 The goal, then, was not only the transition from the old colonial economic system to that of the modern capitalist, but also from slave labor to free.Other incentives arose, such as the decree of 8 August 1846 that exempted manufactured products from certain transport taxes (internally as well as externally), shielded from military recruitment a specific number of employees of industrial establishments and eliminated tariffs on parts and machinery imported for textile factories.The following year in June, a new decree stated that all industrial establishments on national soil would be free of taxes on imported raw materials.