Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-11-20
TRADE WITH FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

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States had already concluded in 1915, recip.
rocily navigation treaty with England, similar
to that which France boasts Of having coded in
1922. And England treats the American ship
ping with more liberality than France does; Tor
If an American vessel has entered French
port, and without breaking cargo sails for an
English one, she is received there by the recp
rocly treaty; whereas, in a similar case, the
vessel could not sail from an English post TO a
| French one.
| 10 1922, when the reciprocity treaty was con
cluded, the duties on French wines were ID
cents the gallon; on brandies 48 cents per gal.
lon; on silks ID per cent al vaIorem. In 1923
these duties were raised TO SO cents the gallon
on braudies and 80 per cent. on silks. The
new tariff will not be heavier on silks and wines
than that Of 1922, whilst they will be lighter
on spirits. How, then, can the French have
reason to comp!ain?-Jour. Of Hare
To this article correspondent Of the Boston
Courier appends the following remarks:
| There is no nation with which we trade which
has evinced so illbera disposition as France
By our tariff for many years past, we have admit.
ted her great staple silk goods, free OF duty,
and her wines at mere nominal one. hardly
worth collecting while the goods we send TO
her are taxed, some Of them, like tobacco. to an
enormous extent, and the imports Of that article
limited to similar quantity.
On the other hand France excludes, by pro
hhlions or extreme rates OF duty, nearly all the
goods we export, combining her imports to tobacco,
which she cannot do without, as it is essential to
mix with the home grown article in order TO i'm.
prove its quality-but chiefly cotton, which she
takes from US because she cannot do without
it, but as we believe, at less favorable rates Of
duty than imposts of cotton from other countries
with whom she trades. ,..
France has usually taken much less amount
OF goods from us Than we buy from her. By the
custom house returns for 1899, we. find the i'm.
ports from France amounted to $50, 234, 10;
while our exports to that country and her colo.
MES were only s19924,413. The same year
Great Britain; a nation OF only twohrds the
population OF france, took for herself and colo.
MES, S68. 169,082; while we imported from
Great Britain and her colonies, ST. ,600,35l.
Again The goods we receive from England
are, for the most part, articles OF real utility
metals, glass, cotton and wooden goods. &c. &c.
while nearly all the returns Of our exports to
France are articles OF luxury, and no real value.
We send her 10 the extent Of $4,000, 900 10
820,O00,O00 per annum, chiefly, say three
quarters, in cotton, aud the balance in ashes,
tobacco, &c. We can well do without the silks,
spirits, laces, Wines &c Of France, and it
would be an advantage to US, were the importa-
ton TO be discontinued
France, however, cannot do without our to.
bacco, TO render her miserable home qualities;
of which the government are the monopolizers,
fit for sale and consumption; but she only takes
ff bat ta,,la onrth 0T he
which we sell to Great Britain and her colo
MES.
France depends almost wholly upon us for cot
ton, and were this government to prohhi, the
impou Of French goods, she would still have to
lake all the cotton from us which she now does,
or her manufacturers would be ruined.
II, however, her ships did not come here for
il. nor any go I'd her with ii, she would send
TO Liverpool for it, and be compelled 10 pay an
additional price. Such also would be her course,
were The exports o. tobacco hence to France TO
be suspended She cannot do without either Of
them.
We have now imposed moderate duty on
silk and wines, and the French Ambassador has
stated his objections to such measure. They
ought not 10 be regarded in the least; but this
government should be told, that France owes to
us some more important changes in her CONNER.
cial SYSTEM in favor Of our trade. Her ships
come here on favorable terms, and bring cargoes
Of all the various products Of France, while
nearly all the products and manufactures Of this
country are excluded from her ports by pruhibi
tons or ny extreme duties.
We think that the Secretary Of Sra'o. Mr..
Webster, when he has leisure TO turn his attention
to lhss matter, will do somethin! 20 cnnstrar
, France 10 a more Just and liberal conduct, and
ailing Of success, we rust that some further
rates Of duty will be imposed in the import into
this country Of her staples.
So also, in regard to Great Britain. We
: ought 10 have access TO her markets always and
under all reasonable duty, for our grain and ou
lumber. 1t was the policy OF the late Wing
/ administration so TO 10; and had they prevailed
> we would have found market, this winter, Co
500 100000 of our -four, and grain and lumber
10 Great Britain.
Such an alteration in the policy Of Great Br
tain and France, would extend our exports L
the amount OF $30,0O0,0O0, Or more, and Civ,
employment TO an increased quantity of ship
ping, equal 10 100000 tons, most Of which
would be Maine and Massachusetts shipping.
1t is time we demanded Of other nations NOR
+ favorable terms than we now enjoy in CONNER
f cial matters, in return for the liberal trealmen
, those nations receive from u.s. Our trade is great
improving and increasing rapidly, so that it
thirty or forty years it may be Of more value Il
France and Great Britain than all the trade thost
nations now have with the continent Of Europe
If we are correct in this view Of the case
neither Of these nations, nor any other CONNER
cial nation, will refuse 10 accede 10 our clam
OF a more lust and liberal treatment in thei