIIgtious Of I'D rri0TemS ia every
po,sc case, and provides y tie 18th article that
tho sa tliJrcp duties established within the
' limits fixed by the preceding ariicles, shal be
converted into spec6c duties by a supplementary
.,o,,pAtiop. nh.ch SHAH be- concluded before the
d" lst July. IsGp The medium prices during the
"six months preceding the date Of the present
tr.ay shall be tahen as thc bases for this conver-
SION" The 'orif thus provided for was to be ap.
D. cl upon coal aid coke iior, the Isl July lsUu;
uron bar aud pig ror, aud upon steel OF the kinds
no. srtj,ct 10 iro.ibaion, from the lst October,
isOp: uroa worked metals machines tools, and
mechanical Instruments Of all sorts from 3lst De-
c,mLrr. $50; upon yarns AID manufacture OF idX
and hemp nom 1T June, 1861 and upon al other
articles from III Octob,r, 1861. And the Emperor
further rcrgoged ttat he ed roiorcm duties payable
upoa British merchandise hall not exceed Il max
imu,u oi twenty-five cent. after Tie Ist o! October
Is5i THIS provision does not touch the duties con-
yerted into spec.des 5y the supplementary eonyet-
ilon nor Oi cuursr the prohibited ARTICLES that IA,
il a!i,cls ony those lew articles in the taTiil which
must of necessity remain at ad r0'oysm duties.
The treaty 10 continne in force for ten years from
the sih oi February, 1870 and from year to year
thereafter until notice, by ecr party to the other,
of iis intended abrosatlou.
Are these rates lower than those Of our tariff
of l-5., according to Nc. Golden as reported by
Mr.. Grund Is there any evidence here, accord.
ing 10 judge Black, "that France hns entered
"upon now aud different policy aud tbat
the old protective system VIII soon disaP-
pear atogethrrl' These ty0 respectable pub
lie .arctionsTies, it is to BE- hoped. had frt ni-
do ed upon themselves before they served the
coniidng public IN the came way Not more than
80 per cent upon the principal articles OF trade,
converted ITO specific duties, certain probb!-
tions still retained, and after Oct, 1864, % per
cent upun those trivial articles, IN humber and
value, that cannot be rated By number, weight,
or measuro, by people 10 lar advanced IN man
ufacturng industry, experience aud capital seems
TO us equivalent to at least double tie prOtec-
t..n which they would afford us. France by thls
tfraty put into the flcc list number OF those ar
tees which she produces cheaper aud b tier than
all the world beside; she removed a number OF
prohibitions that were no longer OF any protect
i've yalue 10 her; she chrapened TO her con-
sun!ers aud manufacturers many articles Which
the country cannot produce, and must have; but
in no instance abandoned An article OF domestic
production TO tho successful competition oi
foreigners in her own markets. Count do
Morny, who is better authority than MessTs.
Grund and Black upon this subject, explained
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