The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-03
NEW DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY DECEMBER s. 1879.

In New York. In believed to be unprecedented.
The increase IL general except Mt Nan Francis
90. where the decrease In ~ per cent. and Louis
vile tn The rubllc'a tablen show the following
Ealna. Nnw York INA. Boston Ttp. Fhiladal-
phIa pn.s Chicago ~ =, Baltimore 4i,n Cncns
natl 2t.a H. fonia ~ New Orleana TIT, Mllwau-
kae 80 4 ritsbnrs 7ep Providence SOL, Kpnaan
Clty 10. Cleveland 90 y Indianapolis MA New
Haven no Lowell M Q. Hyraeuaa 40 Tho grand
aggregate total tootH NJ 1T all tho clearing
hnaaa 81 2Ot nap 900 thia week nRnlnal sRai 600
90 The time last Vear-ovar lOa per cont
Increase.
ttrYr nTnr Tho city OF Brooklyn which
haa been operating worry extensively In tho
public Improvement" huainnnH If inte yohts,
haa pilnd up very pratty little debt OF over
f4s. 900 with aInkinp frnd ana other sale
she asaeta. which may perhaps bring the dahi
down 70 about forty milliopH. but not much
| lower. or thia debt $40 900 0ao VIVA incurred on
account Of Froapcci Park. tii 900 900 on account
Of tho watarworkH. aud t;.nan 600 account "
the bridge. which i far from being hpiRhod
and which win probably noat Brooklyn fow
more milluna before II will DO Of any material
uHo to Tho city. The collection Of taxes IL largo
| ly IN arreara and tho tnx rnta Ia ~ ha having
been aa ~ two years ago. Tho onpa II Brook
/
proximity TO Now York II haa NIL the expannna
mud nonn ar tho Income Of ant CITY, and Il IL
aaid that nopner or Tutor nothing but union
With Nav York or miracle can awe II from
bankruptcy.
nnCtaaH OF AMERICAN ToNNleE-The chief
| Of tho Bu,enu Of atatialoa In hia annual re
port dwnllH with nnphnaln upon the decline uf
American tonnage Our total tonnage for tho
| ~ dad luna al hnn G,,,,p 81
per cont over that Of tho preceding year while
the foreign tonnage entered during tho yoar
allows nh lnornaan Of nearly 10 per cont Upon
the baaa VI thaHe facts Mi. Nlmmo claims that
our nhirhuiliIng industry Ia moro seriously
and fatally deproaaai than amy other branch nf
fradn Neither tariff Legislation. nor navisa-
unn lava nor any other circumstances ntar=
vanna 10 reprcas Rhui out foreign cnmpati
ton, Evidently under Hueh conditions tho ma
tion which nan huiiI and operate yaaHala Tho
chMpaat must eventually secure tho principal
ahara " Tho carrying trade ~ oar foreign
commerce. Thla haa takon place md tho fact |
ta clearly recorded IN our statistics Of tonnage
Tut aurolr hla doea not urevont ia from com |
natinE with other rauntrioa IN ahip manufac |
lure NJ IN Gotten and iron manufacturer. We |
hava proved our ability In thaan rnapacta why |
not toat Il IN athnra7 The navigation lnwr acorn |
W.
With those modified az aa 10 enable our NOR
ohante To do their own frelghtins In tho foreign
trade. II would Hneni Az if tho extra pronta
thup ACQUIRED would of themselves he enough
In a abort while to pny for the building and
Of ileo of atcamora eonatrlrtod Of
American Iron hy American mechanics.
UsIrrn SrarEH lNroRr pury ON IRoN Tho
FariF thhloa allow that riG iron Ia admitted FREQ
Into Belgium. Italy. Holland, Sweden Norway
and Donmark. aud atmopt FREQ To Tho ports OF
Hamburg and Bremen. Portugal layn duty
'pproximatinE per cant. Turkey. 10 per cent.
Russia. Germany and Austria 10 per cont
France. AZ per cont: Spain. 60 par cont and the
United Sfatna "a par cont. Hence. Il appaarH
hat our duty is "A per cont higher than that Of
my other country, and II II plmply nnormoua M
compared With duties imposed by most other
France and Germany which are
'ifered sometimes na esamploa Of high duty
ountres, far before MA In liheraity with
espoct to thia product. With respect to othor
oee compnraons. because Of tho diforent
'aaaincaiona under different iarifrH. This
mitch. however. appears from thu tnhlea;
iii no loaa than twenty different forms
i iron and steol our dutiep exceed 40 por cont
i tho priceH OF Inst AuEuat. md on ton forms
hoy range from 100 10 a7h per cont. No other
country makoa y like showing. Turkey lays II
lu'y Of 20 per cont upon smonthIng-irons. aud
'orugRl Iss pnr cont on manufactures Of tin
late. France lnya no duty exceeding A. per
ont. Germany lnys mono exceeding ID por
ont, Austria lays mono above 100 par cont.
tally lnyR none above 40 Der cent. Ruaaia lRya [
ono above 2l2 per cont. Tho hieheat duty laid
" belgium ia - por cont. md tho hiGheat by
holland ia a. per cont. Hence 1t appears that |
hOuEh Iron and Rteoi manufacturers nro pro-
noted against those Of England by 5000 mion OF
conp. thor aro favored hy government protoc
ION beyond thnRe OF my continental country of I
EUROPE and far beyond those Of the continental
ountreR nonrest England.