New-York tribune., 1870-02-07
II. THIERS's SPEECH AGAINST ENGLISH
FREE TRADE.

III llt sllllDS VI S~u VI IitO i<cSio,,--
ton relative to the Commercial Treaties was resqmed py
France in jeopardy It's material interests are bound
up with its moral welfare The prosperity OF the coun
is intrusted TO the Chamber We have noble task
before us, and hope that we shall be able to ae-
complish it-namely TO give to the country entire lib
erty without any disturbance Of public order but we
have also TO reEstabsh its prosperity and for that end
recrmnatoDs with reference to the past but at the same
i not happy and satisfied the responsibility viii solely
weigh upon us. am going TO review the present stn
aiming. We do wish for prohibitory duties,
nor even for such as We should deem necessary i9G tn
cent is not pfotectiOnist duty that in other
countries are the duties so low In the feest countries
arrangements made TO protect the different braces
native industry This especially the case in America
aud the British Colonies III Canada Australia ana INC
NJ. Theirs then cited the opinion Of an English Free
Trader, who, while maintaining his opinion, admttsd
Theirs argued that the English and Swiss from the fact
OF their having the local ADVANTAGES i motive power m m
per cent cheaper than French manufacturers and ha
the Customs duties OF Is per cent for textile fabrics an1
eper cent for woven goods are ID Teaty' . ps n ~
those amounts namely and u per cent Ihe system 1
then declared that before the Committee Of Inquiry he
would prove how much French industry was saeriliced
The Treaties Of Commerce have proved Of no advant-
age TO the French SILK trade and have been injurious TO
producing cotton goods more cheaply than we. The
Treaty with England has preudicisly affected our aen
beng rnned and It has PLACED the Tooe1 M tr"aS p s
issued on the 10th inst which, ho said had preserved the
interests OF every branch Of commerce previously acr
feed to few privileged individuals and he showed tlst
French agriculture had suffered by the introduction
from Australia and Ia Plata lie declared that
tho secret of Enish superiority WAS, that France, by
abanSoning the surcharge upon foreign bottoms, had
ncrcia center and he eontended that the apparent IN
Of FRENCH commerce with England sgnied solely
's TeTs concluded s as oows Our production of
wool Is 70,oO0OoO pounds, and we import is9GOoWo
GeOOOOOO0 La Plata produce a similar quantity. In
that situation how is the wool OF France sustain the
WIN respect 1 70 ns GoE II hsT osna % III re m
ssf cehldry aud by abolshng the duties grain you
have placed French agriculture of dependence
English prices France can noion proaHce At
RI" deplJFk6s HtssSHV - works Which
English chiefly supplied from. Poland, Russia
be rae Of I and ISL to which must be added a. for
freight which nakesln all only iif or l6f Can we com
chant shipping langushng state. The complaints
OF the owners OF Bordeaux have reached him even in
| much at home, and in which lie is well placed.
Laughterl He might have said that shipping was In
death.bow The evil not due is said, to the mari
time inscription which nsGon no d HaSmn
element of our national power The saving produced
and W would not exceed per cent; The voyage Of q
vessel TO India costs from 6oooot TO soooof and,
francs If not, only $1,000 francs The saving for the
would not exceed 800 francs or COO francs Inc
eS SI t 30 tUTrrv Of which three or four steamers are
sufficient TO carry for value of several millions OF
francs. The surtax or mporaii0ns from the bonding
vessels direct imports from Java. INDIA or Brazil AZ
present our vessels 90 to eteh tne same use
former system and the diferentia duties on foreign
regulations of Colbert, shipping rapidly increased
by 100 per cent Since the assimilation OF all shipping in
| that our trade with England has increased 1t has,
| indeed augmented by onehaf, but how BY the ruin
snbiect OF pride and satisfaction. Thus textile
Industry is suffering our cotton Is ID peril
aud our production of wool IS menaced our iron trade
mao If sedR metal our asricnltnre is exposed to
the twofold danger OF seeing its principal live stock
sheep, disappear and It's corn no longer ape to contend
! VeTds at Havre Bordeaux, and Marseilles un
occupied, and at Dnnklrk fishing vessels only are
Ges STosperOus state that our trade has doubled
since is6O. ADMIT that between that year and iS6s
there an augmentation Of SS Per cent, Dat oeiose
the treaty. between 1880 and lS5l there was al increase
Vi NJ iVV BethInont-In mont 90 years.
| NJ. Thlers-wait! TO make the comparison more
striking will take periods OF 5 nine & yeaI I IKE nt
trade 1851 100000 between 1851 and ls60 3332OOOO
an OF OF an me nease on the preceding period
per cent Thus the mean Development fell from il5
TO M which cannot be contested Besides the augmenta
ton in the last period is less than is stated since the
treaties Of many @ sSS as cotton
without enricblng IT in and yet included Ia
KSg at the deduction to be made under that
head II has been said that all countries suffering
denv that fact Absolutely switzerland las her
spndles from OOOOo TO 100000 industry is nourishing
in Prussia Austria Prussia preserved their home
markets. England is suffering little France very much
And why Because England finding the markets OF the
against her has inundated France with her produc
ons. French industry has supe0rltylts WORKMAN
ship We are perfection but we cheapness Why.
then attempt to rival low prices dosos to
the genius OF France and the reality OF the sit
uation The OF England IL TO aim at cheapness,
her Industrial position IN the world, not by competing
with England 10 low prices but by selling printed stus
fine wines One fact Will be proved by the inquiry which
that by endeayorng TO manufacture cheapy, we have
workmsn have become less sEifu but that they have
been turned aside from their proper occupation The
by the great and admirable nation called England.
Heaven preserve me from saying word of o1ense
the prescribed all yolutions That nation has given
the most glorious model Of human liberty and in which
the Administration. Withholding itself at equal distance
from the passions from above aud from below m In my
eyes ideal o Governments But there her grandeur
something that Is not solid the situation of France
who has her at home aud whose market does
depend peace in Europe. England has, on the
may arrive when she viii nrd purchasers for her pro-
ductioI, which exceeds tenfod her own requirements
That little island said Fox embraces tho whole world
the situation OF Holland In the seventeenth century
and yet that country, which imposed Its will France
anired was Colbert IN France and tue Navigation net in
England. Heaven preserve me from predicting such
ooDtnne In her noble career But do not envy her lot
for France who has brilliant future before her Hut
he tween puere doctrines and Illusions aud the nne old
national good sonse. France will then her glor
ous rank among the nations. Loud applause Oh nun
Der OF benches
80. The bill to regulate the. compensation of |
teaohcrs has been amended by the lower branch of the
males where equally qualified and performing Like