New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-15

snmed In the northern Atlantic States alone. Wcro tho
whole amount involved would not be sufficient 70 affect
the supply or price, the grand total imported from all
countries both coasts has exceeded UOOO ths IN Out
years and 100000 IN but three Others and the con-
sumption Of coal OF the Allegheny Mountains and
north OF the Potomac Will he about 2OOooOCo tuns ths
year.
have OF ascertainng how much the repeal OF
the duty might importation from that country;
but as her scientific men have adD0nshed her OF me
danger of exhausng her supplies OF coal-and even Mt
Wells agrees with recognized authorities In believing that
her production has reached Its maNimum-and as she
has more advantageous markets nearer home me repeal
OF the duty would not probably affect percepuDy tue
importation from that quarter
THE DUTY HAS AFFECTED THE IMPORTATION
or COAL.
now much the imposition Of the duty on provincial
coal has affected the total amount imported we can as
certain but unfortunately the Treasury reports do not
enable us to distinguish between the amount imported
on either coast But assuming that the whole amount
received both coasts from Nova Scotia and was
consumed ~ ewEngand the repeal OF the treaty ana
imposition OF the duty cannot have had an appreclaDe
effect on the price supply IN the markets OF tat sec
ton. will appear from the facts am about 70 submit
The amount OF provincial coal Imported INTO the country
both coasts has exceeded 100000 tuns III
and the largest amount imported IN any one year Mas
465 1874 tuns which in 1868 with one other ekcep-
lion, that of 1865 when the amount reached 494 tnns
the total import both coasts never reached 10000
Ii il to be regretted that the proportion OF these
that went into California ana oregon cannot De
ascertaued. Could this be done would make he pre-
tense that the duty Nova Scotia coal accts either the
price or supply OF coal IN NewEngana 80 Rns n
surd that Mr.. Wells himself would abandon IT, Dut tne
in controversy less than this II Is te anSenoe
he
under the treaty and the amount which comes TO our
markets and pays duty OF u % per tun. -,
ration of the treaty in March, 1906 that the year to
which the largest amount imported was that nime-
dlatey preceding IS repeal propose 10 ascertain the
amount about which this widespread controversy has
been raised by contrasting the average importation l9r
ing that which far exceeded all Others with the three
years Immediately succeeding the repeal OF the treaty,
years in which free from duty the average annual
Importation 3jj,49O uns, and during the three sue,
win
importation been 325626, showing an annual diner
ence OF but 81 36i tuns surely no man WIN less erS
tuns from one OF many sources from when suPly
affected either the supply Orprce OF the COMMODITY But
oI coal ia non fine Pacific coast-wiich think may
safely do-we will how utterly inapprecabo must DO
the effect Of the maintenance OF repeal VI ,ne uuy U
that the maintenance OF the duty is not Mr.
Wells asserts, urged as protective measure. surrey
those who have the machinery bring 2OOO0O0 tuns 10
market annually need not shrink from tho eject OF
cause which Increases or dmuishes sho total amount
twenty or thirty thousand tuns per annum
TAX on THE CONSUMER"
propose ne 1t TO show the fasty OF Mr. Weiss other
proposition namely that this duty tax on the consul
ner Happily, this is susceptible OF demonstration The
Pctou coal lower grade, and consequently OF less
value than the Cumberland coal OF Maryland or the TIDE
water coal Of Virginia. Its price is always lower than
these IN any market The average price OF Nova scotia
coal by cargo at Boston per tun OF 2ZO pounds during
1861 the year OF the as shown by weekly quota
a. a. IL was then duty free aud continued for more
than 1--WE years The did not iu1let greenDaCks ana
inflated currency upon tho coal operators OF N0va
Scotia II did create enormous system OF internal
taxation TO Cypress them. Their laborers were hot
draft TO tie bleed aud die for the country
AS those OF the American operator Nor du an tcse
causes combine make increase or wages necessary
to the support OF the laborer ana his family. 10 s,r
their wages remained as before or Were iSauceu ny te
Rebellion sought safety aud IN the pr9ynees
and British emigration that but Tor the war Mouu naEo
ma 40 Cd i'm
such TO enable the provincial operators 70
sell coal cheaper during the war tna teS ng uo9 t
No. prices are: 1t depended on our necessities anu
nrce I'm 1sG2 a. shown by the authority have already
quoted was s. 60; in 1868, s. 40; IN 1864 sO 4O III lo
81 60 In March of tho next year the treaty expired ana
became subject to duty and according TO Mr. Weiss
theory must have gone up p, or 10 VIZ 70 per tu t
In tins ease his theory IN conflict win the facts as IL u
IN feoueutly for In that year coal sold duty paid, at
y 81 netting the exporter ana foreign carrier put ~
averaged lO and in s6S IL averaged - 49, so tht
in each and every year bore the same relation TO cum
introduced to the NV IN gland market about twenty
years ago, and sold at about dollar u tun lower.
These facts In my Judgment, prove two tmng5 one OF
which /, That the Acadan coal operators 40 not SEM US
coal "A benevolent, but as commercial! operation out
OF which they make all they can AT to prices or ca
market and the other Is, that ey can aHOid 10 pay
the duty and make living prcht by selling rs inc very
limited amount they can mine mt tue rates current III our
markets 1t thus becomes apparent that he repeal OF
the duty on would not red ce the price OF that ar
Gle in New-EnGand one cent er TN OF Increase tn
amount brought to market appreci40y IT'S only eject
100000 to 100000 in gold annually, and give TO the col
onlst. reward for remaining conented subjects OF
Her Britannia Majesty; proposition NJ when my pdr
otism OTIS though be earnestly recommended
by Mr. Commissioner Wells
HOW IHF SOUTH SHOULD DIVERSITY ITs INDUSTRY.
think have sufficiently disclosed the devotion Of our
Special Commissioner of Revenue the interests OF En-
gland but cannot refrain from inviting the attention
of gentlemen from the South to the reachcrous sugges
tons he offers them the subject Of the proper means
OF dlversfyng Their industry on tis SUBJECT ne syS
of
South will undoubtedly sesG gsa' per- H'q, ~ S,,
extensive scale TIE true diversity Of .I2oy%s1t %n 10.
from freedom has now Therefore oeo; .. S s10 i,' Is e VINE
possible aud southern spa can oon % " w.
Manufacture Of agricultural tools aud implements leAther Nsson
snS he rges. amount Of labor proportion product sad capital
5 rsra1t he paw eIt Of gh wages On m Other hand rha
commonly called mantnes nensy ,ro" 5no 's aa t
tL spioy bat ,c and oud naturally CONE rh iat We
dies capital in 'coud ;. 'npiy Uasi chin ttre
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Mos OF the Southern States abound IN coal varieties Of
iron ore of very high quality, limestone, ana water
power Inaccessible their interior districts are from
purchased either from the Atlantic states or England
me pry of the Southern states IS an adequate
suppy cheap iron and the means or shaping Tor use
They have skilled labOrers and the manufacture OF
pgron and the rolling OF rails require but comparatively
few skilled men, The digging aud hauling OF coal ore,
aud limestone require special preparation IL work
for the uusked aborer, at which freedmen can succeed
and they therefore IN condition to engage IN the
production OF this article OF thougu
they have the trained artisans for the ntrOduc'
ton OF simpler branches OF mechanics lhe eottOngro"-
ing portion of the United states is the proper locality for
cotton factories The South spin yarn and produce
uubeached fabrics Mt from IS to 20 cent less than the
same work can be done III New-England, and cheaper
even than IL be done by the Undergrad lDOrers oi
Great Britain. Will gentlemen from the South consider
that what the picking TO the English or Northern
factory the gnroon the factory tho
aNd iat all charges incurred between the two would be
snyed by the Southern manufacturer But tins would
hurt the English cottonpnnor this would advance the
interests OF the United states TO the detriment of
"a rnhi1 thf ilishment ~ me Dnds =. ~, coal and
iron fields Of virginia fenR1ssta ArkahssE Alabama,