New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-17
A FIFTEEN MILLION INVESTMENT DiSAP
PEARING.


wecontinue to receive letters from wooden manu-
aoturers demonstrating with painful detail and truth
fitness the need of legislation to save them
and the laborors they employ from ruin. maker OF
worsted.brads writes from Massachusetts,
1.-THE money invested in the worsted business IN this county
amounts 10 tiSOOOOOO IT'S sinking out ~ sight But John
Bal was so loving and kind TO during our war n nc ha
have advantages given TO him over Americans wei ~ p
rot them on wOrsed, With vengeance W me We bhhAo
have to nay oGovenmen In taxes and duties cents oh se
pound oil worsied make the rebel sympathzng @
Is allowed to his goods IN by paying o. cents 'u1u
There is Hardly worsted establishment in the county ont
that Las been running at o:s for the last ST monhs o. MOI
and many Of the largest mills are today standing @ Dls'
they cannot run except Ss los aI ham Gayo her business
broken Up hands scattered and their customers
hanging on BIZ their teeth and nails awaiting Tor me Pon
that Congress ought to give, and which, We dou' se We
shall inevitably be killed Oh .,,- .,,. ,o,r,-v
Ave Years ago we had peculiar woods under me
T,cay with Canada free That treaty was ADVOCATED Al
right sG Os5 nov nS %e S sg IL gold o Gag Sondg
Increase Of dvt manufactured goods lhe du1o' on wv
a. s duties ~ finished English goods and our Internal iata
tion direct aud Indirect amounts TO aDout II PEI NV ~
We unfortunate Americans arc 10 worse oohuioh 'u
we had absolute free trado g., ,, q, -
"IntolerabIe as our is under oirn tre5 u horn
he sggraysed by the importers hauds Of undcryalltoa
Tale nv own branchwor5tcd rads few days ngC had
70 look On and see this number OF cases OF worted bFad
uysiser A. he Custom House MAnesty they were inToeed
under their market yalae They were consigned Dy tna o,s
~ s SSeS sterling lower per dozen than other parties who
regularly importing had Their goods n,oC'I 70 D s
nen Undervnued goods daily and hourly get pass u ne
rule aud not the exception Tho unaer' ., ~ @
would take market SO h s IN the whole wOE'ed Duspe,
Unless Is Immediately saved from internal ,aAaDa a a
Hs prices Of he British goodI high o. Hy 'eM P mem
And then Who viii icedouI idle worsted operst'esf
What a blessed economy il would be II The teach
Jugs Of history could be made available for the wise
government of nations. Just consider this WoTSlel
Interest with its $i5,OOO,OOO Of capisa, down ha'
vet fighting for life against the senseless revenue laws
OF our own country, and the hacking and he"ins Of
hostile foreigners striking at II through oopho.es n
t Custom House, purpOsely leit there TO iaclta'e
covert warfare on our domestic industry This hSht
was going on last July. Tho House OF Representa-
tves camo to the rescue Of the mperied Interest
The Senate Acknowledgement 10 The seaside aud TO
breezy country places leaving the 'sagSIe to end as
Il might.
France in 1856 was cursed by treaty with Great
Britain, trAe worse for the French WOODEN manu-.
features than our existing Tariff treaty with England
is for our manufactures The great Revolution abro
gated that treaty, and genius at once statesman
and soldier, who didn't adjourn from any duty nor
shirk to sea-sdes breezy country places. became
Consul Of France The industry ofthe French people
Law crushed and feless under the successive oppres
sions Of British Free Trade and Revolution. Just as
BOON as Napoleon got In his grasp the power Of the
state he began to accomplish his patriotic amb
ton to develop every of his country and to
appropriate to France all the industries,
sciences, and arts Of other countries that
could be engralted on her soil and climate. He de-
clared memorably. "Spain has twenty-five millions
of merino sheep; wish France TO have one hundred
millions" Visiting the celebrated 0berhampf's es.
adjustment for printing calicoes, Napoleon said to
him, utter feasting bis sight the perfection of bis
fabrics: Nous faisons tous deux la guerre rAnge
tene, mas 10 crois 10 meleure est encore la votre-
Weare both of us carrying on war against England;
but believe that yours after ALL is the best" These
words, Aaterng, so true, 80 statesmanllke. were
repeated from one end Of France to the other They
so inAamed the imaginations Of the people that the
humblest artisan, believing himself called upon to be
the auxilaryo the great man, had but one thought
the ruin Of England.
Worsled manufacturers and worsied operatives, you
can get no such aid as Napoleon gave tho wooden
manufacturers Of France. In default of it you best
can help yourselves. Convene, resolve, petition,
state your needs explain your grievances, make your
demands and record your oaths. 1t is less than two
years TO another Congressional election.