The Arkansas banner., 1846-01-28
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U o'' 0llSlSill HodeS adopted bN
 England to draw into her own bands tb,
 carrying trade of the world, and to procnr,
 sales for her own merchandise, has been tb,
 permission to land, handle, re-pack, and stor,
 merchandise of all sorts without inc navner
 of duties, or in any way harassing or inter-
 1erng with the operations of tbe imnor,o.
 Whatever goods are required for English con.
 sumption, are, when sold for that purpose
 charged With the duty, which Is paid by him
 "ilo ouys from the importer, and who oets
 reimbursed without delay by his own sales
 10 the consumer. The entire capital emb,rl[-
 ea In foreign commerce is thus left as per-
 iectly lree 10 act, untaxed and undsturbed
 as Il the most thorough system of free-trade
 existed between England and all other conn
 'fles' The consequence is that merchants
 are Tn better condition to transact business
 'hah those of other countries. An assorted
 cargo can always be made up in the Enolish
 warehouse for any trading voyage on better
 terms than elsewhere. A larger assoranent
 ot goods on the cheapest terms is always on
 nahd, and, as consequence, whatever of
 hhglish goods Is required to complete the assortment increases he exports, and pro- notes the industry of her citizens. As. for in- stance, all the Newfoundland-bound and whalng-shlps carry thither large supply oi bread, and to obtain this, they formerly lett England for the Elbe, where they fted out and took in bread, and this demand SUD- ported many very extensive bakeries in Ham burg and Altona; when, if wheat were i'm ported free into England, the milling and baking would have been done by Englishmen on thelr own soil. In view of this object. il was allowed to warehouse wheat and fIonr. and to take 1t out of bond free of duty, upon entering into bond to return certain weight o bread for every specified quantity of wheat taken out. By this means England procur- ed this business.
 The United States should be to American continents the great eHtrepot for the goods of countries which enter into the consumption oi all the people of these continents. When ever vessel sails to any of the American ports, t IS with an assorted cargo; that is to say, with all kinds of goods. For instance. no vessel sailing to Vera Cruz, Havana. or Rio, would take an entire cargo of domestic cottons. The markets are not extensive enough to receive such supply at once; but she will take a cargo made of goods peculiar to all nations. Each article can be furnished by some one nation cheaper than anothercan turnishit Where all these articles are col leeted at one point, as in extensive ware houses, free of taxes, 1t Is evident that shin fitted out there will command the market al the polnt of destination, in preference to one which fitted ont where most of the articles were subjected to high taxes, drawbacks. re- Sc. Tine warehouses of England are the best points to fit out, and it is for | that reason that our trade with South AmeF- l ga has fallen to one-fourth what 1t was ten years ago. With the decline of that trade alls of the sales of our domestic goods, for nerly necessary to complete assortments-I Cotton goods, in particular, used to be sold argely to complete cargoes for the South i American trade, and al present those sales lave nearly closed, because all other goods i ire got here to less advantage than i'll the English warehouses; consequently, English 'ottons supplant ours, not so much because hey are better CT cheaper, but because, in company aeitd other goods, Aey arriee out on better terms than can American cottons. An extensive system of warehousing, by filling our ports with free goods, fit for any desti- nation, would promote the sale of an indef- lite amount of American manufactures 10 sell with them abroad. larger sale for cottons, boots, shoes, hats, furniture, ready-made clo- hing, Sc, Sc, would be obtained on the southern continent than the whole supply low imported into the United States