New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-04

laws AZ a the hcsr.ed tunnsg. ab.oiu,s ure,sx,e ~
tie ,srrS ing trade ON mr. coast sbd in On 80,
The pfstfeiion given 10 our flEeen eomunrrial 49,,
OR coasirg CONNIE rcial fnsrins his s-cued sLs
apd tic out body OF rkilul fire and .sll,r.
tin ca rpaoy h. deG, pss OF ciUes and cass ~
repe Ing oglrcssion ON onr commerce az for man,
cur ships- ,i.sar In the Protection giVer to our ~.
ping interest, for the purpose OF hdylas a. Alta.
lie powtrt repe fJpsign aggression AM l,ol,,s =,
coas, snd trade there sppcas - have been bc, Al,
Division Of stninent from the ser faies NJ ~.
IN, ni while yearly IN res cot our tQpRagew a.
The wisdom OF our lava this Iart.cGltc Weh.,.s
data 10 aic,ltsn the annual nimher Of p rsoa. o, a.
abnual iLns Of freight carrie, IN oar costing trade No
u, value hereof. Each p rson NUT max. he "a,
estimate Of tie tupns,se emp Dyed and TIE asea,.
lumber ot III, tie yvss+s cat make. couibiGsd ~iN
The facis tbst capital cSussn'ly lends - ma, ~. re
and the growth of our enr,lled and licensed taa,.s
seeps yace with our increasing population and w,<S
To eah b,tin coouecon with Tue tunnsg. ealso,ed Ia
cur COS stirg trade u pas.fnse's aud 'Tega, r.u&
ported On railroads the p1tu ut hts hal prrosrel
Statement No 81, scsAmran, i"g this Report II mS
of tbe a roads In tn several STATES and TERRITORIES
showing tee capital invested the length VI rosdeOa-
pl ted in C-ch Of them the s'nlsl pumr.I Vi psssoa
rtrs ard luus Cfirrigbt G. 'ed, and c'het iarsaas
Statistic. of said ~roa6s. The ON of e,ashog tan
"a ne ard the annual lumber Of tues OF hit eSas-
ported CD cur rsiroa0s Nth estimate OF shss
lied by other mode. OF hsnsier exho. tue nj ignts4
of Il c neaps required for eur internal 'rsfe.
reftrtnce &, the table 81 " SDctiOn t.ken me
tie Census of 1870 viii sh tina, sgriculiurs sal
manufacturing production in q al year smountsi .
slOC6l3j Jg9: AID q ro.eren'e to The IKE hos 4
production taxi n rom he Census 81 iSo, W, 'oov
The agricultural and mu uf,c urog lrocuof fof 'hx
wear 10 have beer 60 Oh $50 1s, and the ratio OF 10.
crosse like ratio 81 inor s,e for the H. sncc'e ng
,ears gives !! 6,e 363 92i the value ;or the ye1
1850 Sut pose COoo 90 10 DC e'nsS i ia = The
rlsces If pfocucop and there lef 81, tG2 33Q2i Il
peducti, n rs tho basls OF cur ~ egn AMI in'efoL
Trade u the source ron WHICH we derive prof ate
employ msnt for our regst red and iceos.d 'nnaaS
end our railroads. Tase 10 per cent OF ths iof oar
orecn trade which is ahept equal a. our exports and
here /. zen Al 1852 Coz $50 for our Internal trade, co.,
,titutpg The commercial liganent that bin Ia w 10
geber q. ore ratiUn and one PEOPLE Ih're Is no M
or tariff upon the transport ,ton OF The ar'nes q
which our mt mai trade sss from ~ place 70 a.
other Within any of the States and T,n'tories, ne
upon the articles themselves the cost of tran'pos
ton is the only burden on 'he free inteechaoge oyw
and above the OF the Article and the prohi Of tie
producer az dealer.
The eject of reciprocal free trade is shovn by S,c
uept No. % If our commerce vi the Brii.h North
American Provinces before aad since the Riprociy
iresty, which went into 'te't IN 1874. In lNS the
exrorts of An eTicsn produce 10 those Pfoyinegs
amounted 10 :; i0j OS al our imports from them 10
s. $50 rs; Wide, in 1856, The exports o' Amerem
| prodrce 10 said Provinces amoun'ed 20 s27H@,
snd our imports from then u 81 3lU RI
| The con bn Cd tables accompanying this Report az
hbt olr population eueuts ot gtestnt~s IN 1880
shoril, after the adoption OF The Cons iS'on and the
organ. elton Of the Government under Il, making
|
aso exhibit our prest ut population, with oil rho
mua;ed cath of sixty scars and all the elemean
for il cieatiIg Wealth and ge"ness Tor yens 70 come
| We have existed as States end natod uodet wre
end equal laws, juftly and imp,riaily Administered,
md have been cons itu ion and law abd people,
with but ccasicnal State and Individual eacapoas..
Why may we pot hope the history OF the ph,t 10 be
| realized in our future PROCESS Under State AMI Ne
tioLa Constitutions have had free rtdc sllh each
other tie products Of one State supplying the ~aat
of another and stimulating the iniustfy, en'ertse
and p,osI orty of all. CALI are mode f'r ,uSgesoas
for the increase of our Internal and freigb tale. U
der conviction that ollect,0g, unter the
existing tariff revenue ban present opay 600.
nomica adunifi alton of the q pVerDmebf, ami wise
and pruc,pt outlay for the future made Necessary OF
cal ed for and alec under the conviction ths' an over
novit q IRE asury would induce wasefal aud extrsvt
CANT expenditures, modification OF the tain OF isn
anc reduction Of the tom customs wss SUI.
gee ed in my fist report The hvonces, and reae~ei
both my subss quent reports, and Is nos sgMo re-
| pested with, If po' sbe, a trner consi;poa OF Nc
ect ssty end propriety and for the same n aeons sna
| others that could be named.
| The suCge+ted reduction of the revenue by an
enlargement Of the fee lst, % admit sone ard.
ces conaun ption and the raw materials used by our
10 free eny ana lessenng Tho duy "a
| ohsr imports. II was thought thh The da'ie' from
customs could well be reduced TO forty eilh OF
fifty millions Of dollars, and leave al Pile sun br AZ
tie wants snd requirements OF the Gove'umo inciud-
ing the redemption of the public debt II ia ,ud DC.
cone due 1t seemed to me that good pol cy rcqai cd
the raw meterialused in nanufs tarcs Ia DO exempt
from duty and our manufacturers placed Oh an sqit-
ity with ilole e Great Britain AID Jther ufss'odog
nations who admit the raw ma eria - Tree entry TAX
upon the law atera is calculated to iocrense the 81
ii the production by the proofs OF the importer on me
tax on The material and the profit, Of the nihuisc-
iurtr his outlay for that tax, aud the importer pfohs
thereon and Of the merchant through whom u pas os 70
the CO nsumer interfering with the manufacturer On
io,n eut Of both the home and the foreign mafko oo
The some adv antsgcoss of the mauaiuctarer OF
,tber nations who obtains the material FREE ot duty.
fr ole lustr, ties The Great Br tain al
mits wool material free of duty AMI tho United
States imtoses upon IL duty OF Thirty per cent Tbis
enables tie English mauuec 'urer To nterse with the
An eTiceh iaCturer In the American markets, an
TO exclude him from the foreign market II does more;
il surrendeB the markets OF the countries pro acin
Il material TO the nations who take Tree vi duty
Our manufacturing and commercial States e. y too
markets Ct our planting and pioysion St,es zee uss
there EXITS Impeding duy, giving preferedcs for
egn Datois but our manufacturing c'mn.fc'l and
prcvpion Sta e. co not enjoy the markets OF Mexico
Central and Soaih America and the West Indies bor
other bafiOnr nh abting the tb0res Of the Pacific
cause these nations do not manufacture, and have bu
little else for commercial exchange tnsn the ms
terial, which we tax and other naIiops take, free
duty, in excharge for manufactures and otnef pro
duct ons AID although xs mora fayors,ly sitdr
ssed for trcsl Intercourse with then yield s
trade 10 the European Dations. Had the suggestion
for the ADMISSION of the mstersl-fbe prodyctoB
of those countriesfree VI duty, wed isvofsok
at the first of ihs Thirtyihird Coo
gress We would have been importing the 'ters,
the productions Of those countis In sips aod
those countries would have been ing from us, 10 a.
change the productions of alt sections OF tbs Unoa
With piCjudioes and antipahies lesseniog ~e would
soon have become bound TO them, Trey 10 a., 70
the strong and enduring gameus of mutual aud beor
tci6l CO inrIerce. Addionai en poyment 9oald hav
been secured TO our tunnage aud addionai nahkst
for our manufacturers Of cotton AID OTHER PRODUCT
Mexico Central America South America The Wsx
lDdies, and other nations tie shore. If the sc9,
ulIflf hAl Ia Grnlny IN IA Inn c.Auw
would have had an Increased interest in the stsbhy
and properly Of their Governments. Tho enIar,c