New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-03
American Ira de- in India.

A correspondent of The London Daily NecS,
in cslng public attention to he waste OF money in
pushing the influence Of England in IDhs and the Alb
surdify Of many Of the costly taken 20 secure
the trade with the nations bordering upon he British
Indian possessions, refers with no great copccncy 70
the rising trade between the United STATES ami the ports
Of the Beloochis.an and the neighborns waters he Is
speaking of the POrt OF Kurrachoc Or Cursehe stu
,teG 81 the most westerly of the mouths OF the adu'
and OF the necessity Of improvement OF the hsr-
Dor and some better means Of direct communication
with the Indus which ia s that is required to make this
port the certer of trade for all that section OF southern
Asa. We quote few passages:
"Atranroad Is required from hurrachce 10 Tatta on
the Indus and the report snys the roUtry - level ana
ruin almost unknown and where the rails might DC ad
for miles almost on the ordinary surface OF the ground
But neither il the work m.de over 70 company, nor
sanctioned by the Government
To Tsrta some 40 miles away on the BANK" OF the
Indus the traveller the trader jolis along on camel
For twentyour hours be rides over desert country,
list the sands Of ses on road slrios hnpNs-aols
for carts but on a soil which IA grayey. los narrow
snip connects the Indus with the for below Taita
the country boats would be exposed 10 Tie waves o. the
ocean.
we Will net spend $4,000 IN work more yslua
be 70 Scnde than the Crest Northern Is % England snd
yet squsndered thirteen millions in Afghanis;an to
secure the trade OF Central Asia
Sailing down the Indus riding on the hump backed
rootheTn camel, the AhghGns resort % hrracnee n
rumhere bringing the dried fruits and valuabo wool N
the north But. though their wants are scSnowelged
there no carsvarsera for their accommodation nor
warehouses lCr their goods
The shores Of Persia within run Of thirty six
hours The rue iut IF MusCat, with ito drled rasns
and fr- finds a market in the cantonment And now we
learn that the real trade IN wool il beng opened ~ the
cnterprising Americans
AMERICAS incipi mt trade with the opposite coast
Mus az On which they hold hsrbor, and where they
AVE fought no battle acquired srge Kingdom, T.,
alrpadT becoming valua e than our own anu VIII
crow INTO on extensive commerce Any mail may tell
Us that an American Consul is appointed to the Gull
Time indeed, il was that the court should awaken
from, its niehtmare An American shp-master Will
land a cargo the MeTan coast AZ less expense tnan
cargo Of British good. be landed IN Bombay ana
the only to defy such dangerous compentlon Is 10
make the most of the great advantages afforded by the
Indus as the highway TO Central Asia ,
III il America. not Russia, fear. Al the world
over taxes are Being reduced bur in India we three or
four years ago. imposed additional al cdiores duty
Of per cent importations Of English goods because
our customs were falling America is seeking for the
OF China by California and for that OF tde In
dus by the opposite coast and IN the race OF compen
ton before US L. problem whether our rival trad
ing with indie pendent countries and with races OF men
that are comparatively wealthy, because they are free
will beat from the markets coniinng VA to the
internal trade of impoverished India
The closing paragraph above quoted is worthy oil a
thought or two British Free Trade has reduced a. 1t
appears, unhappy India so low. that the duties on
British goods themselves have been increased to keep
the costly wheels of the Government OF that devoted
land in motion and now it is problem whether we,
fc oss the Atlantic may not beat the English from the
other Asiatc markets, since trade with races veal
thy because they free from what -the blessings
of British Free Trade.