New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-29
trs,e For the last three cea.ures tis Chm
tis, poouI, alton Of Turkey instead Of gsiaisx ia


have not remsiped stationary. But il was not
until lS35 that tie climax was pat upoa the SUI
c,dal policy which. as We learn from ninifess,
~ the Porte issued in lS52. is derived fccm tAs
Kor.p itsef ard which Turkey basPlrsaed from
tine in mem ,risl. In tbAt year Lord P0ascnsT
the British ambassador. caused tie Porte to atoPs
stir more favorable 20 that Bntisa
industrial 5omins,on and Tursi'A ruin. which
from, be fiti esiabhshment Of tie Turkey Com
papy. under James l. ia l5ol, hid gone for
ward with increasing momentum. Lord F9a'
sonbys treaty provided for leving upon in'
ports duty Of Eve per cent only. waus
txports were made to pay twelve per cent,
Since thee, the ie" feebe trades which.
from some peculiarly in Turkish modes Of work
ing still retained an existence, fell into more
rand Dec ine ths1 ever, and Turkey mY nov 20
AID to oe an Empire without industry inPoraos
al it's manufactures frcm abroad. For Instance.
4, we learn from NJ U5icisi, Free trade writer.
WHO believes in the regeneration Of Turkey ua-
der No,lem rue. there were, in i,l?, At S;lssu
sud Tiruova 900 looms engaged IN sse proiae'
ton ofmuslip: ia ls4l there we're not2OO. Anass-
Iis. Disrbekir aud BrOusss 90 n)s produce oae-
tenth Of the slk goods they did thirty yesEs sss'
Broussa used TO senj cut of this merchandise tae
yearly ys'ue Of almost uiue millions Of plaster,
now .he furnishes it 70 the amount OF 100000
piss.ers Only. Aleppo formerly had 4 1000 IOoms.
wesv NJ cotton to .he annual value OF hdsdrs4
millions Of piasters-but nov tAese looms srs
sll stopped: the wOsk is doLe in LAccsshirc, aud
the forty thOusind Heayegs are added TO sae
beggsrs and robbers Of ths country. TIE Sui
tan. afflicted at this do snfall II useid labor
among his subjects, has sought TO brios in West
eru machinery aud skil; but Free trade Sas 700
potent Tor bis short sighted bensyclence. Inc tnd
wasmsds in tire iron manufacture The bessct orc
is found in great a6uadsCce near Const'nt'noPle'
as is good coal Both were delivered with little
cost AZ the furaace-erectod 10 the best msansr
and With al modern improyements-and tie icon
was found to be of good quality. But Il proved
impossible as Ubci1iinfOrms US, to make istor sss
than 30 piasters quintal while English iron vi"
selling in the msrke. a! ~ piasters, aud the IDEA
of introducing Western industry was abandoned
A sufficient duty on iron might in the course OF
ten OF twelve years, have established tho manu'
fscture so firmly as to defy all foreign co npsti-
ton, rendering Turkey forever independent In
respect to that mos. important article OF con-
sumption. Just 80 duty on cotton aud WOODEN
fabrics would have established these branches,
with all the means q production known 70 West
em Ingenuity and experience, giving employment
10 farmers. activity 10 trade and new Vigor aud
d. IA f.ari. adj al
that En- pire lies dead and decsylDg, iss skeleton
only held ia place ~ foreign armies, and with
nothing but grow ing weakness aud decay awaiting
ii in the future. The Independent may perhaps
regard this as felicitous condition, but, according
TO common sense, the Government! whose folly,
and the system whose working, have brought
county TO such pass, deserve to be abolished.
II now We turn TO Russia, we fad precisely u
opposite state OF things. Thirty years ago that
country also had no manufactures. and could not
even produce the clio b for the uniforms OF i's own
soldiers. There, too, British diplomacy sought
usinuate the principles off trade; but tho
foresight Of the Government could not be thus
deluded Russia to. day mskes her own wooless
snd cottons and her own manufactures OF iron.
Thousands Of foreign artisanS have locked
thither. because there Protection iLsures them
good wages and constant employment Accord
ipgy, Russia is row abe, in spite Of tho corraP-
ton of her Administration, aud of the vast sans
squsndered On her Court and her armies, to coa.
front ali Europe leaeued against her. Does ssy
body suppose that she could do this. II, like Tar.
key she depended on foreign manufacturers for
the clothes of her people and the utensils OF their
labor The question answers itself NOBODY,
except perhaps The Independent, or some shso.
riziDg spinner Of Lancashire will presume
to tell US that this enormous power could hare
bee built up under British Free trade. by tais
we do not mean the power Of the Car, for thss
ia but temporary, belonging to transient system
Of Government; but the power of the nationals
groundwork OF its future-tne foundation, md
the only foundation, Of the eventual Liberties 81
the Russi'n people.
Now, if the tariff, which has wrought such e.
fects for Russia, were applied to Turkey-if To-
steadofthe British Free trade duty ofdyeper cent,
protective duties of thirty forty and ity per cent
were laid upon all manufactured articles, wAH
would be the result Why, il would De the I'M
mediate INN grafton of great number, offer.
man, Belgian, French and English artisans, W
by men Of enterprise and capital Wofk
shops, mills, furnaces and mines would DO
opened, and the wants Of 20,0oO,00O Of peoPs
would soon be supplied with manufactures pro
duced Oh their own soil. Agriculture aud com
merce would revive under the genial stimulus;
the emigration that Low turns its way from G~.
many westward scross the Atlantic woah