The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-01

Tine bensnts 81 RkotectAons
The following paragraphs appear in the New York
srhe Cubans have been In the habit Of importing 420
year Of American producs and o. me Wy
and would be managed BY MERCHANT marine III Were
embraced BY our government Ths shipping Interest
endured BY the States under the .erny restrictive colonial
system q Spain Ia $50 more than q ,hs i'm
ratio holds good send TO Csba the current year
sbOu, So eco CO. il American e pIodu ons Meanwhile
brought from Europe to the disadvantage Of the Cubans
;'s% q as9 &c ~ g..
nom the United States pays go this enormous tax
duties, height and other espsnses, raise he cost to hs
consumer 70 SIS and $40 q barrel.
60 sssa eSg s% s aad
would be annually demanded by The 900 inhabitants
psoy.ioas 70 the amour, Of ooc and Il she requires
articles Tor hons: and field TO the amount OF
Al sscoccoc and sugar % the amount Of 50 900
Bu. ms mineral As well as the regions Of
i.r The staples OF Cuba raised considerable ex
pendure Of implements and machinery In which iron and
nearly all Of which manufactured in this country but
discouraged from seeking market In Cuba by an
q SscooOo annually. with steady Increase oi dsmandT
The restrictions OF which the foregoing article com
plains, are but the protective system put in practice Ac
10y Of nation the only wise method Of ordering its in
tercouIse with other countries, and productive OF innu-
mershle blessings TO the people who live under it. What
menthai remarkably wise. benefcent paternal govern
menta adopts Il and enforces with srctnessl sys-
advantageous 10 the United States cannot but be
beneficial 10 Spain and s dependencies Instead OF
surng Spain Tor her commercial jealousy, II the wing
doctrine be true, should commend her for her enght
sned notions q The duty Of government What right
provide for its own welfare and prosperity
But may be said that, though the protective system
may be wen enough for Spain, regards s own pro-
ducts YET 10 Just Cuba that the products Of Spain
should b projected By high duties n Cuba Let Us see
how this s Our readers will please to recoect that the
products s the eastern cotton mills have been for years
protected BY high duties the imported goods consumed
IN the western and southern States This is case pre-
eisely parallel with the protection Of Spanish flour and
Spanish iron in the Island Of Cuba The South has com.
plain Il The Spanish protective system But Mr. Mallo
~ and Mr.. Evans have demonstrated over and over
again, with array OF figures long enough to gil several
school books on arithmetic, that the South wholly
In the wrong 70 complain, and that the protective duties,
which enriched Abbot Lawrence and Nathan Appleton,
cotton planter in South Carolina as to the northern mill
owner. There must be some mistake, therefore, when
the sugar planters of Cuba complain OF the high duties
imposed on imported goods by Spain.
High duties make low prices" s the maxim OF the
proiee!oni:s, which Mr. Appleton, our readers remember
the use OF our columns for the purpose. Flour, Of
course ID cheap. dog cheap drtcheap. in Cuba-we are
sorry use such homely phrases, but there are none
other that 90 well express our meaning- cannot be
otherwise, where foreign flour pays duty Of ten dollars
which. when imported from any place but Spain. pay
duty Of thirty i've per cent their value. also be
nearly cheap enough to be had for the asking in Cuba
account OF the Stimulus these duties give the activity
Of the Spanish foundries and forges.-N. Y,Ev Post.