Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-10-31
East Indies, of IL. most 1isy texture, al fro;a "a
TO 25 cents pcr yard at retail.

Fast Indies Of tie most niE'sy texture, al fro'a -
to % cents per yard, at retail
During the three ctcccc ling years (iS05-C-T)
ten moro were erected, commenced, in 4. island!
and one IN Connecticut Iro,i!ng al together, Ia
mills, created before the year lS0S wOrlIng at that
tino GOao spindies, and producing 3G0,Oo9 lbs. OF
yarn yoIr!!."i
Mr. Gollotin goes on TO state that considerable
progress had been made up 10 the date OF his re
port, \ 1870, and t!la; by tho beginning % 1871,
there would be SD,00a spindes operation!
In the y1ar l9ii, tlio imports into q. Britain
were 395, al bales, Of which, wo supplied l26, 1922
being mora tsnn onc-thrd-Nhilo our consumption
was about 10, 600!
Tho produced tho same effect, precisely, that
| the protection of government would have done;
that is l. secured manufacturers from tho des
truction they had previously experienced from the
overwhelming advantages possessed by foreign ri
! walls. Tho consequence was, that the manufacture
vas so extensively spread throughout the United
Sttto", chat oGr consumption in 1915 was 10000
baos,t equal TO third part OF the consumption
| OF Great Britain at that period.
! Let US nou take coup d0l at the preceding
important and instructive facts.
l. For SIX years from 1888 till 1889, we ''cnjoy-
cG % free trade in its utmost latitude which pro-
ducod general distress, paper money, tender and
instaent awe, suspension of courts, instruction,
aud Generalization, and put into the hands OF for
cignors IL per cent. Of our foreign commerce.
x The restrictive system, applied to our COM
rnerce, nearly trehled tonnage in single year
and IN four years, raised us, point of navigation,
above all the nations in Europe except Great Bri-
tain.
3. Oar efforts TO establish the cotton branch for
above 20 years. rultlcss for want OF tho pro-
lection Of government, notwtha' nnding our exports
Tor about half tha: time, averaged above lG,e0nDe6
lbs. Annually.
4. In i've years, when our citizens were protect
cd by ihe restrictive system, and by the war which
secured them their own markets, this branch was
so far established, that domestic consumption
of the material fer 1915, was nearly equal tC
our export 10 Great Britain that year, which was on
ly OBJ bales.
.. Tnis Invaluable manufacture, thus advanced
duty on imported cottons, without which it would
have been crushed, and which produces an annual
vaue of from 25 10 30 100000 dollars, pats down
for ever the two lending positions OF the address,
that ''thc protection cf one branch of industry only
transfer capital from employment to another
and that such protection ''dimnshes the amour
oil the necessarcs and convenienccs OF htc"!.!
lio that would not be convinced by these facts
of tho deletcrioUs consequences which flowed from
Tree trade" iro.a 1853 10 1889, and which must
cicrnaly flow from it-and OF the beneficial conse-
quonccs ola j,;iicous protection of native industry
would not no convinced though one we're to rise
from the dead" HAMILTON.
Philadelphia Oct. Il, 1881.
'Gaatins Repoh on Manufactures.
tidem
tEeron ofthe Cairrtee u Commerce anI Mawufic-
'n.,s tco IS, 1916.
f;an ,TrM la tie seooud quotation, 'n M. J. 70" S"y