The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-08-22

Legislation oil the last SIX months 10 promote the
wedong and the export OF those manufacture upon the
prosperity of which depend your prosperity in peace and
your strength in warl Have you passed sny
which could promote the export Of your manufactures 10
the United Satesi Have you done to increase
your exports to- and improve your import trade the
brazs vi any measures of this kind the session has
peea oarien' indeed, may say, worse than barren
Last yea the government proposed measure with re-
sect tothe importa on OF and kne which had the
enc Oh inducing large portion OF the agricutusts TO
believe that your object to continue the system OF
protection to the producer In that expectation they
son They got wrong impres
SION from your speeches, though these were often and
oeh dehvered; yet 1t happened somehow or oheryour
caution was such that they knew not what you really IN
tended TO do-or some acts were on The principles
Oh Tree trade and in others departed from those Prnc
pies But you carried Of measures by the con-
ssency your opponents and the inconsistency Of your
supporters-he hear. But having thus proclaimed
your notwithstanding applied them to many artcies
with respect to which Ugh duties formerly exlsted-you
mainly fail in your plan unless you ready to carry
them out further and apply them the important articles
Of corn and sugar-(hear. hear). Having given that
warning last by declaring your principles should
have your OBJECT during present session to enaea
TO relieve the trade and manufactures OF the country
United States and the Brazs FREQ Of all or at least
high duty. II aDGre and Think most fortunate cir
cumtance that there crisis large tract Of country in The
United States mast fertile in The production Of hed Which
10 the groWing population Of this country might be made
great blessing we took lair advantage OF it; and the
place OF its growth great the
oftransit gh, that with the very Lowest duty
em its Introduction here could compete it'll the
Bsilsh corn grower or IN any way inure its Interests
much in several parts from this country and many
other ports OF Europe that seems bounty Providence
that When your harpess short in those places, there
count les beyond he Atlantic which supply your def.
Gle cy Have doue thing render these circun
sancetadvantaGeous to the people Of this country a.
they might DC made? Nothing oil the sort. But there
was another course, which, though less beneficial you
might have adopted You might have said to both parties
that you had gone considerable way relaxing restrc
tons on foreign produce, and that you disposed to
rest during the year. in order to give the agrcul
tural interests time TO Consider f there were any fair
Nm rahp w pn iupd
corn were to be placed the footing other
,cles This was the time to pause and endeavort to me
the eng htened views which the grculturists be-
ginning to take upon this sutect but instead doing
what was the course which the government had pusu.
ca They brought in the Canadian Corn Bill measure
In itself OF little or no benefit to this country the corn
would have to cc'ce by cIrcuitous, difficult and On
expensive route rendering but iHing, if any advan.
tagewhst the measure excited the alarm amongst
the whole body of the agrculturists revivng in full
force their preudces against the principles Of free trade
principles which the honorable gentlemen opposite last
year appeared anxious advance. This is be
sdercd serious msorune but still there is
for the settlement Of the great question Men of emnence
in the United States. leading mem by ,ohose opinion the
people of hh country influenced inclined 10
cede the principles Of their high projecting tariff of the pre-
abandon zoe wH but afford them market in Great B,i.
tain Jor their agricultural produce. Sir, it seems
advantageous to both countries. We have here in this
country large population, who obliged to import
food for consumption. We have also power to such
extent that honorable gentlemen opposite frequently
planned OF the skill ability, and producveness with
which was set motion In the United States they have
large tracts OF land capable Of nearly all sorts of cuva
ton. they have also manufactures coarser sort of
goods which may go ourishng without any injury 10
us and may be imported by this country at low rate OF
duty There are therefore, between the two COUNT les
the mutual advantages that might import their agr
cultural produce to large amount without any danger
GUS competition, owing TO the distance from which has
to be brought and that they might import manuac
lures without any danger TO the consumption of the
others one would suppose ought to be particularly bent
on such an interchange Instead Of viewing it, however
this light OF the cardinal prime pes oil the present
government is the sliding SCALE which fixes prohlbory
duty upon corn except in certain contingencies and in
these contingencies offering bounty upon the produce
of other countries rather than approach which
is we'll calculated prove OF the greatest advantage
TO Great Britain and the United States and to promote
cordially ana good Will between two great nations
sprung from one common stock, and speaking one
mon language
In answer, Sir Robert Peel remarked Let the agrcul
ursts of this country observe with whst force the agu
ments Of Sir Robert Peel founded upon the unjust party
legislation of last winter, TALL upon their interests. We
have itahcised the striking parts =
The noble lord opposite then proceeded to take re.
view OF the commercial policy OF the country and the
noble lord had alluded in particular to the nature OF the
commercial transactions between this country and the
United States, and between his country and the Brazls
No Doubt is greatly TO be lamened that our CONNER
cia intercourse Dith the United States had greatly dm-
hed However, at various periods that intercourse has
been subjectto great and considerable fluctuations The
noble lord has several years succession and
had taken the average of those years exhibiting
commercial Intercourse with the United States. Now,
frcm the papers which the noble I'd has quo ted will
read some oil the instances in which very great changes
have taken place with regard our commercial inter-
course with the United States. In 1886 the amount Of
dealings with the United States amounted in ports ofour
manufactures to f2,427 goo. In the next year they
amounted to fi2,469,O97 In the year following to fs
S39 600 Inthe ear following they suddenly fell to ft
OO0 In the they rose TO CT O9 OOO and in
the last year they reduced 60 $685.
co., The noble lord said that this commercial ntercous Sc
could be increased either BY the operation 0 commercial
treaties or by Of reducing import duties upon
iices, The produce Of the United States. Now should
consider It at all prudent occasion like the pre-
sent TO express opy positive opn ion with respect
meicis treaties. must say, that the experience of re-
attempts conclude commercial treaties has not
been very favorable. Negotiations were entered upon
they were continued in the hope OF being brought
successu issue-thcy were pursued with those views
and anticpaons-there was an unwingness to termi-
nate hem end in the meantime trade greatly suffered
from their continuance But with respect negotat
singular in its proceedings. We have been anxious not
only 10 make to essions from other
tries Other governments have attempted that policy,
accession TO ce entertained hopes that Portugal and
France would bring our commercial arrangements TO
ISSUE ahall not however lay down any alb
strsct view upon this SUBJECT there might have been
circumstances which justified that OF proceeding.
We have made reductions in our restrictive dues-they
have been unila ra and have received correspo
ding advantage; and therefore shall abstain from layI
down abstract rule with respect to commercial trea
ties But must say that the hare pursued Nth
regard TO America the reduction hare made the duties
upon The import Of american products has been i'm.
Mehdey TooDed % he Ontted ofafes as zoe had right
e1pecf-aud when the noble lord predicts that If
fur her reduction should be met with
pondng spirit all can FAY is that past experience hardly
jusfeshe noble lord in that prediction Last year. by the
tariff then proposed and adopted made considerable
ducons az The duties imposed upon the import of the
products of the United States-we gave them great en-
10 carry on commercial proceedings with
colonies Now what after these ssions,
had the United States pursued Notwithstanding the ex
ample OF lberoy which this country had set in July
1884, United states imposed high tariff and 10 this
may be attributed the falling IF Of the amount Of The export
Of British products 10 the United States After the eA.
ample had set, nigh have expected that we should
have been met with liberal spirit by the United
states and hence that the iangiio in trade
result OF the OF the British government but il
the result of the Of the government of the Uni
ted States in imposing prohibory duties manuac.
lures. That tariff mad been adopted within few months
after made the reduction (Hear, hear) cannot de-
the falling of of the traffic bet the two countries
but at the time cannot admit the noble lord that
viewing the state OF commercial relations within the
last six months should be justified in adopting the
OF the noble lord have the satsfaction