New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-06

Treble ugrsln Rsspy and wOed lie p % I'd PctAd val
Yss vsSssa and tscpy iGsran se and FeAd val
DruEget bookings printed e0Sed Csc Psq ydsn etad aL
or oieersise' - =, n,rts oil
OF sSS O. a., di,: or material SS'si 81 GoI P other
..i Ss'd Ss. 5ss' S:1 '' -. ;i' s'S:t
s sSS,j%Si to o. the Ss.P S.i. q duty
po,ed on CARPETS or earPs'ng oil IKE
A: stable is ' Hss screens Rss,oi' ct al
ipd as' ioi aooi. stamped psotcd or
printed vslusd at 50 cents or less per IS p Ct 'd val
vsps over sSsso: per square y.rd. snd
~ other oilcoa lslesg' Sin sa 0 oil, SPet adu-
S,i11 .su provided S idr '"...'......
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These duties are higher than they had ever hith-
erto been except possibly under the Tariff of 1928
But it were mistake to conclude that they differ in
principle, or vary greatly in amount from those I'M
posed by our previous Protective Tariffs The prn-
cple of the minimum is embodied in each and ALL and
this has ever been assailed by Free Traders taxing
exorbitantly the cOarser and cheaper fabrics manly
worn they alege) by the poor. In the memorial oil
the Chamber of Commerce of this City praying Con-
Crcss not to enact the Tariff of 1894 find this sub
jeCt treated as follows:
"A principle which runs through the entire OH
has particularly attracted the attention OF your
inemOriasts-that spirit of PATRIOTISM WHICH PIo-
poses 90 tax the many for tho benefit OF few pro
poses also to lay the burden on the poor ana 10
exempt the rich. Those articles when are con.
sumed by the poorer and more labOrous classes OF
.,ur inhabitants are loaded with enormous duties
while those used almost exclusively by tine rich are
taxed at a comparatively low rate: few instances
will illustrate this position The duties on lOwprced
cotton goods on cheap tiannelS, and loWpTlced wool
ems. will according to the proposed Dill, be from %
TO 100 per cent and on lOw-prced guns l4O per cent
on the first cost these almost exclusively used
by the least wealthy part of our population; while
cloths which pay 80 per cent. and elegant fOwling-
pcces which by this unSkillful project. pay per
cent. only are used almost exclusively by the rich"
The policy of our Government with regard to this,
as of most other branches of manufacture may be
roughly characterized Protective from 1924 to 1884,
thenceforward, gradual reduction of duties, until
they had fallen to a minimum or Cso-calledl revenue
rate of twenty per cent in 1S4 then Protective again
till s47 when the Tariff of 40 took effect; then anti
Protective till 1861 thencefOrward Protective, but
more decidedly so since the passage Of the Wool
aud Wooens Tariff of 1857 which remains in force.
What have been the more important consequences
.of this last change of policyf
Most certainly. if either wOol-growers or wooden
manufacturers anticipated enhanced prices for their
products because of the Protection thus secured,
they have been disappointed Neither Wool nor
Woolens now command prices so high whether COM
puted in paper OF in conl as they did when the
~ WOOL IarlH" OF 1901 was enhcIeu' Inc law so
often insisted on in these essays that Protection In
-eytably tends by stimulating home production to
reduction of price, is here strikingly illustrated
The prices of Wool in New-York the LIST of OctO
er in each of the years 1850 1885, and 1859 respect
lively. were as follows;
1860. 1866. Equivalent 10 gold |
Gold Curreney (gOd Al lao.
Fleece, y %, coarse
to fine .SO96Oc 47075c; SaI55 511A5Jo
Pulled, " ID. coarse
1869.
1850 1869. Equivalent IN gold |
Gold Carrency. lEOd at 1907.
to fne.......... .8OG6Oc. 4O065c. 30itUJ05O
Pulled, u ID, coarse
to .25055 A0JO 1850 3Sh5aU |
The prices of the most important Wooden Fabrics |
ten years ago, when had comparative Free Trade
in Wool aud in Woolens. and now, are as follows:
Price Price IN CurTnJ
EAsRfc 1853. 1882 Price