The Kanzas news., 1858-10-09
England,s Road to Ruin.

- The commercial and industrial prosperi-
ty of Great Britain, Ia the face of the gi-
gantic discouragements it has encountered
OF late years, is one of the maryels of the
age. Though for the last four years tried
as no other nation ever was tried, by an un-
interrupted series of expensive wars waged
simultaneously 10 the most distant quarters
of the globe, from all we can gather she
was never more prosperous than at the pres
ent moment. The tables of the Board of
Trade just published show that her exports
have already nearly recovered from the last
autumn's crisis, although the shipments 70
the United States and Australia are incon-
siderable. Notwithstanding the depressed
condition of these two great markets, which
must soon revive. the reduction of ship
ments for the month of June last was less
than five per cent. tss5a s -R 7i.g5
This result shows how, by her constant
multiplication of new channels of trade,
she renders herself independent of any
that may chance for time to be partially
or entirely closed. Ia 1t -5I
Her shipping appears to have increased
In still larger proportion, and may well as
tonish the most sanguine free trader. The
total tonnage which in I843 entered into
and cleared out of the ports of the United
Kingdom in the foreign trade was s, ,841 .562
tons; in 1857 it had risen to no less than
%, 178, 1872 tons; and it is most interesting
to know that the greater portion of this ex
traordinary increase has ia ken place since
the repeal of the Navigation Laws. In 1848
the aggregate tonnage entered into and
cleared out had risen to 13, ,3O6, ,626 tons
so that IN the last ten years of abolished
restrictions the increase has been close upon
10000, GOO. During the same period the
coasting trade has increased from 22, / 49,,
600 tons to 27,O65, 900 tons. aa
1t is in the face of such results of free
trade as these that some of our cotempora-
ries clamor for more stringent navigation
laws. 1870 t4a.
The more liberal commercial system
which England has been cultivating for
some years past, is also gradually giving
to her the transportation of emigrants,
which formerly was an important branch of
the American shipping trade. From a re-
turn of the total number of emigrants from
the United Kingdom to America, during the
past three years, just published, it appears
that in 1856 the number was 121 Dol, of
whom 90, 1853 sailed IN British ships in 1856
it was 199 ,O93, of whom 81 ,199 sailed in
British ships; in 1857 it was 148, ,648, of
whom $4,000 sailed in British ships
Thus it will be perceived that the proper
ton taken by foreign vessels is steadily de-
creasing. -1-e5. .lI +i5i-1-- 80 h.las.,.l
While England has been exporting almost
as largely as ever during the past year. she
has imported more largely of many of the
necessaries of life which America might
readily supply if the talent and capital alb
stracted from its natural channels by the
artificial heat of our protective system were
devoted to agriculture. For example. the
imports of wheat for the six months have
been 1888, 1868 quarters against 1874, 1919
quarters last year; of -four they have been
1898. .724 cwts. against 1,O65. .648 cwts.;
of rice they have been 1.726. .935r cwts.
against 928, ,309 cwts.; and of potatoes L.
226, ,392 cwts. against 319. 9.639 cwts.; cot
ton, raw, from the United States, 4,575,-
616 cwts. against 4,046. 594; hemp, ,168,-
$50 against III, 425all these, be it OBJ
served, articles which may be produced in
the United States, with proper skill, cheap
er than in any other part of the globe, and
In unlimited abundance. The wheat. rice
and -four imports have doubled, and pota-
toes quadrupled.-N 7. EUe. Post.