Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-03-28

lby which YOU are 50 greatly oenehted
Il is placed 10 the laboratory OF that won
derlul INTEL !ctual machine, man, which
gives him the physical power, aided by
steam, OF converlingit into broad cloth
calico, hardware, &c, We, aud in these
shapes your wheats find their way II
f every country in the world"
!, THANK Mr.. Brown for the clear state
, ment he has presented, Of the Importance
Of home ua rkel, and commend this ex
+, tract from his letter, to the consideration
Of every farmer in the United States; II
) is perfectly sound; aud applies with par
ucular force to our Presen: condition
70 place the people in a condition OF per
manen, aad solid prosperity, you mus
encourage home industry, by obtaining
he greatest amount Of production; this
can only be obtained BY dlvers'lylng la
Dor which will bring With It high wages
aud unless the labor is we'll paid, the
country cannot prosper. Agriculture
the foundation OF all wealth, depends on
production, and market for those pro
ducts, and the encouragement OF agrlcuI.
ture, in the establishment of manuiac,
lures, which if maintained, will be Ger
tain to secure market.
ask the farmer to look for moment
% the following statement. American
Hour in Cuba paysa duty Of about $40
per barreI in Rio Janetro S. to So, and
in many other ports the duties vary from
SO to $50 per cent; in return, we take
coffee, most of which we pay for in coin,
Ifree Of duty--and this is Tree trade. We
have, TOO, treaties Of reciprocity with for
eign countries; and among others, Great
Britain,-not including her coones--by
which her ships are admitted into our
ports on the same terms as our own; they
come freighted with her minerals and
manufactures, which are sold here, and
take in return variety oil articles, Inc
produce Of the United States, --such as
Timber, lumber, fish, &c, touch at New
Brunswick or some other colony, and 60
home, free Of duty. We have, too, trl,
angular voyages made from England to
Jamaica, and other British Islands, With
cargoes, and thence to the Southern States,
where they load with cotton, tobacco and
other produce for England; this. too,
is called free trade. will not pursue
this branch of the subject, but give you a
fact: Not long since, the foreign carry
ing trade was all nearly in oar own han is;
now the reciprocity system, not including
the colonies Of foreign nations, gives to
foreigners moro than one third OF all the
trade OF the United States! i
cannot believe the time is lar distant
when the government oi'the United States
will protect, as it ought, the foreign navl-
eating into rest OF this great country. If
we would have American Seamen TO man
our Navy, the Mercantile Marine must
be protected in the carrying of our own
pr oductlons.
One more fact, and will close these
long, and fear you will think, desultory
remarks. Some years since, few bales
OF American Coarse Cot,ons we're sent
from this country to Hindostan, as a
commercial experiment; the superiority
Of the fabric, and the material out of
which it was mad, gradually brought
he goods into notice and use in that coun-
try, and the annual expectation from the
United States increased from few bales
up to 3 and 1000 per annum. The Brit
ish manufacturers we're much annoyed
at this interference, and it is presumed
tina; it was through their influence tina,
The East India Company (the Govern
ment Of that country have repeatedly
augmented the discriminating duties on
these goods, (Which are called drilings,)
for the purpose of protecting their own
manufactures against those Of the United
States; prior to 1886, the duty was five
per cent, in favor Of British goods; in that
year it was increased 10 8 l-2 per cent;
a few years after augmented to 10 IA
per cent; and even this rate of deIeren-
tial duty proved insufficient to keep oul
the Americans; who drove a profitable
trade, Notwithstanding the great differ
ence against them.
And now, within a few months, the
East India Company have been compelled
again to increase the discriminating duty
to Is per cent, in order to exclude our
goods altogether; and this difference will,
without doubt, accomplish the object,
These facts are deserving Of a passing
remark, as Illustrative Of the energies
and resources Of the United States. As
late as the declaration Of the last war, 10
1919, this country imported all its coarse
cotton fabrics from Hlndostan, whence
they came literally by ship loads, and
were paid almost altogether in coin. No
country seemed TO be more abundant in
means necessary to supply such goods
cheaply, than Hindostan; its soil fur.
nished an abundance Of cotton, which
though not Of equal quality to that orlhe
United States, was much less in price,
and labor was cheaper than in any couu.
try in the world. Cotton spinning ma
chnery was available through the me-