Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-05-05

able to them =? Whit lure s,e seen Let us
took back a little
The flood oiDriiisi, goods with which
we.werc inundated ~ The close of the late
war. depressed, III IA great degree, The
manufacturing establishments OF the
country. The manufactures, cleimed
protection of the government, aud asked
il too far Nree gears. The present tariff
was adopted and they commenced their
operations under II, with hope OF sue
cess. Blu the Hood of paper money fol.
lOwed-pricrs at labour aud of commo-
dites rose 10 an unexampled height
Every thing was artitclal-Ai such
lime, twas mot TO be- expected that the
manufacturer could contend with Tie
competition at England, where labnur
had not received Tire same iHpuIsr.-To
this state of Things immediately succeed
ed The reduction OF bank discounts and
the consequent Withdrawal of much tic
iiiions capital which had been employed
IN the mechanic aris.-But The whole
commercial world became disordcred.-
Great and universal. distress prcvailed.-
MIR. Z. admits that our profitable com.
aicrce Is nearly annihilaicd-ihat our
shipping Is reduced ia value one halt :;
mar III orr merchants, considerable
portion are bankrupt, aud mapy toiieIing
on lie verge at bankrupicy--tIIat the
commercial capital OF The country Is re-
duced seventy millions of dOlIars-ihat
our manufacturing establishments are i'm
great measure suspended, and numbers
OF them falling 10 ecay.-Real estate
every where fallen thirty; forty and tiIiy
per cehi And our great staples cotton,
flour, tobacco &c. reduced in price from
thlFtE tn fpr1V " ,I a.
host ut other melancholy and deplorable
grievances enumerated by him cNis, "a
mong us.-Ail these evils. unparalleled
III The annals Of mankind, are ssyaciously
attributed 10 the want al adequate l,ro =
tection 10 domestic manufactures -'ijie
only remedy proposed, and that IS saidto
ne ahfdfh6te and complete, Is NOW 10 afford
me protection TO manufactur r. which
Their cupidity has induced Them TO de-
| mant'. This indeed is marvelinus!y Won
uefiui =! 4! Thirteen S1IteentkS OF the pro-
pie are TO pay, at this distressing CRISIS.
large contributions, for the support ri
ne othrr three SIX,eentl,s ; aud merely
because they are manufacturers, and pro-
aucc articles necessary tor The conSump-
| iIon of their fellow ciiizrns. Does moi
The manufactures enjoy a, this moment,
the benefit OF duty on foreign goods,
which when added 10 The ces,s of trans
| porlaiion, merchants profits &r. falls We
ry little short of forty per cent? Ouoh,
| not this To satisfy any reasonable man ?
But il seems, the more We Weld. the
more il iemsuaed Of us.
Would not one think the present tariff
| sufficient. (in Ire times that are now al
iiand) TO encourage tie manufacturer, when
yon have such pictures, as the following,
OF The intrinsic profits OF manufacturing
In The New Olive Branch, page LOG. We
ma HE following striking passage" Al
irgiance and protection arr reciprocal
duties. To withhold HE one lcrieiis the
claim Ia The other. And il is DAG 10 JUS
ice 10 state. that the manuiaclIn ers Of
lie Uhited States, who with fheir fami-
iies aud persons al every description oc-
pending Oh them, amount 10 Ia, Ou0. OOO
soilisij wlthi capital of S 100. 900 400.
"n'i producing IGuDoiily - :.o, ut,,, ooo
per annuG', have noi had thai protection
IRON Inc government TO which their mn %, :
hers and their importance Dive them so
iair claim"
lathe lih No. of the" Address of The
Philadelpha Society tor promoting IA
tional industry" comparison OF the
proceeds OF The labours of 100 900 uer-
sons employed in the culture of COTTON.
as wen as OF the same number Pmpiuyed
III The manufacture OF that article. ~ sub.
miiied I" the public. The growers of cot
Ton are estimated TO pruyuce 81! O!,0 600.
"A mandatory near Boston containing
ii men and 2S6 wOmeh and children. is
estimated 10 produce S24O, 500 after paw
iIiR Tor The raw materials. --Frutn The on.
erailons OF tins establishment IL Is esii,
mated that 100 thousand men, women
and hilireD, will produce "a,clcar profit
OF so millions of dollars annually. after
paying Tor the raw material" They
moreover say, for the c0rrrctneSS of this
statement, Ue pledge OWSeives To tie wor{d.
We defy contradiction" They ackuow-
ledge that these estimates are prrdicatcd
npon low priced fabrics" And that the
prohts on the higher priced, are far grea.
ter"
Similar estimates are made of ilIe PRO
his OF WOODEN manufactures, exhibiting
nearly the same results.
Dc! matchmaking all this, we are as.
sailed with the complaints Of the manu-
iaciurers, Tor the want OF that prOfection--
" to which lin their own esiimatiou) n ei,
plumbers and their Importance give them
| 50 fair "A clain.'
But admitting this is very sarpuine
calculation of profit, shall we saw thai
The iaTiii Is not nOW sufficient noto when
! things are coming Co their healty state
when labOUr is abundant, capital ~ search
/ OF emplOyme the produce uf our fields
lower IN price-must mol manufactures
r.se-bOih al our fire sides and in Cacto.
RES Must We mol wbirlfhe spindle and
shoot the shutIle This seems probable
ann iial we are now at d crisis when the
farm viii have iairer trial, aud ",
ought moi TO be iampering by new expe.
TImeDls with The industry OF The countrv
@4ri things then remain IS they are. al
least Tor one or two years longer.