Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-19

Why, sir this is protection This IA cunnncly devised
scheme under the pretence Of fri endshp for the West
postpone their progress for the benefit Of New England
This is kind Of English col.lsw The GEN
teman hopes IN this way TO- secure the affections Of the
manufacturers Of Massachusetts, and of the people Of the
west IN other words, re would keep the inhabitants
the northwest IN stAte of imperfect civilization Ma
tons without manuf 4ctures may be highly respectable
but cannot be highly refined Man. the shepherd state
s innocent and Ierhaps happy. But it is his true
ultimate destiny. think the Northwest the Govern
ment out niue gratitude for this attempt to retard their
refinement Ht t8te ha 4sha III eEtf rs steffgTT
But the gentleman gives gloomy warning that even
this Ingenious contrivance will always keep down
manufacturers in the Northwest that they will not al
Why's get their sheetings from Lowell and their iron from
Fennsylyania; that they viii ultimately make all these
things for themselves Fer my part sir say the sooner
the day arrives the better. Let only wise policy e
clude foreign articles and the Eastern market with the
markets of other countries, which should be finally
strong enough to enter will suffice the manufacturers Of
the East and the Eastern agricuturst being free from
the competition of the West will rejoice in the event
The gentleman tells that all branches Of industry are
fourshng This will be news to the manufacturers and
farmers He tells that the iron business is particu
larly prosperous. This will be consolng
tiers. Let them go home and dream, the gentleman
Dreams of golden profits while the sheriff is selling them
out under the hammer Sir these the opiates Of
quack administered to dying man The iron business
instead Of furnishing is nearly destroyed The tariff Of
1912 raised the production in this country from $50
tons to tons, which the make Of 1896 The
tariff Of 1916 sunk it to 600 TONS which was the make
OF 1851 decrease of one-haf
In l846 the importation of bar-iron 625 tons
In 1851 it $50
Increased fvefold by the tariff Of 1916.
We hear much of the beauty and justice of recipro
city, in commercial regulations Can their be any real
reciprocity under the laws among nations unless
their circumstances are equalf Suppose two nations
agree to admit without duty certain articles which one
nation produces and the other nation does not where is
the reciprocity? Suppose they agree to admit equal
duties articles in which nation has already embarked
large capital and much skill and is in the successful pro-
dncton Of while the other is just struggling start the
of it, there is reciprocity The one will
monopolize the market and crush the other.
1t Is only when nations equally advanced in skill
in capital and the power of production that reciprocal
laws are just. You may impose q fnllgrown the
task Of carrying one hundred pounds weight. /" Reel
procty requires that the boy Of ten years old should
carry like burden, though it brushes him to the earth
Such is the operation of reciprocity between old and
young nations
1t well illustrated in the article of cotton fabrics In
1850 we imported cotton goods from England to the
amount of $l9O96 $780, England imported Of the same
article from this country 50 Twenty millions of dollars
against fifty dollars the effect of free reciprocal
Let the people reflect these things and elect such
rulers as will pursue wise and prosperous policy.