Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-05-19

he year 1913 was fractional year in the Of the
Treasury Department. and 1t Is, therefore, omitted. The
reader above that last years the expora
lion OF American -four has actually diminished nearly one
halt! Where now IS oil this talk about British consump-
uon, and American production OF hOuri Empty as the
Boys soap bubbes,-the whole vision disappears at the
INST touch Of truth Ii American production has increas-
ed, las Is the acO its products gone Great
Britain. II Great Britain has consumed foreign -four
she has not got II from America The American farmers
might have begging for they would have
had IN Great Britain. We said that should leave not
little OF acia all past experience for the advocates OF free
trade 10 stand In closing this article, them shall
bring the exports -four down the present month"; An
article IN the Washington Union, after stating nolwh.
standing The confident anticpaOns u increase the
grain trade, the fact was that the grain export would
supply the deheefcy OF the Cotton crop this year.
that the export Of flour from Boston, New York Phadei-
phia Baltimore and New Orleans from the lst Of Seplem-
Der 10 the month OF April. was $4,000 barrels
Prom the ls September, le45, the lst Of April 1916
was seven months, than half the commercial year
ending the lsI Of July, 1886: We will add 10000 bush.
els tor The small ports.
Seven months Of 1856 gives 625 900 hbls Same rate
for the year, 06l 900 bbls Export OF 80
bbls. Now the reader will most extraordinary re.
suit. The exports Of -four the current commerca al
year, notwithstanding all the cry OF scarcity in Europe.
and Notwithstanding the excitement given to speculation,
key 10 be actually diminished If there then be any
ruth 10 facts facts forming the commercial history Of the
u states from the adoption Of the American Constitution
10 Apfil 1916, the sntarh politicians and free traders
have done nothing absolutely nothing for the
the American farmers and present prospect Of doing
any thing better IN the future. They reduced the tbn
1882 by the Compromise Act, and what followed No
increase whatever IN the expectation Of flour grain
Farmer got nothing But foreign impouauons Of goods
did increase. The money, the wheat Of the country
went out 10 puy for hem, t commercial distress the sus
pension Of payments and almost universal bankruptcy fol-
lowed, m the pethonc body Of foreign trade bled in
every vein, and reduced TO state Of naniOn from which
has scarcely yet recovered The inhabitants Of another
planet would learn f they could hear IT, with astonish-
men', that the people who had recently met with
this disastrous experience, about renew the same
experiment
This history, and this renewal Of the experiment. is not
an example Of American sugacty and commercial scumen
s m instance Of the yast influence Of FoRuGS orfsioN.
on the American mind. These opinions Imputed and
ind root America, IN classes Of psoDle-he Cotton
Planters and the unenlIghtened thousands who follow
word eader, without thought Interrogation The
former find in their interest, which idenuca
with that Of England The latter mislsd by dema-
gogues, who generally litlo from principle from
knowledge In he ranks Of free traders, however, are
some brilliant thnsen. They the THEoRIsTs Of IN,
parry. Castle alter castle rses with tuueed columns,
surrounded by beautiful gardens. 10 the wild domoin o
their fruitful sncy Unhuppily for themselves and tor he
country, u s often the only domain they posse's Withou
any solid 1tsrost the prosperity Of the country, theJ
feel 81 liberty . theOfizs it away They supply the acI
ny, end those aes such Fancy bnd Fiction
Oily supply Before country changes the most imporian
part Of s policy the people ought least TO inquire whe III
the visions Of glory opened upon their sght, anJ
other than the cloud built palaces OF the Imagination.