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rers. imposes upon them snew and salu-

lrers, imposes upon them q new and sala y.
|tary movement, excites a disposition. . 7.
render their fabrics more perfect, whlce
secures their success, and gives staoii1.
Ito their prosperity"
Speaking of an establishment OF mus
llips and other fine cotton goods al =.
|Ouentin, he says it had to struggle N ~
Infancy with English manufactures n the
lhighest perfection, and which we're then
lin 1889, freely imported, paying very
small duties. 1t also wanted proper
support of capital. Yet says he, 1t has
wonderfully succeeded. "This unan-
suerable experiment, says our author' 50
recent and well known, demonstrates
THAT foreign competition can never pe
dreaded BY the manufacturers OF france
when they a,e not pampered or oppres'
sed by bad laws" -:
| Again on the same topic. Spsak,ihs
! Of the manufacture of hard soap at Mar,
settles, he says it rivals the best soap %
law country in Europe. s'vhe Soda
Inc adds, which is employed IN u as a ma a.
teria', was formerly drawn altogether
from Spain, but finally we succeeded IN
manufacturing it in France, OF better
quality and cheaper. In this Fersuasiish
we fastened to prohibit the im,p.oir'a1ioa
| of Spanish Soda, and tbs pron'oolaph' a.
the best useless, since our Soda IS cheaip-
| er and as good, is very imPoiitie, by the
bed example we give to tie oPanierus'
to whom we now sell SO many OF the
productions of our industry and OF cur
soil" This we consider sound anu cai-
Itivated sense.
Speaking ofcrOohery ware and pottery
he is still more full and more convincing
on the impelicy Of too high or prohioltoorry
duties to protect manufactures. tie
saws, I" after the treaty Of commerce OF
1857, between England and France, the
English introduced great quantity OF
crockery ware, OF which the fabric was
unknown in France.
! "The manufacturers of our pottery
iclamoured loudly. They said, that this
introduction of articles so much lighter
and more agreeable than their OVID, would
ruin them entirely. But soon they be-
gan to vie with the English fabrics whose
importation they had dreaded, and which
.they never would have inflated II their
lentry had been prohibited, or had not
tbaen frae], admitted by treaty.
!! Sin all cases, he ADDS, IN order to
support and sustain the most powerful
emulation of French artiFts. it is wise to
permit the most unlimited concu renee
! or riyalship of foreign artizans or manu-
ifacturers."
| These are but few cut of the many
very sensible remarks which he makes
on the subject of encouraging the NEST
perfect freedom in coramerce. RE says
tina; the manufacturers have always been
too powerful with TIE government, not
only for the interest Of the nation, but
for til, ir own eventual and permanent m
tterests. He remarks with justice. that
where the state of the state of the coun-
TRY and It's capital are aadpteu ~ "n,
particular species Of industry, it VIII
succeed without any adventurous AID
Ifrom government, and where they are
mot so adapted, no forced or extraofdina-
Try efforts of government will give any
thing more than short lived and feeble
|existence, TO such species OF industry
These ideas to be sure are not new to-
any person who has read any OF the mo.
|dern works on pcliticsi economy. out II
we were to judge of France by her prac-
|tice, we should say they were ae@ there
and by the same rule we might edd that
something is yet to be learned on this|
|head in our own country. In ouTs, how
lever, mistakes of this sort are OF less
moment, because every thing IS change
able, and our prohibitory laws, Or
severe duties, if unequal are sure to be
either repeated, or evaded.
A Friend to laws which viii be
permanently and extensively useful.