New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-25

Sacun"cel% toten INTO account and which it is
evident will make an immense ulHeIIuoo III Cue IT, IT,
suit. The improvements Whch hd r IT, ~ Creayt
introduced into the manufacture on Wooehs u. HieeV
iitan have surprisinglv essened the cost OF 1aDr-
cation 80 that the pTc, of these goous III the Eli
k Cue ,,ino Of their present prices. Here then,
* an article SO cheap in Great DTllah ana So eAPcI
tive at home, amply to compensate an tie hlsA
conntrv with the aid of the advantages afforded
nv onT immense seacoast and long inland frontier.
There never has been any lack OF enterprise
IL this sort either in this country or IN
any other where the inducements held out
are suficient-and this bill, we repeat, oilers
- most snleudid temptation to the smuggler.
Our country cannot enforce the prohibitory system
In order TO do It, il would be necessary to maintain
on our frontier an army OF cusIohl-npuse ot f
clerks spies and runners, large enough, were they
soldiers TO conquer the British American provinces.
The consequence will be- that the law will be evaded,
and the country will be filled with goods smugged
across the Northern and North Eastern boundary.
Whatever may be thought OF the mOrallty OF SNUG
Cling il is certain that CONSCIENTIOUS scrupes on
t;s noint are never prevalent where much is TO he
.,a;naad nv IL There are persons enough engaged in
commerce who can make the dlStlncuoh between
what is nahum prOhib'tum ana WhaI Is matum ~ Sc
with az much acueness and nicely as the most eX-
ner;enced barrister and who look upon the breach
OF a revenue law very Inherent thlng from a
breach of the ten commandments. Nor Is there any
lack of ingenuity activity 70 carry enterprises OF
fbs kind into effect. We shall probably have fdct0-
gles established along our inland frontier III when
facility and Cheapness and excellence OF nnlsh,
and from whose prolific looms they will be dlStrlb-
uted all over the Union. Quebec. Montreal, and
center of the wooden trade which has been diverted
from NewYork and the other ports OF the United
States the fair trader Will be ruined. ana the SNUG
geT encouraged and enriched
% In this state of things, what will become OF the
manufacturer We may expect similar consequences
from the law of lS2S to that which followed the
law of 1924 The supposed advantages offered by the
bill will induce multitudes to invest their capital IN
the wooden manufactures the competition will be too
great for the business and in two years we shall hear
the same CRY of embarrassment, distress and RUM
that we began to hear two years ago; but the com
petition which the manufacturer VIII have TO encoun
ter will not be confined to those of hls own occupa-
ton. There is another kind of competition which
will never decline of itself. and against which Gov
eminent cannot protect hlm-the competition OF the
ITO show what munifcent temptation the new
act holds out TO the practice of smuggling mercan-
tile friend has made computation by which II APP
pears that upon its going into effect the saving ON
two suits of brOad-cloth made at Montreal would be
sufficient TO defray the expense OF journey from
New York to that city.
Iu the mean time as the bill to go into operation
the 30th of June great injustice will be done In
she case of vessels with cargoes of wooden goods pur
chased before the passing of the act OF before re-
Celving news OF ITS passing, and when may arrive
after the 3th of June. The act contains no clause
RENTING the duties on such cargoes or giving
khe Secretary of the Treasury any discretion TO re-
INIT them. The cargoes, having been purchased nn-
der the idea of paying O. different set OF duties
from those now imposed, cannot De imported
here without rulnous sacrifice TO the own
FRS. They must, therefore, be sent at great
loss to the ports of some other country. Sew
PTal cargoes, understand, have been pur-
chased under these circumstances on account of
New York owners and which it is thought Will not
arrive until after the law takes effect.
THUS do the legislators of the nation violate those
rights of property which the letter OF the Consttu-
zion processes sacredly TO protect Men are driven
by force of law from their regular occupations I'M
hertaken under the faith of existing laws, and q
shock has been given TO all regular business which
will be felt throughout the nation. 1t is dlfhcut 10
describe the Indignation which this rash lmpolltic
and perniciOus measure has excited in this cOmmu-
nty While we write this informed that the
ColOrs of the shipping in this port are displayed at
halfmast IN token of mourning Tor this act OIL ma
tiOnal folly. -.
1T is but few wears since. that public meeting
of the inhabitants of NewIOTk called to afford
relief to the wreched and starving manufacturers OF
Great Britain. The trainers OF our laws are now en-
IeavOring 10 transplant into the United states the
very system from which arose the evils that then SO
loudly called for sympathy"
Here il will be that The Post, while affirming
the futility of prediction in general does yet conf
IDENTITY affirm several important and deplorable con-
sequences as certain to result from the enactment
of the Tariff of 1925 in addition to the general pros
-tration of Commerce and dimnution of Revenue Cd
which it had already so often insisted viz:
!. The importation especially of WOolens would
sDass almost entirely out of the hands OF dutypaylng
merchants into those of duty-evading smugglers'
who would establish sham factories along the Canada
NN~'''>s'
Q Our manufacturers, thus disappointed in their
dlopes of advantage from the Tariff. would, within
two years, be clamOrous for further increase OF
duties.
s. sudden and vast increase of our manufacturing
4nvestments and enterprises was inevitable. which
would soon afflict us with wretched and stary-
fng" multitude of wOuld-be operatives, living from
hand to mouth, often ON the meager dole of public
charity.
Now, we have already seen that our Revenue from
Imports which had shown increase of Twenty Mil
lions in the four years following the adoption of the
Tariff of 1924 as compared with the four years pre-
cedine was still farther increased some Eleven Mil
lions in the four years following the passage Of the
Tariff of lS2S in which the aggregate exceeded that
of ann preceding four years if we except 1876 where
in our country was disastrously flooded with
foreign products to fill the vacuum induced by our
War with Great Britain, during which our coast was
In good part bockaded and our foreign trade nearly
arrested have also shown that our ship-building,
instead of having been Frustrated BY this or the
preceding Tariff was actually increased under their
sway. | propose now to show how our legitimate
foreign commerce was affected by these enactments
by citing the officially reported totals OF Exports and
Impor,s prior 70 and under those Tariffs respectively
y,ors o. S TuHHage Total Exports Total Imports