, 1865-11-23
TIE DUTY on PAPER,
Op5rsons ofz Prsfectfve Tariff Jour
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VR"0soR1 os kfeSecttVo IAr&M Journal.
fFruu tho Pittsburgh CouurocrcialI
The proposition to remorc thc duty IN
foreign paper, wholly or IN past, viii b.
brorghs beioFe Congress again at the ensuing
session. We are rot Prepared to sAy now
that the circumstances will not be 40 changed
- to scne extent, at least, remove the ohfec-
lions heretofore existing to lcasening the dpty
on papcr- For ourselves Wo eau say, that Il
It ahall be made to appear that the present
high and advancing price Of paper is IN con-
SEQUENCE Of fconbipaiion atuoug the msuufac-
ture1s IN ibis country, We should, afler what
nas bSen safd and done, decidedly fa7or the
removal Of dulles on foreign paper, At least
to the ruvenuo point. .--l,,,.-..-,
Il was said By out paper makers that the con-
tmuauce OF the protection they then enjoyed
would result In chesp paper here, % tho pro-
duct OF fostered skill aud capital. Tho year
hss produced little or nothing valuable 10 THU
way--at auF rate, although at times paper has
been cheaper, tho present P1tee isneasl1 Vhs.
Of combination, and If vo arc really getting
paper as cheaply a It can be made with .
fair profit, then 1t becomes q qucsttoa
whether We shall pay the high prica because
paper actually cannot ha made cheaper-or
import IT, The principle Of Protection. VIC
san, .ahs II, eortemp'ates that those articles
aud which under pyf,tsrtIou viii eain such q
1oot tnolu as % De able to protect themselves
ac1 supply The market at rates eorrcspoudln.
70 othes Articles Of conmou consumption,
snoala feceive sueh protection Paper makers
dey yelopc, bnt that with prosretton continueda 4
little longer they will be able 10 supply tho
market at something like tolcrah}e rates.
However this may be, We woull Ike tn know
why paper to-day Is fifteen or twenty rer cent,
higher than 1t Was three month, ago. But
f3~.tt all <Eu k,,nr ! Al
combination to produce high prices. II there
l., few viii pretend that paper makers do
not deserve the sharpcst possible co1npc.i-
tlon, even TO the extent Of free paper from
nbrpnd.
II through any state Of things the paper
making business he's beeoIne an exception.
and hos rcachca pass when paper cannot
be produced at something like former 1at.ss,
and il 1t is reduced to certainty that pro-
lection will serve no other purpose than to
permanently tax books and every description
Of reading, It becomes q question whether
PAPER manufacturers can reasonably ask that
& io1een paper shall be excluded from our
We think that our manufacturers owe it to
themselves 10 show why paper hns not per-
manently cheapcned, as they said It would,
during the past year, and. If they ean, that
summation, and that If the dulles arc not
taken OF, tho high prices Will not continue
mother and another year, and 40 on till the
publishing business becomes rutnors. and n
permanent injury has been inflicted on tho
community through the restrictions On read
ing Of my description .
We thnk. tho time for the paper makers to
epeuk has arrived. They can speak best By
cheapening their rates. A. We Look at tht
matter, we think they stand In decided dan
ger Of fsoreign competition through tle r.
asction Of duties, and this, and whatey'r
CLIO sc hasc said, should not be takaa a.
Hcm IN enemy, sinco tha CensMsreial l. about
The only paper that from FIRST TO Last has re-
sisted The Introduction Of foreign papez Into :
opr yuurEefa.