New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05

tho extraordinary demands q our Government a,
and It's manufactures, sent up prices rapidly TIA.
manufacturers were making money fast, and misM r.
considered 6t subjects " DO plnndered But ~.
With the rate of exchange permitting tue imno,tss;
Of foreign iron At rice at which the home mr.
facture cannot be made. the case ID reversed. -
Where then Is tho remeiyi 4
Fyas LIT Us ask our legislators In the spproach,.
sessions Of Congress to recon slider the tax on i,os
make such an alb tement viii enable the raapussss
turer 70 meet the altered condition In which IL r.
placed
II the writer who is not q manufacturer and a.
fore considers himself somewhat disnterested Sssss
may DO allowed to offer Q suggestion, be womb ~
that uniform tai Of from To two and one.hsN
cent wonid yield large revenue. and would b p
much a. the material ought " pay In ordinary crcl
q ances.
Iron. Is Is well known, owes its valus spt,,sl, u
labor. In the beds Ia which the crude material H. a
Is not worth one dollar tun.
natural consequence every tun Of iron you nah.
embOdyinH 1t does 80 many days work. and the ~
tenance OF the workman and his family for many a.,
pays large snms To Cover nment In indirect tares n
IL to this indirect tsxation that We to attribute -
large advance In stock aId wages. Therefore ~
paid no direct tax Il would be wise policy In our Co.
ernmcnt ~ encourage to the utmost ts home manuas
ture AS an euxiary TO he payment OF tie interest a.
principal of tal national Indebtedness.
We have. in time gone by been areely indebted n
other oouatries for steel bl the enterprise Of Amer
can manufacturers has erected large and expensyn
works, snd II i now lroved thet our ores are a vi
ingnscd n tile place OF iron Tor rails, axes boiler plata
locomotives tires &c. and will VIII come into eeuersN
use IT, By the REMISSION OF its present heavy tar II -
b. IN sde at a slight sdvarce on the cost Of iron.
| An I'D vaor.rn tax OF from ! 10 n per cent ~
stead OF the present rate 81 ei5 per tan, vsuN
stimulate s prodnctoo and yield larger revenue tha6
| Ia. been OBJ aimed At It's higher rate.
SecoaG: Let Us ask our legislators 10 increase ~
tariff ON foreign iron 10 hundred per cent ad vale.
rem. i
| TIE tariff is low one cent per pound on merchtso
bars and hnlf cent on railroad bars, amounting n
the former to about so and the latter Is per cent q
yaor,In.
We will proceed TO show that at these rates Of day
the foreign article can be imported at prices at whle
American cannot be made. Your mechanic will ~
y0d that forc.n iron Is not 30 rood as American b
tho merchant look, to profit aud vii! sell that Wild
pays him best
The al nost total cost Of iron being labor. and ~
b.ing bitter PAID In tits country than In any otb
those Who are anxils for tic welfare OF our workIs1
must see that their labor Is rot PIT IN competition vltA
tie bur # those who receive Inferior conpensatAA
! Tie European laborer doea not live peary so vel
remains In the same condition all Ills WORKING day$
with he prospect o. being mai ntained at The public
pon when he can work no longer. God forbid toe
the industrious popnS IN Of our country thould eve
h, content ned Ut be obliged To submit 70 :
To urcyent this, their iaHor must be protected sgan
that vhch Is not 30 literally paid. 49,
Below is statement II the cost VI tun OF Mefelan
b Iron in England, copied from late work on Y
subject: