New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-05

roou;rcd os offerings on the affairs OF British
, ,odo Uaprily the distress Of the closing years Vi
the aptinrotectlve policy had, before the preaAiN
~ tlLe Rebellion. compelled return 10 'h"' 9 -
which I'm the few brief years from 1879 10 le' ""u
1870 TO 1s47 we had been indebted for me ~"oe
Of our iron production; aud for nearly "'e "' t,r
~ cotton. HAPPILY for us. mines had been olehe"
,, ,,,r,s had heen constructed in the North nap
,,uv for ms the South had persisteny reiuseu ~ 49,,
i,sl, n, The wonderful mineral resources oi WI -.
Tennessee the Carollnas and Alabama, "s "o'1 ,.an
extraordinary advantages for the pIou" ~, "A ,io
cloth sin more happily British ironnl"s,' ,narin
1,,,ish ,,oorle generally were led TO nan 'no io
i = -, eo,ution and refused 10 give us credlt
-, -, .,.,rc ne on our own resources ana coInpel
- =, a, ,lot which We should long before nave
Ioro ,ooK AT HOME. Thenceforh' therefore, mi"'S
and mills were rapidly reopened; houses anu nl'S
hrit and there was again created deinau lo' "ooi
tho o NJ that which had been seen III tue years Oh tho
tariffs Of 1928 and 1912, the result eNhlbis lSeh " "
Immigration that IN lieu Of the $1,000 of the closing years
- ,Ic R,its free trade period has given the following
egures 10 wit 1861 174OOO lSGl76Oo 1865, 24SCG $780,
m ooo 1861 $4,000 1868 estmated, 100000 total III Six
years, 1524,0O0
Large as is even this quantity IT presents by no means
the increase that really has taken place The arrivals
from Canada and through the ST. Lawrence from Europe
have been 80 numerous that by their help the NUMBER
would certainly he carried up l,SOOOo, giving an an
600 that of the closing year Of the British FREQ trade
period The gain in this direction alone compared Win
the same number of free trade years, is very moderately
estimated at 81 goo; more than half That pune
debt which has resulted from blind pursuit OF BRUSH
free trade pOcy and with which VIC are now bnrdehed
This erccSs OF COoCoO has been presented TO ms IN J'ee
m and for the reason have now manifested some
little determination to make at homo the iron ana 'he
cloth rcoujred for domestic use. TO that capital ana 10
that determinations We stand indebted Tor the laes
Tins furnished y yourself here once again presented lo
your careful consideration:
.Trat within the last five years more cotton spndies
have hccu uut In operation, more IRON FURNACES icV
nnre iron s,nClted more bars rolled more steel made
more coal and copper mined more lulnnr W." nm
bcwp more houses aud shops constructed more manu-
factories az different kinds started. ana more clrnrhl
collected. refined, aud exported. Than dnllng any cqI"
pcrod III the history Of the country; ard that s III
crease has been greater both regards quality ana guam
ti,v and greater than the legitimate Increase 10 nc *
peeled from the normal increase Of wealth ana opua
non"
4 The facts thus presented throw more light on the
question you have venturcd TO discuss than any others
that could lie mentioned and yet your only reference 10
this most important subject in the summary htehoc"I"
general circulation. is in the words that follow to WIZ
Increase in immigration, 1870 aOO; III lSA' I'A'OV''
in 1880 $4,000; in 1854 427.OO0."
You suppress the facts. that taking The average VI
the free trade years OF which 1910 had been part there
had been decrease aud not an INCREASE That 1873 h'
been hut the first year Of recovery, In tins direction, from
tLc horrors Of 1912 that thcnccfoward under protection
file movement Lad been steadily upward having already
reached 2ioOOa so early la7; that the growth from
1880 TO 1854 had been simply result Of the discovery OF
new Ell Dorado; that thencciorward there hnd peeh y
decline until in the closing years OF the free trade pc"'
| II had fallen below n single hundred thousand; ah'
finally that since the readoptiun OF pro'ecuoh 'h
growth had been RAPID as to warrhhV 'Le Iue" t"'
| I'm, for the disturbing movements Of the Trcasui!
throughout tie last Ice years, 1t would before TN
| Rt,o1f trillio
| duion TO our capital Of more than 35C0,oCoOc0.
WHY ia IL that facts 30 important have been thus s
rr,sscd9 Why is it that you, public officer charged
with most important duties, have 50 miSrepresentrd th
general movements The answer 10 these questions j.
as il appears me, that IL You had given all hs Tue!
really mad occurred 1t would have been quite linposs'b
for Won 10 venture assertion contained III the fol
loving paragraph OF your Report here once more repro
duced for your consideration:
"Thcrc docs not seem be any reliable evidence which
can be adduced fo show That the change Mhich tu"k
/ place in the legislative c0iumeIclh p"c!"i ~
IN 1916 had any permanent or marked nrt whn',rr
tanning national Development from 1910 Ia 1860 ana
from 1865 present time, unnisakahly teaches This
lesson that The progress OF the county through what
we may term thc strength Of III dement's ~ vitality u N
dcpcudcIt of legislation and ever Of the mpoy crshnot
ana waste OF great Like one Oi our own mighty
rivers, its movement u beyond control SuCrtrSlN"
years. like successive alucnis, only add To hnd Increase
its Voumc while legislative Cuactm'uts aud conflicting
commercial policies like the construction Of piers AMI
the deposit OF suukcu wrecks supply defect the current
constitute Temporary INSTRUCTIONS. IN hci " the
las not yet been lifted To- the fun comprehension
Of its own Work, IL builds dtteIhlttS as II NcIe' ny
Instinct"
Leaving You 10 reflect upon tins suggestion, shall pro-
coed to an examination OF the Aere.iss Question.
Yours, respectfully, HENRY &. CAREY.
The Hon. ID. A. WELLS.
Pkaddelphia, Feb Il. 1869.