Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-04

the manufacture Of such Bar and Pig Iron
in Great Britain. will be a great advantage
not only to the said Colonies, but also to
this kingdom, by furnishing the maLufac-
lturers Of Iron with a supply Of that useful
and necessary commodity, and BY means
thereof large sums of money, now paid for
Iron to foreigners, will be saved to this
kingdom, and 4 greater quantity of the
twoolen and other manufactures Of Great
Britain will be exported TO America, in ex-
change for such Iron SO imported
:" Be it therefore enacted by the Kings
most excellent majesty, by and with the adj
vice and consent of the Lords spiritual aud
temporal. and commons in this present par
lament assembled, and by the authority of
the same"
/ Latter clause of tie 9th section" And
that Pig Iron made in his Majesty's colo
MES in America may be further manufac-
! tured in this kingdom, be it further enacted
Thy the authority aforesaid, That from aud
after the twensy-fousth day ~f June one
thousand seven hundred and fifty, no Mill
or other Engine for Sitting or rolling Of
Iron, or any plating forge to work with
Tilt Hammer, or any furnace for making
steel, shall be erected or after such erection
continued in any of his majesty's colonies
in America: and if any person or persons
,hall erect or cause to be erected, or after
tuch erection continue or cause to be con-
tnued in any of the said colonies any such
Mill, Engine, Forge or Furnace, every per-
spn or persons so offending shall for every
ssch Mill, Engine, Forge, or Furnace, for
& fit the sum of two hundred pounds oflaw-
ftl money of Great Britain.
| \" Section 7fh. And it is hereby further
, enacted by the authority aforesaid, That ey-
cry such Mill. Engine, Forge, or Furnace
, so erected or continued contrary to the d.
freedoms Of this act, shall be deemed COM
mon nuisance; and that every governor,
Lieutenant governor or commander in chief
of any of his Majesty's colonies in Ameri-
ca where any such Mill. Engine, Forge OR
Furnace shall be erected or continued,
shall, upon information TO him made and
!; given upon the oath Of two or more credi-
, BILE Witnesses that any such Mill, Engine,
Forge. or Furnace hath been so erected or
continued (which oath such governor, leu
tenant governor or commander in chief is
hereby authorized and required to admins
ter) order and cause every such Mill, En-
CINE Forge or Furnace to be abated within
the space Of thirty days next after such in
formation given aud made as aforesaid and
if any governor, lieutenant governor or
commander in chief shall neglect or refuse
to do, within the time herein before limited
for that purpose, every such governor, lieu
tenant governor, or commander in chief SO
Offending shall for every such offence for
felt the sum Of fise hundred pounds of law
fuI money Of Great Britain, and shall from
Ithenceforth be disabled to hold or enjoy any
office Of trust or profit under his Majesty,
his heirs or SUCCESSORS"
! This very interesting act contains four
teen sections.
4 | am inclined to believe that the best way
for Congress'to settle this question is to
assess further duty Of at least ten if not
| fifteen dollars per ton on all Iron imported,
and propose to the British Minister to rec
ommend to his Government to collect to-
gether at Liverpool all the subjects Of Great
Britain between the age of 20 and so, who
are masters of the art of manufacturing
. Iron, with their families, and we will send
for them and bring them to this country and
give them employment at our FORCES and
furnaces. 1t will be much cheaper for US
to maintain all their operatives in their iron
bushes than to continue to receive their
! iroa even at the present low price.
Again-on noticing the Memorial Of. the
Directors Of the Chamber of Commerce
, and Manufactures at Manchester, to the
Right Honorable the Lords Committee of
IPrivy Council for Trade, &c &C., l find
the following honest sentiments:
1 "That plentiful supply of raw Cotton
, for the manufacturers OF this country is sec.
ond only in importance TO plentiful sup
, ply of food. That the dependence of this
country in an Overwhelming degree upon
one source of supply has during the last
two years added greatly to the calamties
which have been heaped upon manufacture
ing industry here, but our having to con-
, tend during that period with high prices in-
separable from short supply, simultane-
, ously with high prices Of food and conse-
quent disturbance Of currency aud credit
That the cotton trade Of this country has
attained magnitude aud Importance which
Ienucr u niShiy udhgcfous W resi- Cohtcut
with our existing means of supply, for how
ever firm reliance may be placed upon the
continuance of that good understanding
which reciprocal interests have fostered be-
tween this country and the United States,
the experience Of the two years has shown
that either from an increase of consump-
ton in their own manufactures, the failure
, of the crops. or preference for the cuIti-
| Walton Of other products, the United States
have not yielded TO Great Britain supply
of cotton sufficient to secure the regular
employment Of our people,"
Again: take an extract from Memo
rial Of the Cotton Manufacturers Of the
City of Glasgow and its vicinity:
ITO the Right Honorable Board Of
Trade. That the Cotton trade of this
country is mainly dependent for the requi-
: site supply of the raw material on the Uni
; ted States of America, the proportion Of
American cotton consumed in the manufac-
: tures Of this country being not less than
niue-tenths of the entire cOnsunlptiOn." 1q'