Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-17

ue back a double supply, thus dep,ivipg the revenue
OF the duty on IT'S consumption Tor larse a is the use
OF Russ an cordage, as stated in the figure, given a.
bove, IL 10 in fact more than oue-,tird greater than ,hi',
as appears tom the Rls'iaa socoun,s Ct expectation TO
the United States the IN de /, which he vessels are
rigsed expisins why the addition dteS not appear In
the American revenue scceauts By these various du-
ties on sail-cloh h, on hemp, OH iron, and IN fact Oh
every thing that is employed IN chip. building, MIR.
Cambr' ieng states, that a premium OF nearly four
hundred pounds sterling IL enjoyed by an Engli h as
compared with an American stip builder In fitting out
a ship OF GOO tons. Need We then wtnder that the
ra'io Ct foreign TO American tonnage, enr rug Ameri
can porte, has been rapidly increasing! tina, Of Eng.
land n pei ticuisr has advanced from 10 Ia per cent.
in 1870, to IS I 2 per cent. Ia 1928; while, under the
sys'e IN Of free trade granted them by f gland, our
North American colonies. Ia epite of their ,mall popu.
lauon, have a greater quantity Of tonnage Engaged 10
foreign trade than the whole United State.
But even ARTICLES which are sol-Iy produced in the
country have not escaped this duty lever, and TIC free.
dom from int rnal excise, 30 long the boast Of Amo, lea
and the envy Of En- land. is no mme. Sal, and brown
else, from 80 to 275 p E cent, though the internal duty
alone IL In ZONE OF the States az high as 100 per cent.
THE writer then speak. ct the smuggling which, in
Consequence Of his mistaken system. has increased to
an enormous extent, principally acros, the Canada
frontier. He maintains what seems TO us perfectly APP
parent, that II every man in The American army was
employed in ~ harding the iron Ter, there would be 90
lew 10 prevent the ingres. OF the .mugglsr; nay, that
II the army was increased twenty fold, IL would be stIl
Insufficient to watch the immense boundaries. Amerl-
ca cannot. wi h such means, effect what France and
England cannot do, wi h their small comparative rx
ten oil frontier, aud vast array OF preventive service.
The reviewer H. stances the stste OF the coast prasantry.
in Sussex and Hamp-bire, as Illustrative of this effect
oil high duties. he ridicu es the ass. rtion Of The Bal.
tmoro pamphleteer, " under he appropriate sigoature
OF Mepbistopheles," that American manufactures bad
so improved 10 quality, snd lowered in price, since the
passing OF the tariff, that they are now beating the
English in foreign markets. The North American
Review does not escape. Thi, work, WHICH il denomi.
mated in ,hs article before u, The Corypheds OF A
merican illiberali.m," IN a long ard labored article in
Its bb n number. advanced a queer arpumenf in favor
oil domestic manufactures, namely, that the softness Of
manners and love Ct peace, acquired by working in
factories in the Interior, would prevent smuggling on
the borders. The Iatn, both OF the writer in IN.
North American and Baltimore pamphIeteer, is pro-
nounced to be as bad as their political economy : hui
as this Ia nothing 10 the argument, we leave il IN ,bs
parties to settle the question between them.
The W tier then adverts 10 another Injurious eh,c,
oil the restrict We measures, the diminution thew have
causes in our shipping The following are his remarks
on this poini.1
MIR. CambreleDg gives ample proof in support o. Thu.
Notwithstanding the vast increase Of the popul ation oi
Anne Iica since 1907. and the addition Of the commeic &c
oil the fertile coaD ries Of Florida and Louisiana, il an
pears that the tonnage belonging 10 the United States
entering from abroad in 1928, was actually 1855 Os5
tons less than 1907. Some of these statements OF M
Cambreleng, the Tariff srgucrs have undertaken IN
con,roveTt. Bat IL is quite clear, without re ference 10
fac $, that s1me diminutioD has taken place. This i.
one OF tn Sc ques ions, On which the unassisted aid Of
theory throws a certain light, aud in which, the data
being laid down, We may arrive at a eonclusi n,
without the hazard OF being wrong. How is il rossi
bic, that when the Anne leans have imposed p,oblbi,ion
duties on aim st very article OF foreign g.cw h and
manufacture when they have done all in their power
to exclude from their country every thing that foreign.
ers had to give In exchange, the result, can be Cher
wise than as MIR. Cambrelsng asserts il TO be When
{ ere are fewer Thu gs to be carried, must Their. not he
lever carriers |? But, BESIDES the accounts of IN. A.
me lean shipping, we can give other proofs Of the con
clusion to which Mr.. Camhreleng has arrived. As
Cuba lies close on the border. OF he Uai,ed S a,es.
and pos esses a soil Astounding with the richest pr,'
ducts' and capital city, which IL one Of ths greatest
centres Of commerce In the American Archipelago.
the trade between 1, and The Unite States il COZ O..
quenly immen'e. A late number Of the Revue En-
cye'opedique. contains extracts from som Spanish fl
c al documents, from which we have formed the follow
ing table OF the humber OF ships boione irg 10 the u
States and England, which entered and departed fro i,
its ports in 1897 and 1928. the amount of tonnage il
not given, but IL is to be observed, q at the prom ,r,ion
which the English bears TO tie Uniied States shin.
plug. is really much larger than is indicated by ths
number Of vessels-e Circumstance, which arises from
the greater size OF the English ships, owing 10 The
greater number of voyages they have TO make
UTTERED AT CuBA' DEPARTED.