Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-05-17

pcnsble articles used even TO the implements Of hus.
handry. The result Of this trade was that the farm
paid the freight and profits their corn, trans
ported to foreign countries and employed IN the
maintenance Of the handicrat jmen, who were kept
at work furnish them with these necessary arl-
ces they paid the profits Of manufacturing them,
and they paid the freight and the mercantile profit
on them, when imported. TO meet all these heavy
charges they had only staple-corn; and this
they obliged to sell at such prices rs the foreign
countries which il sent willing, under all
circumstances to pay. given quantity OF corn will,
at all times and under all circumstances sustain the
same given quantity Of labor. Appropriated to labor
or the spot where il is grown, it will invariably be
worth, there, that quantity of labor, but, sent
to foreign market, and subjec ted to the laws which
regulate the money prices Of that market, its ex-
! changeable value is fuctuating and uncertain. Had
the nature Of the Polish constitution permitted gen.
era regulation Of trade, for the whole country, the
| necessity of the people would have produced such
regulations needed for the encouragement
| o.! handcraft trades aud manufactures. The en-
ployments Of the community would have become
| more diversified. The corn-growcrs would have
found a market at home and would have been saved
the double charges which have mentioned. Po-
| land would have become a great aud powerful king
dom, able to sustain her independence, and to excr-
| else commanding influence in the affairs of the
| world.
/" That the patronage of government is not to be"
and ought to be " confined to few Objects" is
| position, readily admitted. II, however, bv this
position. " Is iSScred or ihplcu, 'Hdl 'Hc
age of the government has been, By the pro-
posed tariff is intended to be, thus confined, the as
| scr' ion implication is erroneous. he 1t remem-
b-red that the first business act, passed under the
! present constitution was for the encouragement OF
! manuhctures-thai, among the earliest laws under
| that instrument those for the protection of
american shipping by giving to that interest
monopoly Of the coasiing trade. and by the imposi-
on of discr rminairg tonnage duties on foreign ships
The matt ion has expended millions on millions, in the
construction and maintenance Of navy. Tor the pro-
| lection Of commerce. II has spent millions in the
maintenance of ministers and commercial agents. for
the protection ofcommerce Ii has made war with
France, with England with Alcicrs and Tripoli,
for the protection Of commerce. 1T has constructed
and improved havcns, road -steads, piers, break
waters and lighthouses, for the benefit OF commerce.
All its diplomatic relatinns have commerce, and
nothing but commerce. FOR their object. In hne, near
ly one halle all our expenditures rs maze tor com
mcrcc. is commerce, therefore, too well protected!
Is it hot bed concern, which should he left to itscli
No friend of the country will it. Let it he pro-
tec,ed, paronized and extended to the utmost OF our
ability II cannot be more effectualy iostcrcd and
patronlzcd, than by the extension OF MANuFACrUREs
by a steady and unwavoring adherence to that
policy which looks, ultimately, TO THE EXroRrA-
TIoN OF ALL OUR DisPosABLE STAPLES IN THE
FORM OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, AND PREPAR-
I'd TO THE HANpof THE Consumer. Is this
startling proposionl So would have been, orty
wears ago, prophecy. that we should he, now what
we have bccomc--in commerce, in naval power, in
wealth, in population.
But. Is the present tariff " confined to few oh.
jects" It looks, proessedly, 10 the protection oi all
domestic labor; and, though its details do not 10 oar
view, extend the required security 10 one im,or'
tan, stapc il does so TO nc arv all The others Let
the authors % the letter read the bill again and they
will find extensive range of protection to I'M
porian interests than any previous bill has contain
ed.
(Eerr 2.) why do " persons interested in navi-
aatIon and foreign commerce DISCOVER manifest signs
of deep hostility these great sources OF national
wealth. in the proposed increase Of duty the art
cles Of hemp, sail-coth and front? Has not the
| country capacity TO produce hemp and manufacture
saicloh! Has it not in every part, dcposilcs OF iron
sufficient for its own supply, and for that ot tlc
! worlll Is it not essential to safety and indie
! pcndcnce. that they should be produced at home.
Wha,, ask, would be our situation, without a do
mcs,c supply OF thcm in case we should be excluded
! from the Baltic by war with Russia or Great
Britain! How could merchant ships and navy be
cquippcdl How would our manufactures and agricul.
ture he supported! The vast increase ofmanuac,uripg
machinery, of all kinds, requires, alone, an immense
| amount of ron. We have, so far, made only one
| raid road: bat a number more, Of them very
| lonr are authorized. Without 4 domestic supply OF
| iron, then, n war would suspend these improvements
II the merchants OF this State supply several cstab
| lishmeuts for the manufacture of nails, &c. &c. to
the extent of three four thousand TONS annually
| bv importation from the Baltic, they mus. continEe
to supply them, should the proposed duties take ci-
feet: and il they find 1t profitable to import from
the middle states, than from the Baltic, they will do
So. cannot, therefore, perceive that the shipping
interest will suffer any dimnulon ofireight BY bring
| ing the commodity from a new market. That new
market will supply us with iron, ana receive our
piece goods in payment. But we cannot buy iron IN
| the Baltic with cotton cloths; we must pay IN SUGARS
coffee, teas money. The Letter computes the cx-
pense> on ton oliron from the Baltic at thirty dol
lars. This is done to show the present advantage,
enjoyed by the producer ofiron in this coun,rr 1t
| is a short sighted view of the case. BY producing
our own iron we promote the clearing ofwild lands
aud wa bring rents from the iidgy and mountainous
districts oi our country, which would not, otherwise,
| paw rents. We employ, in the process OF digging,
and mein, the ore, of refining the iron, anG Of
rying il to MARKET immense number OF aborerS, o
| all descriptions; and the article Is wholly paid for
among ourselves. II the capitalist can replace his
capital with interest and paw only ten cents on the
ton of orc 10 the iudholor, the lat or obtains bet
ter rent than his best arabic Lands ailord Is this
| business then, of no valuc III a country, abounding
in mountains and forests and capable of supplying
| the whole world! 1t is true, the British government
has lately reduced its duty on bar iron from Gi los
[S2S SCI to H. los [S6 6Gl the ton; but thls is a
depar from lis usual policy, to lease one OF the
| ministers who has taken "A strong liking TO Adam
Smiths thcory and the natipn aud the government
! arc, already, sick OF the experiment. Were the En-
glish iron, good are those ) tbs country,
even Mr.. Rusk,Sson would hesitate on the eNpc-
iicncy oi the late measure; but II u vel known thlt
English VIII not maze good H'n, ohu Us wen
known that the IRON, produced from American ore, is
equal 10 the best iron from the Baltic.
AS Tor hemp, the Letter gives us the best tca-
son in the world Tor the reduction, by Great Brit
ain, orthe duty on that article NcaRnot 6erdiscd
ia England The soil of tins country j captbic OF
producing the plan, in great attendance aud per-
lection. \ duty will encourage its production, AMI,
at distant period oftime, briug II at a reduced
price Our ability ofmaking into sail cloth has been
fully tested
IL il were fact, that, on tho whole, the
shippng business Of the town had been diminished,
within the last four years, that fact would only prove
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