New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-25


thereby doomed and had to fall.
AT length, through the Secession Of the Cotton
States we have once more Protective Tariff
not 80 high nor 80 discriminating as that Of ~,
but in the main very good one. II substitutes
Specific for Ad ValOrem duties, go far as posi-
bic. in accordance with the oil but uniform prsc-
flee OF civilized nations, and while its average
range of duties is not equal to twenty-five per
cent, it is considerably higher on a number Of
important articles Wines, Brandies, and Liquors
generally, for instance, are charged forty per
cent: but this rather az Revenue impOst on arti'
cIes Of luxury chiefly consumed by the rich than
with aBy controlling purpose Of Protection to our
own makers of kindred products; but on Iron,
Steel, Glass, Cotton, and WOODEN Fabrics, and
perhaps few other articles Of minor consc-
quepce, the range of duties imposed by tho new
Tariff is from twenty to f(ty per cent One OBJ
iect OF thcse duties undoubtedly is to develop and
strengthen cur American production Of these
prime necessaries Of civilized life but
another effect VIII be to increase tie Re7enue-
not by increasing the import Of these articles,
but by increasing tie general product of our
National Industry, and thereby enlarging the con-
sumption of dutypaying articles AID thus The
revenue collected thereon Pittsburgh and
Lowell, for example, produce articles which, If
imported, would yield goodS royeuuc to The
Treasury; bat they at tic Same time consume
many Millions worth OF imports which, but for
their manufacturing industry, would no! DO i'm
ported, because they could not be paid icc. We
ale confident that The States Of ATkapsss and
florida combined pay a smaller annual ag-
eregate into the Federal Treasury than the City
Of Pittsburgh alone. Thus is il that All Ma
" lures difference makes all Natures peace"
II the new Tariff could only be let alone until
G.iriy tested, &c could rcycr thereafter be uyer-
thrown, save by come such stuPendous fraud as
the PENNSYLVANIA swindle Of 1914; but its enc
mics are aware Of this, and mean to kii II be-
fore il can have a chance. A grand chorus OF
instrumentation and defamation is already In
full blast: the great importers, who enjoy lucra-
tive monopOlies of the buriness Of supplying cur
markets with Woclens, Steel, Glass, &c, are at
work; and if THE Tariff can be condemned with
out trial il will 30 be- Lo! rs note few OF the
misstatements already current 10 this end. And
first on the point Of its eXorbtancy.
Wien the Tariff was revised ard settled at tho
close Of the last war with Great Britain, uudor
the lead and direction Of John c. Calhoun OF
South Carolina, be fixed tho duty on coarse, con-
mon Cotton Fabric, at SIR cents per square
ward; and il was that duty which built up As
Cotton Manufacture in This country, 90 that we
are to-day largo exporters Of Cotton Fabrics IN
China and other remote nations, whore our goods
necessarily compete on equal t"rms with those Of
Great Britain and every other manufacturing
country. Our now Tariff fIcs Che duty on these
Iabrics at one ceR Pcr square yard-jus' one
sizk of Tire rate proposed and carried BY John
G.. Calhoun forty years ago; the highest duty
specifically imposed on printed or figured Cotton
Fabrics by our Tariff beng four cents pcr square
yard, while Mr. Calhoun lowest duty on The
coars.st. eonmonest uDbeached article was ak
cents.
Tie Loafon Times busics i elf in reproducing
the nisstatcments Of the Commercial organs in
this city. Cutlery" il 6fhrms ia it' leader OF
the 5th inst. sis 70 be tsIed upward Of 80 Per
q" cont in the lowest in'.1r-ei In the highest
"nearly 25O." Tie New Tariff itself expressly
i1es The duty On Cutlery st hiHg PER cent; yet
tho importers organs IN lis city reproduce The
Timss'5 article without hint Of the untTuth Of
tho above statement. The Tins proceeds to
dprorgtraie tie igrorauce by asserting tha, Ills
TariT ia go full Of complications AID wanton
ohsiruct.ons that goods cannot be imported under
it. Al this is simply untrue Importers who have
been accustomed to swear in their goods at half
cost, thus defraudiog the revenue of bali their
proper quota, will find il bother; but none
otherr. What can DO simpler, for example, than
50 much per pound, per tun, SIS per tun Tor
Pig Iron, SI2 for Raj, $l5 for Bar, 80 much
per pound for Anchors, Any.ls, Gel What more
exact ard certain Ii viii mako somo work, of
course, for The Weighors aud Moasurors in our
Custom-Honsc; but thcy have long enough been
receiving liberal salaries for doing rothiug or ut
least dcipg what wss Of no use. Now their duties
viii be important and must be attended 70. II
few more Of them should DO reluired-which we
d, not belieye--it viii BIO very easy 70 appoint
them.
Tie E1pnss, which Vas for twenty FIVE years
zeslous if not worry efficient advocate Of Pro:ec.
tion-wLich stood up etalchly fer The Tariff
Of ~, which wa, considerably higher than this
oae--ngw ioins the hunt in'tigated b. tho In
porting and cl.rished By the sls'e-brceding IL.
terest. Those who have known TIE Eyprt's
throughout til. lat twenty years Will hardly be
surpfised Tat lie romersault into the ranks Of
the Slavery EI!eDsioLi'ts has carried it to tho
camp Of the anti ProtectiOnists. Tho connection
h,..rrcn the.n ilrn cnnscs "a dehplv grounded AID