New-York tribune., 1841-07-10
T II E 7 R B U N E. y
yEw-YoRK, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 184ll


ocy of the T. States to remain entirely passive sufferers
dcr the restrictions and prohibitions OF other nations
that an, ,ers .houI be opened to all the worl4 though
rsrv por, in the world Is closed against US The warfare
4 competition in ndistr, is be suffered be carried
sust u and all its inlctions be borne by with
he submission of the spaniel the stripes of his master
This country in relation industry, doomed to be
cursed by ingenious propagaors of false and perncOus iheo
e-heoes which though put forth in public journals
and advocated with eloquencc and pausbili,y, would
hinge completely all National prosperity efectualy
carried into practice. Let the European uno, TO
,be own people the home market for their manuac-
,e and make the United States the ready for their
surplus and refuse and ingenious fabricator might
a well calculate the wind any uniformity of prices
The capitalist of this country might well throw his money
into the ocean in manufacturing establishments.
The rewards for ingenuity derived from capital which
the direct Of promoting industry and ingenuity would
be withheld improvements in Manufactures and the Arts
would retrograde There of the products
Of foreign pauper labor and fabrics of almost all varieties,
not only from pauper but from prisons with which the pris
on labor of this country but drop the bucket that
would come pouring in upon Even the insignificant
amount of fabrics made by few workmcn in State Ps
on, nre and deranges market Loud and oft repeated
complaints have made The paper press has often
spoken in terms pointed and stron. The cruelty of sacr
fcng honest industrious and distressing innocent am-
lies e put few dollars the treasury of the State has
been dwe upon by Editors in language that beahed phi
lan,hrOpy Buy where you buy the cheapest
coosuded for when American STATE Prison fabrics
question
If manufacturing in our Prisons is calculated actually to
pOsae of our best citizens and drive them from their
trades and break up their occupations, hear it de-
Tended because have uncultvaed lands which they
may resort but favor John Bull, citizens must seek
the wilderness and thence derive their subsistence We do
no, hear claimed behalf of the consumer, if the State
Prison tailor make cheaper than the honest tailor
aSd the time benefit the Treasury Of the State that
therefore the has right the advantages OF his
abOr; but every day hear it said Why should be
compelled to buy domestic for high price when
cange an English for less sum 2? The case is much
the stronger in of encouraging the State Prison tailor
first because the profit of his labor goes into the Treasury
and therefore for the benefit of all the citizens OF the State
aud secondly all the money paid for the State Prison coat
which does rot go into the Treasury expended for meat
aour butter cheese potatoes, &c feed the State Prison
tailor and for materials 10 cothe him This encourages the
growers of provisions garden vegetables SC The foreign
tailor will take scarcely any these articles because he is
prohibited by the laws of foreign countries from purchasing
leading staple articles and many Of the other articles
Cannot from their pershablc nature be transported Every
cent paid the American tailor will therefore remain The
country and be applied in encouraging other occupa-
ton business giving activity other empoymens and
augmcnng general production To the country. in many
cases makes the difference of the whole of the ari
Gle whether it produced at home abroad
of, fln;l labor
may be diverted and flourish in occupations The
that Is when there great variety OF crIpoy
nents among hem adapted the circumstances
q each and all Manufactures employ children and
he in6rm. Their labor weud to little nothing if
manufactures From habit, genius, education
&c some are calculated TO be useless society except in
particular calling. In a society abounding with
occupations. almost every individual. may employ
less spare productive labor. The aggregate vane
all that earned by the labor thus employed, will IN
lew years form a amsunt of wealth.
Ie value of all the cotton fabrics made in the United
States would undoubtedly equal every year thirty millions
dollars, ateg dcducting the cost al raw cotton lhFee
00Fts the manual labor required for this production Is
performed by women and children, ntrm persons, Nc
whose earnings in agriculture would amount 10 ii'te OF
a''nas But suppose only half is clear gam to the
0aa'Fy In years would amount to one handred ana
y millions of dollars This is saving calculated on oniy
@Y Oaesighh Of all manufactures of the country'he
aasa total whea full operation being estimated at about
"a hundred millions Of dollars II only half the amount
saved IN other branches manufacturing which otherwise
'd not be saved would ten years 10 the enor
s sum OF six hundred millions of dollars. Shorts sighted
Interested free trade advocates talk about the adaptednes
our population and country agriculture We will give
zen three months to make their enquiries and examinations,
Nd nc after u they can no, show in of peace
V ihe whole globes circumference where thirty mil
a' OF dollars worth of agricultural products would, with
reasonable probability be disposed of Europe, in oTdin-
sa' can supply her consumption, and the West In
Africa Will buy ofus. Our shipments to South
.eca have been generally losing concern We do not
'e that hundred millions of bushels OF wheat forced