The Wilmingtonian., 1824-02-12

lists tepi perAWaueH, tHht ~ the syo'e" "
lexten,1ed in the manner here suggested.
the benefit will keep equal pace with tbe'
Extension. twill widen the sphere OF ma
,l,ional industry, introduce competition
not only in the manufacture, but in the'
growth Of the raw material which will IN
levitably reduce the price 0f the former,
and any manufacturing advantage to far
I,evel with other pursuits. The evil OF
stopping short of the proper point, has be.
Icome obvious 10 this. In consequence o'
Ithe protection afforded by Congress to low
priced cotton goods, and because the pro
lection has been limited to that object. the
Icompetition in that species OF manufactured
has reduced the price so greatly, that the
business is nverdonc and can no longer bc
followed with advantage tn the manuiao 4
turer. But if the protection we're extend.
I'D to the fi,r-r cotton fabrics, great deal
Of the capital and industry now EMPLOY
ed in the manufacture OF coarse c"ttons,
would be diverted 10 them. and ehp'oyedI
to the manufacturer and
the country at large. The manufacture OF
How priced c0ttons has 50 FAR exceeded the
demand, that large quantities OF them re-
main on hand for which there is no sale.
or none that viii remunerate the labor and
expense bestowed upon them. ~ remc-
\ dy be not applied to this state OF things
your memoralists appreh" nj, that the BEN
Eeii,s heretofore derived from the partial
protection already afforded, will be lost
70 the country BY the ruin OF the manutac-
turcr; while they respectfully suggest that
.Iihesc benefits may be fully secured and
greatly augmented by progressive in
GREASE of the protecting s'utv.
The remarks which have been used byI
your menoriaists in relation to the cotton
mannfacture, they would now beg cave to
apply to the manufacture of wool. II IT.
: has been proved. that a partial protection
of the one has been advantageous to the
country, they cannot imagine any reason
why the experiment was not tried in rela-
tion to the other; and if it can be render
led apparent. that gradual extension OF
this protection in the one case, will be at
tended bv co-extensive advantages, they
re,nectiu.!y conceive, that there is no rea-
son to ,lnubt similar result in the other.
They have had to lament, that, as yet, no
ladeuui te prntectinn whatever has been al
), ,forded to this valuable branch of national
Industry; and the deplorab!e effects OF
This neglect are vi-able in the ruin OF the
great portion of the once numerous estab-
Ili,hments engaged in it, aud in the Grip
J. ped and spirtless condition OF those which
y vlremain.. Among the evls resulting from
: this state Of things is the neglect Of the
t growth of wool, and the destruction OF the
, valuable tiocks of sheep of the merino
ebreed, with which fortunate concurrence
l. of circumstances had at one period en-
j. -Iriched the country. The failure Of the
L. wooden manufacture. by depriving the ag
,elriculturist of hume market for fine wool
aIhas also taken away the induccment t.
n cherish this valuable source of nationa
wealth, and the once numerous t1ocks o
he merino sheep that adorned and enriched
h. our fields. are now become nearly extinct
in 1t isin the power of Congress to retriev
ur this misfortune; but your memorlal'st
te would respectfully conceive, that this cal
at only be d"ne by giving proper and ade
al anate protection to the manufacturer.
tnIthe manufacturer be neglected. the agrcul
e. turist cannot be benefited by any dutie
e. imposed upon the impol tation OF foreis
m wool, for there will be no home market
chIwithout which there can be no profitab
ne enhancement to the agricultnrst. With re
ellgar,i to the coarse woods. your memorial
ofists believe, that it would be no detrlmen
n to the agricuturist, and that it would b
advantageous to the manufactures, tina
th they should be imported free of duty, or a
that they should remain subject TO
rt- low duty.-The coarse woolen cloths o
IS. this country are principally manufacture
va of wool imported from Turkey and Sout
&C. America. of a quality far inferior in valu
to to that of our common country sheep. On
NV farmers, in fact, do not find it their inter
his est to grow such wool, and we believe tha
he no wonl of this quality is prnluced in thi
ho, country. 1t must then be obvious, that t
teiimpose high duty on the coarse wnol {
the Turkey and South America, would be
ac- ruinous tax upon the manufacturer, with
re- out beneftting the agriculturist.
the In adverting to the tariff which is nov
lanIbefore Congress, your memorialists OF
EN- serve, that while the ,lnty on manufactu
Ell wool, il limited, after the 50th day {
al June 1925, to SO l-3 per centum AL val'
its rum, the principle progression is adop
hated in regard to manufactured wool, uni
an it reaches a duty Of fifty per cent. ad vail
ofrem. Undrr the influence Of the reason