Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-10
Mandatory
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1, is not, of course, TO be presumed tina, this
whole list is to be excluded by the propos, d du
ties IL will be fair, however, TO calculate on
reduction Of nearly one half Of It's amount, or
$4,000, 900, which, if our expotts continue I'M
changed, Will leave balance in our favor OF
SIS, 100000, to be employed in the purchase oil
such ether foreign articles we may require
at home, or as Will enabls US TO prosecute valu-
able trades in other directions.
But the great point TO be gained, will be the
inci eased demand on our own resources, to the
amount of $4,000, ooo-a sum sufficient for
the purchase Of nearly three times the whole a.
mount of bread-stuffs exported from this coun-
try in 1926. A 2ortiun al this demand viii
fall on the raw materials, and portion on the
labor of the nation. Virginia will doubtless
furnish her fair share Of both. The increased
demand for wool alone, (should the additional
duties exclude the great bulk Of foreign clio hsl
canno, be less than $4,000 oCo. Aud If there
is any portion of the Union peculiarly adapted
to its growth, aud capable OF furnishing II al
reasonable price, it is tina, p.rt Of Virginia iy'
treme western boundary. Here every farmer,
rich or poor, may add ii to his production,
without the smallest increase OF expense; and
land, either too poor or too remote from MAR
Ike, for tn. produc ton Of grain, at its present
price, may be exclusively and probably en-
pIoyed in the production Of wool. II is more
than probable, that, in this single article, Vir>
vinia would find an additional market for 5 u
ooo, 900 ofhe domestic production.
The duty on foreign spirits and molasses
cannot fail to create AN additional demand for
domestic spirits. The precise extent Of this
demand cannot be hxcc Judging, however,
from the quantity Of foreign spirits known to
be imported, and from the rum supposed 10 be
manufactured BY our northern brethren out of
the $4,000 900 Of gallons Of molasses annually
imported, we may very safely estimate it at not
less than 5000 900 OF gallons. This, IN return,
will require 100000 Of bushels more OF corn
and rye, the peculiar production OF our State
The importance of this demand, can be fully
appreciated by those Of you VINO have witness
ed the effect Of large disti'leres on the neigh
borhoods IN " hlo n IN, nave heeh eSta'isneo
But, perhaps, the creates, bench, 10 accrue
to US, will be in The employment given TO a por
ton .SSour labor, either wholly unemployed, oil
employed TO very little adsantags. need no
remind you that every market, to which VI
have access for our grain, is completely glutisd
Offoreign nations, those who are compelled t.
look 10 us for supply, require but yer,
ANAL portion Of cur surplus; and those to whom
that surplus would carry comfort and abund
ancs, refuse to receive it, lest it should interior
with the profits Of ,htir own agricultural pur
suits Under these circumstances, we are Com
PEELED TO look a. home. Blu. hese, unfortunate
", so large proportion OF eur population
exclusively engaged in the production of srair
tina, the supply very far exceeds the demand
and the consequence is, as In all similar Gases