New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-13


far would th,y have been had they fully succeeded as
they had aktd en- entire repeal Of the duty the eject
of which mist have been hut Of closing nearly every
printiug papermir In tire country and placing them
eptirv a ma mere, of Enrooean manufacturers. Had
they then eucceeded they would this day be as eamor
Gus for the REIMBURSEMENT Of protection - they nov
are for 40 extension Of the free trade system.
The duty on printing pnper pad now been reduced to
.,h is,s than thu, 81 which it had been fixed by
the ui.,, free trade tariff of 1851. In the me n
tir-o raw materials Of every lind had been
6cav;y tsxed-paper itsef had beea taxed three per
cert md the incomes Of the unfortunate people who
had thus been placed under the ban had been subjected
TO tax ~ TIE amount. Making allowance for all
these things tho real duty TO which they could at al!
look oI protection not even onehal as great rs IT
Lad Seen under that ultra ee trade tarl 10 which "e
had bern largely indebted for the cFisis Of 1851 hnd
for Tie ruin Of large proportion Of the most nsoul
portion Of our people.
Why. however, il may be asked should any protcc'
zion yet be rceded For answer to tlis question
would beg my dear sir. 10 refer yon 10 the following
passage from report made bat Few years sinoe 10 tie
riiisb ~. inuent every word Of which Is ms fully ep
phcable the trades IN peper glass, cloth and chem
cals as It is to that in iron:
Tle lahoriug classcs generally. in The mnnufactnr.
Ing dist lets 81 tlis county, end e'pfciant 10 NC IRON
and eon lsfics re YER, little 81 ne cyeit "
hich they axe Ofen INDEBTED r their beiHg enT yea
At III othc Dmensu losses which tier en- over Nou-
tiriy incur iu bad times In order 10 dcsfoa oa'
pso, ard 70 gain akesP possession" 81 tPH ma f
AGthentc instances well Known oi en, oyrIs h1v'
IN such tines carried heir works nj los aanht
ting in the aggregate 10 threo or FOUR huhuieo oo-
nd rounds the n three or four years ii thc
Elf RS II those who encourage tie combinations 10 re-
strict TIE amount ~ labor ard 10 produce stiIcs were
~ he successful for any length Of time e great 1ccn
multics If spitai could no longer he made Nhci eHa
bic Jtr Of ;ie peoitiy c1iaiss Z, 1r7~.fH
foreign competition IN times OF great dpr ~oH ara tiu'
Gear tie way Tor lie Istoie H'dt ~ sl'p IN Wheh
pricPs re, i've and to car great business before
foriiRR capital can again accUmu fe & such IN eN"h
+ be- able 10 estihiisb competition III rre@~ wit
any chance Of success. T of9e capitals 81 ais o0iH
nv are e Prcay iEsrhsNts 81 toarfGrc ePaHSf ts CON
peHe e0Piiei u JO'eSn coEass. ana nle az "oa "'et
tiai Instruments remaining by which our ranuii'
turing supremacy can he mrinInlned; the o'h'r e'e
urnts-Chcap ,ahor, fbundruce 81 rave nHle' a. hch'
Of communication, aud skilled labor-beng rapidly IL
process OF being equa2ed."
The great qei;ulisis lerc referred to ere steadily
creating moropol!cs for Themselves m Great Britain
hers II as wcil In foreign countries When thel
supply foreign markets q, less than cot they do ttc
same at home and thus Tie small capitalists around
then Therefore It is that the rcn manufacture and
the ownership OF mines becoming hon year 10 year
more and more concentrated In the hands Of n few
wealthy men, who hold quarterly meetings al which
they decide hog much coI shall be mined. how pueh
iron is to be made and what prices tie two msy be
sCld. 1t is IN the hands OF Just fuoh men, immediate
neighboIs Of those above described that the consup
crs Of paper aborius To place the CONTRA Of
tho supply Of the commodity they 81 much necd.
Whether or II Is In that direction they are - iook
fer that Increase 10 the competition for Is sale VIII out
which there can be no reduction Of piccs leave 1t "a
yon and them 70 indge.
Notwithstanding tho reduction Of duty tat lad
taken place some few mills, ns ON Informed. wero
built IN 1858. Oues tint lad been coiod were opce
agein opened. and lad the paper consumers been will
ing 70 let the mutier rest weIo II had been placed b.
teto' OF March Of that year. Is quite certain that
the number Of would by tbis time have been
largely increased as ~ set 81 ret ior oil future time
the qneslion OF euprly Had they 81 nqresced, the
competition at the present. moment would. "a am vel
sa,sGed be for tie ,ale and for the p~reA0's q
paper The tendency Of prices would have then bcNn
downward.
That, lovever they d!l not DO On TIE contrary
agitation Tor the total repeal Of tie duty was kept .osd
Fly up with effect far regarded the acton 81
Congress but with to tAesssloes tho most injaiins
circ; upon the public mind. Up to that time there hhd
still existed strong belief thet the necess'y for rev
o.uo anA 49, -..-i.e .ynyctiol that u had bceu -
protection we had been indebted for the power pass
through the great crsis Of tLs Rebellion. suffice
for making PERMANENT The system that had been wei
established. Now. however. 1t came I" bc seen TIM
there was rcnly NJ recurity. and thai any one Wb'
should puild paper mill would do II with INC word o
UaIaocles elWa Suspended ever bis bend. aud ever
ready 10 fan How this bss probably aft cted tie MIND,
Of hundreds of persons may DO judged hom fact that
Of nv own knovirdge A year stnse Of my friends
10 runk tsl
don to the psperproducnr power OF the country. but
Of this idea lie entirely cured by lie action Of tie
paper eonsuners during the late Of Congress
and his work remain unbui,t. What is true Of him
cannot fail TO hs been equally OF very many OILERS
similarly situated. Capital tas been abundant bot ii
has lot gone in the direction Of mills tor making prn
ingpsper nor will il do Wife tie agitation sba be
continued Capitalists tinid people. They bee thai
the paper consumers rcsol,od upon s.lliug The
paper producers. ard not yet qni,e ready TO bow
their heads TO the ak
Tho agit lion has recommended. sGd with re.
doubled force 1t may be that friends who are sr
anxious for cheap paper S this tine succeed. II they
shall 10 90 il 10 my prediction. and pray y0n 10 note
H. that ogs, they vii roget ~ far more li'tory
'an VIII the men whose mills III then have been closed
I'd vino will then have beon ruined For very brief
period they may have paper cheaper fou abroad out
10 by degrees the weaker manufacturers driven out
Of the business, TIE demand on Europe viii steadily
grow and with that growth there will be IN increase
81 the European prices That III mike their paper cost
them more than now. ard tha increase will be pcrna-
noni one. Those few among ourselves who can afford
10 sard aioof until the work OF destruction tha have
been accomplished win then step IN aud divide with the
European manufacturers Ito profits OF the MAJ kc,.
Quarterly meetings win then probably be held. n which