New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-16

ton az to the whisky tax shoud prove there
net loss of revenue of t2s 100000 and with margin Of
s2i,oOo.ooo. for the reduction OF tariff duties.
OBJECTIONS TO THE HOUSE METHOD or REDUCTION
Upon what articles and upon what principle shal this
reduction be made The House OF Representatives. pro-
poses to repeal the duties coal and sat-artioeS
largely produced In this country. and on tea
and coffee, which are not produced In tnis
country. The aggregate duties collected on Insse ~,
cles We're: on coal 1898 s,s 81 s" M S Csc g. or
inst the amount are able TO repeal why n ss 0ua
these articles for special repeal Ine WO' ica
tuns. The amount OF bitumnous eoaI 'ns and of
country last year Is estimated st ssSyesae of $1,000
NO tuns SO that the Imported coal " az mS %, ths
rpea would nurs to the benefit Of Nov, SCOTIA ana no.
IN anv mart OF dr country The cost OF the ~
G Se H raise the price for the
benefit OF Nova Scotia miners ana TI IN
esnecally the benefit OF American speeulos az az
Nova scotia. 1t will not apprecab inure 10 me penem
m vS the mportaon Of foreign coal will diminish
the mining OF our Finding our vast market open
and free 70 them they r WIN ipse their land
their miners and their sailors Our industry VIII De III
snmers AGAIN. free coal will have the same effect upon
Nova scotia that the Reciprocity Treaty had IN Saaaa;
hurden OF our taxes home producers II viii make
the annexation of those kindred countries impossoic.
Again it is gross injustice not only to our miners but to
our slippers BY the settled policy Of our navigation laws
no frein vessel can carry our coal from pia to
Boston but they can from Nova Scotia TO Boston, II is
said foreign vessel can carry cheaper than Thus
YOU discriminate in favor of Nova Scotia by
Cheapest vessels in the world while our miners
must ship in an American vessel. You
coal free Tie vessel that carries coal from Nova
Scotia 10 Boston cannot carry domestic coal there ana
lion laws and upon the repeal OF the duty coal again
50 far the duty on coal is concerned 1t II claimed
norfheast Of New-York IL cannot affect the price
south or west Of NewYofk Now New-En gland has the
beneh Of our navigation laws and protecting
their ndasres Coal is the finished product o S Iao
you convince the miner that he should not have the ben
Wv WI '''' ,,,r o.Yr o,,sr,ow
iiih oAIi V'i'iioN ,,,-,
II e chiefly the nrodnct of interior sections where other
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Of supnlv s nj syracuse n v: Saginaw Mich, and at
parn Ohio If cnlovs * 600 nersons and 600 600 600
iVinoiVy, OiiO ''N'"F'o'' ''' - ,r,.
OF capital III Is an aDsoiu,e necessity ol me; IIls
industry nnst DC Iain,aiIuu III Mai; tU Uor 15a
domestic supply is ample and the product il cheap 1t
is sold in every domestic market at less than one cent
iol puu O ,hir snit In agont duty Fec Tor they
are paid q drawback Of The duty on ali they use It
is Western product, and its production, trans
portatlon and use represents laoor Eyeiy pnr' w
ann as nmfng II Labor in the form Of salt If
aoor IL 10 9e pIUtoctcu, WY ~, ~ pt ~
per 100 pounds, or less than oneith OF one cent per
pound. II all textile and metallic fabrics must be pro
over 100000 with little cost and absolute GER
tanty. If you look to protection TO labor, what
duty gives protection more properly than the duty on
salt the duty salt does add 10 the cost of the article
on the coast does affect the price in the West
but If duties TO be levied only on articles the
manufacture of the East, how long will they
stand III The revision of the tariff must be treated
whole. General principles must tie
applied, II special exemptions from duty are apped 10
oi VI, al oIe VI nd mon cxentin1s from dY On art
Giles that we cannot produce but you stand upon
special exemptions on any article That we can ana anu
ought 70 Prouuce rreo coai anu hoo SAT- a. rato
nt dntv nv Of cost bulk CAPACITY of production
and for other causes and for them you may properly re-
duce the duty but you cannot make the hrtcle free
whether you adopt the theory OF revenue OF project
Every article Is the finished product OF one industry
coal OF the miner salt OF the ooer. Every conmox ID
tools for the farmer machinery Ter the anu
an OF are ne raw ar.ce o, tns me dv on coal
fore conulude that whether We reeaiu te uuy w
ana salt as revenue duty OF ploteetEe uiy e9 oEi
MOI 10 De ehticIy repcaou anu "oioiVi0 "iO H'"'0 w
ought not 10 pass. ..- -
As b the duties on tea ana coee theif repeai Is simply
question OF revenue we cahhot Prouuco 'he" hiey
are oil such genera use as 10 euer ih'o Tue
OF every FANNY III 'he ohi'eu states INC uu''es oi
tea, cohee' anu sugar a,e INC "'oSs s'' l
ana uncnangepe i"ss tboo any otbar cba4
ues eo.su Ti ar hnlbv and Cannot he Easily smng
% Tb duty Is snecdc and ia rarely eyaded by fraud
,ne3 t Vii Lessen The Cost 10 the PRECISE extent of
The 'A, duly Dealers do not, at first lower the
n TI biit competition soon reduces it. so that
he h Ui Sav meals of nearly family The
Wnnle az Reprecntaves has shown its desire 10 make
tea and coffee free by twice passing bills for that pur
nose hut il is manifest that if this is done post
none for the present all other reductions of duty We
are compelled TO consider whether other duties ought
not to be modified before the purely revenue duty is
entirely repealed.
THE MEASURES PoposErp.
now come briefly to consider the measures proposed
" Committee