New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-06
.g,-1-y.cTUREs IN RUSSIA.

Ur.ufh tier cytfaOrdu1Tt '-"I'7 A' III ''' '''-
e-arca aitl tie means of ra2i iT becoming MANI
s,e,,.pe GUILTY. tiaL tie insatsOe a. -Fcs Cd h's
isro invented means 70 destroy or ear! must!
Ue,1iI, however. that G.siiDgp' LED friend oi pro
tect.ce tsr.g Benismin Franklin whom oecfe'a'!
r,,fs. n tie Cr,,t4l Palace Banquet called nee
,,,ofr had the sacacy 10 constitute Home League
J., which nope tui tr,itnrs co-ld be i9upd to Pa'cie
Tts}fb roocF Il.s wls tAc severeS' bio" o. All 'He
,,t.tatory trttcea cuts Of the Revolution snd one
bicb afcr4CI &c cvc ST az cunt OF sell as'uTaI
and se,frcliss,c 10 lie cclonists Inc members o.
pe british Parliament Who made II teton! % riul
ft,.e Lat in the Colonies, and forbid the iorshs OF
tor.e shoe o. ough il was allowed 70 he heaTed M
Gaed 70 The borsos foot by tho AmcFie.a bi.ch'nta
.re the apccstors of the free trade members now IN
Frolsnd and fer from them in no important p.rticu
lar.
There eouspiri tors against human nature occupied
and occupy COO mon ground which is that rglndis
the center of industry and dictate terms and dis
trbute wares to al the rest Of humanity lfthe s1no
keen precedence had distinguished our sham demOc-
rscy as that which characterized the printer sud PHI
loso1lor ofte Revolution should never have been
cursed with tie crises OF industry and commerce,
which lave periodically afflicted our country growing
cut OF Le1 quasi colonial depeL dence upon Great Brit
aip Tie sbsn Democracy which is convertible term
for slavery, aggression aud periodical bankruptcy
las ever controlled our destines, 80 that we look
abroad for tie ninetentbs of the artistic skill and
manufacturing Industry which if they had been en-
courseed at home during the last seventy years would
have put us ahead Of any nation in Europe IA all the
CutwoIiDgs OF civilization. Heroes az Washington
who squirt tobacco juice right AMI left in the halls OF
Congress cannot be expected to have those tastes and
perce ptions which make sympathise with what IS
/ elevated and beautiful their lOwlved views never
rse TO tie compreher son that farmers are only good
! farmers when artists inteTlnked with them, an
dilused Local industries prevent the growth OF raven
GUS intern ediae agencies II our foreign policy h'd
been on plsne with our internal liberties it would
he difficult 70 estimate the power aud greatness 70
1 which .ie ration would have arrived ~ this time.
ii ever q logical mind could doubt tue bcn-iicent
tct,n Of protection 70 the i".srt mln1' cures O.
vfaicyer c,u1tly. sccIr~ 70 contend viii tie seirl-
reff Of CHat Elfsin icf u 'ook ct tho growth o.
rsruiaCturca a '3r. sine shc determined 70 block
cutiLesvin.l,i zee troaers oithC o-merempire We
couuefda ftv facts Which Vc sha' now offer IN proof
cflis sss,9tioo 20 the dupes Of tie sham democrats
at Washington
little more III o twcrty years since the first cot
tor mill in Russia was erected. Now Russia has
three hundred and fifty thousand spindles in full ops
ration which produce annually more than ten million
| elht hundred thousand pounds Of yarn The yarn
spun is generally very low, the number varying from
twenty to forty for the wool becaue there is large
market for coarse fabrics Central Russi, Especially
Vladimir Ealonga. kosroma and so forth is the seat
ofthe manufactures and the peasants receive the yarn
lrcm tie contractors and. occupy themaelycs with
weaving during the winter receiving bu: very tri'
fling weges while lsJ iog an industrial foundation for
their county, by go tuning to account their waste
tine TIE goods 50 produced are equyientto seven,
eight, ard nine cent English cottOns. Beside these,
there are OF hundred and forty manufactures pro-
Gucing suTerior articles net counting cotton veTot'
and mullins Tie cotton velvet finds It's chief market
in China, which up 10 the recent period of these Rus
sian establishments was supplied by the British mo-
nopolsts Russian printed cOttons are now sad to
equal those o. Manchester and Assce--al the growth
of twenty years and exclusively due TO the protective
tariff We say exclusively due for countries Ike Ire
land Portugal. Turkey and India which have had no
protective tariffs but which have been dictated to- or
trampled upon by the British monopolsts, show de-
crease of h0me-industry corresponding IN an inverse
ratio to the increase We have just described. Inc
Chief seat of the manufacture of fine cOtOns IN nus
sa is at St. Petersburg, where It is mainly carried on
by Swiss workmeD. The quantity manufactured Is es
tmaed al three million pieces, sufficient to suP2ythe
whole empire, and with the growth OF civilization the
demand must increase. Not more than one thousand
FIVE hundred pieces of the highest quality OF prints
are now imported into Russia. The manufacture OF
muslins is al.o auesnentng Added to this must be
mentioned the successful introduction of the cotton
plant into the Caucasian provinces.
The total value of the cotton fabrics OF Russ, may
DOW be estimated at thirty two million dollsrsa year.
Tie movement Of her industry in this branch may
However best be estimated from the following table OF
her imports in lsi6 and 1850:
R.v c..ton......... g 3 I'm. 4..5 s'sis.
Cotton IAEn.............l8,4 1850 90 tS1aI1J "
This shows that in FIVE year, Russas importation Of
raw cotton has nearly doubled while that VI cotton
yarn for which she was dependent on Great Britain,
la, diminished by twothirds In 1892 Great Britaa
exported 10 js75Sl lbs. of cotton yarns and fis-
ric,, valued az f11367s7 while in 1850, tue total
amount ofcOtton yarn imported by all parts ofEurOps
was COO 2is lbs or little more than fourth much
as il 1852 Such the effects of the protective sys
tens OfPortOnt OF Continental Europe in which good
work Russia stands prominent.
Compare this creation OF industry in land OF Esrfs
with our ups and downs and with the position which
as freemep we nigh; have occupied in the world OF
arts and irdustIy had not the sham Democracy ham
persd our efforts Al every step, prevented internal
improvements, scattered our populaor, and in nrsd
our coed name - lovers of universal freedom.