Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-05


annually of the cotton, rica, sugar, corn, to-
buccO, &c. OF the south-the -four, pork, beef
cheese, butter and lard, &c. &c. of the great
west--the iron, coal, &c. &c. OF Pennsylva-
Dla-tbe countless varieties of the yankee
products Of the cast--and not uDfrequently
purchase the lumber of Maine aud North
Carolina, to build houses of their own. The
luborer of this country, ns before shown, has
been elevated in the social scale at least ten
fold within the last go years. if we take into
consideration the rise OF his wages on the
one hand, and the fall OF the manufactured
articles on the other. The domestic manu-
taciures of this couatry, at the present time,
would probably amount to not less than
S00,000,000 Of dollars annually, if valued at
the same prices we paid foreigners for
them some twenty years since an amount
greater than the exports Of our domestic pro.
ducts would have then paid for IN quarier
81 century. 1T the same time such has
been the impulse given to every branch Of
industry, by the protection Of our labor from
foreign Interference, that after adding this
immense wealth yearly in our own mannloc-
lures, our exports have nearly doubled IN the
same time. The value Of our domestic
manufactures amounting TO- say 300,0O00DO
10 our national WEALTH. being the produce
: of our labor both In the manufacture and the
supplying of the msterals--Ihe proceeds of
which are dflu,cd over every pnrt of the
! Union aud paid ior by the products Of labor
uiust cOngenial To each section; giving lie
and animation to the trade Of the whole coun-
try. aud making business for on immense
amount Of shipping. Three quarters Of the
i..I. b., L.. al in
case we depended on foreign nations for our
manufactures. If we suppose tho immense
amount, OF goods nov consumed III this c0un.
try to be imported rs formerly, and they could
be paid for by exporting the products Of the
soil now consumed AT home, the shipping Of
/ the world would rot be sufficient 10 make
our exchanges, and there would apparently
be no end to our wealth and yet If we take
lintn consideration the real value OF our do
nostIc articles, over our imports, as adapted
TO the wants Of the great body of the people,
we shall probably End that thrice their amount
IN articles We have been accustomed 10 M
port would not . ford the same comforts
even If we should add to this amount the 90
cents worth Of foreign comforts" each per-
son is deprived Of by the workings OF a
Z" false system" which that profound econo'
mist, Martin Van Barren, SO pa,he,caIly la
ments.
| Could the enemies Of the "fllsn system
succeed in destroying It, and break uo the
manufacturing business in the United States,
there would be an end 10 the prosperity Of ere-
~ section of The Union. Even supposng we
could find q foreign market for the same
amount Of our products, now consumed by
those who are engaged in the thousand vari
Gus grades and branches Of that business
from the nature Of agriculture. a small part
Iof the population Of couGtry only car
be efficiently employed, and but for par, oI
the year. Men of weakly conStiuton-wo-
men and chldren-cun be Of but little SER
! vice in tling the soil, while they are as ca.
pable Of working IN manutactory as the
strongest men. Daring the long war with
Napoleon when England was contending for
her existence, a child Of 10 or l2 years oi
age employed at home by The aid of machi-
merry, earned sufficient to pay, equip and keep
IN the field abroad, an able bodied soldier
hired from the specie despots OF the coninen'i
and thus these children aided not little by
their humble lahors to subdue the copqueror
Of the world. But for her manufacturing and
banking system, England would have proba.
bly, been overruu by the armies of France
When driven by necessity she sent her spe-
Gle abroat, and in lieu OF IT coined her honor
into gold, and made her internal exchanges
for more than twenty years, entirely with
paper currency based on integrity alone.
If the farmers Of the manufacturing states
will turn their attention to the subject, and
make ont a list Of the articles they now year
" dispose of, they will find that not one quar-
Ter the amount would bear transportation 10
foreign countries, even if they would receive
,,hcm.-Thcy raise but few of the staples that
vii answer To send obroad.-These are now
confined TO the south and west, and even Of
! these the northern and eastern states proba-
bly, consume at least one half they have to
spare. New England alone consumes about.
900 COO barrels of flour annually from the
west-a greater amount than is taken by all
foreign countries IN the world.-The mnnu-
featuring states cannot consume less than
10 0CO COO dollars Of the cotton, rice, tobacco,
sugar and Other products Of the south and
not less than 10000, 900 dollars worth of the
Farmers wool, tone article alone )--Forcign
nations already receive from u. MS many OF
our products as they can pay for at their pres.
ent prices--1nd if We send them more the
! only effect viii be- in the same ratio To Lessen
their yalue abroad, without materially lncrras-
ng the aggregate amount received. The
world is by nature a prodigal, and spends all
1t has TO sparc-we can only get our propor
ton Of wI,a, surplus it has to spend, send to
thcs, as much as we will.
There is u very general idea prevailing
thai people consume IN proportion 10 their
wants, instead of their ability. Nothing Is
more erronc nus, as the writer he's before on
deavored to shew. The wants Of mankind are
mostly of them artificial, created by the able
Ity tn CRAFTY When driven by neces-
sltv, full grown nan may be sustained by
Two pcnny's worth of bread a day.-Doctor
Franklin proved this in his own person; and
more than half the population OF many specie
countries, exist nj this present time upon n
few ounces OF bread, and perhaps little veg.
etabc broth, or water porrdge each day
In proporiion as the labor of q people is ad-
vanaccously and generally employed, and
,Loy are allowed the benefit of their earn.
.Iinrs. IN the same proportion will ,hcir ability
b. to buy. aud as a general rule ccnsum".-
Their necessities will be first provided for
then the articles most indspcn, able 10 their
cnmfot-and after oil these are supplied,
they will commence the use cf what nrc CAL
led luxurcs 1T was supposed by many At
tho time the Tariff laws of 1929 were passed.
tia, il would prevent the inporiolons oi
freirn goods To such an cStent ~ 10 render
direct taxation necessary for support OF gov.
. g. e. f,n,, ,lts htinn tho Casp.