Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-11-07
Vol. 50....No Is.


10 find IT,
Real reciprocity IN trade is indeed very |
excellent Il we could but have it. II would /
be thing we never We, have had or seen |
Great Britain can never afford 1t to us. and |
was she tomorrow to repeal her Corn |
Laws. and open her ports to foreign sup
plies II would be no manner Of bcne fl TO us |
II would shorten the distances and freight |
OF the Bread.stuiis from the Blltic. from |
Germany and from the Mediterranean.
which are now pressing to get into our mar.
krt They would fill up Immediately the
British market and undcrscl aud crowd
us out "Whcat at Odessa is about AOl
cents per bushel, AMI The cost OF ranspor,1
Ton IRON That pom To London about is 81
less than from the Uniicd States" wide
Jacobs Report to Parlamen,)
| |, should be remembered that public doc.
umen,s'show that the home produce of grain
of Englcnd supplies the demand of her con
sumption. Within ore nineteenth part Of
the whole amount required. This small
balance she obtains, principally, from aud
through her Colonies; securing the carry
ing trade 10 her shipping and ship building
interest, and the residue she catches MS she
can, and where she can drive tho bes, bar.
gain. We cannot gain anything by, and
we have no motive To enter into,th scuflc;
we had better look about and see all things
in tue light, and begin to take care of
ourselves Follow he doings and not the
teachings OF Great Britain. That Govern.
ment exercises poternal care for all her
subjects. 1t feels pledged that no one of
them willing 10 labor shall need employ.
ment or want market for his productions.
With her supcrabundant population 10 pro
vide for, she has difficulties to encounter
Hence, PRoTEcTIoN to her subjects is her
policy and practice her books and teach.
ing for others is FREE TRADE. When the
British ambassador not long since open ed
his doctrine and urged the French Govern.
mcnt to toe adoption Of Free Trade; Mon
sieur the Minister, answered with a 81 vous
pleis, "When your Government begins TO
practice Free Trade, then we will think of
1t.
Previous 10 the commencement of manu-
lectures IN New England the Western Far
mers found little marke, with u.s. In addi-
ton 10 their Grain, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs. &c
in almost innumerable quantities are now
continually driven out for the markets of
Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
Have Free Trade for one month and all
this only market Of the Farmer of the West
will be broken up and their prosperity
gone, Now, the Cattle of Missouri Hi
9 vsS &i s dTsn ana Wesen NN4 s@a
York, and sold at Brighton to feed the in
habitants of Boston. Lowell, &c. 1t is the
Manufacturers, the Ship binders and the
Commerce Of The Atlantic cities which sup.
ply consumers ana create this Home Mar
ket.--Before the establishment Of Manufac
trues among us the Eas, India Trade was a
continued drain upon our specie. We had
nothing else 10 ship 10 carry it on. Manu-.
features are now supplied and shipped in
such amount as nearly to equal the imports
Of that whole trade. Agriculture cannot
prosper without the first prosperity Of Com
merce and Manufactures Very many
8 Farmersnow have experience and intelli.
gence to know this, and integrity TO declare
1t You cost the country nothing. and you
pay For Diplomacy Ministers, and every
thing. You wish only Market, either
B.. foreign or domestic-you are silent and for
gotten.
| | will not enquire the immense value o.
+ all your yearly crops. But have you ever
J. cast thought upon your Potatoe crop alone
= as to its value ? compared with all your
h exports TO England Except Col,on) Tho
r last Census shows that one hundred and
e nine millions of bushels are the customary
yield of one year; which estimated at a
r quarter of dollar per bushel gives S 81,
d 000,000--or four times the value or a
e mount Of all the residue of your exports tc
4 Eng land (taklng out theColion and Tobac
i CO.,
r Since the establishment of our Govern
i men,, we have three times tried FreeTrade
y Each time it brought us TO the brink Of dis
: solution and ruin. And why are we nc
h satisfied with The experiment The frs
} time was soon after the Revolutionary wal
p England crowded in he's manufactures upo
a us. The price of our Labor was reduce
to thirty-seven cents per day. The sccon'
l. time was in 1876 and 1917, when in lik
n manner we were again flooded with fol
ID eign goods, and Mathew Gary says hbo
.e was reduced to a sill lower rate III
5, third experiment was about l8404l, at n
is running down of the ever memorable an
TO execrable Compromise Act Each lin
a. the balances OF trade were ag,ins, Ii
~ country, and its specie was drawn ava,
h, Universal distress took its place and, crust
O. ed under its iron feet, the Productive Indu
C. try Of the country and the hopes Of tie n
ne ton. On the recent and last experime
Ut the CREDIT SYSTEM added its charms
u the triumph OF Destruction, and the lndel
he Bile stain, to remain for posterlly, was dee
IN ly impressed by Reputation.
III Il has been long known that the MIST
~ a Conp,rv "a mt loss accnra,o a,I coy,a