Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-06
VOL. XIII. NO. g.

49,, INDIVIDUAL some time since sent me WORD.
80, "a "a an honorable member of this house, not
o"y 'ia' ms Tears had not been realized and thar
my hopes were well founded bur thar be Ia -,
s"nei ca ana those events which he apprehendc,,
! T'u'" nave been fatal to his trade, had occprre1
'e' Us see then how far the predictions of NV no.
friend have been realized, & if thew have been
- :" any cegree, he has been indeed endowed
I'm phrophetc spirit. The bill was passed in
10%'. ounng the year 1924, the silk trade went
y: "4'hs'andinS the operation ofthis uannihiIa
ing act. In the Spring following. such was tire
increase OF our wealth, such the growing extent of
P.pspeFNy' such the OVERLOOKING of our capital,
such the eager demand for our manufacturers such
the necessity for new buildings in which 10 carr ~,
cur manufactures, not the useful unorn.mentot
"."''Ss' IKE the old working establishments with
'neir plain regular looms but new and snIendiJ
elec'iohs on improved plans, and which am told
49,. ei 10 COST not less than l5,000i.: not vet
now al The end of twelve months. not ono ne
.hese buildings has ever been rooted no,v;,bs,.a.
s "e immense sums OF money they had cost & al
"e. uiey had Deen commenced in that w hcb 1v,s
as the most prosperous period in .he his
oi5 81 me country. They built therefore 10 an ex
cess mat had never been equalled ip the mes, nros
porous state OF their trade or indeed of ,,y -
mat mad ever existed in the country To This fact
en ue"t me attention OF the House, entreat mar
''Uui"fiy ,he attention of my Hon. Friend
KNOW anu with feelings OF undissembled symna,bv
ioE Inc suheflnss OF the people of Mac
ca situation in which they are at this momen,
NhAeAr But let US look TO the circumstances that
preceded this distress. The whole population rs
uI' town. IN the year 1921, according TO the CAL
cA''''oh OF gentleman well acquainted with il
amounted 10 1916 persons. Now I will ann
pose that between that year and 1925 tho non,,is
non may have increased TO 20 900. But what VINO
Inc situation of It's ruined trade? In the Maccles
MIA Newspaper of 10th Feb. 1925, there appeareu
'he following advertisement.
y" Iothe Oyeiseers orthe Poor and ., f,n;I;o. I;
settling III Mao cicsf.ld - 'e' "es"ous u
wanted immediately From four to FIVE thousand per
IN (i''ui aud continued OF hear BeSoen ma
persons tlnd House attend 10 tbe deer,
der age Of seven yeor {eaF, o. age $50 that rom the ten
h1s't''T ' OF aiaeelesfeldl to be employed in the
y"us aud manufacture of silk )" hc great increase OF
' .s s4'ed great demand Tor hands repre-
10 nu Or" goa opp'rraity to parents and
ms advertisement was inserted in the Maccies-
e'd iT!s' and any one may refer TO it. The conse
fte"ee was, that vast number of people i,nme-
Gia'ey rushed to AIaccesfeid. and they ere doubt,
less soon supplied with more than the 5 oOo ,bes
wanted. Here was a demand for infantine opera
uVes--ior the work of children of wears Of ave-
ana tnose infants 10 be put up in manufactures
when were so greedy of their little labcurs as 10
can Tor them at the early age of years. ans, at the
very moment TOO when this House was PASSING an
Act to prevent the employment of children ,Inoer
''s 'ee OF years, Gas we uEderstood) for mora
,h;n X hours 10 the day. ,Hear, hear NowI
4Nho" not how many of those 5000 persons war,
procured--perhars the whole number; but this de-
man" Tor such quantity OF additional assistance
"uss!S certainty more OF that predicted falling OFT
IN the trade OF Macceslield. But 10 this advertise
Tnent winch have read; allow me to refer RI ano
'heF which although have not myself seen il 7
am informed, by undoubed authority, actualIv an
peared IN the Alacclesfeld paper" Wanted 10 be
oIHt Immediately, one thousand houses'' (Eear.\
- ,nere'ofeI TINS was the state of trade, and :.
trade TOO, which was TO end in July, 1926. W.
ask wla' confidence is to he placed now IN ,hos,a-
VINO, villa equal confidence in 1924 predcted thar
trade would be destroyed before the end of then
WE'VE months: Can any one, then, who has re-
viewed ana considered those facts believe The state
nent now made, that the rade is in ruinoua state
ana is likely soon to cease altogether. After such
proceedings as those have REFER ed to- the inbu
'hah-ior ! VIII coll them inhuman-efforts to in
duce so many young and helpless and desolate
chl!dten To flock into Macclerfield, Can any one.
wonder If two months after such an event. thase
children were turned out of employ, and left in \
state OF very great distress, so much So that e,e
ven persons we're found in a state of starvation
MY. E!ce observed. he had merely stated that
he eleven persons had been removed from The
Town. '"0
Mir. Huskisson continued-Well then. cs, o,o
be surpTized H. under those circunstances ,tar.
had been eleven orders for removal? HAVING uot,,
trust satisfied the House, that if there be dfIicui
ues-i here be distress felt at this moment in Spital
heds distress and difficulties are equally feL n,
JIM U'-u!cts ana other branches OF manufacture.
and Will say, that, Notwithstanding the dissd
Vaniages under which the manufacturers must have
been placed, notvIs anding the rival manufactures
al sudbury, AZ S;ockbridge, and elsewhere the
manufactures Of Spi!alfeds ha, made greater pro-
gress since the passing of the Act complained OF
o 'bls moment, than for any previous period II,
DER 'hose circumstances therefore, is il SURPRISING
that the silk manufacture should not have formed
an exception 10 the dstresses which have oyertake
every Other branch Of trader (Cheers)-I have
ieit bound, even thus diTdsey, TO defend rnvseif
from the attack fmy Hon. Friend: and when ,h..
whole system of our commercial policy had been
attached trust shall be suffered 10 20 a ljiu.
INTO detail In the session Of Parliament fouovio,,
the passing OF the bill alluded to- when with The
warm appreciation of tie House, brought for
ward measures for altering our colonial pocv. and
our commercial system (rendcred necessary bv vyhat
h'd occ"rred IN south America,) my Hon. Friend
9ppo-He cOncUrred in those measures. To what az
,ent did those changes IN colonial policy 90
j q remove those duties which were at the perio,;
oi Tie enactment intended for the protection oftrade
d'1 snTprzed, therefore, that an Honorable Mem
Der, VINO ought 90 be better informed, whose iudr-
ment ought 10 he more correct, should be blind TO
the consequences Of those beneficial measures
beneficial viii call them, because, while thevre
moved he charges upon importation, they were
attended with no loss TO the Revenue. ] have cali
cd Tor lie production OF paper which has NO.
yet been furnished, but which shall, in less tba,,
tweny-iouT hours be placed in the hands Of everv
Hon Member OF this House. and which will shet,
the increase that has followed in the consunptior
OF every 9rtcle, The duty on which has been les
-ensd The importation Of one article will be found