The Jingle Of Monopoly

Mr. Aifrcd Jinglo ilstoniahed the i'ickwickians by tbo story ot' the woman who, sitting on tho toj) Öt' tho coach holding sandwiches in hef hands, had her head carricd away passing thruúgh tlie archway, anl, said the redobbtable Jingle, thero wero the sandwiches and no inouth to put them in. Tho Triinaii inversos th:8 faet. It demanda and solicits tho roftoration of our ahippiog by a sm:ill national subsidy of ten milCons orso, and oonclnsively proves that when that is done ivi! eertninly will h:ive no commodities to froight them or put into them. We say the Tribune proves it by its great gnoranco ot' the commereo of the country. But here is wlmt it says in ooaolusion of a long article why vo should pay 'ox the building of ships from tho national Treasury : "But what sliall wo do in peaco with uch steauiships after we shall havo built hem '{ " Wo say, first, run a lino down eitlior oast of the continent south of us. We ught speedily to doublo and quiidnijile ur trado with Spanish Ainorica She nakes few axes, spades, shovels, plows, eapers, sewiug-maobines, i:e., &c, and we produce them of excellent quality at ow ptioc& We niake botter cotton fabics, DOth plain nul printed, than they ao buy elsewhere for the samo money ; nd theil commoii peoplo wear littleelso. 'heir products are cofFoe, ooooa, caoutliouc, dye-woods, mahoguny, ifco., which ve do Tiot produce, but largely consumo. . lino of stoauiships heneo down the east oast of the Spanish Main would necesirily pass through the West Indios, and ïight touch at two or tliree of the most mportant. Already the Bahamas draw lost of theil food from this country, and ur coin forms t'ieir principal if not their nly currency ; if we had more frequent nd ï'uady eotnmunieation with llayti nd Jamaica, they, too, would buy thcir read und maat largely in New York, oxhanging lor them coft'eo, &C, lor which we now pay Brazil in billa on London rawii against our cotton. Let us trado with those loss rtithur tlian those moro adanoed in the industrial arts than we are. " Men in power, help our merchants to stahlish truly Anioric;tn lines of oooan teamships." Now, however superior our axes, spades, liovels, plough', and reapers may be, our price of iron and steel has given Shcffield nd Biriningham the advantage over us n fureign markets; and even if it did lot wo could hnrdly hope to freight a line of 8teainships all tho year round with these articles. As for cotton fa bries, plain aud priuted, which the Tribune wishes to export, they are, as is well known, from 35 to 40 per cent. doarer in New York than in Manohester - a fact that is easily proved. But let us enlighten tho Tribune as to commorec. Let us say wo havo a line of steamers to Buenos Ayres, the following would be an assorted cargo that the peopie of that republic would requiro, iz. : Bar and railway iron, whieh is 40 to 50 er cent. dearer in New York than in iuenos Ayres. Cotton fabrica, dearer 30 por cont. hore han there. Cloth is 60 per cont. dearer hcre than n any other port in tho world. Fumituro, ovving to the duty on lumer, variiish, brass, locks, screws, glue, upholstery, is 40 to 50 per cent. dearer ïere than in Europe. Glass and glasswaro is 40 to 50 per cent. dearer here than in South. America. Carpeting, owing tö dear wool and monopoly, is 60 por cent. doaror here than n Europe. Paints are a perfect luxury as to price n tho United States, considering tliat here is á duty of 60 per oent. on lead, a duty on linseed oil, and every ingrediënt hat is used. Paper and stationery is 20 por cent. cheaper in South América than in the United States. Carriages, owing to a duty averaging 0 per cent. on overything that goes into ;he manufacture of theni, aro much dearer than in Buenos Aj'res. Steel rails cost in Europo L1-1 or $70 ser ton, and the Cambria Works charges $100 to $110 for them. Chemicals and Drugs. - There are but ;wo great millionaires, Slossrs. Powers & Wightman and llosengarten & Sons, wlio ïaving, by order of Congress or tho t.arilf' forty inillions of consuiners assigned to ;hem in the United Stotes, don't feel in clined to try conclusions witb Englanc and Prauce in a foreign market. We inight go on and show hundreds raore articles it is imponible to expor whieh make up an assorted cargo for Buenos Ayres. To be suro, we coultl export - to our great advantago, too - imuiense cargoes of custom-houso rogues special agenta who bluokmail pcople, favorito general-order pets, kitchen cabinot officials, managers of primary elections paid by Únele Saín, pioof-readers of Stato legislaturas, red postuge stamp thicves, investigation whitewashcrs, sbam eivil-sorvico reforniers, and last, and by no moans least, thoso knaves and pirates who stenl from the peoplo by dint of the duty of 200 per cent. on salt, 80 per cent. on blankets, on coals, on cloaking, on medicines, and cvery thing that is a necessity and not a luxury. If wc could only íind a market abroad for tbeso, the ton or even twenty million subsidy for building ships and conveying this precious freight would be tho best mone' we could spend. Alus ! there is no such a hopo or chance. ïwelvc yoars of a rulo of nepotism and corruption has made this country a perfect elysium for all such Termin. And now, since we clearly cannot export anything worth tho steamer's fuel to Buenos Ayres, let us see whiit we can import from thcre. Well, then, Buenos Ayres exports throo groat Staples, viz. : WOoJ, fcrideS, und tallow. On raw wool we havo an import duty from 50 to 110 per cent. On raw hides we imposo ten per cent. duty, and on tallow wo imposo a duty of 1 cent per pound. Naturally enough these three great raw mateiials go to eountries that have no duty on thora. They 50 to the woolen manufactorios of England and Gormanj-, and portions of the oloth ure returued to Buenos Ayres and sold at a profit. Ilides go tho samo way, and Buenos Ayres is a customer for saddlery, haruess, and other leather goods. Tallow follows tho same road, and portions of it aro returned in spormnceti candios, soaps, &c. So, Mr. Alfrod Jingle of monopoly, wo are in a moro deplorable state than tho woman without the hcad - ■ inasmuch as wo havo no ships, and if we had them we would havo nothing to put into them.