New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-12
FREE OUlNINE.
ELsUITs OF REMOVING rHE DUTY.

RLsUITs OF REMOVING THE DUTY.
To me EditoF Of The TrtbUas.
SIR: The logic Of the friends Of a mcder-
ate tariy ON quiuue least easily stated and worth
putting before your readers. First Of all, 10 Is o. im-
meuse importance TO this country that IL should main
tain an independent supply and that this sgoud be uni
form IN quality quantity aui price. The experience OF
over fifty ycgr, has enabled the leading manufacturers
of Til article m this country 20 guarantee al th'so
requisites purity OF production, regularity Of supply
uniformity price aud thus 70 protect home consumers
against the fluctuations o foreign markets and the sks
speculation either To quality or price In The noNt
place. the advance IN the price Of ba from 90 cents 10
81 pound Is due 10 causes that Legislation 20 Wash
uC'on can correct Tue Governments of Great Britain
ami Holland have spent millions Of dollars and years Of
patient eudeavJr to secure independent supply OF
bark their plantations NJ the East iudi's Ihs they
have at last pGrt secured AMI % overcome any pos
sbe benefit that their generosity might 90 :" JhS ccuh
fry, the legislation OF out Governments ma ina az,
fccnlia duy per cont that prevents The successful
gUriiOu OF Iich Last India bark u competition WIN
inferior South american bark Tue cheaper oI course
driycs ou tie dear ID IBIS as M currency or ~ g
oter article. ana Ibis me mldde-m ah Increased
rroHt at the axl s' OF produc,r ana consumer IN o
NJ. ~, D" ~ ,,ln. III g. G5d I,.iTk,f i'm mr. d.
and WI Il nriye own merchants OF rowing ana
profit bic bu. mess tuC products sent by them In eA-
change for jac bark formerly imported here dlfec'y
Xpam sie ,i.aIi Britain wishes every article that
enters INTO the mauufIctW' OF qihne ao,0.uleE n,,
On al OF it c6mponen's and thus is handicapped IN slch
av as 10 maxi. as production necessarily dcder thah
That 1f The English brand. France, ialY ana Germany
virtually 10 ioit the importation or Foreign qhihc"i
protect the domestic manufacture by calCi anu WlI-
considered LEGISLATION, uakN 40 chthf's I'D I OF i-
trr.ni revenue Without careful CONSIDERATION by coupe
fg exports auu full consultation Gllh lhc PdItica lh
interest Hero Congress mas carried lt~ measure l"re
ouiae iu u hUrIGl the very closing uDnl OF us aC7-
SION without hearing word Tor or against tle justice
p xufttruuy OF sac b. which IL 7Jushi todCCJ-
dish ID. u.rpusn The advance M tGc price OF quhhc Us
The best commentary such action. il SHOWS tIit cA-
pert dealers repp-uZ the act That It cannot DC manu-
frturrd u jui- country with taxes Oh as raw materials
and protection 10 he manufactured article me i''l
losers VIII De tine and pThdp5 tue apOHtct-
rics aud other retail dealers. Ih"y have sOil 10 az
profit Of over POO per cent and moody mas iOHhd Iaul
vita tI.s a. rcuITu for luor sam Ia cDWPOuhdlAS
dcluc and tuor OIigont attention % the drt1ils ~
complicated business. They viii 40 longer d. aDit 70
obtain immediate supply ut AM- ricIu quBlh' they
can Then. they have always uttortO done, rely
absolutely aud implicitly on The brand rs guarantee
purity. take The risk OF the market as 20
price ana quality, ana they must charge sucA price as
viii cOmp,u Tor these two dangerous clements IN az
dcaiug When this has been trcd Tor few years ana
CONGRESS ami newspapers ana tho people nave had
coo iu time and and tested tho result, OF tAer cry
for free quunr il VIII be found that tue best way 10 So
cur. II j. bF moderate, permanent ana JuIlcOda laIH
and protection OF home interests. When tlal Time
comes ~ VII perhaps bee found tnat Congress mas not
only closed tGe establishments that had made American
quuue famous purity ami excellence. but mat u mas
Gu OH Tram practical chemistry Oug Of It's most use.u
industries. y hANJfAClCAEh'
phtLodeIybjq JULY T. 1879