New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-06-30

rnarv Ike old experience a" England teaches that
high price for manufactured gods IS by no means nece
sarv consequence Of protection In fine. German industry
still Ear being able supply the home marSet In
order 20 ec-onr-h thai object have Vet mannheim
the l3,e00cwt. OF cotton Goods e 8OoocUt OF wooden
cloth and the 800 000cgt OF VAIN and twist nc lFen
YARN which present import from England Ii being
done viii then imports OF cotton and wool
alone by 500 000cwt.. which viii bring - into direct
commercial Intercourse with the countries OF the torrd
and enable pay for the greater part not Tor
TIE whole Ct this necessary Faw material with our own man
uiactures.
Its easy to conceive how the English faraen may
last be induced, by representations such a. those contained
in this report to depart from it, Corn Law which has hitherto
operated protection against Germany but 70 Us Il IN
e highest degree incompehenblc how TIE German unlon.
which has made such advances consequence OF
IL protective measures ,oud be prevailed b. tie
report 2d,anaeeous system. Il j, true DE-.
Bowrng assures Us mat 10 German manufactures pro-
rc'ed a. the cost of the landed ineles' n how
give credit to lis assertions when find that the deend
for agricultural urouce the prize OF that produce the
labor rents and The value Of land have every where IA
creased Dr. Bowrins s,es calculation. according to
which ti!eIc are three agricuIrist manufacturer in
Germany but at e same tire m Shows thai the number ct
the German manufacturers sir beats By Just
proportion the number of agriculturis Fov II Is MT
cclcoyabc how an equilibrium can be introduced between
those classes ehci7a than by proongius the protection
against those articles which still .goe IN England for the
German market by who the English ae'ic'-
al produce and reject the German. Dr. Bowrlng insists
that The German agricurist only look Tor an increased
sale his produce foreign countries. However. that
great demand for agricultural products created by the
pev national fact which we ienrn not
only from the experience Of England bat which DIR. Bowlns
himself implicitly admits. b. the teai expressed IN rs
port that II England much longer delays the rcPeal ~ er
Corn Law. Germany Will neither have corn nor timber TO
spare for England The Doctor q. perfectly right when ne
sry that the agricultural Is the preponderang interest OF
Germany. but precisely because preparedness II ought to
endsavor by improving the manufacturing interest to place
Itself fair balance with that interest. since not upon
supeJo tie manufacturing interest but upon equ-
librurn herewith inc prosperity Of agriculture depends
The reporters observation. :G n Germany public opinion
fovors free trade. be taken subject this CORRECTION
that the establishment of Ioll Veren have
arrived clearer insight OF what IS really Eng
land by the term trade for since that he
himself saws. the Iol Vcreu has brought the sentiment OF
German nationality the regions Of hope and fancy into
those OF positive and material interests The reporter IL
right in hi> belief that knowledge widely spread among
the Germans. II j., precisely nr that that in Ger
yeole havS ceased indulge in coSmopoie dreams:
they rccoect their faust-thcy their judgement,
their experience. to their sound common sense
rather than TO faulty systems IN contradiction with all expo
ricncchev begin comprehend why Bukc conhdentally
warned Adam Smith that countries not TO be governed
according cosmopoilc views but b. Knowledge founded
searching Investigations of their peculiar national inter-
css: thcv dsrus coanScors who blow hot and cold with
the MOUTH they well know how estimate the
value well the advice of manufacturing competitors in
word whenever there any question about offers from
ycCOlcCt tile wc!l-knoWn caution, ana
We di,trust the Greeks, even their presents.
On these grounds there doubt that agy really
influential Germans could seriously hold hopes 10 the
porter Of the abandonment of protective policy for the
vIetched concession being enabled export
and timber England Al any public opinion in Ger
many will doubtless scpe class suHh influential persons
among the thinking pa Of the population To bS entitled
that attribute in the present day in Germany 1t Is not
enough have learned by the history the Phascolosy
and the arguments OF the cosrnopolitc school what
CURED is know the faculties and the of the nation
and unencumbcred by the system Of any school to consider
how those be- unoed, these satisfied thorough 10
norance OF the faculties and of the counyi- betrayed
by persons who of the immense efforts that
have been required elevate the industry OF nation to that
which the German manufacturing interest
pies who have sagacity anticipate the greatness of its
future prosperity. who would cruelty deceive the conf
dcnce which the German manufacturers have placed IN their
Governments and deeply wound the cnterpsng spirit Of
the nation, who distinguish the important difference
between manufacturing nation OF the first rank, and msrc
and timber exporting country, who are incapable OF
pcrccivng how precautions foreign and timber market
ordinary times how easily concessions may be
vokcs and what conyu>ions might result from tAe inter
rupon of that intercourse by hostile measures
who fine, have yet learned. from the example of other
great states how Intimately the existence the Independence
and the power OF nation are INJECTED with the possession
of manufacturing system of its developed IN all its
branches