Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-06-14

Whole expectation TO Great Britain and her
The Senator stated thai, Great b. i,a II and her de-
Tendencies took two fnrhs of all our surplus and
breadstniis. Ii he had sad of our expiration, he
wilouli have approached nearer the truth. His cal
cnlaIlon Is deceptive, rs he takes the amount actually
exported as constituting The surplus, setting down the
resi- he for home consumption. The irle mode is To
ascertain the amount produced, and ieduci Fl ON il tie
amount necessary for home consumption, and the df
ference IN the surplus, or what we are capable of eX-
p IrlinG. The returns Of the last census show an an.
nual pro melton of eighty four NIL ons OF bushels Of
wheat. Mr.. Ellsworth computes II in his annual re-
port, made nj this session, al one hundred M linns.-
Assuming that oar population nj this time is 20 00O,-
600, ] estimate that sixty millions Of bushers will
meet the necessary home consumption, leaving u sur
plus o! forty millions. OF this, Great Britain takes a
/ little over onc-tCnth.
The production is increasing rapidly, but the expor
tatiDn of -four 10 Canada has ceased. | have been
und.r the impression that the flour exported to Cam
ala found lis way to England, but such is no, now
the case. The people OF t1naia demanded prOie ton
fr their ind ls'ry, and discriminating duties have been
imposed with that view. Oar wheat Is Admitted at a
los duiy, Ia be manufactured there; but flour Is sub
Ircted TO a heavy d ty. 50 that the expectation oft To
that country has ceased, Thus The protective policy,
So long adheret to by England a, home, has been ex-
tended 10 her remote Dependencies. 1t is worthy OF
naiice, also, tina, the small amount Of Ibis article eN-
ported To England does net 90 into her domestic con
sumption. II Is bonded and stored, and re-eXporled,
for the supply of her marine, commercial and militia
"; anl tn IS, as suppose. the duties are avoided.
To the British West Indies we send about 2i0. DOC
f barrels. This market, such as 1t is, is one OF necessl-
ty-those islands not producing the article. Our trade
with these islands furnished a striking Illustration o
the fllacy of the Seniors theory, that reducing oul
importation will necessarily destroy our export trade
We formerly imported from them sugar, molsases
q rum, Nc, which are now made To a great extent n
home; yet our expectation has not sensibly fallen oil
r The exporia,ion To hose is ands IN lSi2 amounted Il
. 81 2O0OuO-0nr importation thence to SS26 900, o
2 one dollar for every four exported, leaving a balanc,
=. of three in our favor.
a TIE British market, whether in Europe or the Yves
In les, is a market Of necessity. She takes from u
- only what she is compelled To take, 10 ayoil starva
d ton. 1t is regulated by the demand, and that dcman,
Is limited to the amount necessary for the subsistence
OF her people. She steadily protects her own indus
e try. and never permits the agricultural productions q
other countries 10 cone in competition with her own
Should she abandon that policy, aud you seek a maj
II ket there, yon would then encounter a competition
v from the north of Europe, who could and would IN
n drrscl You. Sir, what was our experience on tha
Ii subject, when the failure of The corn crop in Englan
IN 1879 struck down the price of cotton there, and pro
ID ducod a Revision IN this country. The capital usual
invested in cotton was diverted 10 the purchase {
'e hreadstuifs; and where did it 90? TO he %continen
'e Had II come here, for the purchase of ON flour, "
n should have experienced no reyul sion. Whether the
took our cotton, or our wheat, would have been i'm
Ir miterlll either would have served as a means of r.
n miitance. and saved Us from embnrra smeni. Bn
Of when seeking that investment, it unfortunately too
a. another direction.
Sir, The farmers Of the West can never rely upon III
II British market; and, should they derive from TIN
N qu 'rter their manufactured articles, they would neyt
" he able to pay for them in their agricultural produ'
D, tons. A home market must be created and sustain
al cd and this can be done only by dlverling labor iroi