Friday 23 April 2010

Book 3, chapter 2, paragraph 37

[De la richesse commerciale, Sismondi, 1803, Original, 196]

   HAUTE-SAÔNE. Le Département de la Haute-Saône est un des moins commerçants de la République. Son exportation se réduit à deux objets, des fontes, fers, et fer-blancs, pour la valeur de cinq millions, et des blés dont partie n’y passe qu’en transit pour celle de trois millions. Les fers qui sont fort beaux, et qui peuvent soutenir la concurrence de ceux de Suède et d’Allemagne, n’ont aucun besoin sans doute de l’assistance de la Douane. Il faut donc ajouter ce Département à la liste de ceux qui la payent, sans qu’un seul de ses habitants en retire le moindre avantage (20).

[Translation]

   HAUTE-SAÔNE. The department of Haute-Saône is one of the least commercial in the Republic. Its exportation is confined to two objects, one of which is cast iron, steels, and tin plates, for five million of value, and the other of which is wheat, a part of which passes only for transit, for three million of value. The steels, which are very beautiful and which can compete with those from Sweden and Germany, have no need, undoubtedly, for any help of customs duties. We must, therefore, put this department on the list of those who pay them, with no habitants there reaping the slightest advantage from them (20).