Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-11-07

that II amounts to prohibition
The almost prophetic accuracy " ihi, ssc,a,iop.
will appeal. t,leteace TO the last eticis fstntn'
ftcm cor MIST
Whole co'sacs cf fhe mint and branches Of Tie
United States, from l700 10 lSi3.
For 1880 81 76i ap ~ For 1870 SSAst $50 81
1887 SEGA 7qa % iei setnSSi ~
iSia A.snb $40 90 ists AI9n.T6t W
1879 Sil6,i5 bt 1873 ~ 967Sn 10
That this return Of the mint should thus have con
ttased strongly With tho baoysucy add the srtine
given TO business. BY tbs Taur .f 1855, snd eshibt.
Jog the increase 81 the whole co'nasc ~ two or
three millions per year bcinto the act sud The
sudden rise oi tho amount to nearly twelve millions
in lCt3 Immediately after tho passing Of the act, 70
yery extraordinary. hs eenuincncss might even be-
doubted ~ these tins, Of party. DID II not bear the
name Of John Tyler. aad dsic eoth Of January,
1914. II must be true.
All these great questions Of commerce 10 all ur.r
consequences arc 90 immediately connected '.t.
agriculture and market, cannot iofh'n To- mai-
ton one other subject Of great and commanding r-
portanco to tho Natiun-I menn our numerous Re
ciptocity Treaties, 50 called II IL the misuse 81
the term and the prrmttcd abuse Of those treaties.
which call, for remark aud public consideration
The injuries arising from those treaties are ssty
gtc't as the, arc rSp'undcd GOD carried Irto cftrt
On ue Most VI The cations OF tu5opo hs'o eoinnlrI
IN different parts of tho Ocean--thc East OF West
ladies. Bot To be BRET must illustrate by sirs
gle ease. Great Hfitain readily makes Reciptoc-
NY treaty with the United States II bcupoaks eent
! equality snd mutual kindness. The nags and ships
Of each other are put upon the footing IN on ch
others ports, and 10 he received without Distinction
or discrimination. II looks all we'll. In ptacuon
under the treaty, antmorican and anEngl,sh vessels
sells load at London with the s,me goods md come
together NJ one OF our ports The duties collected
must be upon the goods, and no difference IN which
| ship the goods come. This country has the right
and so has Ens land to lay whatever duties shethnk-
| proper on the importation of tho goods into their
| fespec i've ports England accordingly ,mposed a
rate ofdu,ies on produce from the Uatcd States m
| high as 10 be prohibition, and rate Of duties on
like articles from her own colonies so low as to be
nominal. The effects Of this is that the American
and the English ships which came out topoth
ar neither of them take a return caro-
from the Unitcd States to London or any
| port on account Of high duties. Hut the British
ship can taSe The snme articles from ports and
sail to the nearest British colony. touch, and then
proceed on To London or any port. Her vny,gos
now ION the colony, and she ohly pays the col ouv
duty on the very articles she took from our port -
| Thus she sails around the 'Reciproci,y Treaty
| The American vessel is not allowed To 90 from a.,
Colony to England can make 10 voyage ba. no
market and is lelt in our docks to decsy
TABLE
These few articles will serve to illustrate tho
whole
From British
Or boards other Timber
| per load or 30 cube feet 81 6s 81 cents
| On oars, per 100 rs 90 qOcents
On hand-pikes per 100 960 20 ceots
On spokos for wheels per
! 1000 10 on 40 ...,.
l On frevood, per load OF
| 2l6 cubic feet 24O Gcc
The course of this trade is-for British vessel. 10
come into our porte and take cargo of American
product and sail-f at the East for Halifax q, an
Eastern Province ii at Southern port, for a West
| india isiand-anJ having touched thus at British
Colony, the voyage is then home ward from susb
colony. This avoids the reciprocity treaty-m-
cures tho carrying Trade of our grain, timber &C
IA also the benefit Of the dlscrmina inc dutie. H.
| favor oil the Colonies In Mach 4
the savannah River, and there saw eleven large
British vessels )nding with Ceorgia Timber-no A.
| mercan vessel there This course Of trade is not
allowed to anAmercan vessel Rcciproc;ty In ,,ade
IN eans-Our ports opcn to her commerce
ser ports thut 10 our commerce. Il is much better
Country s t" Or +. Ti"a.
TO Brazil. to Iiay, or TO any part ofihe world where
the enterprise and the voyage of an American vessel
can be defeated,
FREE TRADE
Foreign Cofees are charged Is. Sd per pound
duty, Colonial Coiees only Cd while Coflecs i'm
ported rom The Cape Of Good Hope, pay 3D. Now
as the costs of sending. in an unusual and indirect
way, coiees from foreign country to the Cape of
Good Hope, is only from Ie to Id. per pound; vrrv
large quantities arc shipped from Br,zI and U,,l
to the Cope--and thepce re shipped TO EnoIand ~
lRepou OF Committee to Parliament 1910
Have cargoes of Coffee been sent from the oni.
ted Kingdom, and from ports Of the continent of
Europe, to be landed at The Cape Of Good IIops
and DO brought back u theU nited nQdom
Tor the purpose for supplying tho necessary consuno
ton here Yes from 26ih Apr 1888 to si,h
March. 1870 II appears by the fotutns that 81 car
goe5 imp or;ing than II 900 900 lbs of loreip1
coffee had arrived IN the United Kingdom from the
Cape of Good Hope The duty on that mode o
carrying coffee Is 80, per pound lfen'cred from a
Foreign couutry, Is. Sd. The duty saved by tho in
direct importation would be $50 OOOi strrliny about
1919, 900. II Examination OF McGrsgor, anne 1ed
r TO report.
the intent and meaning Of this, is that the A
| nj o tba A..
ID sterling per pound 10 England She 10 not al
lowed TO 60 witha cargolf0m thcEnylsh setteme nts
al the Cape Of Good Hope, 10 an English port
The British vessel takes the coffee touches al the
! Cape. and thence her voyage 10 home where shs
pays I'd per pound duiy-wth only I,2 or ID pey d.
Tor increased cost Of her indirect way Should the
American vessel thse cargo snd conclude To bear
the difference OF duty the English vessel would soon
arrive and with it's difference Of duty N her favor
tbeing2cents pound would under.eli nd ruin the
0 american voyoge. Thus the the American shin own
: es with bghted hopes learns that his own Cavern
ment has not only negotiated him out of The Gary.
ing Trade OF II own country, but has also turned
l. him out Of the carrying trade between England
). and all other nations: It's apparent bs. the En-
gsh government negotiated for It's sublects-but 4,
isvey difficult to say for whom the American gov
II eminent negotiated.
!, Our nei2hbors the Hpaniafds. have also Ie,,rel
d something Of this mode of Commerce. and of tho
r. kind ess Of nation in its commercial arrange
m ments. She too h1s provided duty on cotton 81
4 highas prohibit It's Importation In Amer csn vessels
- while II brought rom her colonle. At nomna al
d duty. Some few years ago vent from New Or
~ leans to Havana IL an American vessel laden in
part with cotton. ! poiiced The course of III.
J tf1de. On arriving at Havana, the Cotton became
the produce of Cuba, and was then shipped as snc
~ with the rew Orleans bags and marks poD II n
Spanish vessel, for Old Spain, and paying only The
ne COLONY duty.
IA These measures show the devices 10 gail
re our trade, TO exclude American vessels, I,
be iuiure their carrying trade. 10 lessen thei
Y. shipping interest and ship-building,to dspres,
4. their commerce and navigation, and all In vi
:" nlaiinn Of ihn faiIh Of a irnaiu mn Lo..,.n ..