The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-19
To HshRy c CAREY, esq.,
Burlington, New Jersey

To HENRY CAREY, esq.,
STA: Snee my last have ob,aiari your pamphlet con
tanning your views IN full ON the al and ai'houSh sa
agree with you 10 The Conclusions you oome ."
give you credit Tor good deal OF research on tue SUP
ecl To follow you in all your meanderiogs would oe
npossble COR both ~ your premises ano eoslu
will confne yself 10 pointing few Of your most
CARING allons which VIII do IN as lew
words the nature OF The subject wal permit rassns
over the present which lead TO be g'ea
crash IN the year 1887 will devote few words 10 your
machine- max ing" and road making" "a your nre a.
fear that the business Of ''making machines VIII De
| overdone. you the following language
.,rhe manufacturer withdraws the capital tina, shonld
keep his spndes aud looms Ia motion, to Apply 10 .hi
.ninaies ana looms and he is ruined The coal
has productive vein OF coal he desires another and 70 en-
prive the OF the OF the capital needed 70 maintain
producuvenes the consequence OF which Is that he Is
| ruined"
An increased duty on iron COAL and cotton goods will
have this very effect which you now so much depore
| The man who has mill furnace, or vein OF coal
would account OF the Increased prices hgh 'aflh
would produce soon other enterprises OF the same
! kind with the prospect of becoming nch. he would
then have TOO many machnes" for his amount of capt
his aiature" prospects Road making" and "fence- ma
king" know but very little about and therefore VIII moi
tilt a lance with you in that behalf That roads and
fences 'machnes," there cannot be much doubt !;
neither do they eat drink but, il am not much mis-
taken, those who make them do think also that roads
may be cassed among the producers" and "con.
sumersas for instance, many railroads and turnplkes
produce handsome dividends tor the stockholders They
also cosune-that is, they "Uear away, and now and
then good round to put them in repair Fences
may be placed in the same category and hence they are
both seriously affected by the tariff Although roads and
fences both produce" and consume" am not OF the
opinion that "the rapid the increase IN the undtu
,a extension OF roads. the rapid must be the de-
crease in the quantity OF things be carried Them
and the greater the depreciation in the value Of such
property" According this doctrine, would have to
believe that increased facilities for earring produce
to market would havea tendency TO decrease i. as well
uI Is Sons , % o. mads
remarkable discovery However, as much as you pre-
tend to depore TOO great increase OF machines, you
7 would have objection them If they in The
shape Of cotton mills and iron furnaces, BY reason Of
heavy tax the people TO sustain them Altogether,
your views upon this branch of the subject are quite
amusing and as there IS some mystery connected with
it, and am not modern Gipus, am unable TO
solve it, | pass to notice other matters
You repeatedly urge upon your readers to take notice
''that nothing be true regards the acilon OF u
number Of individuals constituting nation that would
not be true OF single individual" II you admit This
be true you strike the root OF your favorle doc
lrns of protection An individual in his business affairs
is most prosperous when that business is void OF
strictons, and he is lett free conduct il wholly with
regard his interest, and without any regard TO the
interests OF otherswhen he is left free 10 sell his pro-
duce where he get the highest price for the
and purchase other articles at the lowest prices Under
these conditions all business the most prosper
Gus but these rights they cannot enjoy under your pro-
tective system you hinder them from buying and selling
where they do to the advantage and confne
them TO the home market for the sake OF few cotton
mills and iron furnaces. Therefore, from your own
premises, draw this natural conclusion. that nations
like individuals, prosperous when trade is free
from restrictions.
In comparing emigration from the old to the new
States 10 the immig alton from abroad you into
error, and though Intentional nevertheless error
which needs correction Your object is TO prove that
emigration increases immigration decreases; which
fact if true, from ncomprehensble cause you al
tribute TO the tariff merely point out your 10
show my readers how much you in the wrong, and
not because It has bearing on the matter have here
tofore said that immigration governed solely BY the
supply OF food abroad You say that he emigration
OF s36-37 double that OF ls33'34, and that OF
lsl95o has been double that OF s4s49 and that step
by step, emigration increased immigration dimin-
l.hed" The following table tells different tale:
Ia,.a, brond frnnll IN