Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-01-15
An English Viep OF american Policv.
From the Iiyerpool Mail.


his government and the first nd foremost of these
is, the duty Of foster ing and encouraging the arts
OF domestic industry, in order that the state may
be enabled to rely more upon Its own productions ano
manufactures than upon the skill and manu- tactu cs q
foreign nations. But we must allow him to speak fol
himself. He says:
"All experience has demonstrated the wisdom and
policy of raising large portion ofrevenue for the SUD-
port of government from duties goods imported. The
power to levy those duties is unquestionable, and its
chief object, OF course, to repenish the treasury Blu
il in doing this an incidental advantage may be gained
by encouraging the industry OF citizens it Is
our duty to ooajl ourselves Of that Advantage.
"a duty laid upon an article which cannot be pro.
duced in this country--such as tea coee-adds tc
the OF the article and is chiefly or wholly paid by
the consumer. But duty laid upon an article aohici
may be produced here stimulates the skill and industry
OF our own country TO produce the article, which
is brought into the market in competition with the for.
egn article, and the importer is thus compelled to
duce his price to that at which the domestic article
be sold, thereby MroWing apart Of the duty upon the
prodacer OF the foreign article. The continuance OF
this process creates the skill and invites the capital
which finally enables us to produce the article much
cheaper than 1t could haze been procured from abroad
thereby benetng both the producer and the consumer
at home. The consequence otth s, that the arzan
and the agricuurst are brought together each affords
ready market tor the produce othe other the whole
country becomes prosperous; ind the ability to pro-
duee evefg nee essarv OF life renders Independent
IN l1ar tgeP as in Deace"
In these two short passages, Mr.. Fillmore asserts
principle OF eternal truth, and dashes into atoms all
the books that have been written political economy
m.h ..le ias tn'y years. ne SHOWS l'at lhe nome
nn % anu us W ..G G h aIcle 10 ahe
bor and accepts in payment hs neighbours home made
wares, gets higher price for his than he would
receive II ne were to export it; on the other hand
t te , bosa nger ce or MS
W VA rom '1e farmer than ne cond OBTAIN abroad
We mean high price only in relative sense, for it
would neither be high nor low price, but fair price
both to the manufacturer and farmer.
Tia President dra dictin
ls ,uhI oa aJ ais.ncate llne between aIl-
oa wici eau ana arcies "hlch cannot be the natu-
Iai VI any gwen country. fof instance
no says we canot grow Tea or cofiee therefore 1t IS
1u. uuy W ipoit taeI ane YAK them according TO-
,no o. me olate. on tfls ru, OF
,,a nt 'es na' cono gooas non ana leather
"aes ana oihef mahulaclnres can be made as cheap,
EEoniaaiy, aho cheaper, IN reality IN America than in
comrenconaut ~ ha d. MS. sghI, or al me
la ~ capnaii bu Mr. Ilmore knows that
ns ahu ue YAK upon lore IGN aoof ehcour-
"s1n o'i"1e',I i"ooi anu produces capHal.
we cordially agree with what follows:
"a high tariff can never be permanent IT will cause
dissatisfaction and will be changed: if excndes comne
tton and thereby invites the investment of canta in
manufactures to such excess that when chanped il
brings Distress bankruptcy and ruin, upon all whohaye
been misled by its tathless protection What The
ufacturer wants is uniformity and Dermanencv thai he
may feel confidence that he is not tn he rned hv sud-
den changes. But to make a tariff Uniform and ner.
manen il ia not only NECESSARY ,ho Tho Io, LA ~,
be altered but that the duty should not ctnate 70
effect this all duties should he secfc wherever the
nature of the article is such as to admir- Of it Ad nm
loren duties f1uctuate with the price and oer strong
temptations to fraud and perinrv, Snecifc duies ~,
the contrary are equal and uniform in norris and 81
all times and offer strong nducement TO he mnor,sr
to bring the best article as he nays no mere dntv mon
that than upon one of inferior ouaItv Ms,efor.
stronglu recommend q ,nod;fcdt;on of tho nrssent
tariff aetich has prostrated some of our mast I'M
porionf and necessary ,nonufocIros ond ,bo s;G
duties BE- mposed sufficient 10 70 ise ba raos
nue., making such disernination in fnnor of He IN.
austrial pursuits OF orr ann comnt9, "ndJo na.a ,
race home pyoduction witlout erciudno tnre;o, co,
psfiton it is also mnortan hat an nnor,nna,n rn-
vision in the present tariff which ;mnoses nmoI hnb
er duty upon the raw material ihat sntars nt a
manufactures than upon the mannfacrsd ant artclas
should he ramed;edn "p'' INC ''"'"acuieo ai'cies'
This s inoeni ,nsv nnt Tho Head of tho pon,,,l;o
does not recommend LipI tariff xyhc o h !.
;mnolitic and cannn, he Garn,a "hoh le says IS
Wishes