, 1865-02-03
PAPER DTTX-TNE NEW YORK
TRKkkENE.

Tic n. Y. 1fi1uas opposes tile repeal or
reduction Of the paper duty, on the ground
that 1t would hurt tho paper manufacturers.
It argues that it is better to pay high prices
for domestic paper than to import any from
abroad at u lower cost, and maintains that q
duty ought to be imposed for sake Of pro-
lection, regardless Of whether it produces
any revenue or not, and appeals to "a Re.
publican Congress u to maintain the mouopo-
lists at the expense Of the public.
But the most absurd argument pnt forth IN
tle Tribune article is, that If the duty be not
disturbed, but be made permanent, the large
profits made by the mills will induce new
mills TO he established, and the competition
will supply the market md reduce the price.
Now the fact is, that for more than twenty
years past the American mills hive supplied
the entire market; they hare enjoyed
complete monopoly Of It. Not
= rran Of .print" except On
pne occasion, and that at . loss. has been i'm
ported since 1910. The present mills are abun-
dainty able 10 supply every sheet Of paper
publishers require. New mills will only be
built and old ones enlarged in prop ortiou as
thc demand for paper increases, Just as they
have been heretofore. THIS single set Of facts
oycrtu,ns all of Carey's and Gseeley's petit
Jogging and specious sophistrY IN bchaH Of
1hc prohibitoEy tariff on paper.
The editor Of the Tribune shows degree o.
1o'e l"f luz interests VI LIZ !"pe'-1aheio
which exceeds that OF David 1or Jonathan.
which We arc told passed the love of womau-
But VIC regret to add that the paper men do
not recprocate the affection for the New York
Tribune. In q recent Issue Of TINT print we
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Inc 1Fa3a"e well says lna' 1ols ""e an -
ceealnels mario" "AF@'n u pio1. - p'oPol
LION 10 Inc large amount VI eapeA 1na ~.
and thc larsc outlay 1cau19eo W eon"oe@ *no
business, ara aaos' .,.,.
~ a1;le mi W. mid *asRooS for
white paper, which We should hare bought in 1868
for *ad0,6oo, and in 1861 for seoa,ooo."
III 1hese business statements mar oe 1ouna
complete answer 10 us iaoofeo article W
Tending The retention OF Inc lmpost on am-
ported paper. Inc papet-mahe's eon1o'na.
lion IN LIE Eastern slstes WHICH, ao'1neeo
The price o. .p''nt' ron 70 ccnts per poano luz
IN Apri 10 - GEMS IL 'als, nMep1 S1@ovse
ont OF lhe poeAets ~ .us Po an,oa ~ ~ ~ ~
N' l. 1'~H'4e' ""4e1 ~! 49, xaso,a.s =,
ny means u LIZ ''1l'''' W -
1lc4c.
The n. l. a'aoa"e eestaon9nment eupo'9 - .
capital of sVoo,ooo, US VIC a'e Iu'of1eu 40
profits dntlng 1he Pah ,cat We ,. .ue4 I'o.o
less than f'eo pr oe'1 Oh 1nc es'p1.a
and this, loo, during year IN WHICH al' OH
CT branches oi manufacturing tetnenea
profit Of IS 10 " per cent, anu ~ laan5 ~
stances rs h1gn as 1oo per cent Ano 1t'oE6''e
employs over 200 skilled artisans ano senol'
ars to print and edit 1t, and $0oo,oO u cap1-
tal to support 1t, and notwithstanding its re-
GENTS amounted to the very large sum OF
SIT, sol, yet they were barely s.co per cent
more than the expenses Of the establishment,
which is not enough TO pay for the wear and
lear and deterioration Of its presses and Gu
yincs.
The papcr makers who supplied the New
York I,i5une with "prin." during 1864, we
venture to affirm, cleared fifty to se7cnty-tlyc
per cent on their capital invested. They
skinned poor Greeley, leaving his dozen part
ne,s and himself, at the end Of their years
hard loil, rs poor rs church mice still he loves
tie papa r-makcrs 50 dearly that he protests
against any reduction of the duty which may
interfere with their enormous profits. This Is
philanthropy run into the ground, Two
months AGO, when the Wes,crn Associated
Press resolved 10 1nemo,ialize Conrness for
repeal Of the duty, the New Yor1 Tribune
was paying twenty six or twcnty.seycn cents
y pound for straw paper. The New York III.
Dune and thirteen other daily papers Of New