The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-12-24
In this result we recognize the fact that

sentiment, was given to MANU-
acturing by the imposition of duties 90
in our FIRST revenue laws, and
be impulse was increased from time to
inns by, the imposition of additiouaI du-
les. At first We manufactured the
and more bulky articles required
" our population ; gradually we have
our operations to q great vari-
'ty OF articles, ind to some reqairing
skill In the execution, and now
'ur manufacturers are in possession of
he home market In a great variety of
articles. In 1890, our planters raised
cotton for expectation now it is the
great crop of u planting States, and
they furnish 1t as a raw material to the
manufacturing States as well as to for
eign nations ; and now we manufacture
the coarser cotton goods for the on
sumption of Our entire population, and
export near 81 100000 annually to for
eign couptrIes. Our manufacture of
cotton in 1910 was S46,359,453, in 1850,
Sol ,66S,98 and the Same ratio of in-
crease in 1855 would give S70,964,-
7l2. .gf .ntae
The history of the rise aud progress
of our manufactures, as given in the ia
hies of this report, together with that
of the growth of cotton and other
productions, is suggestive of all that
is required to extend our cotton man
ufactures, to that of the finer fabrics,
and to the enlargement of the home and
foreign market, for our cotton and cot
49, IL .IaoJ g., Ill bronobao of
our manufacturing and agricultural pro-
auctions. Allow the incidental protec-
ton of a revenue tariff, and place our
manufactures and productions upon the
same beneficial footing, that foreign
manufacturers and producers enjoy, in
our own andfoieign countries, by taking
off the duty We now impose on the raw
material, and give them fair and equal
competition, for the home and foreign
markets, and we may safely leave all the
rest, to the skill and enterprise Of our
people.
No:material change isreoommended
in the tariff upon iron or steel and the
manufacturer thereof, but If continued
at present rates it is not supposed the
same amount of revenue will continue
to be derived from it, ever should the
use of iron, as no doubt it will, be ex-
tended to many other purposes, and be
consumed in much greater quantities.
We here quote the report
"The extended and increased con-
sumption of the manufactures of silk in
duces large and increasing importations,
whilst the growth of silk, when compar-
ed with population, is on the decline, and
the home manufacture, on the increase
The tax on foreign manufactures of silk
from the general and extended use there.
of, is considered expedient, and as jus.
and equal, as can be imposed on any i'm.
portations, and peculiarly proper, taker
in connection with our commerce will
the countries, from which we obtain oul
principal supplies. The admission o
raw silk, free of duty, would injure nc
home interest, and might, in time, so in
, crease our manufacture of the article, al
to reduce foreigd importations. TIL
{ manufacture of glass, porcelain, stone
J ware, the mining of coal, and production
of lead and copper, and the manufacturi
l of silk, may be expected to be increased
and extended. SO as to take possession
of the home market in less time than i
! has taken the production and manufac
7 lures of cotton. to gain their presen
I prosperous possession of the home mar
e ket.n ~ l-l-rs
The tonnage of the United States en-
: gagged in the foreign and coasting trad
= ON the 30th June, 1855. was 340,34
, less than shown by the statement 70
:, the Both of June, 1855. This has arts
} en- in part from a s~tricter examinatio
of the returns Of former years, and
. correction, by striking out vessels for
I, merly sold without the United Statel
! or lost by marine and other causalitie.
z The sail and steam tonnage shows a reg
! u..ar progressive increase. On this sui
: ject, the report remarks: e--rp
= "The use of steam tonnage in th
! ! commerce between the United State
= and other American nations, and Grea
: Britain, France and other commercia
nations, may, and it is thought by SOM
! with considerably reduce the sail tonnag
= used in commerce, and that cheaper cal
: ital in Great Britain will give to tina
nation an advantage over the Unite
States in steam tonnage and the carr
= ing trade of our own and other cour
= tries, and they attribute the reductio
of our tonnage to that cause. Tn
? may be SO, to some extent, but no COZ
i tiDued reduction of our commercial tor
mage is a~pprehended nor is it apprehel
ded there is any just reason to suppos
p our enttrprising ship-builders and me
!, chants will surrender the navigation
the seas to Great Britain, and plat
E that nation in possession of the oarryir
e business of the world; yet the subje'
= is one ofinterest, and calls for a 1carefi
% examination of u tonnage laws, al
: the removal of all impediments to
. equal and fair competition for our 70
eign trade and the trade of other N
tions."' . q sr n v;4qk, ao'
~ The reduction Of the tariff as recor
mended in the Secretary's first repo
a. by an enlargement of the free list so
a to admit some articles of consumpti,
la and the raw materials used by our ma
70 ufactures, to free entry, and ~lessenil
. the duty on other imports, is aga
II strongly urged as the best and sure
mode of giving increased beneficial ell
in ployment to our tonnage, and increas
at beneficial markets for our manufactur
and other products, and Of eultivati
IN amity and friendship with our neighbe
Of of Mexico, the West Indies, Central a
,b South America, &C., and also the b.
mode next of promoting our own prosp'
= ity. after tho mutual free trade we {