Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-13

gentlemen and your wives daughters and friends can Be
supplied with these rbands at reduction of 6ve cents per
yard from NE present retail prices This would be boon
to consumers worth granting independent Of the employ
ent their manufacture would give The writer appeals
~ @e older Senators and Representatives whether they
are enabled to point out in the history of the United
any sbricated articles in bygone days presenting
many ''a.u,.@ OF excellence first production No
i0ai is''i - nis cssptry surely hesitate the
oourse ny WIN .axe AM every American must have
his national pride stimulasd that his fellow cou,trve
In six short months have opeld uu practically new field
Of employment for thousands hands II must be Oh
served that these really deserving non have copmencea
their experiments on the higher branch. az
ing, and they have succeeded Broad silks ana
plain goods generally of easy fabrication where i
the man that viii not give his sympathy and encourage
mentf We will not believe that your honorable Houses
contain an opponent to the abrogaton Of the duties on
raw silks a54f4
But there national considerations in favor Of re
peal Of the silk duties Last year handsome sum was
voted by the House Of Representatives to defray the ex
penses Of delegation from the Turkish Sultan while on
visit to the United States The object of that deega
ton was something than being the recipients of your
hospitality lsprime object commercial one--an ex
tension Of trade between Turkey and the United States
The abolition Of the silk duties would be accented grace
fully by the Sultan, behalf Of the Turkish merchants
I'D would extend our foreign trade with really noble
ma, ion Our exports to Turkey in 1840 amounted to
$27s 1896 only while those of Great Britain for the year
1850 10 Turkey Wallachia, and Moldaya reached the
large sun Of $l4 O52 1876 The reason is obvious Great
Britain ha no import duty Turkish raw silk, and only
nominal ones any Of their productions while we i'm
pose duty fifteen per cent their silk This policy
is beral ID ungenerous to the Turks who wish
trade with u.s. and creates uayorabe impression
of our merchants an agents resident there se.
The most rigid pro ectonist in the United Statcs Mr.
HORACE GREELEY admits the folly Of pcrseyerng in Gull
tyatng products where Ma has imposed mpedments
I've never proposed nor intended to naturaize here
any branch industry for which Nature had indicated
different soil climate than such the growing
of coffee, spices, tropical fruits but wherever Ma
ure is as propitious to the production soil
any other we maintain that senterest and the interest
of labor universally demand the fostering of homo produc
ton that point where such production shall be found
to equal the home consumption"
We have failed TO do this Our genius must be applied
to the manufacturing of Silks not in abortive attempts at
its growth The writer believes that heas demonstrate
ed by what not only the condition of his fellow
workmen be improved by judcious legislation but
also that there national considerations cutyatng
extended trade with Turkey raw silks and the same
code Of reasoning applicable trade with India and
China in their product The opening of interoceanc
canal to the Pacific would make New York the grand
porum for China silks and be of incacuabe value
to commercial marine. De not them impose obsta-
ces to these obviously national advantages 1t pain
full last year observe consgnments Of raw silk made
England from New York, and operatives craving for
employment This state Of things should not be- gentle
men, with the abilities for manufacturing possess, and
of which you have evidence What a commentary
upon legislation would be the reply of foreigners who
win visit Worlds Fair at New York the coming
mer that the manufacturers of such goods those
to Washington and vet by mistaken lepisla
ton unable to realize pro6t upon them The
writer has pleaded he hopes successfully though in
humble way for his felowworkmen engaged in another
branch of business. To him has beena "abor love-
Providence has dealt with him kindly and bouneous
in another calling and this is the apology he offers for
the interest he has taken in this matter We
not better show gratitude gentlemen, for the bless
ngs possess than in honestly endeavorng ameorate
the condition of those who have been less favored than
ourselves
With the utmost respect gentlemen yours, respectfully,
A LABORrNG MAN