The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-04

l-il 1880 l-ii a,55-,as5
1872 T7516l6
The year | so sas fractional year i'
tie returns OF tho Treasury Department,
and q 49, therefore, omitted. The reader
see, as above thu, 10 the SIX las, years tue
etp1ratiaa Of American 0aar has actually
dtufa sAed ueafIy one hall Nhefc uas
ls ell this talk about BRITISH consumption,
sal AHcrtean produetaa e0 ls1r Empty
IS lae buy : soap bubbles the Whole tl.Inn
disappears OF the first touch Of truth. !,
Aneurau production has increased, (ls Is
the tac,) ne products have uui gone 10
Great Britain. Ii Great Britain has oou.
samcd more foreign n our she has not got
It lrom Aucuaa. The American farmers
nj. hit have gone begging Tor any market
they would have had 10 Great Buiau. w
sad 'hl, Sc should leave not tlyl'e IT fact
10 81 ghst experience, for tie adyocn'es 81
rec trade TO stand on, II closing this ar
uclc Then, se shall bring the exports ln
Our down to the present month. Al Htu-
Gle 10 tie W lshngtou Union, after stating
that notwithstanding the coLhIcu' nuuctPn-
tons OF on Increase IN tho gram trade, the
nc, Vas, that the gram export w04II ao,
supply tho d tielcucy OF the Cotton crop
tbs year, states that the export Of -four
from d s,on, New Y atk, Pntladrlphln, Bal
umole und Ncw Oflcaus, ftcm the lst OF
September to Tie month Of Aprtl, was Gl5,'
600 barrels.
From the l-t September, lsi5, 10 the
l,lof Aprl, 1910, was seven months, more
than hall the commercial year cnd'og The
lal OF July, 1916 We will add 900
bushels tor the small ports.
Seven months Of -i5-0, gives 625 900
bb.s. Same fate for tho year, LOCI 600
bbls. Export Of lsii-5-l,l95,2 800 bbls
SDw tic reader vail note c most eHtfaordl,
nary result. Tho exports Of -four "a the
current commercial years, notwithstanding
all the cry Of scarcity 10 Europe, and 20,
oi,hstandug the excitement given to spec
u.au1n, Is likely to be actually dlmnlshed
Il there then be any truth 10 facts, tcta
tnrm8. the commofclnl history Of the /.
States from the adoption OF the American
Custuuuon to April 1870, tho nnulauN
pouucrauq and free tradrrs have douo Goth.
DE, absolutely nothing Tor the interests OF
! The American larmets, aud prescott no pros
pect Of dong any thing better 10 the FL.
tutc. They reduced the tauf Of 1882 10y
the Comptomlso Act, mud what followed :
/ No increase Whatever in the expectation Of
-four or gram. The Farmer got nothing.
/ Bot foreign lmporlalIons Of goods did 10,
crease. The money, nol the "heal Of the
country, went out to pay for them, ulI com
mercisl distress, tho suspension Of pay.
ments. aud almost universal bankruptcy fol.
loved, uL the plcIhorc body Of foreign
tfado was bcd "a every VEN, aud reduced
to state Of ruaulllon from which /, has
scnrcely vet recovered. Tho inhabitants Of
another planet would learn OF they could
hear ~ with nstonI-hmont, that the sane
people who had so recently met with this
disastrous experience, were about 10 renew
the same experiment.
THIS history, and this renewal Of the eX.
pertinent, is not al example Of American
sagacllv and commercial acumen. II Is OH
instance OF the vast influence OF FoREIGN
OPINIONS on the American mind. These
opinions arc imported aud find root IN A.
merlea, III two classes Of people---the Cot.
ton Planters aud tho unenlIghtcned thou
sands, who follow word or leader, with
out thought or investigation. Tho for.
mer find an excuse in their interest, which
IS idcn icaI with that of England. The lat.