The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1859-01-01
THE NORTH CARGLINIAN.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. G..
Commerce Abroad

Last year Lord Clarendon requested those
classed as junior members of the diplomatic
corps to send home reports touching the state
of trade in various countries, and the result is
a parliamentary document, just out, containing
three reports. From these it appears that
Sardinia has debt of sg27 ,00O. 900, and that
the work of tunneling Mount Cenis goes on
successfully.
Belgium within ten years has nearly doubled |
it's foreign trade, the imports in 1851 reaching
g27, l6O,O ,O09. The statistics from this country
are remarkable Take the coal trade. In
l840 0mUunt .prednced was 100000 tons
ii 1856 800, 600 rons, ~Asiea tAa- -in,port from
England was only "a 1000 tons. TIE cotton
trade has tripled during the last ten years.
The cloth trade is growing fast the manufac-
turers are demanding complete free trade III
wool. and are Offering to give up all protective
duties if allowed to get the raw material they
use free. 1t is stated that there is a strong
and growing tendency towards free trade among
the leading statesmen of Belgium, and a law
On the subject, liberal principles, has already
been prepared for submission to the Chamoers:
Switzerland presents marked evidences OF
progress, which is set down to the account OF
political liberty and free trade. The falling OH
of the soldier traffic, which in former times
drew away a large portion of the population
from industrial pursuits, is cited among the
minor causes of advancement. The present
value of British exports to Switzerland, wn'ch
mostly take place through France, is estimated
at g2. 100000 More business is supposed 10
have been done of late years by Switzerland
| with the United States than with any other
country and the crisis at New York last an-
| tumn was consequently severely felt. In rail
| WAYS the country is behind most others, ana
the lines that exist are not greatly to be
admired" The total of nominal capital thus
Invested is about gl2 1000, 900, of which large
proportion is foreign, the Paris Credit Mobliler
being a great holder. In telegraphs there has
been much more progress, and the charges tor
| internal messages are extraordinary low, a
mounting only to Is. Cd. for one hundred words,
| irrespective of distance.
| Denmark is steadily advancing in commerce,
and the progress has been marked for ten years
past and this, it is stated has been materially
assisted by the breaking down of restrictions on
trade.
Frankfort among other things, contains a
company which has met with singular success
in preserving and compressing vegetables tol
naval, military, and other purposes. 1t was
established with capital of only 9lO, 600, ant
is now doing much business with almost ever.
part of the world. The first year it made
return of l 3 per cent; the second, in conse
quence of enlargements i. paid only per cent.
+ but then advanced to 5 per cent-Iu begar
], by employing six work people, and has at pres
ent 100.
Austria occupies low place in commerce
y,
noon of the nineteenth century, flourish in thei
vgor, the "guilds and trades system OF th
Middle Ages. These are full of monopolies
and those restrictions are allowed to-day to fet
ter and we'll nigh suppress the industry OF
t population of 3S. 100000.
Russia, with her sixty millions, is describes
as making slow but progress in commerce
Turkey has free trade to the foreigner
: but is strangely restrictive as to her interna
transit trade No production of the soil O
manufactures of Turkey can be transported b
!. | sea between any two towns without paying
per cent on being shipped, and per cent. Q
being sod for consumption w.ile as regard
the tributary provinces, an average duty OF
per cent. is levied on goods merely passing an
It repassing the frontier. AS the country is d.
is void of roads, the tax on sea carriage virtail
1t applies to the only means of cheap transpo
s at command and the mode of collecting re
% enue is described as being as barbarous as eve
er Portugal is described as being at low stat
le and the emigration to Brazil to be large al,
,. constant There is barely sufficient corn grow
t. to supply the wants of the population, for tt
reason that owing to the want of roads. ar
at the mpracticability expense of transport, tt
d farmer merely cultivates sufficient land to sn
ply his own immediate neighborhood, anythil
beyond that remaining dead loss upon h
hands.
The Sons IF Robert Burns