New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-28
TIER TARIFF sEAsONABLR.


For years past, President Buchanan has aupu-
ally called tie attention of Congress TO tho deh-
cepcy of the Revenue and urged an increase OF
Duties and substitution Of Specific for Ad-Va
loren rates so for as practicable, in the interest
AT once Of the National Industry aud the Public
Finances. Through all that period, the great
BODY Of the Republicans have strivcn to give ei-
feet to the recommendations OF Democratic
President, but to 10 purpose. year ago, the
hin prepared By Mr.. Morrill,, il accordance with
the Prrsident's suggestions, passed the House,
hat failed in the Senate. The Republicans, with
out exception, tried to take it up and secure at
least vote upon it, but were bafIled by their
opponents, under the lead OF Senator Hunter OF
Virginia Chairman Of the Committee on Finance.
At length, through the Secession Of the Gulf
States, the scale turns; we bave a majority In
tue Senate; and the Morrill, Tariff, again passed
by the House, passes the Senate also. Its duties
in the main are moderate, but they are in good
part specific, and on those foreign products which
compete directly with the least developed and
most immature branches of our Home Industry,
thew are Protective. AS a whole, however, this
tariff is low one-decidedly lower than the
average of its predecessors since the Last War
with Great Britain. Tea, Coffee and Cocoa are
admitted free; Sugar, Salt and other important
articles of prime necessity are taxed very mod
erately; while duties of So per tun on Pig, Sl2
on Railroad and SIS on Bar Iron mot half those
imposed by the Tariff of 1923. cannot be called
Prohibitory. Under this Tariff Brazil viii con-
tinue to send US Twenty Millions worth Of her
surplus products per annum, which we shall
admit at an average impOst Of less than ten per
cent, while her duties on our products will aver
age more than twice rs much. We shall
buy largely Of the Sugars of Cuba, taxing them
10 cents per hundred pounds or less than WEN
ty-fivc per cent; and she will take her pay IN
part in American Flour, which will pay d duty
of nearly $40 per barrel, or rs per cent And
30 with our trade with many other countries
France not excepted.
Of course, the great Importing interest, which
has its focus in this City, stirs up ITS organs To
q concerted howl over this Tariff as ruinonsi but
they can say no worse things Of it than they
said of its predecessor of 1923, or Of thai oil
lS42-cach of them measures OF signal beHh-
cence. The pretense that Congress ia to be cased
to repeal this Tsrlh i. iudicrUus. The following
from bitter Pro-Slavery oracle The 81. Lo"s
Republican, our Ereping Post thinks "ought to
"open the eyes of the advocates Of new Tanu
"who are not wiluy blind to its suicidal
policy"
Every day y. tn. R,psbteanl our importer. Of fOrei
Nv ufk Now
siderable qusnts goods duty ee The goods are lA1ded
the port VI OTeas-ho customhouso notice uaen
bonds executed for The payment Of duties on thcr
arrival there and many articles the savus Of oLehh th
duty only would afford hsad,ons profit l,h ihig 20 BE-
come p,rmaneut III BE- eure revolution 10 the coe
Of trade aud kew.Yok will suffer lorliy Our merchants
have capital enough usliy them IN n.afs ieh purchases In
EUROPE. shipping New Oresus aid in ths city, booansr
Of difference Ia the tariff goods BE- bought cheaper than
IA sewYok- With ths.e advantage We shAl be able 10
cheaper than any other city The valley Of tho h'.sP
Suppose this not to be pure gas-as it doubt
less mainly is--what does il provel Not the i'm
policy of the New Tariff, but the imprncticability
of enforcing any Tariff at ALL Bear 10 mind
that the abused Norrll Tariff is not yet in ope.
ration, and whatever has yet occurred in 81.
Louis or elsewhere, has occurred under the low
AID Valorem Tariff of 1857 II s not the former
Taiifr but the latter that has invited the intro
duction of these goods. Reduce the rates to
twenty, or even ten per cent, and still most inn
pOrters will prefer to pay nothing at all. IT,
then, goods may be entered at New-Orleans
without paying any duty, and being shipped
thence to ST. Louis, are admitted there on like
easy terms, may be sure that even ten per
cent will not long be submitted to at any port
whatever.
But every dollars worth thus entered is sub
iect to seizure and cOufscaton the moment it
touches a point at which the laws Of the Union
are obeyed. II the Collector of Customs at 81.
Louis is too busy fomertng Secession to attend
to his duties be will doubtless be soon super
seeded by Republican, who, having no such
preoceupation will make every snugg'er wish be
had entered his goods and paid the duties pre-
scribed by law And so throughout every State
and district which still follows the flag and
keeps step to the music Of the Union"