Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-05

tions equal blessings to the producer ana consume
a less than TO the navigator lhe o'o ,. 80.
by this restrictive system to Tue co'''' " - e
try, whose numbers and cap'a' are ".ay -
M" .roer than those Of the manufacturers, aho "!
,,i,,h1 : ,sefnl and indeed national interest," 10 ne
&aw Of The trainers OF the consiituuon IS DO IA
fins al the same time, with nS much u not gr'a|'
on all the producers aad consumers oil lhe cou"uy
The nlrdy and adventurous fisherman iee.s ~ W
Yros both az navigator and producer oil new ar'cie
of fnod He gets addu nal drawback or bounty ."
account of the higher duties and greater cost o" ~"
sci aud has to sustain the shock alter "
preston N the prosperity of his business Co"Pu,"e
The whole tonnage in the fisheries al 2O o0o tne loss
on thai, 10 fe years, must b. equal TO 81 o'o"oo,
while thu exports Of dried fish Chs gains as r"auc'
have al most eased, and The whole business ~
suffered rvalshP and loss from Tue
lard oil. a,,r;nr
If t,e hoo Them is painted in the Yves. as oeVour'ns
The whale and If the white fish 1t tie lakes are rams
&or,ed to The East and sold even IN Ssot vi me ha"e
Of our coast as has happened The las; season, so oe
it. if the result OF equal Laws and TAR competition -
Rut do not ne gect Cypress that class whose num-
bers though noseless, exceed all IN the cott'n ha
nufac,ures of the whole Union, and were ceemea 50
naons object by fathers, forming nursery not
only for our commercial marine, but our gallant navy
and who aided so ably in the capture of Lnu'soufg'
(under q commander whose tomb and Dwelling "oose
are near the mouth OF the chef barber oil my ea'e'
md even mingled with Rodgers rangers, ana helpeo
IN
water on the decks Of Paul Jones in the Revolution as
we'll as in the hardest fights of Hull, Ba'nbr'dge,
and Decatur, in the late Rely on II, SIR, always
in all ex,gencss will they be found at their p"ss ano
will compare in morals and worth, no les man caring
courage, with any class of the North. The pocy OF
ENGLAND on the contrary has been 10 continue careful
" TO cherish her fisheries W. IL as Navigation Hef
annual income from this source computed at '"e"'
millions of dollars; while ours, at only hah tha anu
under depression t. be further Frustrated ny the
nC tlia
far from The burdens on her navgaiion whe"
embarrassed has sought out new markets tor y I" Vs
new products 10 be carried and lowered the oues on
NIL Il consumes Hence her tarf on hemp was low
and hal been reduced-on timber, tribe, II from hef
colonies, and IRON merely n"mosl 80
But beyond all tn $, the policy IN our present taru
aimed at the dsstruc ion OF the reciprocs uea's we
possessed the ton8g. and, IN that way, Womb op
stroy nobest carrying trade nt the world torpa'n
ed hos ,lty everything savoDg otree trace oeca"Se
. standing censure on their discriminating COURSE
These treaties had already been threatened again
and again, though without them We could cum u"
transportation of anything but exports OF our :"
nroducons as s other had like right tea
~ the Spnt Of theirs THIS would give u.s. IN pfac'ce'
only hall the fre,ghts Of all our eSpnts and imports
and half the number of ships or tonnage engage W
onr foreign trade. Many seem to b-eve We 40 no.
o,ooeo eo great proportion that and change
is called for by the opponents nt tree uaoe' anu "up
snd-cry 10 raised, that most ct our foreign commerce
in in foreign bottoms; and That Engsh naVsat'oh' u"
nar
But how is the naked truth: and what are the 'ossf
and dangers the restrictive system IS exposing us ''
SETTING aside ,ha colonial intercourse between US a"o
the British provinces, (Which rests on peculiar phc
plies. and, by frequent entries and cl"afances WI" ps-
sengers and steamboats, and tle freight, has ia'a
cous anpearance as entries though IN TACT we car
nv ,hree-our rs of freghls) the American "nnage
entering and clearing abroad, is nearly ec'e IN qnanu
ty that of all the rest OF The wori'; ana me
brought home were, in 1912. valued to the exrnt Of
SSS 724 $50 and all others only ST. 43T,e0I lh"sr
we carried out were quite three-onrlhs These are
near the proportions tor some years VINO, a'tef 50
many statements TO the contrary, can LOOK, ou' wa.
amaz nj on tho IN the table IN my hanns
non ,;led from Official returns, oi the greater number
r entries by American than foreign vessels, from eaeh
Of the great powers in the world, IN lc42, as wen as
nost Of the smaller ones except two, and thihk wha'
r,u., no the tendency of a system which "onll eA-
change this iour-hi'hs 'of o'''y 1904 - ~ "
No Is p., ,;o
had $50 vessels entering here, and M DINER Po"e'
but GIG; W., from England herself OH she' 'u 81"
other tre,pners 10 u.s. but 80 w. rom faef
406 vessels and all others thence but ~; We rom
Spain, 800. of which two-'hrns were from Iuoa;
all Others So We from Braz'l, aboct winch so
much has been SAID Ia and all others ou, 70 Ano'
indeed in oil quarters of the globe, there are only Two
ANAL governments, Sweden and the Hanse towns, IN
which the balance is against us, and lnat oa'a"ee :"
both # them inclusive not much as u s IN our ID
war with the small republic of Teas own neigh
borlood. Ysi those two riing exceptions are OF en-
inconsderatey thrust forward, as conclusive evidence
of the general operation OF the reciprocal system on
opr fore,pn image Leaving other interesting details
I would ONLY add, that another evil consequence rom
annulling the reciprocity system would be TO Destroy
the whole Of carriage Of all The Ten TO twenty mn
Inns which we yearly export OF afucrs OF ofeign orr
DIN R,sdes tn s. Il will cut off proktibe and urge
branch Of the carrying trade nothing OF which appears
IN on, Official records 1t is OF this character Prnoa-
bv 100 TO $50 American vessels clear yearly from Cuoa
to various paris Of the world with sugar. moasses ano
coffee whose cargoes make no part OF our conmefc'a
s:atn tics Many clear also IRON bfaz j anu Sone
from other por's in both newspapers WIN -.
goes for various quarters of which we learn h"'h'ne
except by foreign Statistics and consular r. TURNS
the profits al so,ne future period brought HON. 10 va
ustle imports Something ike 80 OF our vessels have
yearly gone with fte1ht 10 those very tanse owns
some to Aut.erp and Trieste, and others sun 10 o'"ef
ports in the Baltic from Brezil and Cuba, "ho' "''"ou
the principle OF reciprocal treaties, cono not mus e"
a ton of foeirn produce Let the N'f'hrrn s'i'p'""
er then look 10 before ne longer approves
pclcy likely 10 end in the destruction oil ihucm .
this suoer,orv on our part in the indirect as wen as
direct CARVING trade and coDmercial marine Sc
cond only 10 one power in the known world
LIE. The farmer Of the mammoth West ana " Tue
central States look to this. and the manuactue' as
well as navigator, of the North why, or: Deean
this very trade which makes market Tor ofeaos'u"'
lard 6.h and most nf our exported manu- ACQUIRES ~
Cuba. Mexico, and Brazil, does II only because '"e
sugar coffee, and molAsses, obtained IN excnange
hem in . o,pnt degfee shipped TO the North al Eu-
,ooe and ,hs nroceeds returned here in those very
articles of foreign iron and hemp, which 'he prese"
Tariff and lis ant-commerr,sl Icy tend 10 REJECT
(7s be Coninued)