State Papers And Speeches On the Tariff, With An Introduction By F.W. Taussig
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But that flows mainly from a policy similar to that proposed by this bill. One third only of her population is engaged in agriculture, the other two thirds furnishing a market for the pro- duce of that third. Withdraw this market, and what becomes of her agriculture ? The power and the wealth of Great Britain cannot be more strikingly illustrated than by a comparison of her population and revenue with those of other countries and with our own. [Here 274 HENRY CLAY. Mr. Clay exhibited the follow...ing table, made out from authentic materials.] Population. Taxes and Taxation public burdens. per capita. Russia in Europe 37,000,000 £18,000,000 £0 9 9 France, including Corsica . . 30,700,000 37,000,000 14 Great Britain, exclosiTe of Ireland (the taxes com- puted according to the }■ 14,500,000 40,000,000 2 15 value of money on the I European continent) . . j Great Britain and Ireland col- lectively 21,500,000 44,000,000 2 England alone 11,600,000 36,000,000 3 2 Spain 11,000,000 6,000,000 11 Ireland 7,000,000 4,000,000 11 The United States of America 10,000,000 4,500,000 9 From this exhibit we must remark, that the wealth of Great Britain, and consequently her power, is greater than that of any of the other nations with which it is compared.
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