Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-01-29
The English Corn and United States Cot
ton Duties.

For near one hundred and fifty years the principle
of protection " has been applied the production
of grain In Great Britain, and the result is that with
most prolific soil, with population naturally indus
trious, and with prices of grain uniformly high,
large portion of Ireland uncultivaed and her peo-
pie starving. The proportion of people, BY official
accounts, that are in Ireland employed in agricultural
pursuits is than double the number employed in
Great Britain. very important distinction exists,
however, in the manner of employment. The divi-
sion is nearly as follows:
Total families. Empiy'd in .fgr. No. in 600
Ireland, 1855 O66 ss4 3s9 63s
Now the Corn Laws are said to be necessary to
protect the agrlcultursts, yet Ireland, with go per
cent of its people agrcultursts is starving In Great
Britain two sevenths of the agriculturists
piers, that is to say, those who hire farms; of these
one half employ hands, and the other half hire no
help. In Ireland one thirteenth only occupiers
who employ help; 6l3hs are labOrerS on the land Of
others, and 6l2tLs cultivate their patch without
help. Or, reducing these proportions to figures we
have the result as follows:
Occubiers OccupierS 1ghO Ldborers the
tchO empty tchO don't empty land IF Othr's Total
Ireland, 6sO2s 2Osl57 4Os,l57 ss4. 3ss
There is in Ireland about one laborer more to an
employing occuPier than there is in Great Britain.
What is the result of these figures Why that one
hundred and fifty years of Corn Law protection has
landed propretors, and reduced $4,000 corn-grow-
ing families in Ireland TO starvation This is the
phantom of protection! The result will be that
tie insensate policy will no longer be pursued and
with the fall of the Corn Laws Of Great Britain the
Anticipated absurdty of high taxes for individual pro-
lection will have persisted forever. The English gov
eminent, by the % pressure from without, wall be
compelled to remove all duties upon food and estab-
lish absolute free trade" This becomes necessary
to promote the welfare of the people. This state Of
affairs gives rise TO matter of reflection in regard to
the cotton crop of the United States, which is inn
portant is TO England. What is the position
of the interest! Why for many years production has
outrun consumption, and the price Of cotton has fall
len off one half In the last six weeks it has fallen
one cent. per pound Why! Because it is univer-
sally known that rise of bread in England dimin-
shes the consumption Of cotton, and that diminished
consumption causes the price to fall still further 1t
is matter from what cause diminished consump-
ton takes place. its effect is decline in the value Of
the great staple, and rice rerSd increase in the
sumption causes the price to rise. Assuming the
quantity taken by England to be 100000 bales a
rise of one per pound makes difference of 49,,
in the amount her manufacturers have to pay
for the material Last year the crop was 2 AGO.
600 bales, and throughout the world the consumption
7S,C00 bales in of the supply, and prices
advanced. The high prices of cotton goods in the
United States dimInishes the consumption at least
pot, 900 bales comparison of prices is follows
In England DufU In u. States.