The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-05

on whch ne coud make energetic protestatons without
fear OF compromising himself, and Mr. Bulwer did not
hesitate to make than formally the mar
riage OF the Duke de Montpenser and the nianta will
De accomplished. The Madrid Gazete has announced
1t oihciaiiy and Yesterday morning this new triumph
was triumphed in the columns of the Deba OF little
importance the mpacable discomfort of the Progress
sist partyof little importance is the ntabe re-
pusnance it hiss created in the Puritan fraction the truly
constitutional fraction Of the Moderate party-of little
Importance are the alarms Of public opinion an explo
sion Of which has been threatening even on
the eve o. the most formidable prrSneiamentOs The
that blindness which caused the u In 1894 of the par
sans OF the Esiauto vsa and 1910 of Queen Christi
in the world in which I retrograde govsrnment knows
not how to open its ears to the Legitimate complaints of
persist to the last in its reaconary projects II will have
70 sustain an open Conflict with immense majority Of
the spanish nation What use is there in reminding it,
astrous consequences which have all times fallen upon
governments which have been misled into such conen
uons We have pointed out the dangers at home which
the absurd policy adopted in Spain involve her in
Tomorrow shall speak of the extremiies to which
rsS according to 0r IDEAS must be inevitably car
Free Traas In France.
From the Paris Journal des Debats, Sept. l61
We admit the propristy Of the protective system with
in those limits which reason may approve. when
country finds that the time ha, come organize its
ments which are given to manufacturing industry by
means Of communicated, credit appropriate teaching
most important manufacturer amongst these favors il
we think right to comprise to be paid by the con
N,
shape Of custom duty, should be- from the first sui
csntiy moderate to prevent foreign competition from
also be but temporary tax and on decreasing scale
se such and so%
we must submit without hope Of relaxation. The tns
has now come when national industry has acquired
strength, when the manufacturers have acquired the
same degree OF perfection as foreign Ones that they
are enabled to produce the sae goods and of the
quality those which to b obtained from abroad
We will take as an exampIs the immense number of
manufactures which make Tissues. With regard to
mernos, aanneis and mouseiine de- lame No couniry
in the world can furnish 6ner cloth than Elbeuf and
Sedan Our manufacturers do not produce those kinds
which are sought after in England, aud they sell little
abroad yet there is trade open Of "a miions but
ever wants fine cloth coat buys French cloth In the
The manufacture Cateau works better and cheap
err notwithstanding quantity of duties for which there
Belgans Ths nronf ne ,Sis ~ 'no InssI ana 'ne
reign countries than twothrds of what il manu-
lectures Blankets sell abroad In considerable
oers and as to shawls our progress great that be-
tween 1896 and lS44 exports have from
seven millions to than thirty seven; we are
in the manufacture of mouseIine de sins which is an
article OF taste With regard woolen thread France
may well compete with the foreigner, for we know
some manufacturers in Paris and at Rheims who sell
their thread to English factories And
shawis, habefdashery, Gannes' cashmeresi SsmasSs'
and suffs all these prohibited Most Of the woolen
threads prohibed those that admitted are taxed
at least SO per cent Is there common sense in such
thing! With regard to cotton is only sufficient ask
the manufacturers OF London, New York. and Calcutta
which the nation that excels in the manufacture
Of painted clothl The unanimous will be France
faoture of these abroad. Now open the tariff, and you
will see the same intemperance Of prohibition these
articles wool; you will find painted CLOTH cotton
cloths, whether blesched unbeached, muslins and
borders all prohibited An exception is made alone in
favor of nankeen, which is allowed to be imported
the high rate OF ST. Be- Kill but them il must
come per French ship from India II does not it is
prohibited The tariff is equally severe regards cot
plee revolution has taken place. one Of the commo
dities on which we admit the duty ought still to remain
S Sr mas only recently been put on but well known
pcctuses in which is shown that gain Of twenty.
five dv or fifty per cent may be made. even with the
these prospectuses true is, that certain spnners
declare themselves ready to do without protection at
cialy the right buy their engine wherever they like
How can it indeed be believed that interior
England in this respect when she is known to take here
the stock which they manufacture into goods Thus,
for instance the linens which we buy in England have
to 60 through double journey first in the state of
point liberty is not possible at present it will be
snort time. Silks have to we'll known perfection
in France Our manufacturers in Lyons require pro-
lection land yet the duties of 4f 4oc 6f 6Oc 9 90c and
34f 0c per kogramme still kept up Nor do think
it is the French manufacturer who demands the mante
tits real dermsnt to national agriculture which re-
qures the liberty of selling It's silks in every part of the
which taken together represent the greater part
manufacturing labor might be repeated with regard
arrive at the conclusion, viz, that amongst the
French producers those who intelligent and active
perhaps more economically. They are at this moment
ready to compete with the foreigner free markets
# they not So il is the fault Of the called protec-
tive system, which disurbs the price and renders dear
and expensive the material which the manufacturer
makes use Of oblgng him then to sell his produce
higher price Then their inferority from being real
is only fictitious and would to exist II liberty
commerce were allowed This observation applies
viii tell You that in ons half Of the French forsss
the work is done with as much perfection and econ
o%y as They viii add that France is better
these minerals cheaper and better than in England
They will grant that with regard to fuel, have less
resources than England that many FORCES worked
with wood firing, and that wood great item of ex.
pense but they will AFFIRM at the time that we
possess many inexhaustbe mines where coal can be OBJ
tanned at the price in England and that too in
the neighborhood Of the minerals themselves They will
ron They will show that the dearness Of the fuel IS tho
result in general Of the duty iron because the
and coal merchants regulate their prices by that Of the
tariff on iron Therefore the forge masters making use
Of materials which they get from Others have
to resist liberty Of commerce The fuel would soon fall
to the price which would fetch in the natural order of
things We insist peculiarly this point that the ap-
parent infeory of some Of our manufactures result
Of the protective system although we believe it not to
asserton is common painted cloth, such is made in
Rouen. Leaving aside Muhausen, and only taking
which Rouen supposes itself to be fixed in disappear It
had the liberty OF procuring at the price Eng
Ind cotton, dyeing materials and COAL and the iron
with which the machinery for cotton spinning is made
The only difference Of price which supports Rouen in
that peculiar branch is not the result OF natural crcum
stances The main cause Is the protective system.
Make all these things as free as they are in the English
arh, and Rouen will be able compete with Manches
ter. For Rouen knows how TO work well Man.
chester knows better the economy of material and is
vesed in the chemc arts and il Rouen pays for
capital little dearer in return it pays its workmsn
less.
state OF the Crops In Europe.-Nvill there be
Famine
[From the London Chronicle, Sept. 10
The preposte,ous alarms Of our agriculturaiss, and
the ridiculous Vaccinations Of their parame nary friends
and advisers destined fear TO receive far
decisive and sweeping retson than could be desired
Now that the advanced period Of the enables
AZ it were, to take stock and how stand with
ference to actual and prospective supplies of food for the
wants Of increased and increasing population, there
appear painfully distinct grounds for believing that the
ensuing year will be marked dearth and scarcity