Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-09-02

on both sides abolished, leaving absolute
free trade between il aud the other states;
and this freedom OF trade is the only man
ner in which annexation brings itself home
to the people in their individual transact
tons. They now derive their supplies
from, and send their produce TO, the Uni
ted States, uncounted and untaXed, and
they experience the benefit of it. Eug
land now virtually proposes the same an
nexa,ion.. BY abolishing her corn laws,
she asks to have her 900, 600 Of Anglo
Saxons numbered among the consumers Of
western bread-stuhs, and the conditions /
are, that the producers Of those bread /
stufs shall take their pay in the products
of British industry. This is objected to
by the makers of similar goods here, on
the plea that England can furnish them
"too cheap" that unless the monopoly |.
prices that exist here can be sustained, |
the manufacture will be abandoned, and
the Union become "dependcut" upon Eng
land for goods. What lhenl II the vast
capital, manufacturing skill, and resources
OF England, become annexed to the Uni
ted States through the bond of mutual in.
terest, and the people Of this country en-
Joy larger quantity OF comforts aud uXu-
ries for the same labor that they now be.
stow, where will be the evil 1.-THE great
capitals of the Lancashire mill.owners
come to compete with the corporate mo-
nopoly mill .owners here, for the supply OF
the great mass of the American people,
there may be fewer overgrown fortunes IN
the hands of the mill owners, there will
be more comfort dfIused through the land.
1t is, however, not true that any dlml'
mutton of manufactures will take place IN
consequence of European competitions on
the contrary, the consumption OF goods
must be vastly increased, and, as a conse-
uuence, the quantity 10 be made must
swell in an equal ratio. The free import
of corn into England will ensure cheap
bread in England, and every practical per,
son is aware that in England cheap food
is accompanied by larger consumption
of goods The same cause will produce
a steady market for produce, and eXhanoe
the means Of the farmers to buy goods
while the low prices of those goods Will
ensure an extensive consumption. by a
double process, therefore, the demand for
manufactured goods must, according to the
admitted principles Of trade. be enhanced
here and in England. Why, under that
increased demand, will the manufactures
be dimnished2 The protence is evidently
without foundation in fact The only ct
feet will be to lessen the profits in the fac
tory monopolists. The demand for an in
creased quantity of goods must increase
the number of operatives, and, as a con-
sequence, improve the wages. Michelet,
the able historian Of France, describes this
operation as follows:
"All who can do nothing else, take tc
the tending of machines, and in proportion
, to their number, their pages Iotccr, an'
their Indebtedness increases. On thu
other hand, articles, thus cheapiy manu-
featured, are brought within the reach o
the poor. so that the misery Of the mdchif
r gorkman lessons in some degree the mlser.
of the workman and peasants, who are
probably, some seventy times the NOR
y, numerous,
, "We had experience Of this in 1912
4 The cotton mills were at their last gasp
! the warehouses foil TO bursting, and n
sale. The terrified manufacturer nelthe
dared work nor stop with these devourin
machines of his interest on the none
. he has borrowed does not stop. lie keE
. his mills going half days, and hsaped good
e on goods Prices fell; to no purpose
!. They went on falling, unit cotton fell
/. three pence a yard.
: miracle followed that word threo.penc
l. operated into an "open sesame" Mhlor
II of purchasers of poor folks, who neyc
n bought, started up 1t was then found no
# immense a consumer the people is whe
Il set agoing The warehouses were emI
MI tied as if by magic, The machines wei
At to work like lurles The chlmneys Won
ID ted smoke Ii was
,s revolution in France, scarcely noted, b
ar still great one; revolution in the clea
m illness and establishment Of the dwelling
n of the poor-body- Linen, bed-lnen, tabl
IA linen, window .curtAins--whole classes a
of QuireQ tlBSb lhluBs 'uat huu hS'Si oS'"
known what they were since the beg
10 ning of the world"
es This was the woodworking magic
ne that cheapness of price which protectio
lie ISIS held up as bug bear n the peop
O. The cheapness, by which goods are pI
err ced within the reach of all, is scarce
ut guarded against by the protective polio
n. Grave statesmen and Christian philo
1g lhropists raise on outcry against the "pa
n. per labor" of England, which hackney
er phrase, if it means anything, means Il
is, The products of industry and irugaIlty j
*. pardze the profits Of INDECENT possess
10. Of capital. 1t is not alone against
ce foreign nrtlzan resident abroad ha. {
ell. cry is directed, but it IS applied to the ad
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