Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-17

stock, and provisinns, witch otherwise would be supp iiel b. the lcrmng pndncis ol the Wesi. The grow ing West, m d serts of years. must be tlie grenest sufferers by the nrl6, in deprivlng them of the loreiga market and of that of the cotton grows tug Suates. We demand in fact. for our agriculiu nal products, specie from nearlyal the worlds by heavy taxes upon all iheir manufactures; and iheir purchases from lhgeore be limiled, as well as Iheil sales to us enhanced in price. Such u de- niand for specie, which vt know In advance cannot be complied with, is nearly equivalent io decree excluding most of our agricultural products from the foreign markets. Sulh is tie igor oi our 1e- strctions, that nothing shTt oi hmne opens Tree ly the ports of Europe lo our bread-stuhs. Agri- culture is chief employment; il IS best adapted to situation, and, iIqt depressed Dy the larlii, would be the nos profitable. We can raise lar ger surpls of agricultural products, an gI eaier variety, than almost any otter nation, and at cheap CT rates. Remove, then, rom agriculture all our restrictions, and, by it's unletered power, il will break down all iureien restrictions, and, our own being removed, would feed the hungry and cothe lhe poor of our lelO& men throughout all s densely penp.ed nations of the world. But uow we will take nothing in exchange Tor these products but specie, except at very high duties; and nnthing but famine breaks down all ioreign restrict ions, and opens for iine the porls ol Europe to our bread. stuH, If, on reduction of our duties, England repeas her corn laws nearly all Europe must follow her example, or give her manulaclutrs advantages which cannot be successfully encountered in most of the markets of the world. The alf did noi raise the price of our hreadsiufs; but bad harvest in England does-giving us for lhe time that foreign market which would soon have at all times, hy that repeal of the corn laws which must follow the reduction of our dues But whilst breadstuns rise with had harvest in England, cotton utmost inva- rahy falls; because the increased sum which. in that event, England mus pay Tor nur breadsuts, in Spe and, mol having II to spare she brings down. even to greater extent inc price of onr cotton Hence the results lhai bad hatyesi in Enghnd reduces the aggregate price of our prn'iicis often turns the
 changes against US, carrN ing our specie abroad, and 1 n1lcing il serious blow our prosperity For- ! eign nations cannot for series of years import more than they export; and. if we close markets against their imports by high duties, they must buy | less of our exports or give lower price, or boih | prirr 10 the 30h of June, 1912, credit was gv- en for the payment of duties; since which date, they l have been collected ln cash. Before the cash du- | ties and the larih of lS42, Trade ii foreign im
 D ris re exported abroad afforded large andproGia
 be eulplo, menl chants, and freight to our commercial marine both for 'hA inward ana out ward voyage but since the last iarI1 this trade IS being losu to the country, is proved by the tables ! hereun'o annexed IHe total amount oi fOreign i'm ports re-exported during the three years since the
 last tnriff boh of flee and duliabc guods, ia s33,
 3S4 ,s94--beng far less than any three years
 (except during the wir) since li93, and less than | was re-eSporied in any ie of eight several years.
 The highest aggregate oi any three years was $l73
 l0S ,Sl3 and the To vet aggregate Sp4l 3i0, ,705- herng in the years l79A 1795, and l796 Beftre
 1920, the free gnods are not distinguished in this
 particular lrolu duIiabh goods; bull since that date the returns show the ('ldwng result. during he
 three years since the tWi of lS42 the value oi du- tiabe imports re exported was $l2 ,59O Sll-being
 less Ihan m any one orsrven years preceding since
 1920 the l6wesaggregas of any three years nee that
 dale being sll,9lS,4l-, and the highest s57,727 . i 293 Even before the cash dues, for live years
 preceding the high tArf uf 1918, ihe value ofduiia-
 ble goo,ls Ie.exporied WIS S9i i796,24 and for
 the five years succeeding that tariff, $66 ,7S4sl92-
 shnwing q loss uf 52S (20 049 of our trade m for
 eign exports after the urif Q! ls2S The great di-
 ninution of this most valuable branch of Commerce ! has been the combined result of cash duties and
 ot the high talff of l8t2 If the cash duties
 mined, as il is believed they should he, the only
 sure meihoh oi restoring Ihs trade ia the adoption of inc warehousng sydem, by winch the foreign
 imports may be kept u storage by the government
 until they are rrquredlnr re expurlalon abroad, or
 consumption at hune--n which latter contingency.
 and at tine tune when fer that purpose they are talk
 en oui of these for consumption, the duties
 are paid, and if re.exIDrled, they pay no duty, but
 only the expense of forage. Under the present
 system, ihe merchant introduces foreign imports oi
 the value of Sl00 ,000 He must now, besides the
 advance for the goods, make d further advance m
 
 der such system, butn small amount of goods will be imported for diawlacks and the higher the duty
 the larger must be the advance, and the smaller the | imports for re exporiatIon.
 The imports before payment Of duties, under lhe
 same regulations now applied to ourlmports in tran s to Canada, may be taken from warehouse to
 warehouse-from ihe Easi to the lakes, and 10 i Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisyile-irom New
 Orleans tn Na,chez, Vicksburs, Memphis and St. Lous-iud warehouaed ia these or or'her interior ports, the duties remuiaing unpaid nntIi the goods are taken cut the wal ehvuse and out ot the ori- gnal package at such pIrts for consumption; thus carrying foreign commerce into the interior with | all the advantages Of augmented business aud cheap CT supplies throughout the country. IL will lnirn- ! duce ino large ports Ui or near the seaboard assorted cargoes of goods be reexported with our own 10 supply the markeI Of the world. IL wall cheupen prices to the consumer, by deducting the | interest and profit that charged upon the advance of duty-buding up the marts Of our own commerce, and giving profitable empoyr'ent 10 our l own commercial marine. IL will greatly increase | our revenue by augmentinI our imports together with our expo,ls; and is respectfully recommended | to Congress- an imporianpar of lhe whole sys- 1 tenn now proposed for theirconslderaiion.
 The act of the 3d of Manh last, allowing draw
 back foreign imports exlorled from certain ports l To Canada, and also to Sanli Fe and Chihuahua, in Mexico. has gone extent, into effect, under regulations prescribed by his department. and is | beginning produce the nost happy results-es- pecally augmented trade Tn the supply of for eign exports 10 Canada iron our own ports. h.
 deed this law must ge 10 us the whole of tiiis
 valuable trade during the long period when the St. | Lawrence Is closed by ice, ,nd large proportion of it at all seasons The reul would be still more beuefciai, if Canada allowed to carry all her exports 10 foreign nations IT lransiin through our | own Railroads, rivers and annals, io be shipped | from our own ports. Suh system, whilst il | would secure 10 Us this valuable trade, would great | la. il huu nI lak rll ll- roads and cannas, as well as augment our com merce and would soon led 10 the purchase by Caun9a, not only of our foreign exports, but also in many cases, of our domestic products and laDrIcs, to comrle assortment. In ths manner our commercial relations with Canada would become more intimate, and more ant more of her trade ev- ! " year, would be secured Id our people. I -- 1 Connected with this department, and the finances, is the question of the sales nile public lands The proceeds of these sales, Il lsbeleved, should canti- nue to constitute portion o the revenue, diinih shng To that extent the arpunt required to be raIs- ed by the tariff The nett proceeds o! these sales paid into he treasury during tine last fiscal year WAS | $2077 ,O22 3O; and rom tae first sales m IToI up 10 the Both oi September last, was IS 607 ,33o 9l. The average annual sales haze been much less than two millions Oi acres; yet the aggregate nett pro cee Is of the sales in l8S4, 1885. iS36, and 1857, was $5I ,f6s 6l7 s2. Thofe large sales were al most exclusively for specuation and this can oni, be obviaed, al all times, by conhning the tales to settlers and cuvalOrs in limited quantities, sGa
 cienl for larms plantations. The price al which the public lands should be sold is an important ques- ton 10 the whole country, but especially 10 the peo- pie of the new States, living aostl, remote from he sehoard. aad who have scafcely felt the presence of the gnvernmelnti in Dcal expenditures, bu chiefly in the exhaust iph of their means for purcilseso of pub lie lands aud for customs. 'if '-
 The public lands are not Of he value; yet they are all fixed at one unvar,ing price, which Is