Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-09-30
THE RESULT,

HleTCc Win eoCu OtIcl diHioot a. WV oo"is
moment. is producing some remarkable eft
tecs. Commerce is becommRg what II
ought 10 be, mutual communication o
benefits, and commercial legislation Is
ceasing to be what it has almost Away:
been, a struggle between nations 10 see
which could do each other the most mis-
chief. In this contest of reciprocal injury
the blow aimed at others has always fallen
with more or less force on themselves
Men are now learning better doctrine,
and learning it in the pleasantest manner.
The old world, for many years, has
needed the harvests Of the new; the ole
world has at length opened its ports and
orr harvests are flowing in; our fellow
men across the Atlantic are Cheaply fed,
and the American farmers are enrched.-
There is occasion for congratulation or
both sides.
We copy from the commercial article
OF whig paper, stubborn advocate OF
The protective system. the Tribune. the fol-
lowing account OF the matter:
"The movement Of produce forward to
foreign ports is going on very actively,
and neatly every description is improving
in prices. In this category are -four, wheat,
corn, rye, oats, pork, beef, lard, ashes,
picked meats, meal, rye -four, lead. &c.
The improvement in -four from tbe lowest
point is nearly Is cents; corn 10 10 II
cents; wheat TO 10 GEMS
"By reference to our daily market re-.
II 81, IL. e
flour and grain have been very large since
the last steamer gave fresh impetus, 10
shipments, and thai the shippers have been
able 10 pay much better prices. Within
three days not less than 120 900 5ushels'of
wheat, corn and rye have been taken for
export, about one half being wheat. This
state Of the market must be highly graft
flying to the western producers, the aggre-
gate such an advance as has been expert.
enced, calculated on the whole stock of the
country and on the coming crops making
an immense amount
AT the same time the shipping Of the
Uuited States, the finest and swii'est YES
sells that float the ocean, are act vely en-
poyed. What is best for the laborers OK
the old world and farmers of he new, is
also best for our ship owners. The same
journal which we have quoted, says in The
5 lme article:
ain reghts there is considerable ac,ivi-
ty. the quantity of produce offering for
being large. About $50 70 bu,
shells Grain have been engaged for German
ports at Is q 30 cents per bushel, higher
rates now asked and to Hlvre some -four
IS gong at go cents per barrel. The tate
to Liverpool is Is Cd sterling and for grain
s , a 8 is asked. Cotton is nominaIly
lid 3 Sd To Havre Cotton is 5-t3a7- 8
cents TO London flour is Is Sd; Grain
3d."
Some OF the friends Of the tariff Of 1912
were predicting, the other day, that the
moment The British corn laws we're abro-
gated, the wheat Of the Baltic would be
sent in and drive the importer of American
grain from the British market. So far is
this from being true, that we are sending
wheat to The ports OF the Baltic itself. the
ports of Germany which open upon the
Baltic. Flour, too. is going forward TO
Liverpool and to London, notwithstanding
thlt it bears lower price in the English |
market than it has done for several years. |
1t may be said ,ha; the demand for our
grain in Enope is occasioned mainly bv
The failure OF the potato crop We are not
10 deny that the failure OF the po-
tllo crop is ono Of the causes which have
led to lhis state OF things. Ii has compelled
the Kingdoms of Europe to open their ports
TO American grain sooner thin they would
o; herwise have done. But if we can pro-
ftabIy ship our wheat 10 Great Britain, as
we are row doing, when the price in the |
British markets is even lower than usual,
the inference is newt able that we have
secured q emanent and advantageous
trade wtn Europe in wheat. as long as her
regulations will allow it to
enter.
We hear that in the western part Of this
s ate remarkable change Of opinion in re
gard to The protective system is going on.
The people are wei! pleased with the state
OF the wheat trade, and acknowledge tina,
the restrictions which have been placed on |
il are childish, selfish, and injurious to the
welfare both of the nations which impose
them and The nations whose productions
are excluded by them. If free trade is
bene fetal in that ins,a rec, they
hayeihe sagacity 10 see that the principle
which makes it so extend 10 all o her in
stances. IN. Y. Post.