New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-26
WHO PAYS TEE Duty,

ID The Iu.a farmer HhU gives for ten ar twelve
cents bushrl OF cora, tat is altorvard ~
changed lor lttlo less than dollars WORTH Of
gold, las abundant reason TO know that be t Is
Who pays the whole cpst OF gong t. tbc distant
market. Tia; he does ~, tue british trader
ais, knows full Wei; aud hence IL is that
when he abOishes the duty on foreign cori be
ciuims to do 70 o. a boon 10 th- dis'aut faruef-
asking ia return that the latter hal r,lrase 10
hin. o portion Of The dupcs lo,lrd on Bhti,h
eli til md iron. At The u.1t moment, however
we fud BIN singug totally different song-urs-
NIX upon tac liruer that these latter dute. arc
really p1iG by hiluseif IN his character of coz
sumcl---l1at be Is thus taxing hlnsef l,r the su,-
port Of his ur., hJOr3--ald that Il he desife, To
be cLeapy supplied be uue u.o2t hat British
iree-trais sys,. H. 80 iistly rut g'lrd oy tbs az
thor. Of a Report to he Brit.sh House Of Com-
mons, from such Che following Is an extract:
Tts aborsg e,ss ssuer D. g. he 'oauuf,ataras aat'
s,f1 III, ssfc u DE- ,I,si 70 vht -j 49, rl aco.,d
sa9ioysis osssdy ro.l IN 6ia ua.,s r o.. &. aso.g
gse.l@isa''D.. ''d % lH4 hsrp Pc ~ 4 go
y H. ch i,a "a led % t,slr woii, u io,. $40 n IA
he ~ re- ate 10 rec i.ui lH00.s = mos tae
,o., Of taus Or is years fts tho,. be- seoar
art %. .na o. 90 pro
1f one II rarnl could made isala
'e~ y me noe 90 - ''ii''. %. 10 ',,ss'-' a Jor' -
vsy for tho 20 sis "Lvn price fr'Ne I'D g
~ - ,,t 49, ,,,l r.. 10 b. ~ % c,lsbsh q cor. ps,1u
IN prc~ Any ,hlos u 'les Ia 'y, e,'t ~ ~
tet .ap.li J.,e.b D. re ald &c M ts. c.sA' It
In ,ryet now isu.t lbj ,1 pauu .ctuti s,upru.
g. IN I.d .e .tn-f FL .liru r-cltap is4or, -Dui-
@S5s ~ raw na sra 81 c'nina, ca.ion aud Airi
labo.-brips .sFey Ia - eo'' o. 81 ri"'@'a'
As here shown, the iret.trade system looks to
compeIiing the fnrmeis vi tho world To resort to
the BRITISH market for the salc of corn, aud tor
the purchase OF iron. Protection, on tho cOu-
trary. looks 10 tue establishment OF domestic
connection for the purchase OF the former, ~ d
iOr sue saie Of the latter thereby forcing upon
the iete.gn ifOn.master The sane necespiy Tor
paying tie cost of gong b. market that 10 now
so severely felt by tire Western farmer. Know
iDg aud acuey feeling, TOO, that such Is tho neces-
sary result Of protective measures, tue BRITISH
iron.master, as We see, expeuds millions OF dol
lars M the effort 10 e5aA out Joreiga competition,
and thus to euable himself t. compel the con-
sumner TO pay, first, monopoly PrIcc M tho
British market AID then the whole cOst, duty
Iuc0ded, Of transportation To his distaut home.
Thus far he has generally succeeded. compelling
our farmer 70 to DO, aud hence ii IA THAT our
average annual consumption vi iron, In the pust
three years, has been lar less per head than it
was fifteen years since.
For proof that the facts really az we have
given them, opd that the foreign irOn-master is
The payer vi tue duty, No need but look u tile
proceedings OF British iron-masters sInce the
passage of the Morrill, tariff bnl. Paying the
CHER duty, as they now must do, ttey set, US
We are insured 10y tue tree tcade Member Of
Congress from Cincinnati, supply iron quite as
chenpiy as before aud that they To continue To
do 80 we now have evidence IN the adoption, at a
rettnt quarterly meeting, Of u RESOLUTION 10 re-
duce the price at home nearly two dollars ard
halt por tun. They have thus assumed to them
selves the payment vi II large portion OF the lit
crease of duty, and would have been compelled to
assume the whole of it but for tue great reduc-
ton Of freight that has recently taken place.
Such being the facts, we ask our readers TO de-
termine for themselves IL the reduction Of the
duty On iron that has recently, to our great 70.
greet, been proposed, could have had any other
effect than that of enabling the foreign prodicer
to raise Lis prices again, and thus To put IN his
own pocket tho whole difference between tho
amount now claimed by the Treasury, aud iaat
winch would thus be paid.
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