New-York tribune., 1871-10-10


Of commerce. T. . planters on those Islands haa
been deprived oy law of oil right to rehne their own
sugar or b, introduce spindle loom. or 70 Lille
coal. o. 10 smelt their own "copper" thus oopftMs
tho oeople Of tho islands Of al power OF sssoo,sn
and exchange of labor, and harmony OF in'ef0'.,
vitbout which ruin falls to tho los "
every community. The BhHsh policy tnas wse
forced on tho Island Of jamaica alone COST tho Nv,
Of hundreds Of Thousands Of mon. In order tns.
few absentee owners might live In splendor ON 'no
Island of England. The policy Of forcing the wnoie
labor Of . community into tho single pursuit o.
making sugar efectually prevented the growth 0,
towns and schools, and impoverished tho people anu
thu land All communities require the families OF tho
blacksmith tho carpenter mason. and OF other tsoes
men, to consume largo part Of tho agricultural pro
duct of tho soil to sscure them prosperity and 70 enS
ble them TO lssve ol to enrich tho land that feeds
them. "On the Island Of Jamaica, with population
of $4,000 black lAborors and with ineIhausta-
bls supplies Of timber, that island has
beon without single saw-miu up
TO 1902 Out of tho amount paid to tho British
Government by tho people thirty years since tor tho
products Of its $4,000 black laborers, ths Homo
Government took no Less than 900, or almost
go per head and this merely for experimenting the
exchanges. The negroes imported into Jamaica
were no moro barbarian than those brought to Viz
gina and North Carolina yet, whle each Of the no
gfoes imported into tho latter States represented
by seven Of his descendants tho British Islands pre-
sent but twofor every Ave thoy have received. But
0 century dnoe, Portugal and the West Indies wero
England's best customers. What are they nowf
AL impoverished by Q policy that has broken up
their own homo commerce. and has subjected their
countries to tho heaviest kind Of tax-the tax OF
transporting their heavy products to great dis
H. ~; oh rodu m
other countries.
"The first attempt at manufacture In tho Ameri-
can Colonies was followed by interference on the
part Of the British Legislature. In 1no. the
House Of Commons declared that the erecting manu-
factories In the Colonies tended to lesson their
dependence on Great Britain" "In 17S2, the ex-
portaton of hats from province to province and the
number Of apprentices, was limited. In l7oo.
the erection of any mill or engine for slitttng or
rolling iron was prohibited In 1765. the OK
portation of artisans f;om Great Britain was pro-
hibted, under heavy penalty. In 17S1, uten'
sils required for the manufacture Of wool or silk
were prohibited. In l7s9. the prohibition was
extended to artiAcersin printing caooes muslns or
linens, or in making implements used In their manu-
faoture. In 17S5. the prohibition was extended
to tools used In iron and steel manufacture and to
workmen 90 employed. In 17o9. 1t was 80 OK
tended as 70 embrace even 00lnore-
The war Of the Revolution of our own country was
brought on by war of commercial interests- ltwas
war that showed determination on tho part Of
the mother country to keep her colonies entirely de-
pendent on England for all forms Of manufactured
articles. Laws enacted TO prevent the colonies
from manufacturing out Of their own good raw ma
terals things indispensable for their own use and
necessary to give employment TO those who have
nothing to sell but their own labor. The war Of the
Revolution was war of resistance to q war Of COM
meroe then being forced by the mother country on
the colonies. Our conquest Of country did not do
liver MS from the consummste power Of highly-edu-
Gated British diplomats, whose business 1t has al.
ways been to find the weak places in surrounding
governments, and to 80 control the legislation OF
those countries as to make them tributary to tho
wealth and power Of Great Britain. These diplo-
mats, after having secured for their own manufsc-
turing interests perfect protection and more
perfect mechanical powers than any other nation
possessed, have enabled their Government to gain
greater advantages by their war of commerce on our
own country than they could have gained II the
colonies had remained entirely under their own con-
troll Such has been the consummate ability that for
eign diplomacy has been able to exert. In war Of
commerce that has brought country in debt TO
foreign Governments to an amount the interest on
which La equivalent to largo proportion Of the
agricultural export Of the country. This state Of
things must continue or grow worse, unless our
Government will raise its whole revenue out Of
duties on imports snd relieve tho country from all
forms of direct taxation and by that means eno0ur
age the application of knowledge economy and labor
in q course Of efforts to supply our own wants by
our own industry. out Of our own good raw ma
terials that can be put into useful forms with as
small an expense of human labor here in any other
part Of the world. Thus it will enable the country
to win back it's independence of foreign debt by
paying it of as fast as the amount can be raised
from the duties ON iInports.
Our Government oan only hold its power as free
system by avoiding in future all special partial, or
class legislation, and by the enactment Of only such
general laws as are necessary and indispensable to
establish Justice Justice only be established
and the general welfare promoted by the Govern
ments holding entire control over all that Is al
lowed OF intended to measure or weigh the different
forms and values of labor in its Of exchange
from person to another Hence the absolute me-
cessty for the establishment of just and unyied-
ing system of fmoneyweights and measures. This Is
Indispensable facilitate the business of the country
If paper is to be coined into money, the amount |
should be limited and 30 regulated that the sum |
could only be increased in regular proportion with
the natural increase Of the inhabitants of the |
ooun'iy' All oo'oiunohI papcr enoulu DO q legal |
tender in the payment of ell private debts that were
contracted during the time that paper is allowed to
circulate as money. All persons should have the
privilege Of paying duties on imports and also all
contracts to pay gold, by adding to the amount in
legal tenders sum sufficient to be equal to the ay-
erage premium that gold had sold for during the
month preceding the maturing Of the contract-the
Government to advertise the rate of premium on the
LIST of every month
The people Of our country should never forget