The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-12-15

NV Yosx. December Is. 1858.
From the year 1889 1859 nearly all the countries OF
Europe have changed their aihs In freeisade direction
Russia. Sardinia, Holand aud Turkey have made large
strides in thar direction The latter reduced her duties
average old per cent aud in all Of thea The pnci
Pile OF Chez psnng the materials of manuiActsrc has
recognised Amonn these materially iron and coals
We 9hIiuy boon considered oss which the eaIe
of the people requires 10 have the Xfsatcs sbud
ance and The cheapest rates Sweden removed the pro-
hbition steel Norway reduced tbs on bar iron and
Goals Holland largely reduced tho iron. In Bel
gium tin aud lead been made free and France, after
reducing the duty STEEL has now issnsd decree.
under date November a. largely reducing the coal aud
iron duties.
This reduction followed article ia the M0n,ieM,
publishing Turgots rssrads letter OF 1885, which be-
the basis OF those freeuade treaties which France
entered into with England and tho United
Sates bur which subsequently swept away by the
the revolution The article Of the Monits" jnsti-
the view your correspondent took the accession
plesent ruler Of France, OF tho probable conner-
cia policy OF the government The long prohibitios
duty which France has suffered on iron and Goals has
failed produce adequate supply Of those materials,
and, consequence every other manuac has sal
tered The manufacture OF tools, aud every instrument
from railroad plough. from steamboilef pot has
been sanged for want Of adequate supply of good iron,
the production of which in the hands oil few
whose od foayisn protected in It's repose by the
law The coal asd iron Interests ia France were the most
powerful. The Of the Orleans family were largely
dependent pom the sac OF cha coa and wood rom their
forests and the ronasers, with noble alliances, all
powerful. The democratic Emperor" has made grain
lree and begun wedding of those projections under
which the Of the people have been long oppressed
be remarked that this iron reduction has been solely
for Of the French people, and without any slip
ation for reductions In England French
goods The immediate result In England has been large
exports OF pig iron 10 France.
Itis gratifying that while the action OF the United States
Congress- by passing the present lah OF iSi6 gave an mn
pulse the commercial reforms in Europe the present
Congress will go further and set more radical example
Ii Is an ipvariabe re business which is pro
tec.ed by government Is that which ourishes least The
world tried protection for centuries and the result s,
that the articles posed the cest competition are those
the manufacture Of which is most speedily established
The reason is evident. Those articles which come the
chea to those which most consumed
when and consumption become habit. The demand
is established successful manufacture Is inevitable. Pro-
lection directly prevents growing consumption and demand
and therefore remains the rchey cruch OF crippled
ufactue Wooens have been manufactured in the United
States for three ouvfhs VI centwry yet they insist that
tte longer protection is necessary Iron has been pro-
duced the discovery OF the country yet the tool maker
the hardware manufacturer, the i'm plenent maker, the
railroad builder, and every worker in iron, pay
enormous his material TO swell the wealth OF the
iron-mas
1t is to be hoped that all monopolic which interfere with
the interests of the whole people will be done away with
Among them, of the important is that alluded 10
in the Presidents mcssage-,he guano monopoly The
Islands of Peru contain nexhausble supply, in which
OF the highes, importance the United States
The Peruvian government have, however. fit to gran
monopoly Of the export the United States Messs
Barreds of Lima, connected here with MI T. W. Riley
Of New York, and f. Bancda u Brother, OF Baltimore
The right do this under treaties may be questioned
When Naples granted similar monopoly years since
in sulphur, they obliged by the English government
renqush il treaty grounds. II, however, the Chin
cha island trade should be thrown open all Americans
fixed minimum price, the basis Of ndemni6cator
the contractors the whole interests Of the Unor
would be largely promoted
Money has been getting abundant, and the bank
continue their course Of expansion, having apparently
trcIy got their flight The lowest point OF cuail
ment was November IL. Since then they have been a
follows.
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