Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-04

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! conduce to the necessary or tasteful accommo-
dations Of life, if not without precedent, has,
perhaps, not before existed in sicase Of any o.
Their nation upon so extensive Gale. Without
adverting to the contingencies Which may di-
minish or cut off this supply from remote he
mispheres, the very deterioratioiIto which time,
and more frequently casualty, expose no incon-
siderable portion Of these fabrics berors the ma
tural and intended uses of them can be exhaust
| ed, and where the skill that m,de is too often
alone competent to renovate or repair, becomes,
by so much, dead loss to the capital of the
importer or consumer, and pnseqdently, to
that of the nation. The amount of it would go
far, it is believed, towards forming fund for
encouraging the equally perfect fabrication at
home, Of most of the articles of foreisf origin,
consigned by the cause alluded to, t. prema-
| ture inutility or destruction. Besides the adj
vantages of manufactures for home use, the
present moment is deemed to be peculiarly aus
picious, not to say urgent for fostering them,
from the situation and circumstances of the
rest Of the world. An era has. arrived, upon
which after ages are 10 look back as t. point,
in the commercial destinies Of mankind The
colonial system is fast falling to pieces. Over
immense regions it is totally gone, Involving
the certainty Of change both in the channels and
the objects of trade, as vast as they will be va
rious. The family Of nations has been extend
ed new continents, new oceans, are opened to
independent intercourse to a Just and equal
participation in the benefits Of which the Uni
ted States cannot but be alive. These benefits
they can scarcely derive, to the full and proper
EXTENT but by giving themselves to the large
fabrication Of those works of art for which
their climate, their productions, and the skill
and capital of which their citizens are already
in possession, especially qualify them. The
course of their export trade for the last two
years, as stated in this report, is an encou-
raging omen Of their ability and aptitude to
enter this new and great field Of competition.
Not TO follow up such beginnings by timely
and iudcious measures, might be to lei oopor-
tunities pass, net always to be recalled. Whilst
nations shut out by their limited territory from
agricultural products as the basis Of foreign
trade, have yet pushed the latter to its far,hest
limits, by m anufacturcS alone as that basis. il
is the favored lot Of the United States Is super
add TO the extent and riches Of their soil, state
| OF social advancement, and an amount of town
| population, already equal 10 the most extensive
and varied operations of manufacturing indus
trv Not to found establishments by which
this species of profitable industry may take life
and spread over the land, would. it Is believed
be to forget alike what is dae to the best inter
ests of agriculture on the one hand. and to the
| further enlargement Of our commercial power
upon the other.
| in expressing the convictions embraced in
the foregoing remarks, it is not intended to
close them by recommending any general re-
| 90 tbo Exa tba Of 70,
gress Of the 22d May, 1924. But il is deemed
proper under cover Of them, respectfully to
submit the expedency of effectively increasing
cotton, Of a fne qualify.
The facilities and Inducements TO :he fabri
cation of cottons, ofevery description, i'll the U
nited States, arc SO great, that the most benef
cial consequences may be anticipated from the
full establishment Of this manufacture in all its
finer branches, in like manner as by the protec
ton already afforded to cotton fabrics in The
coarser branches, We have seen these latter es
tabished with advantages so manifold and de.
oided And should we establish, completely
the former also, such is the quantity in which
we produce the raw material OF this prominen
manufacture OF modern times, and what is still
more important, such It's quality, that there i
no cause for experimenting that our immeus'
expectation Oft abroad will stop. On the con
trary, il may be expected that they will SO OF
progressively increasing.
Concurrentiy with this recommendation fol
an augmentation of duties on ill cotton manu-
features of fine quality,it is deemed advisable
TO submit also the eXpedicncy Of lowering, TO
small extent, the duties al present existing up
oil teas, upon coffee, and upon cocoa
These articles, especially the TWO former, arr
Of such large consumption in the United States
as 10 take rank among the nccessarles OF life
They so to make up a part Of the daily bever
age Of the poor as we'll as the rich, and shoul'
therefore not be pressed upon too heavily b.
the hand of taxation in any form; the less, a
they trench upon no rival production at home
Their more enlarged consumption would ten'
to increase, in corresponding proportions, tht
demand for sugar, thereby fostering valuable
production Of some OF our own States. Tit
more widely also the habit of their use can b'
extended, the greater it is believed would b'
the prospect OF seeing lessened the consumP
ton of ardent spirits, SO bancful in their effects
upon the industry, the health, and the morals Of
the community. Under these views alone, re
carding their connection with the public pros
perity and individual happiness, any temporary
or partial loss to the revenue that might result
from an adoption of this last Recommendation
ought to be considered as compensated. 1t i:
not, however certain, that such oss would re-