The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-05
COM M ERCIAL,
From our Commercial Correspondent.
NEw YoRK, May 8, 1858.

NEw YoRK, May 8, 1858
The progress of sound principles relation to CONNER
cs Is marked in the biennial proposition
OF me BRUSH government for the removal Of indirect taxes
ana compensating the by mpostons upon real
property Dating from 1912. when these reductions com.
meneed me events OF tho subsequent years have been
such as eminenny to substa atae by practical working the
fact that Immense injuries had been ages by
the monopoly SYSTEM miscaled ''proecton" The expe-
renee OF the last decade shows what had been formerly
suspeoted-ha England had dourhed in spite of protec-
lion, and not in conseqae OF The gold discoveries
have doubtless given spur that prosperity, de-
velopment OF which was however very marked before
that event The example of Engand has been very inu
entail In ameioating disabilities imposed upon
in Europe; and the recent deputation Of London
chants TO the French government, rendering peace and
fellowship through il TO the French people, is great
moral example of the benefits which mankind must de-
rive from the extension Of those eerade principles.
the adoption Of which will make impossible. As
the nation Of shopkeepers recognised the benefits Of
intercourse the shopkeepers themselves have
taken the question Of of the hands Of The govern
men and declared that trade Is the object OF the nation
and that its interests to those OF the arisoc
racy With such temper abroad, the internal
restrictions upon commerce cannot long stand.
guar instance Of the absurdy OF commercial protective
leg isaton is afforded in the corn laws OF France The
county divided into four districts, in each of which
different range duties is imposed Thus. in the first,
the duty sliding SCALE increasing about franc for every
franc that price per hec oe is reduced Where the price
IL francs per hecoue, III l2h per bushel duty u.s.
in the first Glass; I2 75c in the second district 81 75c
in the third district, If 25c and in the fourth, A. 75c
by land French ships and Ii higher in foreign ships
Now precisely those departments which produce the
wheat are the "Nord," Pas de Calais Seine Inie
rieur and "Enre," the English channel almost in
sight of England Now, it will be borne in mind that forty
wears of peace have developed continental manu-
features as compel England that of legislation
which would the money Of goodshat is
saw to remove those which swell the Of
goods ed export, and consequently dmin
sh the chance Of peng with foreign nations Among
the most of those the removal of
the corn laws In order that English operatives might have
larger quantity of bread for the amount of wages
received for manufacturing goods for export The effect Of
this abolition of duties make the northern depart
mens of France tributary English subsistence
The Of northern French de parments which
grow 622 hecoles fourth OF the whole crop
at France the choice of free market the chan
mel with England Of high duties imposed their sales
into other French departments The French government
compes It's operatives pay high duties French wheat
while they are required compete with the English art
sans get French wheat by water carriage free duty
The practical result of this is that less wheat is in
auence consumed in France than otherwise would be the
case The growing departments have sell
OF France they the effective competitors the
American farmers in the supply OF England In lustra
tion give from official few figures showing the
i'm port of wheat and wheat -four into England, and the
Quantities ported from France and the United States
The import export OF wheat and -four into and from
| France for several years follows
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