The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-18

che motion upon which it was supposed these bills
were founded. He certainly did not succeed in in
ducing the other house to lay down any formal re-
solution; but he had from that time removed such
an impression from the public mind by showing that
in the administration Of the late Sir r. PEEL that
right hon. baronet had acted more upon the prin-
ciple Of making own relaxation of duties utterly
irrespectiys Of what any foreign nation did in this
respect. The result of these measures had been,
beyond measure most successful For q quarter Of
a century before, this country engaged in.
endless negotiations with other countries, in order
to get rid of restriction upon trade that were in
furious to both Instead Of making any progress
towards that end by those negotiations, these re-
strictOns rather multiplied. Since that time
had not their commerce made great and unparalleled
advan ,es, such as it had never before made But
more than that foreign nations were beginning to-
follow in their footsteps. All foreign countries were
tending to the reduction of those duties which were
destructive OF their trade The presenting
is to be left fur behind in the general race
competition of the nations Of the civilized world;
and that consideration, they might depend on 1t,
would produce its natural result with the nations.
No doubt, in France, public opinion had hitherto
been averse TO making changes Of that description;
but they must remember that their navigation re-
s'rictions are so intimately connected with their
general commercial restrictions-the system was SO
ingeniousy absurd, and at the same time SO
co implicated, that it was impossible to touch
one part Of it without the whole fabric fall
u
people like the French would not open their
eyes to what going around them, aud, COM
pairing The progress of their country with that OF
their neighbors, perceive that hOurishing mercan
tile marine only be formed on the basis Of a,
fourshng commerce, the state of the one being the
natural result of the state of the other The whole
commerce ofFrance was languishing under the pre-
sent restrictive system. Let them test 1t by the
amount of tonnage of all ships, foreign and national,
coming from foreign ports into France during u
given period, and let them apply the same
test to England to see the progress made in
each country during the last few years. lie
would commence with 1872 the first year in which
began to relax our restrictive s and end With
loi9 the last year that he had the opportunity OF
making the comparison In France, then. the total
amount cleared outwards in 1872 was 2H DOB tons;
in 1919 il was $4,000 tons, being an increase of
only l2S 900 tons, not quite per cent in seven
years. In England, in 1872 the total was 7,3l7,OOO
being 5,273,00 tons, or II per cent within
those seven years. noble lord-"There was no
revolution here."l No; but the year 1919 showed
rather favorably for France, for after the election
OF the President Of the republic con fdence was re-
stored, and trade made great spring in that year
but in England the year 1919 was not so favorable
either as the year 1850 as the present year. The
results of the famine in Ireland and of the railway
speculation in England had not yet cleared away,
and 1919 could not be consdereda prosperous year in
this country. But let them apply the test of the
state ofthe manufactures ofthe country In England
every desert ptou Ofmanuactufes was busily and
pidy progressing their railway communications
were being speedily completed upon gigantic scale
OF construction and fixed capital was invested in,
public W orks of immense Importance In France,
tie other hand, they had nothing but stagnation;
railway communication was advancing but slowly to
completion, and that slow advance mainly
sisted by the state; public works were carried on
by private companies, and seagnation pervad-
ing every branch Of industry. Was that a. state
OF things that France likely long to submit tos
Would her people not inquire into the of it,
and trace it to the restrictions placed on her COM
in he Il.
turer might be mpensated for the restrictions i'm
posed ON him by protective duties, there no
means of protecting the manufacturer of Lyons
silks, or the wine grower Of Bordeaux, from the
competition Of the foreign producer Of correspond
ing articles, In the markets of the world. The
English manufacturer reaped the advantage Of the
restrictions imposed on the French producer by his
own government, which enhanced to him the cost of
his motive steam power, his iron, indigo, and other
raw materials, the increased cost of which was so
far an injury to tie French producer to which
the English manufacturer was not subjected.
nose were facts which would sooner later be
understood by the people of France and it was not
by folio wing the present example of that
county tia; they could Undue" her to remove those
restrictions which did most injury to her own manu-
features. If he wished to retard the progress OF
France, he would desi'e the continuance OF those
CONNIE ciai restrictions; but he did not look upon
nat country with an eye OF commercial jealousy he
Knew that III he markets of the worlI there was
efficient demand fer the produce OF Doth countries
and certain he was that IL wise policy in us to
wait with patience until change of views took
place In t ance on those matters, and to abstain
from any measure Of retaliation until We saw pcac,
ti,ay that we were suffering from the competition
OF that country, and that the retalia.ory measures
they nigh ad, pit would be calculated relieve Their
fell subjects from any disadvan,a ges 70 which
they might have been unfairly exposed.
The Earl Of COLCHESTER said that as both the
noble Ion DIS Granville and Grey admtted that the
vexaious character of the restrictions existing in
rance arose from want of reciprocity, he hoped
when the proper time arrived, they would be pre-
pared to act up to that opinion.
The subject then dr. opped.