The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-14 00:00:00

Ito inanufatinrei4 in
enotigir4-1 can give no reason but inter uptioU
of intercourse.

Do not you suppose, that after that iriteartiptibri : , :,.
ceEisd, there would be a proportionally brisk export •'
of the stock on hand ?—Certainly there was; and
frequently Sortie articles were sent out in greciter
quantities to the American market than were want- ...7.:
ed, and others in too small a quantity,a-so that 0116 a:a'.
part would be too IoW probably, and anotlier fell;
tritely higher than It ought to be. -a:
.
Do not you know; that during the whole of ili air
present, and great part of the last war, America d.id, .ka
import, the same articles-in great quantities from till 1.,
Continent of . Europe ?—I have al ways titiderStood. :1,
\
that America 'has been in the habit Of iinpiartin :-:
certain articles fromahe Continent of Europe;aivia .a;
.'
lar in a great degree to those she has imported frool -.a
_'-'i
England ; but I have also understood those articles .•%;, !
,were never to any amount worth mentioning, 01! ' ::;::••:
the interruption of intercourse with* England ; anal
the reason J -have .understood is, that. the British. ';,f' ~
goods are infinitely superior in manufacture, and. 'l
that-they are approved beyond any other species of ~'. i
manufacture, where they are obtained. -, • I
a i•-
l•
Do you mean to say that at that periOd Englall',.
could supply the demands of America ?—I have
reason to believe at that period, if no difficulties had, a
arisen between the two countries, Ilia United State
of America would have consumed almost the wholq,
of the surplus manufacture of England ; what I '
mean by the surplus is, that quantity of rhanufacl,
ture:Which England has not a legitimate trade for
elsewhere; what I mean_ by legitimate trade is, pot,
a trade to Heligoland or Malta," or to the wilds of
`America, which have been inundated with Britiall
produce, but trade suited to the wants of the coutia
tries to whieli they were sent ; and what I mean bra
the atirplus Of 'British manufaCtures is, exclusive" 01
.)
such, as England - lien a , legitimate market for. -
say, that when England had supplied all tt:e foreig4
. legitimate marketa, the whole of the remaining pro''',
duce of her manufaaute would have been consumed •
in the United States of America, or i-e-exported '°
other countries from thence. Certainly I to this t•
that England could have supplied those demands*
because the pinduaive powers of England in marlw-
faClures are beyond conception ; probably the whold'
manufacture of England might be increased one"
• third in the course of years by a due encouravernatit.
and high prices being given ; therefore I 'd.i 00,1
mean to say that the whole produce of Engir:r
could have been consumed in, the United States Q
Ac7lerica, but that I Li.elieve all the surplua productgl
and wished to dispose of would have lona b
market in the United States of America,
The question is this, -whether at . that period that
Arnetica was in the habit of importing from the
Continent of Europe, her demands could have b'etj.
supplied from England ?—I think the whole dernalt"' I
of the United-States of America could have been stir
'plied froriz England.
Then for what reason did America'then prefers 17,.
the extent she did then prefer, the manufactures°
the Continent ?—The local facilities of the American
merchants.
Explain that term.—What I -mean by the locli ..
It
facilities of the American merchants is, that: t-h' .
American merchants, in exporting American pro'
duce to different parts of Germany and the Lor;
Countries and France, might have found it ocda
sionally advantageous to them toaake back a oeutolA.
species of Continental mannfadures.
It was in consequence then of the exports of Antezica to the Continent, in. your judgment, that thes,
importation from the Continent took place ?--Cev
tainly I should consider, that small as those imp°'ig
0,
of Cominerital, mannfaaure were, they may i'''a
been greatly promoted by the natural intercot'r'
taking piace between the two countries. .
If then the exports of America to the Continent
weFe.coinpltely open and greatly extended, do °C,
you, suppose: that the import. of Continental Marlo
f
faEinre into America would be greater 7.---10dv.:0,
do not, not to any considerable extent. '
haat" ,
How do you reconcije that with the faal you a ia.
just stared ?—By.-olaserving that there are very ro'''
i sPecie-i of -Platrufatlures; the .use of which may I:,
boned to certain extent, and to a great extent where
1 hey meet with no.onposition, and to consider %,a.
they are kit eednow, to a great extent in the 1.7''11.11*
States r of America.; • but wherever they meet °lot:
apposition from . a
..stapetiora article, and: wiper` it
local facilities, the rise of those trifilnufattores• 10
decay. -