The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-18

charges than shall be levied on national vessels
entering or departing from such ports respectively
@yss,sls AID gssa'ZAlI goods. whether tho produe
the potts the said into The United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland in British vessels shall In like
manner De permitted TO be 80 imported directly in swedish
Norwegian vessels and all goods the production
ofsny Of the domnions Of his Brsnac majesty Of any
United Kingdom Il British vssss shall in like man
Psr be permitted to be exported from the said in sws
dsh OF Norwegian vessels An exact reciprocity shall be
observed" &c.
From the treaty of commerce and navigation
with the Netherlands Na, .t.
"DSais, @ castoars prrii,se., seNO duty Of customs
or other mpost shall be charged upon goods the
duce Of one couay upon importation by by land
nom such country into the other higher than the duty
Of imported from any other country and her majesty,
queen Of the United Kingdom Of Great britain aud Ire
bind and engage themselves grant any favor priv
iege or Immunity In matters Of commerce and navigation
time extended TO the other subjects Of the other high
contracting party stnlously the concession in syor Of
nearly possible the compensation equivalent In
case tbs concession shall have been eondionaL"
| BY referring TO the Yearly Journal Of Trade for
l645, page as, IL will be that Great Britain has
reciprocity treaties with f0een independent states,
granting 20 each other, mutually the "benefts OF
1.-THE most favored nation" a.rr ...r
| What has been the result of these international
commercial arrangements is one OF which
must confess was not appraised, though other sens-
tors may be more familiar with the subject and the
statement may give them no surprise. In the year
l54l Il cannot find the returns of later year, the
foreign shipping engaged IN the commerce of Great
Britain bore greater proportion TO her own tonnage
than the foreign shipping engaged in the commerce
| OF the United States In the year lS45 bore 10 our
own tonnage. These details ] shall give more at
length al a subsequent stage Of my remarks Great
Britain has thus adopted the maxim, which IL is 10
| be hoped may become uniyersal-that national
prosperity Is TO be sought for-not In unnecessary
Iestriouons--not in commercial conventions framed
with a view TO obtain exclusive advantages by
subtlety and address, but through the better and
more enlightened policy OF eonceding mutual priv
leges by liberal application of the principle Of
| reciprocity.
In the commercial intercourse Of foreign nations
with her colonial possessions, she still maintains, to
some extent, system of restriction. A vessel from
any country Of Europe may carry TO her colonies
cargo the produce of that country, and carry away
| from those colonies a cargo TO any country not
British possession, but not from one British posses
| sion TO another. ..."
But il is time TO return TO the details of the British
warehouse system. The senator stated, that il was
| a restricted system. | disagree with him. | shall
prove it 10 be exceedingly liberal system, not
only in respect TO the number Of warehousing ports,
but in respect to the articles allowed to be ware
housed II established in 1903, on very lin
tied scale the favored articles and for the port
| OF London alone. Ii now embraces sxty-eight
ports in England, twenty-three in Scotland, and
| eighteen in lreland-in all, l09 In most Of the
large ports goods in general may be warehoused;
in the smaller ports particular goods only. London
in the southeast, Bristol in the southwest, and Liv
| erpool in the northwest privileged for all goods
which may be legally imported; and Hull in the
northeast for the same, with single class Of excep-
tons. These ports are admirably situated for dis
trbuting the products deposited with them To all
portions of the kingdom. Stand at Leicester, which
lies in the very centre Of England, and draw circle
around you which shall pass through Of these
ports and it will touch Craze all the others There
is not single point in England distant in air line
more than one hundred and fifty miles from some Of
these ports, excepting the Lands End In Cornwall,
! which may be two hundred from Bristol. The sem
ator from Connecticut if | did not misunderstood
him, represented these four ports the only ones
to which liberal scale Of privilege in respect to
warehousing had been applied. Sir, my honorable
friend is behind the age. He is about up to the era
Of George the 4th, possibly the 4th William. |
say il in no offensive sense. He will properly APP
preciate this disclaimer when frankly acknowledge
! that few days ago was in the same predcament
with him. have fortunately fallen upon more re-
cent information, and am happy not only to have
advanced myself but to be able to bring him up
with me to the point at which things stand.
Falmouth in Cornwall has been made a warehouse
ing port for all goods, with the single exception of
silks. Southampton, about midway from the
Lands End to the straits of Dover, largely privi
legged. Manchester has recently been made, by act
Of Parliament, warehousing town for consumption
only. Ii is an inland place, as we all know, and
therefore not fit for warehousng for expectation,
find in the list of warehousing ports twelve priv
legged for call goods" with certain specified excep-
ITEMS. In short, the system, as to ports, has been
| and is in a constant course of extension.
| Let US now see, sir, what goods may be ware
housed On this point regret to be at variance
with the senator from Connecticut. In looking into
the British statutes, find the number of absolute
prohibitions extremely small. They are follows,
as may be seen by reference to 3 and a, William a,
chap. So
| l. Goods prohibited on account of the package
in which they contained, or the tonnage of the
| vessels in which they are laden-as segars in pack
ages of less than 100 pounds, in vessels Of less
than 100 tons burdens
2. Gunpowder, arms, ammunition, or utensils of
war.
3. Infected hides, skins, horns, hoofs, or any
part Of any cattle or beast.
| 4. Foreign playing cards, without the name of
the maker, &c.
5. Counterfeit coins or tokens.
6. Books first composed, or written, or printed,
and published in the United Kingdom, and reprint
ed in any other country. "
7. Copies of prints engraved, etched, drawn, or
designed in the United Kingdom.
8. Copies of casts of sculptures, or models first
made in the United Kingdom.
8. Clocks watches prohibited to be imported
for home
imported and warehoused for expectation, and in |
foreign vessels except from British possessions.
The list Of prohibitions has been diminished since
the statute above referred to was enacted. A few
years ago all goods from China were prohibited to
be warehoused, unless imported in British ships. !
The China trade since 1884 has been thrown open
to individuals excepting in the single article of tea
Now it would appear that teas may be warehoused
for expectation, though imported in foreign vessels
and brought from any place-(See Customs,
Do,a L.. I and Da1 hx, Shor-l
lock- and Richards, page ll8.)
We differ also as to the extent of the authority
conferred on the commissioners Of the treasury.
The senator said they had power to designate any
article, which they considered as interfering with
their domestic manufactures, and exclude it from
the benefit of the warehouse SYSTEM and that the
power was frequently exercised. He stated this on
the authority Of an individual he did not name.
Now, | desire to ask him whether it is not due to
this body, in the discussion of great questions of