The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-09
THE wAREHoUslNG SYSTEM.


The views taken in the following article Of the adj
vantages to be derived from the adoption ofa libe-
raj warehousing system are correct. Every asri-
cultural and manufacturing interest in every part OF
our entire country would feel the beneficial effects
which will necessarily flow from it. There need
be no ealousies of ono part Of the country towards
another in respect to its operation. The CONNER
cial transactions Of all seaports would be In
creased in about the same ratio. The interior cen
tres Of trade and commerce would also participate
largely in the general advantageous results to be an
ticipated. Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, and
st. Louis, and also the great cities on the Ohio,
would become the depots OF all foreign manufac-
lures likely to be consumed within their respective
circles of trade An established merchant in either Of
those cities could as easily order goods from Germa-
n.y. England, or France, as a merchant in Charles
ton, New York, or Boston, and enjoy the advan-
tage of paying the duty on them only at the time
they are taken from the warehouse for consumption.
Goods are now sent in transit under custom
house regulations to Canada in the same way that
they would be forwarded from the seaports to eithe
Of the great centres of inland commerce.
Aside from the great development which the
adoption Of this system would give to our mercan-
tile marine, and the agricultural and manufacturing
industry of the country, its effects the business
morality of the country would be highly favorable.
This system insures general stability of prices,
so necessary the successful prosecution of bust
| ness, particularly by all the poorer classes Of the
people, while it furnishes the general government
with elements for an exact estimate Of the amount
of revenue to be derived from the consumption of
each and every article imported into the country.
Under this system, the entries for consumption may
be taken for the actual amount ofconsnption of each
article, and the returns Of few consecutive years
may be taken as a basis for future estimates.
We trust the adoption of policy uniting so many
advantages in the common interest of the whole
country and all its parts and well calculated to
make this country the centre Of the commerce of
the world, will no longer be delayed,
/ From the N. Y. Morning News.
NATIONAL WAREHOUSES;.
/ One Of the most efficient modes adopted by Eng
land to draw into her own hands the carrying trade
of the world and to procure sales for her mer-
chandise, has been the permission to land, handle,
| re-pack, and store merchandise Of all sorts without
the payment of duties, or in any way harassing or
| interfering with the operations Of the importer.
Whatever goods are required for English consump-
ton, are, when sold for that purpose charged with
the duty, which is paid by him who buys from the
n importer, and who gets reimbursed without delay
by his own sales to the consumer The entire cap
I ita embarked in foreign is thus left as
perfectly free to act untaxed and undsturbed as if
the most thorough system Of free-trade existed be-
tween England and all other countries. The conse-
quence is that merchants in better condition
transact business than those Of other countries. An
assorted cargo can always be made up in the Eng
lish warehouses for any trading voyage on better
terms than elsewhere. A larger assortment of goods
on the cheapest terms is always on hand, and, as
consequence, whatever Of English goods 10 required
to complete the assortment increases her exports
and promotes the industry Of her citizens As, for
instance, all the Northumberland and whaling
ships cnrry thi,her large supply Of bread, and, to
where they fitted out and took in bread and this de-
| mund supported many very extensive bakeries in
i Hamburg and Altoona; when, If wheat were import
ed free into England, the milling and baking would
have been done by Engishmen on their own soil
In view Of this object, il was allowed TO warehouse
wheat and flour, and to take it out Of bond free of
duty, upon entering into bond to return n certain
weight Of bread for every specified quantity of wheat
taken out. BY this means England procured this
business. .,a... 81. 3D.
The United States should be to American CONT
nents the great sntrepot for the goods of all countries
which enter into the consumption of oil the people
of these continents. Whenever vessel sails TO any
Of the American ports, II is with an assorted cargo
that ia TO say, with all kinds Of goods. For instance
no vessel sailing to Vera Cruz, Havana, or Rio
would take entire cargo Of domestic cottons
The markets are not extensive enough to receive
such supply at once; but she will take a cargo
made Of goods peculiar to all nations. Each article
can be furnished by some one nation cheaper than
another furnish IL. Where all these articles are
collected at one point, in extensive warehouses
free Of taxes, it is evident that ship fitted out
there will command the market at the point Of des-
tnation, in preference to which fitted out where
most Of the articles were subjected to high taxes,
drawbacks, restrictions, &c. The warehouses Of
| England the best points to fl out and il is for
| that reason that trade with South America has
/ fallen to one-fourth what il years ago With
the decline Of that trade falls of the sales Of our do.
nestle goods, formerly necessary to complete as.
sortments. Cotton goods, in particular, used to be
sold largely 10 complete cargoes for the South Amer