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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clichd, il est filmd d partir de Tangle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les dfagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. ly errata Bd to int ne pelure, )9on d 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mr. Oull'i R< n< Sir,— I t8 posscKsed by i in consequenc energies, frorr Employment if, as I believ< present, as wi the People to It appear: per cent, (put calls loudly fc cont -^d for ; ; viewo, -i casi ARE PRINTED 1. That tl eiTect of preve: our native ind 2. Thatii Books and to our public Scl 3. Thatt do not print, tl we cannot gr revenue. 4. That, the Americani ♦ What ia h Britain or any oih tlieir own. A PERMANI*]NT PATRIOTIC POLICY IS THAT WHICH IS WANTED FOR CANADA. THIS IS A CIRCULAR TO THE ME.MIIKRS OK BOTH HOUSES OF THE PROVINCIAI. PARLIAMENT WHICH WAS NOT CIRCULATED ON ACCOUNT OF MR. UALT YIELDING THE POINT AIMED AT. ](Ir. (iull'f Retrograde movement ;— The oltjeet of the rollowiiii; heiiiK to xhew the absolute nceesiilt)' of a llttniely or I'atrlotie, aiul Feriiianeiit l*oliey for Canada. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. Quebec, Ut May, 1860. Sir, — I take the liberty to solicit your attention to a very important matter. I have opportunities, posscHsed by few of you, of knowing the extent of the actual difstress now existing in the Province, in consequence of the scarcity of Money ami Employment, and of the paralysis creeping over its energies, from the feeling that neither the government nor the opposition recognize the People's Employment to be the first (piestion in |)olitics, and that to which all others ought to give way. But if, as I believe, more than Ihn'e-fourths of both Houses of Parliament, and as large a proportion of the. present, as well as of the late government, recognize the above great truth, and see Employment for the People to be the great object of politics, why cannot we get it constitutionally declared } It appears to me that the present proposal of the government, to take off the duty on books of 10 per cent, (put on only last year), which practically is just protection to United States publishers, calls loudly fu- this subject being now brought up, as being a complete subversion of the priniiiple we cont'^dfor; and I take the lil)erty to bring before you Resolutions which would assert our common viewc, -.1 case Mr. Gait unfortunately should persist in refusing to except Books which actually ARE PRINTED IN THE PROVINCE. RESOLUTIONS. 1. That the frequent changes and alterations respecting th.i amount of duties of Customs have the eiTect of preventing capital, foreign or Canadian, being employed in the creating and maintaining of our native industry. 2. That it is contrary to sound policy to discourag; the publishing, within the Province, of School Books and to prevent the only mode of securing uniformity in the teaching of our private as well as our public Schools, and a national Canadian education and sentiment. 3. That there ought to be a distinction drawn between Books which we do print and which we do not print, the latter Iwing a fit article to add to the list of articles, such as Tea, Sugar, &c., which we cannot grow or inanulacture, and on which there ought, therefore, to be no duty, except for revenue. 4. That, generally, we ought not to reduce the duty on articles which we can manufacture, except the Americans reciprocate with us in the particular article. * What ii lierr meant by llie word Patriotic is what ever \» for the interest of Canada, without the least rRference to the intereat of Britain or any other Country. The mhaliitant) of Ureal Britain must oeme to Canada if they think Canada h.is aupenor advantages tu their own. '). Tliut tlio Employment in tlit- Pnr.incc is invailcd, and Aniirxatiun of Caniuhi to llic Unil(>J States niadf innfc the iiitt-icsls ol Canadians, by liw ('(lursc of the lm|)criai parliaini'iil and aiillioritii's — the Free 'i'radc l(t,'islalion of tlic lm|)i'rial |)arliatni'ii1 in IMIti lia\ini< lc>'. tin- C'ai.;idian iariin r in (i position to he Lcrcaliy Ix'ticliltrd by annexation vvhieji would i(ive hini the AtinTiean market as well as the Kiiijlish inailift f()r his prodnetions ; and the late interferenec of the Imperial authorities rcgardinii; the C'anadian Taritl', and (specially in K'<^ard to l5r)oks, makinji; it the interest of the manufaclnrer to t;o to the liiiteil State.-, as by doiiii^ so he i(ets the Ameriean as well as the Canadian market t'lrr from diilij. 0. That the dannfer to the farmer has been only temporarily jtvertcMJ by the Ainerieans having yielded to Cimadians ren'/irocily in nnlund produdunut, and taat the danger to both can only be ix'rmaiuiitly averted by one of two courses — by I'anada joining tlu? L'nited Stales in a Zoll-V'eri'in, similar totlii; (Jcrman Zoll-Verein thus extendint; to all articles the picsent prineiple of reciprocity, — or by the creation, by ourselves, of a Home Maket for the ("anailian fanner, thronyh our encouraging a manidactiiring ])upulation in Canada, it bi'ing known that, in case of our doing this, a laiut! proportion of the manu- facturing i)0|)ulation of the United Statcts (who are cliielly Lirilish subjects) would s|)ee(.lily return to the Province. 7. That the latter (the creating a [loine Market for the Canadian Farmer) is tiinted coming to CaiKuia for mamd'aeluring pur- poses, through Mr. (lalt's having gone out of his way to deny in his pamphlet, published in England, that either the Government or /legislature were protectionist, and to show that the caistoms duties would be reduced the moment the revenue will pijrndt of it. Such a stiitement .seemed to me utter madness — nothing short of suicide on the part of Canada. A still larger number of capitalists, willing to come to Canada, were prevented by the sketch of Mr. Gait's opinions, showing him to be a Free Trader, which he allowed to appear in the Illustrati'd London N<'ws. It is obvious, therefore, that the immigration both of (r<:pital and people will all go, and ought all to go* to the United States, while it can be said that ill Canada both Govcrmnent and Opposition are devoid of all interest in the Canadian people and their e.TiploymenI ; and there is nothing but Aimexation before the Province if this heartless English theory, of F^-ee Trade without reciprocity, is persisted in. Humanity will soon demand and enforei- it ; for we would be foimd to have all the evils of every country, anti none of the beiielils of any, and a * I have alreaily heard of one publinlier who proposes reinoviiig his establishment and workmen to the Uniteil Slalen. This is just what the late Mr Hew Ramsay, of Montreal, did. Me conkl not l'pI his raw material iiilnidiiced into Canada duly free, 'ind his only alternative ihe-efore was to manul'aclnrB hi.s bixiks in the United States, lie kept liis slerenlype plates in New York, and threw olflhe Books as he wanted them. In this way tie had the marUei of the United State?, and HE ooT HIS matbhial uuty frke into Canr.da llii' Unil(>J itlidritirs — ariiii i' ill u \U'\ ;is will aulliDriti's rcsl i>r the y. Canadian ing yielded crniaiK iitly iiiilar til tin: 111' iTCiition, nil'ai'tiiriiig f till' tiianii- ly ret 1 1 I'll to inly oonrsc ni'iit piilicy, Aini'iieuns bject, that I irt u|Hm the nada. V'/iJi/c, and l-Vcrciii, it duty "II all iiic liiil to U^Vdlutiipn would III' iireri|iilali'd from want of Kiii|ili)yniriil— not from the lea^t ohjccMioii to, or disloyally to, thi; llriti>h Crow ii, Liit brcau.'^u tlitTc is a highiT loyalty than thiit to forms of goverimient — till! loyalty to our own familirs. ■ \ (cannot hi'ttcr close than in the words of a writi-r in the " Moiitf ' Gazette": — " 'I'hi' Canadian piil.lishi'r will tind himsidf taNcd 'wi'niy piT cent, on a vt-ry considerabli' part of his mati'rial, which is not yet maniifaiiiind in this I'roviiitt', and will have to I'ompeti- with the Aineriian publisher, who has his maierials Jric of dii/i/. lit- will only have the Canadian market even on these terms, for he will lind himself excluded from the American market liy a duty of fifteen per cent , which, -Kldeil to the duty on pari of his material, woidd make that duty ripial to lirenly-fme P' r lenl. The adoption of such a poliey would clearly U' to olier a large premium to those wlio are now spi'iiling their money in employing our own people, to r more to the United SliitvH, in fact their jemiival ll eic w ill I.e a matter nl ceilaiiily, lor the i.Mitire prolit on these books d(X.'s not iiiuili exceed the extra duly which the Canadiati pulilisher now pays on his raw material. I ihink it will be (idmitleil iliat such a system of levying duties is entirely at variance with all sound |)rinei[)les of poliiical economy, and cannot be ilefended eilhcr on /'Vce Tradr vr I'rotectionist grounds. All agree thai mamd'actured arlicles should bear the burthen of taxation, and that raw material should Iw ud- milled I'ri e ; but heir ihis princi|)le is to be reversed : thk material is taxkd twenty per CENT., M'liii.E iiiK maxukactukk:) akticle is Prtoi'osi':; to be plaueo on the free li.st. 1. B. MY CIRCULAR TO THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE CANADIAN PAR- LIAMENT, SENDING THEM THE LETTER OF MESSRS. WM. BARBER & BROTHER, SHOWING THE SUCCESS OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURING NO LONGEU DOUBT- FUL. )arty in this le no objec- , and other manifestly to take oil' N. which is by encourage of cither, hat neither cy. Many •turing pur- n England, uties would madness — to come to mler, which mmigration L-an he said peii|)le and ■ss English iiid enforce any, and a United Sinteff. ; inlii ("aiwulii i.i sleri'iilype ll Stall'!", anil I 1 liall feel greatly obliged by Members sending these Circulars (with the letter of Mesbr.s. Barber & Broi' er) to their diriercnt localities, as this success in Manufacturing in one ])h.ee in C/'anada may easily ue realized in every other — thus gradually furnishing a home market i'or the variety of agricul- tural products which ienii"r il possilile ]iiofitably !<' attempt a rotalion of crops — and thus gradually (in the only way it can be done) rendering Canada inili|icndent of the Reinprocity Treaty with the United Stales, iiii the cimlinuancc of which the material |)rosperiiy of this I'rovinee' is at present more totally dependent than is consistent willi the security of our Political or National iiulcpendance. I lake the liberty of soliciliug the allentioii of Members lo this very important mallir, from my having oppor- tunities possessed by few of them of knowing the extent oUlieadiial ilixtrcss iitnr existing in the Province, in consequence of the scarcity of moncxi and employment, and of the paralysis creeping over its energies, from the feeling that neither the Government nor the Opposition recognize our own People\H Emploijment to be the first question in politics, and that lo which all otlum ought to gire u-ny. ', UU if, as I believe, more than three- fouri lis of bolh Houses of Parliament, and as largo a projiortion of llie [Jiesent, as well as of the late. Government, recognize the above great truth, and .'^ee Employment for the People to be the great object of our jiolitics, why cannot we gei it constitutionally deelatcd .' If the |)resent emigration from the Province is not slopped, / cannot see how we can consaenliouslfj encourage immigration, ciiher of capital or of people. For my part, I should not advise immigration of eiiher, unless a moderately protective policy is adopted ; and il is already abundantly evident lliat neither capital nor money will come to the Province under our present absence of a jierinanent policy. In fact il is becoming obvious that the immigration, both c" capital and people, will all go awrf ought all to go,* to the United States, while it can be said, that in Canada both Government and Opposition are devoid of all interest in the Canadian ))eople and their employment ; and there is nothing but Annexation before the Province if tliis heartless English theory, of Free Trade without reciprocity, is persisted in. Humanity would soon demand and enforce it, for we would be found to have all the evils of every country and none of the benelils of any ; and a Revolulioii would be precipitated from want of emi)loymenl, not from the least ohjedioii to, or disloyalty to, the British Crown, but because theie is a higher loyalty than that to f.iruis of (jovernineiit — ^tlie loyalty lo our own families. And so plain a statement, by some one whose loyalty is undoubted (and who w-ould stand for the British ^ Hail Ills duty bi'rn taken nlf Hooks, our I'litilislicis niiisl liavi; ruiniiveil to the fnilinl St.ilfs. This is jnst what the late Mr. Ilmv Ranisuy, ol .Moatroal, liiil. He oiiiilil not irel is raw iniiturial introilui't'il inln Canada duty free, and his only allurnalive there'bio was lo iniinnracliHR his iKioks in iliu United Slaie.s. He left his hteiL-olype plates in New-Vork, and threw oll'liis liooks as ho wanli'd llicni. fn this way ho had the market of the United Males and he imus hot his mate- HIAI. DUTV KHEE INTO CaNAOA ! 1* Govcrnnirn', bf it rit;lil or wnmi;), has been Hiii,'t,'CNlftl by my bcini; in jKissciiMion, wliicli probably ii<» otluT iiii'inbrr of tlip ('aniidimi I'iirliamcnl in, of ;iii cxlcnsivc and (Iclcniiiiicd coiispiracv of Maniifac- tnrt'rs and KrtM! Traders in Kni,'lan(l to im|)(ist' on llii> I'rovinitc llirir iri(hisiri;d doi,'rrias, tliroui;ii the rontinncd intrrfcnMice of l' • (colonial Oliici-. In llu'sc circinnsianccs, t'^inadians car.nol too soon, or too plaiidj, let it be know it they feci that the Eiii|)loyni<'nl of thi- I'rovintM' is invaded, an GIVE HIM I'llE AMERICAN MARKET,* AS WELL AS THE ENGLISH MARKET, FOR HIS PRODUCTIONS; AND THE PRESENT INTERFERENCE OF THE KMl'EKIAL AUTHORITIES REGARDING THE CANADIAN TARIFF MAKING IT THE IN I'EREST OF THE MANUFACTLRER TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES, AS liV DOING SO HE GETS THE AMERICAN AS WELL AS THE CANADIAN MARKET FREE FROM DC IT. Canadians must not shut their eyes to the fact that the danger to the farmer has hi'en only temporarily averted bv the Amerieans having yifdded to Canadians reciprocity in niilund productions, and that the dani- to all articles the (yreseiii princi|)le ol reeiproi'ity,— or by the creation, by ourselves, of a Home M irket for the Canadian firmer, lhrous;h our cncourai,'iii^ a manufaetiiriny; pojnj!i(ion in Canada ; it iieim; known that, in ease of or.r doiiii,' this, a larf^i' propor- tion of tlKMiiamdacturinn population of the I niled Stales (who nre ehiellv Mrilish subjects) \v,)uld speedily return lo the Prosinee. Even alter Mr. Hrown's iifWspa|)er, the (ilti/ir, has iiad lo haul down the Free Trade Fla<,', and set up tile more patriotic princi| le of Re<'iproeily, or in other words, of an Ainericau Zoll-V'crcin — ii would be iiii dness in Jiny <.'anadian party to obey the dictation of England, and adoj)t a less patriotic course. Tlic |)ractical n.'sidt of so suiiidal a policy was well ex- plained lately by a writer in the 31oiitreal Gazcltr, when showim? the deviation from sound policy, which it would have been had we, at the tliclation of ICni^/antl, swept away the (custom's duty on books which arc being utanid'acliired in Canada : " The Canadian publisher, said the writer alluded to, will find hims(!lf taxed twenty per cent, on ii pretty cotisideiable part of his material, which is not yet manufactured in this Province, and will have to compete with the Amerii-an publisher who has his ma.\vna\ free of duly. He will only ha\e iIk; Canadian Market even on these terms, for he will llnd hiin.self excluded from the Auieriitan market by a duty of 15 per cent., which, added to the duty on prirt of his material, would make this duty e(|ual to iwvnliificc per cent. The adoption of such a po- licy would clearly be to oilier a lart,'c premiiuu to those who are now spending their money in employ- ing otir own people, lo rrmove to the United Sliilcs, in fact their removal there will Iw a matter of cer- tainty, for the entire profit)-- on these books does not much exceed the extra duty which the Canadian publisher now pays on his raw material. I think it will be admitted that such a system of levying duties is t-ntirely al variance with all sound principles of political economy, and cannot b<^ .lefended either on Free Triide or ]''-ofrrtioni.sl grounds. All agree that manufactured articles should bear the burllu-n of taxation, and that raw material should bi; admitted free; but here this principle is to be rcvi'rsed ; tue matekhi. is t.wku twkntv i-kk cent., while T:JE MANUFACTCHEi) A.RT1(I.E IS I'KOPOSEn TO BE PL.^CEI) O.N THE KREE LIST." Ill conclusioll, it IS (dv'ar that the creating a Home Market for the Canadian farmer, l)y ttrinf^inir the foctori) and Jormvr to'^cther is the only course Canada can al pri'seni take independently, and that by deeidcdlv adopting this as a PERM.\NENT POLICY, we shall gradually be preparing llie Province for adopting Reciprocity or an American Zoll-Verein, so soon as the Ami ricans irill Oixree to it. And I will only farther add that, I feel so strongly the imme'.lialc and vital importance of this subject, that I would support any par'y, whether in the Governmem or Opposition, thai would ado[il and act upon the above, which I be! eve to be the only patriotic ]ioliey open lo us in the eiri-umstan(^es of (/anada. THAT AN AMrjRUAN ZOLL-VEREIN SHOULD HE THE FIXED I'nLICV OE CANADA EVENTCALLV, IS NOT ONLV THE INTEREST OF CANAIjA HUT OK ENGLAND. The natural policy o*" Canada (which may Iv called England in America) is seen clearly to be the ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERICA ZoLL- V'ehein, sucIi as oxjsis amoiig the (ieriuain Slates. Under this the United States and Canada would neither of them levy any customs taxes on their interior frontiers, but only at the seaports from Labrador to Mexico — the sann- duties being levied and each country getting its share in proportion lo its population. Let us then resolve that for oui cominercial system, ♦ Aik! why is the Americ.m nmrket aivl the Tnglish tiuirke. i-oniliiiiod, hetter than |l'e Kn<;li.sh and Cnnadiiiii market combined V It is obviously beoBU-'ie the Ainerii-nns huve encomn red into e.xistcnce a iiinniir«L-tuiing population, whieli Canada wants, as a market forthe produrtions nf liei farnici.'^ riihiibly in» ' Miiimliur- lir(iiit;li ihf 111) MKin, or , iiikI i|ii coiirsi' (il HI'EUIAL |\ TO UK IKRICAN is ; AND llN(; THK l< TO CO S WKI.l, (Mr KycM to int; yiclclfd riiiMiu'iilly iiihir to the or by \\\f )iir;if,'in^' ii rm' propor- iMs) \v.)nlil iiad Id IimiiI luT words, liclatioii ot a:* well ex- nd policy, i'f< duty on ilcr alluded liioli is not ,lio lias his ic will lind i(! duty on f siu-li 11 po- iii employ- alter ot' cer- uty wliieli Tiilted that o( political at,'ree that be udmitti^d ;nt., while 11, it is cK-ar nir toiivther ntc this as a 'ciproeity or radd that, 1 any -par'y, I be! eve to IS NOT ONLV irly to bi" the Under this ior frontiers, aeh country ::ial system, nadian rnnrkct wliii'h (.'aiiada the principle sh(>iild be adopted liy Canada of an American Zoll-V'erein, or, in other words, free tradn with Araeriea but not with Kiirope. 'I'his wii.i, iik a kair comphomise hkpwkkn thk >ikws ok the TWO CI.ASBES OK KHIKNUS t)K THE ('aNADIAN KAHMKR, ONE OK WHICH HOLDS THAT OCK FaBMKU IS TO BE MOST IIENEKITTEI) IIY (iRNKRAI. I'"rKE 'J'kADE AND DlHECT TAXATION, AND THE OTHER HY KEEPINIi THE COl'NTRY THOl (ill THE HESTBICTION OK IM I'OK TATIONS AND IMjUIECT TAXATION. ' It WOllld lerillinate our present unprin(i|)l('d position of polilii-al parlies in C iiiada. Hy selling up a |)olicy of Canadian iiatriolism we should have as the opjiosiiion to us, wlieihcr govermnenl or |)arliamentary opposition, tlie i>reigii, or fon'ign Iraile |)arty ; and dial the aims of such a party never has more iha.'i mert; personal Bvdfishuess *in view is clearly enough shown in iliis that wliili- in England it is in favor of local mann- factnrcs beeatise t/icre they are Mianufaelurefs, here, in Canada il would be against local manufacturers because here they are iiieich ints, and in fact rejire^cM; an Entilish local fuclion insteud ti/agreal Britiak intfrcnt. Of old, he was said to be ilie grealesi patriot, who maile two blades of grass grow where formerly there was bin one ; but in CunmUt /iroditdion vill lake rare of itml/; and he is the greatest patriot who can secure better miirket.i for Canadian productions. Political economists who get their knowledgi froin oooks, regard the |)eople only as ronsiimerii, anvn lo have had no consideration in Kngland, when she in 1H46, diamelrically altered iicr policy and repealed all the old distinctions l)etween Canadian aiifl Ame- rican produce in her markets. Tlie direct and iminediate eH'ecl of this precipilale introdiiclion of free imports (for it is not Free Trade) into the mollier cnuniry was most disastrous to Canada, and was more likely lo prove siibersive lo her loyalty, than any thing that ^'oiild have been anticipated ; for it left the Canadian farmer (on the Norlli Hank of ilu; St. I.auiv nee) only the English market for his pro- duce in which he has lo compete (after paying all freighls and expenses across the .Vtlantic) with wheat of eonniries where labor and moiu^y are not one third what those are in Canada ; v.liile it gave to the Amerir^an farmer (on the .Soiiih Hank of the St. Lawrence) this English market to avail of whenever it suited him in ."Idition to the .American market. Happily the Hrilisli (iovernmenl saw in lime the error committed in bringing about a siate of things in which it woiilii have been impossible lo retain, tipon British principles, the Canadas — Hrilisli prinei|)les always involving t!ie idea that the object of Britain in acquiring or retaining territory is to I4ess not lo blight il .\nd Lord Elgin bribed the Americans, by sharing with them oiir Fishery and ^u' igalion righisto give us the Reciprocity Treaty, which while it exists, removes the Canadian farmer's cause of complaint. Now , therefore, the preservation oft his Recipro- city Treaty with the I'niicd Stales is shown lo be not only the interest of the farmers, and through them, of all others in Canada, but t)filie Hriiish(j!ov(rnmenl,as without it Canadians areli'ft in a posit ion to be much benefitted by Canada being anri.'\ed lolhe i.'niied Slates. I speak plainly, viewing him the most loyal man who «peaks most plainly at such a crisis. .\nd this (the present) Reeiprocily Treaty can only eventually be sciMired and rendered permanent by the Hritish Oovernment adopting the great principle of decen- tralizing the manufacturing power of the Empire— a principle which would aggrandize tlie British Empire, and be an incalculable benefit to the worl'ing classes in England, Indand and Scotland. To prest rve the Empire, Britain has to yield her selfish |)rinciple of ,.'ll)le way, we caniu.l bririK them ;iv<' llic 25 |)fr I'cnt. char^'iMl on iIm- smiiic j,'(p<"Is ;,'()in;; dirrci I'rotn F.ii>,'l;iiul lo the I'liiltd Sillies, a ciikIoiti's duly to wliii-li tlu; Ami rii'iiiis aif palrinliijl'ij ahoiu lo a|)oI for his roots and ^|)rill^' crops, thus rciKh'iini; rotation of crops pissihh', while it woidd ^ive liiin also lh;il whi(di is so valuable to him in llir /irfsent (until he ;(el-. his rotation of cro|)s cslaljlished), the superior inaike' for iiii* while wheal ''iiruished in Ihe I. niled Stales \)\ llie Ueeiproeily 'I'reatv. 'I o ihe I'niied Stales, and m(/ciriinr our (v/.v/ow'.v (/hAiV.v, (ind vhile we look to doins^ airiiij enlireh/ thoxe on T<(i, Sui^ar and nil articles whv'h u'c do not groir or inaim/aclure, out Pnivinciui /lo/ic// is not to incur diht fur uni/thin;^ we cm avoid, mil ire sh dl never roiisent to reduce — otherwise than as a vialtfr of Ukcii'hocitv with thk United Statk.s — the d/ilits on articles ic/iich we ran grow <»• niunn/oclure. ISAAC BICHANAN. Letter /rem William Barberry Brothers^ Georgetown, C. W., In Isaac Buchanan, M. P. P. Isaac Buchanan, Esq., (1i:oh(;ktown, lIlliMay, 1860. Dear Sin, — In reply to your enquiries as to the efleci of tlic incicase of the Protective Duty of 1858 and 1859 on our business, we would slate : — That in both branches of Manufiioture, in which we are somewhat largidy engaged, — viz.. Woollens, of various kinds, and I'rinting an I liow ilic )li' of Kn- r VVIiij^ or Triidi' in 'i(»iwnu.i — Wunclu'sttT induced by tho popularity wliicli Iium bn-n given to llic siiipjccl ol itic Knoouriixcnu'nl of Iloiiii! Maniifaolnri's by llii: anitniilcd di.'-cnssioii'* to v\ bicli il hfi.H irivcii rise, boili in ['arlianiiMit and llir I'rcws, ill ilic last two years. Ilavint; once Ijeeoiia fairly inliodiued inio the niarkei, the .steady and certain growtn of tlic demand, muioml,' all i las-^cs, is, we lielieve. one ol the best proofs of //ic vhnipiiVHH of the 'joints Ihi-niKi'lri-s, ir produce, they are conipellidto eonfiiie their operations to the raising of wheat, and wheal only. NVhercas, had they a large home consumption, they might extend their operations to a large scries of cro])s far more certain and profitable, but which it is nsetess to ra Lie for exjmrtation. Tins home coiisum|)tion, it is very obvious, can (ady be created l)y the deveh.pment of a large manufaeturingceanmunity, which, as in all civilized countries ol' importance, should always be found side by side with the farmer. This principle, we are |)leased to see, is now begiiming to be pretty generally realized by the farmers of Canada. We are, dear sir, Your^ obediently, W. BARBER, & BROTHER. HOME MANUFACTURES. {From Halton Era.) In (air eolums of this day's issue will be found a letter from Messrs. Barber, of Georgetown, to Isaac Buchanan, Es(]., M. P. P., in answer to enrpiiries he had made of them, as to what efVect the increase in the protective taritTof 1858 and 1850 has had on their business as manufacturers, and the information contained in their answer has been considered so satisfactory and so i'iiportant, that we tuidcrstand it has been treated as a public docnmenl, and sent ()y luembers of the Legislature for circulation throughout their respective conslituciicies. We are happy to learn frtaii Messrs. Barber's letter, that their business, as W('ollcn and paper manufacturers, has largely increased since the period reft^rred to; that they have not only considerably exiendeil their operations, and produced a superior quality of goods, but have sold them at a lower figure, than ihi^y had previous lo llu- protcciinn law coininik^ inio otmraiiDn, ihus ^'iv'inii; Ha\\a(i\c\nrf contrailiotion to tlur nxscrtioiiM iiiadf liy sorru-, Itial by our adoption of the prol<'ciiv<' principle, we vveM «'ncoiirai;iuf^ manulacturerM to raixe iheir prirrs at the ct)*!! ol' cotiHUtrierN. It is noi very diliienit lo iiii(h'rstaii(i lli:ii the greater the nuiiiher of hamlN and maehincK that • manufaelurer can employ, (he cheaper lie can sell his j^'oodn, lor the prolil he could hi've on the work of twenty men, would not enable hiui to mcII hh eli"aply as when he could fully employ one hundred, a.s it is clear that if he can have as much prolil on each pernoii's work whi^n hi' employM l(H> men, ai when ho employs 20, his prolils will Ix- five linie as much. This will allow him to reduce the price ofhis^ofxls considerably, and still all'ord himsell a much greater prolit than when omployin^MJia smaller number of hfln|ily us. It will wear better, and look (piile as well, an fully proves. The true and |>opular rallying-cry for the fiilure, at Ihe polls and el.sewhere — must be IIomb Manufactures, IIomf. Markets, and remunerative Kmhi.oyment for the I'eoi'i.e — and all who may offer themselves as candidates to represent the people in Parliament, and do not zealously ado|)t it, and make it the i lolto of their standard, should l>e lookcfl upon as enemies of their country, and bo universally ri jecii-d. It is high time for Canailians lo open the eyes of their understanding, and bo no longer made the dniies of political cpiacks, whos(! oft-repeated nostrums have produced nothing but national debility, and nausea. f salisfai'lDty jriiiciple, we wcr* (1 marhincit tlint m linvf on thf work |>loy one liundred^ iploys lOU men, a| (I rtuliiee the price en employing' tli* ■s, in preference lo lunply UM. It will nocture, will giv« uluctiunH ne«d nut lire, and the more rtiele ot' t'anii and i>r exportation, but y uf the soil like produce sold, \Vill t;ii wlieat-t)uyer. have been nothing of the eo''.nlry too re — -must be IIomh —and all who may zealously adopt it, ir eountry, and bo Tstanding, and bo )duced nothing but