New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-08
Foreign Views of American Industry.

ssryinq OF attention. We have translated ana
present below the material parts oft 1t begins
with some statements OF the Commerce OF The
United States, founded on the llte official publ
cation OF the Commerce and Navigation of the
Country, from the Treasury Department. Alter
those statements the article proceeds as follows
This modification results in good measure
from the Tariff OF duties which the Americans
have adopted. They have placed themselves
under the banner of Protection They have
laid duties equivalent TO p:ohlbtioh OF some ar
ticles. Foreign Commerce has felt It severely
England. who sent TO North America 10 the
value OF - millions in 1886 and a9o IN lo3i,in
1912 did not furnish more than lo2 millions.
France, which holds the second rank IN the Com
mcrce OF the United States, delivered them goods
to the a:pount of l9a millions N 1896 and III IN
1897 the ticures N the table 70. lc42 only Tor luo
II is nc5ceiycd that the lyss 10 France is consider
ABLY less than that to Eng land as regards the
v,ar ls36. It is however IS Tor hundred.
This d!ninution OF the consumption OF iorelgn
nroduc,s must not be attributed 10 the Tariff OF
duties alone. Ii proceeds also, at least with re-
eard TO France, which exports more particularly
articles OF luxury, from Il fortunate modihcatioh
which has been introduced into the habits OF the
people Adversely has made the Americans more
economical. French silks and articles oi Fdris
fashions have been less sought FOR. Meantime
the fact which gees before all Others, and which
med 6es most profoundly the commercial rela-
tions of the United States with Europe, Is the
entrance with juil sails of North America INTO
the manufacturing system. She die not perhaps
desire il; i: may be considered surprise upon a
good number ot het Legislators. The want OF
the duties has been alleged as reason, for the
Treasury was empty. The intrgues OF parties
were mingled with the question. Meantime Anne
rica is ncw submitted TO the manufacturing re-
oime-she appears to be detinitively subjected TO
it.
Without speaking of the political consequences
that tie establishment of a Protective Tariff
would have on the United States, it may be be-
lieved that this same cause will produce great
changes in the general commerce of the globe
The American is an excellent Mechanic-he
has the spirit of bringing Manufactures to per-
lection in the highest degree. No extremity I'M
pedes him in the improvement OF his operations
! TO keep I'D an antquated method OF labor seems
to him a greater evil than TO rum himself,
greater dshonor than becoming bankrupt. ne
possesses the mechanical genius III superior Ut
gree to the Englishman himself. AS an opera
I'VE he is very skllltul, very intelligent, very
alert. The American workman Is more cuiti-
waited than the European workman he IS more
active with his understanding. and MS WORK
SHOWS it. There Is therefore room Tor the oellei
that under the spur alone OF National riv"ishiP
the American labucs Will make rdpid advances
that in short time they will produce largely,
and at good bargains
Undoubtedly wages are higher IN America Than
| tnrf fhl
manufacturer is compensated by various advanra
ges thu. low price of certain primary materials
cotton Tor example, and it may he believed that
the price of mechanical labor will be lowered IN
the United States; il has pcrceptibly dlminshet
for some wears past,and with an equal consumption
the American operative will ENJOY more comfort
than the European workman. For commodities
of the first necessity are at very low prices IN
| America, except in two or three uf the large Cit
les on the sca coast. In the city OF Cincinnati,
for example, which manufactures great deal,
and which is one of the most populous cities OF
the Union, klogram oil beef may be had for ~
or % ccntmes and other things in proportion.
The conclusion to which this leads Is, that the
| United States are tending speedily to become a
manufacturing people, who will pour INTO the
general commerce manufactured goods, of evesy
| kind, hardware, clockwork, wsengs: .:1elals, IN
great quantities and at low prices. and that they
will prove everywhere powerful rivals 10 the
great manufacturing nations, and particularly to
| England, to whose productions their own genius
attracts them. In "a word, England is threat
cned with having in the American Union CON-
merclal rival which will make terrible war upon
her, because she will oppose to her merchandise,
products exactly similar. When we consider the
part that commerce and manufactures have had
in the establishment Of the English power, it is
easy TO conceive that this would be an event of
nature to influence even the political balance of
| he world.
We may say that England is mcnaced. This
is not enough. The rivaship of the manufactured
goods of North America is an actual fact. The
Americans have made prodigious improvements
in their cotton manufactures, and even their wool
ems more recently. A cry of alarm has been
sounded in Great Britain. At the moment we
are speaking, all the cotton manufacturers in Eu.
rope are esionished at the low prices at which the
Americans furnish their goods. 1t is said that at
such prices nothing of this kind can be sent to
America. A few months since mercantile
house in Boston sent cottons to India and China
by the way of England. These goods were
stopped by the English custom-house, under pre-
text OF fraud in the manufacturers mark. This
incident recalls the fact that, in 1884, an Ameri-
can snip having arrived at Liverpool with eight
bales OF cotton, the custom.house officers seized
1t, persuaded that this cotton could not have come
from the United States, where, in fact, it was not
cultivated before the Independence. In 1900 the
United States furnished as much as Brazil; in
1920 as much as India, which was the principal
producer; and in 1888 twice as much and half
more. This year the crop in the United States is
225 millions Of Kilograms of cotton, which will
sell for $50 millions of francs. In l640 the crop
amounted to $50 millions of Kilograms, against
100 which came from India. All the rest con-
tributes to the general commerce 100 millions of
Kilograms. This year it is nearly tenth larger
But such is the energy OF the American people in
labor, that there is impossiblllty in their show
ing the same skill, the same power the same pro-
gressive boldness, in the manufacture of the
cotton as they have given proof OF in its cul
tlvatlon.
D7 The day line to Boston, over the Long
Island Railroad, (through in 10 hours,l begins its
regular trips tomorrow. The cars leave Brook.
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