Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-08-15


Colioa maaufsciUrr' %. 1880
Product, a. h,sr,i. a. sHoNh
Flour sud foft fahing 81 81 'S"N""
Tho. II Seen, that the imports fof tie past
ycai have exceeded The exports IA The enormous
sum q Sol $40 goj IN o,he' wofds ~e have
run Ia debt to iorrirn nations 80 that amount.
large psri Of these goods ct which We have ihus
Pledged oar credit. se hsd much better be with
out. and smother stge pla We might produce Al
bone.
An important lesson NAV be derived from such
compsrnri,e tts'emcnis. We NAV discover where
our weak points ~ nation are, snd to what COM
mcrcisl or agricultural error the process of COT
-eciion sboulx fr,t be applied. Thus while our
importation of silks and brcadclolhs has increased
from fifteen millions 10 ih,ny-one millions, our cx-
pors Of flour nuC pork have decreased IN the same
tine about eight millions; plan proof that we
have been more anxious 10 buy than To sell To
indulge ourselves ia uxuties than to cultivate The
soil. No oye could reasonably doubt that 1t the
attention of the people of this country had been
ffopcrly directed and their Efforts suitably en-
Outraged for the las, ten wears, instead now "l
being IN deb, IN q single year thirty millions '"r
silks and broedclothf. We minhl IN hddron 10 man
ulacturmg Tor ourselves been furnishing these al
tic,es for esparia,ion.
Sugar is another item Of what we have import.
"
is required for our own use / 90 millions Of pounds,
including brown and white, in single year. at an
expense OF some fifteen millions of dollars when
the valley of the Connecticut aud The Hudson might
furnish beet sugar IN sufficient quantities to close
our ports against foreign importatons Of that ne
cessary article. The amount of sugar imported
last year was however lsrger than usuul, owing to
there being little or no maple sugar made, while
this year 10 millions have been produced from this
source. There was hopes at one time, that Flor
ida and Louisiana would supply the United States
with sugar, but the mania for raising cotton had
taken so deep root, that sugar has been neglected
and the present fall of cotton has demonstrated
that those who cultivated the cane Us well as cot
ton were the most wise.
1t appears we imported thirteen millions Of prin-
ted and colored cotton goods, yet 1t must be c,l-
dent that we can by a proper direction oil our re-
sources and our ingenuity, save tins sum to the
nation. We all remember when the coarse Eas,
India cottons held possession OF the market, and
the idea Of our manufacturing any goods that could
compete with even these vile fabrics, was secuted
by thousands in our country and We also know
how these predictions have been alsl6ed in not
only shutting out India Musns, but all plain Brit
ish coitons, by our superior manufactures.
The increase Of importatious of coffee aud tea
are the natural results oil an increase OF populbuoh
and wealth but we are inclined to place much
Of the addition made annually to the quantity OF
these articles used, 10 the fast that they are IN
considerable degree s,ppnn'lng ardent splri's in
the public house, and in the social circle. II is
indeed gratifying truth that while We have in
every thing else increased our impor atoms IN the
article Of ardent spirits both imported and home
manufactured there has in ten years been a fall
ing off in quantity Of about one half fact which
speaks volums in favor ofihe Temperance effort.
As the financial yenr OF the government closes
with September, the introduction Of foreign grain
had not commenced at the period embraced by the
report but the falling off in the agricultural pro
duce of the country had been clearly marked in
the reduced exports. The report OF the present
year will exhibit still, greater reduction OF agri-
cultural exports, and M amount o? foreign wheat
imported, which should hi our farmers with shame
and regret. 1t Ia the province of common sense
to learn wisdom from the past and If the fright
fll reyulsions which have taken place in our com
mcrce and trade do not drive US back own
resources, do not compel us TO greater agricuitur
o. exertiors, more prudence and economy IN our
WAYS and means, and check the disorganzing spif-
II of oyer-,radng end speculation among Us, 80 far
as experience for US concerned It may well be
said, hare hred ia rain.