The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-27

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leet, and to Tx tho prices; and no more s produced
han Is necessary 20 command particular price. II
this bill Is passed, we shall Of course have TO com
ply with their terms.
have alluded somewhat at length TO some Of the
principal branches Of manufactures and commerce
In my State. have done so in the hope Of arrests
ing the attention. of senator's and of inducing them
to pause before they destroy them, There are 9TH
ers Of great importance, but time will not permit
me TO pursue them in detail. Her cotton and WOOL
len manufactures both very extensive, and fur
nlsh employment 10 many thousand people. The
cy OF Philadelphia itself is vast mandatory,
IN winch, within the last four years, has silently
sprung up some Of the largest establishments in the
Union, and "a which are made fabrics equal to the
finest productions in the world Her locomotives
ny over the railroads Of various quarters of the
globe, and her steam engines used in every State
Of the Union, Her glass works ore extensive and
prosperous, and rival the best productions of Eu-
rope. New woollen and cotton manufactures are
sprnging up daily, and scarcely need protection,
except from the frauds which will most certainly
be pracused under this bill.
The manufacture OF paper in the State employs
about fifteen hundred persons, in about one hun
bred mills who receive annually in wages about
$500, 600 The product of these mills amounts to
| about 81 $50 600 ThiS article is produced mainly
from material which is otherwise entirely useless.
The amount of rags consumed is equal in value to
5000, 900. The effect of this manufacture upon
the household economy of every family must be
GbNlQus 10 every OF the Sltghtest percepu0ns.
Oths Nations, wiser Il would seem than US, have
placed proper estimate upon lis importance.
France, by uHusua restriction, prohibits entire
ly the expectation Of rags from her dominions.
With population Of 81, 600, 900 who are producers
of Ms, not more than 5,OOO,OoO probably are con-
sumers of paper, Rags are, therefore, furnished TO
their mills for about the labor Of collecting them.
Not more than cent or two, at most, is paid FOE
| the best rags, while ia this country they COM
mand three times that price. This, with the
low price Of labor enables them to send their
paper here, and derive profit after paying
a very high duty. Destroy, as you will by this
bill, the entire manufactured Of many kinds of
paper in this country, and suppose, the result
| which, however, | do not admit-that the prices
| will be reduced; ask, where is the compensation
for the immense loss the country will suffer in the de-
sruction of the domestic market for her mgs' Sena-
will be surprised when tell them that the waste
articles from which paper is made in this country,
amount to eighty thousand tons per annum, and that
they worth at least six and half millions Of dol
lars. Let Il be remembered that this is a
ING Of an otherwise useless article. Experience in
this country proves that when the price Is lower
than now paid the supply Of rags greatly diminish
es. Materials Of this kind peculiar to the southern
States, pay for all the paper used there's and those
| materials would be entirely worthless if our paper
establishments were driven out of existence.
| In addition to the vast expenditure by ndiyidu-
ais, the Stale Of Pennsylvania has invested, herself,
over forty millions Of dollars TO create for
carrying these manufactures to market. The toll
paid by them in turn enables her to pay the interest
on this debt; the prosperity, therefore, of these es-
Adjustments, is vitality important TO the welfare OF
the State itself No wonder, then, at the anxiety Of
all her citizens this subject. With an increased
tax staring them in the face, to pay the interest on
their State debt and direct tax TO support the gem
eral government which is sure to follow If the free
trade notions Of the south carried out pity the
public man, Mr.. President who shall call on them
after having contributed to this result have re-
ferred TO the internal improvements of Pennsylvania
as State works. They are in truth great national
works, made at the cost Of single State. Three
fourths of the States of the Union derive immense
benefits from their construction. The national gov
eminent already, in the transportation Of her troops
and munitions of war over them, has saved large
sum. She could now transport from Philadelphia 10
i Lake Erie one hundred thousand men for what II
cost during the last with England, TO get SIN
| gle regiment there. 1t was uncommon price thoR
to pay $500 ton for freight from Plttsburg TO Erie.
BY canals ton can now be transported between
those points for five dollars; and yet the general gov
eminent would by this bill, prevent US from paying
the interest upon the debt contracted for them.
/ The advocates of this bill offer us, a remedy
for all the evils TO be produced by the destruction OF
our manufactures and our mechanic interests, an
increased market for agricultural products. Let
us look into that. 4 he honorable Secretary of the
Treasury who should be good authority, in his cell
ebrated Texas letter urges the annexation mainly
upon the Importance of securing by it home
market for agricultural products In that letter
occurs the following important passage;
"he foreign consumption OF products mere rop
the bucket in comparison with that the home market
II . - +5.sl* Our exports of domestic
Sssso6 deduetng which from our whole product by the
of lslo 1859 500 s45D would 1856 Ste OF
seventeen millions, and the consumption of our domestic
products BY the population 1.-THE world only amounts to
This view taken in that letter added greatly TO re-
| concile the people Of the north to the annexation;
and yet among the first results of that act is the in
PRODUCTION of policy wholly adverse to the argu-
ments upon which II was procured. II is well
known that without Pennsylvania the anne xation
could not have been accomplished. And now we
see the representatives Of Texas in Congress uniting
in measure which Pennsylvania deprecates as a
curse which only her enemies ought to inhct Ia
this the return we had right to expect Well
may she exclaim, "Save me from my friends ~ But
to return. The secretary correct in stating that
| we must look at home for market. The small
amount Of exports--less than ninth of the whole
amount produced in the country-ought to be snfi-
cient to satisfy every one that cannot rely on q
foreign market. tas 1.... -...
| The honorable chairman of the Committee on FL
nance has undertaken to show that there has been
large increase in our exports for the last half
year. The correctness of his conclusions are rem
dered doubtful from the very partial view which he
has taken of the subject. He has given US only the
exports from the port of New York. Ii will be
| readily seen that they may be greatly increased
there, and yet the whole amount be scarcely varied
Owing TO the restrictions heretofore imposed upon
our trade with Great Britain and the regulations of
their colonial system, agricultural products were
taken first into Canada, and exported thence into
| England. The recent changes in her corn laws
while they have materially affected the interest of
their Canadian subjects, have had no beneficial effect
upon our prices. This the honorable chairman has
kept out Of sight. The only change has been to ex-
port this produce directly to England instead of
through Canada, without benefting in the slightest
degree the farmer here. i'd.
The chairman speaks Of the anticipated repeal of
the corn laws, He ought to have known that this
repeal has been absolute for some months When
Sir Robert Peel introduced his new corn bill into
Parliament, the custom-house officers were directed
to regulate The duties by its provisions taking bonds
from the importer for the difference to be paid sh oud
the bill not become law #1 .. Na@"ah
IL is probable that larger amount Of breadstuffs
will be shipped this year than heretofore, but for