The New York herald., 1868-05-30

On the one hand, II very small reduction In the
price OF certain manufactures had taken place. ON
seventy-ive per cent OF the outlay in the family OF
workinginan, have increased largely. While the i'm
portation has caused foreign manufactures abound
the products of the soil That result should be at least
satisfactory to agriculture but have not heard s
prices haue been ne Consequence. Something more
must DC done than to cling to that rule OF demano
sspp law St which o psS rae s
cneapness are ostors az psrGmsoe pg93o, eng n,s s,
po sn@oss ns mann. te'@gf ~ nfto n tie % pros % az
food. Instead OF those advantages what DO we
sect labor suspended; manufactures menaced
and with reduced wages In consequences OF the In
lermiitent state Of employment AS to the attempts
cooperative labor have the dicutes of 1t not been
increased by opening the ports to foreign importa-
stroy monopoly admits only Of large establishments.
Those gigantic manufactures rendered necessary by
are an @ aan UNI oosace 20 IN
and cotton mill owners. In Roubax alone sixty
establishments have been closed since 1884, OF
which thirty four last year. Ask also OF the deserted
shipyards OF Havre, HOnneur and Nantes what has
become OF their industry in consequence of foreign
competition No, free trade has not realized It's
PROMISES 1t has neither gwen cheapness nor new
markets. The United States, achtch had hitherto
oesn M te greas onslau Jor European qanvfacures,
are n0to surrounding themselves sctth the barrier OF
projection. The American people, often quoted as
marching at ne head Of progress, has not feared
often decrted. Some English writers have spoken OF
war In the event OF rupture OF the treaty. But did
iy IN the ar Mexcs s or sre @ aa U ga1S IN
tdnd nas euerohe1e been guided on her interests IN
spite OF our treaty of commerce. Belgium and Prus-
sia nave done the same, and our commercial act
with the latter power tcas signed on The Of Sa-
d0so0. Italy, also, with her proverbial ingratitude
in opposite senses The principal Vice
OF the doctrine Of free trade Is TO tend to the
a Qartn
injury TO the interests OF The country than the aban
donment OF sure market OF forty millions OF con-
sumers under the pretext OF an uncertain compensa-
ton abroadf 1t Is true that an unrestricted appca-
ton OF free trade is not advocated pretension is
national industry by sullcienf but moderate duties
But the reality Is an absolute free trade with its
msnaces to the future What s the situation OF the
ticular2 While IN England, since $780, 1t has In
creased by 1000 600 spindles and in America BY
ana IN Alsace; the purchases OF cotton at Havre
which, in 1880; amounted to l2, 900 bales has now
net in the Cambresis, its principal seat, has de-
creased eighty.eight per cent Need speak Of the
Sopo t W looms @ o az n0g1ax WHICH nave ceased WORKING
OF English ine which, from 134 tons in 1852 has
increased to 1000 TONS The expectation Of French
wOolien goods has fallen from value Of 100000
francs in 1861 to francs in 1857 while the Eng
ish imports have increased by 100 per cent. How is
trade for which, in the treaty OF commerce, the
Emperor reserved special protection? TO the
certainty certainty Of a disastrous present are added
illimted fears as respects the future Is it pos
sible or is It desired to alter this depOrable
condition OF thngss II the future is to be the
treaties Of commerce which weigh upon 1t must be
abolished and Parliament be invested with the power
Of modifying the tariffs as In England Belgium and
Abroad peace and public law; at home conservative
progress that Of the revolution nowhere. The only
possible e; means M, Of calming the country are to be
ing IN the course recently pursued, repairing past
faults and protecting the national industry. This
We ask 1t from you in the name OF the country and
OF its manufactures, which constitute public in
the name OF the working classes who are supporting
the crisis with admirable calmness, cOnfdng in the
solictude OF the government And as this confidence
finds its guarantee III the humanity still more than
in the interest of the latter cannot be misplaced
(ApprObation from several benches
M. DE TILLANCoURT confined his argument to the
single point OF agricultural production The COM
mercial treaty. he said, cannot now be abrOgated;
been iii appied The cultivation Of the soil has not
been sufficiently protected. II quintal more Of
wheat were produced per hectare France would be
fully prOvlsloned by her own production. The manu-
facturer can limit his operations according to the
circumstances OF the market, and can choose his
ent is 1t with the humble and needy agriculturst,
who has to depend upon tie seasons and contend
against his want OF resources. The complaints of
the French cuitivators have been neglected But we
have been told that the higher price OF wheat in
ton. This is mistake Under such circumstances
the consumption dimnishes, q fixed quantity has
Always 10 DC reserved SEED, ana the cost or
ducton Is the same whether the yield be bad good.
In the latter large quantities can be brought
into the market, and the excess can even be ex-
ported. The farmers are unable to keep this Occa-
sional surplus in reserve. At The commencement Of
1866 nearly five millions Of quntals of wheat and
flour we're exported which, some months later, had
to be repurchased from abroad at price higher by
almost hundred millions than they were sold for
The agricultural inquiry has disclosed the evil, ana
the government by its proposals for vcinal roads
and for reduction OF the costs Of land procedure
has begun to apply the remedy. trust it will 20 on
IN tla instr and mos nanfor
and also the transierence Of portion OF taxation
from agriculture to the shares OF speculative COM
panies. The Society OF French Cutlvators will
second 1t In this courses for everything nourishes in
a State in which agriculture Is prosperous. ZAP
plause from several benches.)
The debate was then adjourned.
NJ. Thiers ON Discriminating Tarins-French
Interests and the Balance Of P0wer-The