RICHMOND HUI,
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LNoiPoOii NiaISH ~ 1880.
DrAs SIR Some friend has favored me with
your letters Of the 5th, 7th, and 10Th ut to Mr. A.
Lawrence. You show very clearly the fallacy Of
his reasoning. He makes a most unfair use Of a
letter Of mine, by quoting from il garbed extract
without taking the context He is too shrewd and in
elligent not 10 be aware that wheat Indian corn DC
much your natural manu- ufactures (the surpus)
for export, as long you can produce them cheaper
than other countries dry goods and hardware are
ours; and when you transmute the products Of
your soil into cotton fabrics &C. and sell them in for
eign markets 70 advantage without forcing them into
existence by unnatural means il is your interest to do
so. Products that spring up from the advantages ofc
mats, circumstances or situation, without being pro-
scted unauesonably the legitimate manu- factures
of the country, whether wheat anything else and
they do not force capital and labor into less profitable
channels. But consider ii suicidal pursuing any
that will lessen abrdse the expectation Of
those products for which your country is best fitted
and which prevents you receiving the manufactures
or products Of other nations who may happen to
have more natural advantages for their productions
than you hsye. IL Is extreme folly and unjust on
our part refusing to receive your grain, &c. which
gives our landed interest a monopoly OF our market
In both cases II is quite clear benehting class
interests at the expense Of the nation We see our
error in England, and are retrscing our steps, and
am much mistaken il your landed interest are not
| sagacious enough to know that a competition from





being confined to one customer-a home market
alone. The policy Of the manufacturers is clear
enosgh-it is to buy the farmers wheat cheap as
they can, and make them pay higher price at
their shops for clothing than other countries could
suPpiyh at.
Your protection duties check your exports and
keep down the price of your wheat, &c; for you
cannot sell without buying and getting returns
which may make Mr.. Lawrences business less
profitable. Protection puts double-edged sword
into the hands Of the monopolist class, to enable
| them to buy cheap and sell dear.


| am happy to think that the world is getting
| wiser, and will not submit 10 be plundered much
| longer. ! send you copies Of some letters have
written on these subjects. am aware that have
not made the most of my case, but have endeav-
ored to contribute my mite to sustain cause
which think ere long will override those feudal
prejudces which have too long disgraced the stat
| ute book of nations.


remain yours very respectfully,
| WILLIAM BROWN.
| 8 D. BpAnropD eso