New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-03

Members Of the National Assoetstion Nf-i'
speaker CoIinI-zse Favors Higher
TNrin.
Special Disp,,ch to Tire n. Y. Tribune
WAsBSoTOS. Friday. March 2 1860

Special Dispstch to Tire n. Y. Tribune.
wA,BINGTOS. Friday, MaIch 2. $500
At o'clock last evening some 40 members
nj the Ion and steel Association called a, Speaker
Colfaxs residence when Mr.. Bruno Of Pittsburgh ad
dressed lin in behalf OF his interest. To which MI
Cola, replied a. follow,
cExrlr,n9. thank you for the honor Of this cali
my dnties have prevented attendance on The sessions oil
y0ur Convention ~ which have fet deep interest
M amalie Of whose feet learned the value Oi los
tcring aud developing American Industry was Henry
CLAW aud observation aid experience have ON! Coz"
denied and strengthened these principles. ! would
thor impOr the Industrious lsbofers Of the Old ORD
Who witt their families seek home uhdeI
our flag than TO import the products on
freicu loOus and furnaces accunulatnB forul9n deu
against u When the present tariif passed. u was
Insisted that IL was prohbitory ana would lsoIae us
commercially FROM other nations IKE Japan "a pss'
veors Iut under II importntions now arc 50 enor
that but for the shipment OF our bonds abroad 10
nav this bal.nce Of trade the draining OF gold from Us
raud have involved already IN financial anu con-
merciaI crisis In long journey the past summer i
,s,oad more az ths mineral resources OF our country
,ban had ever known bcforebut other Development,
s",,sel me exceedingly. The Rocky Mountains had
tractad iumigration 20 Colorado Territory 10 secure
,sa cold which gitcrs in its rocss It's rivers and "a
,reI But iron aid coal have both been recently ds.
e",ared there and Colorado has connenoed
iron manufacturing in small way before DecoIi-
49,. a STATE California had been supposed 20 be
Hs,itrte OF coal but il has been found recently IN
wonnt Dinboo Of the Landmarks OF The Pacific
l,.a.t wi ["
~ crest of the Sierra Nevada aud ZION 10 found ut
many points there
Act.r speaking briefly Of the wonderful progress and
Presidential history Of the New World, Mfr. Colfa1
concluded as follows;
peo,ls will travel to the very ends Of continent for
G orecions metals but precious az they are tho less
aoahe ,oetas-ron copper lead, Ac.-whioh abound
in our land contribute more greatly 70 our thai
1ro, The busy hum Of industry Is Lizard, wherever
,he SHUTTLE dies in the loom and the spindle and the
n.mmer are active IN factories and foTges "a
bor il in guck demand and prosperity smiles on Tue
td When there is stagnation aud decay in our manu-
anu ~ adustrv nd we import from foreign countries
what we could produce within our own oordes the pa -
nc Ra,nhlc and by every interest. Now that the war
f"r tbc Union has closed. blessed as we arc WIN
natian y1st In its area from ocean to ocean
Within The very parallels OF lalitgde IN Shles
C,"rd ,bree-guar,cfs OF the worlds popI at'o'i
,,. ali of H. highest phases Of civilization, abound
in% i, ali kinds OF mineral wealth. with unelaled .s.,,
cultural resources With bo1nde . WaieE po~e', VIZ
~ TJus,rioos pou,!i,ion with American. eletgy At,
Amsricfa pn.erpiis~'uar rturS n orr leei'i'.,.n =
wise viii be moro braai than tao most Plf'''' All
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