The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1869-12-09
The soatI. 60 80 TIaas.

4
AS it IS impolitic in domestic
economy to put all the household
eggs In one basket, 50 it IL inadvis-
fa5l6 in national policy to be de-
| pendent on one customer or one
friend The monopolist Of trade
or friendship may turn bis fayors
into q new channel, In which event
serious detriment may result tn
the discarded victim. Great Britain
and the United States, however,
appear To be putting themselves
within tins peril in the mode Oi
conducting their respective trades.
The commerce OF the two coun-
tries flows through one channel.
IN which there happen to he nu-
merOus obstructiOns, serious lees
ages, and not little palpable hos
'til1ty. The whole seabOard trade
Of the United States IS cOncen-
trated In New TOrk-thither the
raw cotton of the South Is traas-
ported for shipment to Liverpool:
the manufactured goods of Lanca-
shire pass through the same hands
en- route to the American conSum-
er. On the eastern coast NsK
York enjoys q monopoly of Ameri.
can commerce, and II II clearly t.
the interest Of this country to
break, the exclusive power, lest ii
be Wielded against us to the ma.
tonal detGiment
On the practical ground Of econ
omv, too, there are reasons Why 4
Wider and freer intercourse should
be fUstered between tie two conn-
tlies. the Southern States, TToW
steadily reguperatlng, Will SOON
again become the great cotton fed
Of the world, and it is important
shGt the raw material should find
its way to British mills bnrdened
Wish as few iulp0sts ns possible.
the prevailing system makes the
NV York mi,ldlemen rulers Of tbs
market, aud adds needless charges
toathe grower and manufacturer
But the policy Of New York ana
the rest b She N0rth is antagOnis.
nc to free trade. Massachusetts
ald its cong4negs desire to foster
Ccal manufactures by high pro
{ etive tariff they would dliy,
foreign competitors cut Of tile field |
nY ditfelenlial taxes, and give i
stimulus to their home /
mills until they are strong enough |
70 stand ON their merits. TniS |
country has already felt the evi.
effects OflELis represslvs policy III /
ths diminished experts of manu-
lactur,d goods.
Nothing can be done, we areI
lhaiI, To alleviate the LurJen oil
he ID elective tariff until the Amer,
cans reco ynize the fact tlat Inn
posts levied upon the FOREIGNER
hO pro,iuces more cheaply ihan
ne nome manOt.tctarer, aIe 5xtTa
.larges upon the retail consumer.
The system conn els the public to
i,gy more for goods than they
would be required To pay ii the
'heaper commodities of fOreignegs
--WiiO work under more favorable
ia spices- were admitted freely into
he market. The Americans are
eallS taxing Iha community for
he advantage 0t u class; but lis
.et the folly has not been mads
lear to their understanding. The i,
North is chiefly, perhaps solely
Avoable 30 tins f,allucious princl-
lle, its interests being antaaonis-
d 10 those of the South. The
lrneT is Il inannfacturar desirous
1 securing the exclusive right of Il
the people, and - eks t0 /
4 lln0te this policy by subiActing
Jreign rivals q b0idsnsome |
halges. Ihs South, belng 4 grow /
/ u raw material, IS interested ia !
btaining manufactured goods al H
le lowest possible price, irrespec-
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