Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-05
From the Baltimore american.

Among the principal causes which have
made Great Britain the workshop OF the world,
is the facility of transportation there oil the
buikiest commodities. |, is very clear that
the ready and cheap collection al one spot, OF
the necessary materials for any branch OF man
ufactures, will diminish by so much The cost OF
production. That wages are lower IN Great
Britain than in some other countries, Is not,
therefore the only reason why she undersclls
them in the market Ii is obvious TO The dull
est capacity, tina, if England had 10 raise her
| Goals by the laboui Of men or horses, instead
Of steam power, or 10 convey them whittier
they were wanted, over bad roads, and at a
proportional expense Of labor, instead ct ca
nails and railw ays;-or if her iron ware and
pottery, and all her heavy manufactures, were
not only produced by mere manual labour, but
were carried, when made, as slowly and as ex'
pensively as fotmerly;-she would be Obliged
TO reimburse herself for ali this additional la
Dor, by demanding higher price for the pro-
ducts Of her industry.
The righteousness and ingenuity OF the a.
merican people are such, that they will COM
pass in time the manufacture of mnumer2ble
articles for which they have hitherto been IN
debted 10 other nations. Perhaps no circum-
stance will conduce more sensibly 10 the &C
complishment of this object, than the enter
prise now visible in constructing canals and
rail roads-Not only will these means OF COM
munica,ion pass our commodities oil export
rapidly and cheaply TO The sea ports, but they
will pr oducc as rapid and cheap an inter-
change Of the articles necessary 10 manulac-
tures-The cotton, the iron, the Goals, the lum.
Der, the ashes will thus be rapidly deposited
where they are wanting: and thus the circum-
stances which give our great commercial RI
val her present superiority, be turned To our
own account, with The like happy results. All
our projects Of rail roads and canals proceed
in chief part this calculation, and it has been
said that il our own rail road never went be-
You'd the coal mines Of Allegheny, the benefit
10 manufactures would be worth the cost. This
view Of the matter acquires still greater i'm
portance, when we look 10 the bulky products
which NAV either BE- manufactured in the wes-
tern region, or be brought hilher for the same
purpose.
1t is The sense Of these obvious advantages
that has united all wishes on the happy accom-
p.ishment Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road.
The Senate of,he United States, duly sensible
Of this, has passed The Dill exemp,ing the iron
and machinery Of the Company from duty
Influenced by the same motives, the House of
Representatives will probably do the same
thing The remission of this duty would be 50
much laid out by The government, in the ex-
peclaion of at least adequate returns. But these
returns would be more than adequate, no, mere
Nv in point Of trade, but on the score Of marion.
al union, independence and defence. The rail
road once completed to the Ohio, there would
be one more reduction in the cost Of transport
ing the material Of war 10 our north western
borders, if, indeed, It's effect were not to cause
its production on the spot. A consideration
no, less important would be the internal trade
which thus, in spite of foreign war, nigh, be
actively circulating through the inward chap
nels Of the country, Will. the outward ones
were stopped up or embarrassed. The work
i, national work, if viewed in its conscqucn>
ces, and deserves, as such, the patronage of the
nation.