The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-27

hoes, spades, boilers, and all the etce,eras of
Southern husbandry, and sell them in all The mar
kets in our Gulf and Atlantic States from 80 to 200
per cent, less than the over.tarffed Cuban pays for
the like Consider the effect of these e1orbiiant
charges on the net receipts of productions.
Neither does the clothing, furniture, and convey
ances of the producer escape those excessive con
tributions Equally to the disadvantage of Ameri-
can industry carts, carriages and furniture nav
about 100 per cent. account Of bulk and distance
Spain leaves to us the principal supply even under
this liberal protection. The eastern and middle
States send about 81 100000 year lat rough
estimate, for there is reliable data at bandl of
those convenences but still the island is scantiIv
supplied. Cotton and woolen goods range from 27
to 33! per cent duty by the letter OF the tariff but
under their system OF re-apprisa they pav more
and the official returns show upwards of So 900 600
of the description OF goods manufactured in the
New England States, and sold in our retail market,
all over the Union at from 30 to 100 per cent less
than in Cuba, whose producers in this wav lose
one-thrd or ne-half the benefits of their income.
A careful revision Of the charges on imports cor
responding to list of American fabrics and
productions, with the invoice prices, and the usual
rates paid by the consumer, will convince the sim
plest understanding that is willing to be candid.
that 100000 of the S3OOO0,O0O (keepjng to
round and appropriate numbers) of annual imports
into Cuba, ought, if the interests and convenience
of the direct producers and purchasers were con-
suited, to come to the mechanics and manufactur.
ers OF the Union. Not only would the fostering
dew OF S20,000,000 comfort many thousand fami.
lies now landing shores in search of homes
and employment but it would bring to the tables
of all our people the delicate fruits of the torrid
zone, in which Cuba abounds, at prices far below
any thing we have ever known. The rapid steam
intercommuncation between our States and the
splendid geographical position of the "Kev of the
Guit would bring Havana near ST. Louis and
New York. as these cities are to each other or to
New Orleans, and lead to a more prompt inter
change with all the cities of the Gulf and Atlantic
coasts than those coasts ran have with each other
Relieved from the iron net of domestic oppres-
sion under which Cuba is now suffering, and fairly
launched into free traffic with the Northern States
her citizens would send their children her bv hum
dreds ior education, and come themselves by thou
sands to enjoy the bracng air of higher latitude
while in return thousands from the North would
hasten there IN winter, to enjoy her perpetual
spring and ceaseless round of fruits and flowers
which are falrest and bright in Cuba when our
fields are buried under chilling robes of frost and
snow. This facility of changing climate and liy-
ing always IN the smiles OF summer, will be felt in
the liberal patronage of her packet lines and
when we add to this the central position Of the
island with regard to mail and business lines from
california and the Pacific, and from Central and
South America, and from the British, French and
Danish West Indies, it's importance to our steam
marine may be easily understood. As an OPEN
safe, and reliable haven of rest aid, and supply
beyond any fear OF foreign sity or interference
Standing midway, she does, on the path from
the Atlantic to the Gulf from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, by the way of either Isthmus and most
particularly by the Isthmus of Cortes the shortest
though most overlooked of all of them, and COM
mandng the ingress and egress to the Gulf and
all the coast OF Mexico the control of this ISLAM is
OF immense, OF incompatible value to the dignity
and independence OF coastwise commerce. 1t
even stands prominently in the way between the
Atlantic ports and the Gulf terminus of the short
land route to California, on our own soil, now in
course Of survey by the United States engineers,
and which pioneer merchant train OF eighty
wagoners is now traversing under Gen. w. l.
Cazneau, with view to penetrate to the market o.
! New Mexico and the unvisited centraa between
Texas and California, by the new and straight line
from Corpus Christi and the Paso del Norte. 1t i.
the priceless jewel that clasps into magnificent
unbroken chain the vast circle of our Pacific Gulf
and Atlantic trade. We only require this one linl
to connect five thousand miles of seaboard in close
and continuous mart, and commercial unity, pre-.
sentng, every side, a well connected defence
against the pretensons of rivals or enemies
Whenever the trembling, restless key of the Gull
drops from the nerveless hand of Spain, there will
be some envy in Europe but little open resist
ance made to its passing into the grasp of oul
Eagle; and it he assumes the charge, Europe will
retire from this continent, and thenceorth on all
our coasts we will ask nothing but steam ma
rlne, and the splendor of our flag to command the
respect of the world for our commerce.