The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-08-17
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the cupidity, egotism, and indifference of
mere brokers'
'slhave not fallen into the error of mod
ern sympathzers," saidathe Emperor, "who
imagine that all wisdom of nations is cen
tered in themselves. Experience is the true
wisdom CT nations. He classifies the ma
tional interests as follows
First Agriculture; the soul, the first ba-
sis of an empire y Second, Industry; the
comfort andshappihess2of the population. =
Third, Foreign Trade; the superabundance.
the proper application of the surplus of
agriculture and industry lrs
Industry, or manufactures and internal
trade, made immense progress during my
reign. The application of chemistry to
manufactures caused them to advance with
great strides. 1t gave them an impulse, the
effects of which extended throughout Eu-
rope When came to the head of the
Government, the American ships, which
were permitted to enter our ports, brought
us raw materials, and they had the irnpu
dence to sail from France without freight,
for, the purpose of taking in cargoes of Eng
lsh goods in London. They, moreover, hat
the insolence to make their payments, wher
4 they had any to make, by giving bills on
persons in London. Hence the vast profits
reaped by the English manufacturers ant
brokers, entirely to our prejudice.
81 made law that no American should
import goods to any amount without imme
diately exporting their exact equivalent
A loud cutlery was raised against this; il
was said had ruined trade. But what
was the consequence? Notwithstanding
the English ruled the seas, the Americans
returned and submitted to my regulations.
Our trade with France is at the present
time as humiliating and more injurious tc
| the interests Of the United States than il
was then.
The following sentiment, from speech
of Lord Goodrich, in the House of Lords, in
England, is most significant of the policy
of Great Britain
"Other nations knew, as well as the noble
lord opposite, and those who acted with him,
that what we 0he English) meant by free
trade, was nothing more nor less than, by
means of the great advantages we enjoyed,
to get monopoly ofall their markets, for
our manufactures, and to prevent them, one
and all, from ever becoming manufacturing
nations. EfLfsT5sE
''The policy that France acted on was
that of encouraging its native manufactures
and it was wise policy: because, if it were
freely to admit our manufactures, it would
speedily be reduced to the rank of an agri-
cultural nation, and therefore poor nation,
as all must be that depend exclusively up
on agriculture ol 1sa ha1aH 1a ~
''When domestic manufacture has at
tanned to perfection, and has engaged in the
prosecution oft competent number of per-
sons, it invariably becomes cheaper. Being
free from the heavy charges which attend
the importation of foreign commodities it
can be afforded cheaper, and accordingly
seldom or never fails to be sold cheaper, in
process of time, than was the foreign arti-
Gle for which it is substitute. The inter
nal competition which takes place soon
does away with everything like monopoly,
and by degrees reduces the price of the ar
ticle to the minimum of reasonable profit |
on the capital employed" This accorded,
as he thought, with the reason of the
thing, and with experience ."-Alerander
HAMILTON.
In July, 1916, Mr.. Webster said
''The Northwestern States are destined
to be manufacturing States. They have
iron and coal. They have people of labori-
Gus habits. They have already capital
enough to begin work such as belong to new
States and new communities and when tie
time comes, and it cannot but come soon,
they will see their true interest to be, to
W. eiS ANOi tuOIA anu LdsIeTH iHanulaC-
lures, as far as they may require it, and in
he mean time begin to vary theirown oc
;upations, by having classes of men among
hem who are not of the now universal ag-
ieultural population. The sooner they be-
gin this work the better; and begin it they
will, because they are an intelligent and
lctive people, and cannot fail to see in which
direction their true interest lies
Employment feeds, and clothes, and in
tructs. Employment gives health, sobrie- !
y, and morals. Constant employment and
veil paid labor produce, in country like
urs, general prosperity, content and cheer .
ILLNESS. @
"Mr. President: If intelligent men, of
atriotic purposes, good intentions, and
.reat responsibility in many walks of life,
rivate and public, ever were seized with a @
that disease has taken
trong hold of those who come to us with | 8
1ch statements and sentiments as these
low else can we account for such a zeal
'r over importation, zeal which looks for
paradise upon earth, if we can only be
grounded by British manufactures, with ]
1T stint and without count? The love of
nportation has become a sort of passion.
it'll those at the head of affairs-an nm
linking headlong passion. q
"From early times the English Govern
ent has discouraged, in Ireland every sort E
manufacture, except the linen manu-
cture In the North. 1t has on the other
md encouraged agriculture. 1t has given
'uhIles on wheat exported. The conse- Al
ience mas come to be this, that the surface
Ireland is cut up into so many tenements
~ enoialngs' that every mans labor is n.
mined to such small quantity of land, Il.