Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-09
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SPEECH OF MIR. WEBS TER,
Upon The fnig, deiirered ia the House IF RePrsse
ta;ires u lie United Siates, .3pra, 1924.

Upon The THig, deiirersd ia The Honse IF Represen
td;ir.s u tie Cniied Siates, .7pra, 1871
(concluded)
Some general estimates Of The price and profs Of
LABOR, ilose countries IRON which we import one
ron, mgti he iormed by comparing The rei,u,ed pro-
duc,s vi d,frrrm, mines, and ,heu pIces, with The
uuu.er oil bands employed. The mines of Dane
G.nraa, SAID To yield about 1000 toss, and to
,.in, IN the u, mes twelve hundred wot kMep. Sup
,o,r this 10 be worth 80 dollars per ton any one will
Mud by cUmpu,anln that the whole product would not
i,.y hats county, lot one quarter port oI the ne
tessa,l Labor. The whole export at Sweden Was
esu,a,ed, few Seais ago, at ioo UOO slip pounds,
~ about 81 900 toms. Comparing ,h,s pIoduc, Win
lie number vi ~u'hmea usually supposed 10 lie EN-
pioyed Ia the MINES whiCn produce non TOR exora-
tion, the result viii not greatly differ ON re turego
ms. These estimates general, and might not
uu.:i us ~ "a precise result but We kmo~, from in
,-lig ellers ami eye Witnesses that the price
ot ,.bOT ,ie Swedish niiaes, does uot exceed
ceuts day
lac uue ,eason, Sir, why it is not our policy 10
compel cii,zens tu inanua ciure IRON,
that they g Lar beuer employ-d IL is AN uniro-
ducve buainess and they are not poor enough 10 Ice
uLls, u 10 follow 1t. Ii we hid aiu,e OF poverty,
I.uie vi MISERY, aud something OF scrvulie, IL
IL al ignorant, IDLE, starving population We might
sci VI Tor mon-n,akeis against The world.
lac run,,nhiec will take noIic~, MI. Chnirman,
tiif, uhuei present duty, icgeiner with the ex-
peUse oil transporation, vui Manufacturers aie aue
t. supply their own immcdiiie neishbui hood !; aud
tins piOvcs Inc uIagui,u ue vi HAT sutsia encour-
age enl which these Two causes concur 10 gne.-
tie equally Vi Lancaster. 1his s OWING TO the heavy
expense OF land carriage and, AS we Iecede
iaih1i from the Coast, the manufactures are still
more completely secured, as 10 their own ini aedie
market, against the euuipolou OF the imported arti-
Gle. Dbi MIA, dizzy ask Is 10 lie allowed To supply.
The sescoasl, al snCii i'rice as shall be iUimed 10y
adding 10 Inc cost AT iie mines the expense Of iind
Garage 10 the sea aau i.i,s appears
reas 1,aLe. The etiec oi il would be 10 Compel Inc
consumer pay the cost OF Two land taIns
t,r IN Ae fr,, place. price of iru., al the inland
.yIit .l.X ne IA
Lviuw, Ihe pa ice O iie imported ar'icie he
nor and The cost 81 transportation 10 the shi,Or-
.oau ot the furnace and 10 enable the lo.,c pro
duct 10 hold competitions with The imported u The
seaport, tie cost III another iranspOi taiion down
wa,i, from the furnace 10 tho coast, We added
uni. means oil ihiand Commerce he improved,
and e charges Ui iIHuspot tatIon by that lea
,ened, il appears wholly inpI &c, icabie, with
such duiies ns ANY ore would think ot proposing,
meet the wishes Ui the manufacturers vi this a,Icie
S.pDoss We we've add the duty proposed By Inis
hi although il would benefit the Capital invested ~
wo. Is The sea- and The nAvgable rivers, the
beuefi would moi extend lar in The interior. Waert,
Men, ase We ~ stop, VI what limit Is proposed 10
Us?
The freight Of lion has been afforded from Swe-
den 10 Tie United States AS low as eigh, dollars per
ION. Tins is not muIe Khan tho price of fifty mites
Iaud carriage. Stockholm, therefore, Ioi HE pur-
pose OF ia "Igmmen,, may be coHsideIed DIS within
fl miles ut Pn,adeipn'a. Now, it is al once,
q iusI and strong view OF this Case, 10 consi-
drI that there aye, WITH. hy miles Vt oui aiarke,
vasI riuititudss of ps.sons who arc willing Labor
in tie productions Ot i';ts article Tor us, al the
sevea eeuis per dag, whiie We have no labor whicG
viii command, upon The average, d, least five
six IImes Iiai amount. HE question is, then, shall
we buy this article ot these Danuiacturers anu suffer
our own labor to earn lis greater reward shall we
employ VA Labor in u sIinilaT manufacture, sal
MAKE uli u, by tar on Consumers, the loss whicl
u'musi necessarily sustain.
proceed, ssr, 10 The article Of hemp. or this we
imported last Jesr, III round numb-r., {, 900 tons
paying du,y OF $50 ton, or $50 900 Tue whole
article, be rcnie,uUer Il
consumed almost enrciy ~ the uses oi navigation
The whole huIIhen m,ay he sad IL TALL u0 one inter
IL IS sad we ct1 prO,iuce this article II we viii
raise Ihc d.ues. But why IS it not produced now
why, al least, have We no, seen specimens
TO, Tie present ve'y h,sI duty, wien expenses al
,e'por'auon a'e added. Hemp was purchased AZ ST
Petersburg last year, ~ SI0i CT pea tpn. Charges
attending shipmeui, @c. Sil 20. Freight may be
sJaIeda ) 30 per lon aud our existing .!uy $50
more. iDcse three last sums beng the Charges OF
transportation, anoant TO pOtecun OF near 10 per
cent. favor OF The hons biIuuf cturer, II there
were any such. Aud we ought consider also, thai
tho price OF hemp Al St. Peiet sburg IS increased by
all the expense Of transportation io a the place vi
riuwlh Ia that port So that pi0baby the wbuIe co
oil arUsio',a',on, iToD i,c place OF giowh 10 our
ms,keI, ,nciud'"S our guy, II equal Iu The first
Of the u"cie or, 10 U'her woods, is protection ia
favor Of our own product Oi TO pei cent
And siace II IS stated that we have great uu,ntes
Of fine LAID for tie production Vi henri, OF winch
nv. nOIOujt, the question recur, uhy is IL not pro
d,notP speak oi iiie rder f0ttsd !Iap, Tor IL is
o1r,te q that that which Is dew iOlied Is not suni
cenil, good fOI the requisite purposes. cannot saw
S,stI'er lie c.uge be CLIMATE, IN the process o
,uu.pg vr what else, but ibe fact 10 Get laB, that
,Ir,e n, 10 American wafer iCted hemp IL the mar
ke, We are aciing, therefore, upon hypothesis.
IL IL moi reasonable tbA those w''O s"y that they
urutocc the tfticie SHALL az least prove The truth U
The ai,sga0I beIoie lad on those ~hc
gse tlts 1frign commodity Suppose ibis bill pnss
es; ht. prisc VI heap 10 immediately raised Si4 81
o. GU aud this burden falls immediately on tne sIil
builder ; and 40 pAff OF ~, for the present, will go
for lie brpef Of the American grower, because ht
has nDur OF she article that he Usvd, nor - 10 ex
zee ed that mach Of II Will he produced Tor coDsI.
dsr,lie inne Sill the tax takes feet upon the in,.
pured aIucie aud The ship owner, 10 rnafie the
krDtU.ky farmer To receive IN additional Sif oD his
ton IS hemg, cenero hs my be able 10 rJise Ind
npat!ue IL, pay, ~ the mean TINE, etnsl sun per
fon iatO Tie Treasury on aIi The imported hemp
vbci rhcy are sllI Obliged to use aud ti,,s is called
Z" protection - j. rhis jest or lar A parcnlar
interest IS tGre hardened, not Ouly for the heneil 81
nut,eT particular interest," hut bu ned also beyond
,iA for ;l,c beach, OF ne Treasury. IL is SAID he
'rie price Of labor in Russia may he pretty well col
l.te on T,vkrs" Ntc~ VI tke Russian EnIire" The
Wr.Len the uinss and the eies are indeed
calied Iaaer leV1c; bot they dsttng uish
ito sefm sfers, appreulics aeiSers
careess yasrers ADD sspafRtors. In proportion
t.r!.y t.@,r wages regulated winch proceed fon
10 30 rOGiges I've isDis
which they receive from Tie magazines dedarts q
from Tia, ps' rhe value OF the 'ouble ~ that He (79D
r,Jut - pence sterling, or - ceus 81
lIy thc cct sf I75J," h Bdded. lu5Drer with
shsd Give, daily, ln 30 and ~ winter
"12 cOpecksi iaDDrcr without horse ia summer, TO- 10
g. winter, d c...srkSn
a colrck - - busdrsh part Of a rouble. about half
of nioBe,. ihc psice Of Igboar rsen
Ia s.sne dgres tiGee iat period ba prob bly, not aao.