Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-05

Egypt, % o'uOV,VV'
! United States, 177,00000l
Foreign West Indies, 72,000,00t
\ Brazil, W 1S9,000O0t
1 Buenos Ayres. $4,000, ,OOC
Chill, SS,000,0ot
Peru, 34000,0Ol
China and Hong Kong 121 900 O0C
Java, 30,0OO,oOt
Gibraltcr. $4,000. .00(
British North America, 35,000,00C
British West Indies, 4i.000,O0d
British East Indies, 100000, ,000
! Australia. SO,OOO,OO
Hanse Towns, 10000, ,0Oo
Holland. 80. 900, ,00O
Portugal, Azores, &c, 4700O,00C
First on the list stands the East In
dies, then Brazil, then tho United States
then Turkey, and then China. The
United States seems 10 be in rather odd
company-two of these nations being
Pagan, and half civilized, Que Mahome.
dan, and fast sinking into decay, and
the other not much advanced beysnd
either Of tho others England has per.
suaded them, however, Us we'll as our.
selves, OF the admirable working OF free
trade; and 80 we find ourselves high on
the list. We may hope to rival Brazil
hut can hardly expect to come up 10 the
East Indies, which arc entirely nndcr
English control II we add 10 this one
hundred and forty millions of dollars.
the value Of cotton yarns exported,
which arc not included. and also the
amount OF cotton cloth consumed in
Great Britain, we shall find the sum
sufficient to pay the one hundred aud
twenty millions of dollars imported for
food, and very largo part of tho raw
cotton imported; or in Othcr words. the
manufacturers OF cotton alone, after
paying for raw cotton. pays also for
nearly the whole Of the grain and pro-
duce imported for the honeft of that
and all othcr branches of manufacture.
This shows how manufacturing ma
tions grow rich ut the expense of the
producing ones
Here We see how England. atorcom.
ing out of the Crmcnn war, which
would alone have exhausted the rcsour-
ccs OF half tho civilized world, was even
stronger than when she went into il,
and Immediately engaged in another
war with about half tho human race.
calling for nearly a hundred thousand
men. 60 be- supported thousands OF
miles from nome. No nation was ever
in possession of such enormous wealth
n il requisite for such enterprises rs
these, which England carries ON with
out feeling the burden, while we are
borrowing money in time OF profound
peace to deliay the current expenses of
our government. Such isthe difference
between nations which send of their
produce to u foreign and far distant
market, and those chat buy that pro.
Gucc To fpcd thoir operatives, and pay
Corit in manufactured goods.
England has been giving the Asiatic~
lessons in free trade ;hc finds the pro.
cess rather moro severe, to be sure,
than was found necessary with the
United States, Brazil, aud Turkey. IN
the casc of the last thrce respectable
communities Sue was obliged to pro.
cccd ri et arms, but found IL not dilf.
tclL To effect her pnrposc BY diploma.
cy aud largo subscriptions OF money %
circulate free trade documents and npe
rate with, "a was the case especially IN
the United States just before the pas
sage of the tariff of 1916. liind0os aud
Cinnamon require different sort Of ar.
gumeni, CT what may bc called 'nrgu.
mcntum nd hominum.' Gradually
she stretches cut hor wiry arms 10 as.
sist the thunder of hcr nect and army,
and the persuasive voice Of her moral
suasion, in annexing the whole world
to the great manufacturing centre.
In foresight and practical wisdom
England j. yet generation ia advance
of all other nations; aud hence her i'm.
mcnee wealth and power, before which
France and all Europe stand in awe.
With all our inventinn, gcaius, msn-
tai and bodily activity, we need 10 take
some lessons Of that wonderful people,
from whose ancestors We also decendcd
What we need is TO theorize less and
consult experience moro, and, in cur
universal bcncv1lcncc, 10 remember
that charity, first bsgins at home and
look first after our own interests, aud
then after those ofour ncighbors. II n
reduction OF our tariff was necessary Ia
order TO induce England to take our cot
ton, that would furnish some excuse for
~, though very poor one, because II
she was not Obliged 70 take it, as u The
fact, still our true policy would be to
work IL up ourseivcs, aud export IL. not
in its crude state, but IN the compact
form OF mapulitctured goods. All ma
tlons that export pro luce - It foreign
and distant market must romain poor
II would be far better for Us II We were
importers OF grain, like France and
England, and exporters of IL in the re
suits OF mechanical labor, than 20 send
our produce dve thousand miles, % be
returned in The shape Of foreign ne
chanical labor.
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