17 OCTOBER 1846, Page 1
The members of the German Zollverein are suspending their corn-duties,
'without any very satisfactory results in the way of im-
ports. That is in part, no doubt, the effect of the „0-eneral scarcity ; in part it is the consequence of restrictions to frighten away trade at unwelcome seasons. But commerce will not wait upon the caprices of legislators ; it must be always welcome, or some day it will make its absence felt. 'A correspondent of ours in Germany throws out a suggestion worth the consideration of the Zollverein : if that confederation wishes to have brisker trade in corn at pe- riods of dearth, it must cultivate freedom and activity of trade at other times and in other articles.
