Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-27

Wherever manufacture IL once well esfabl;sh
ed, those wls are skilled In II can commands
carry u on 10 as much advsniar ne Ia that plsce.
n N my other or at any rate win
sufficient advantage TO prev..i their seeL.
ing employment elsewhere. Thi. class Of
persons. WHO are doing well. seldom change
.h'n homes FOR the chance Of doing better.
Des'des, most manufactures are composed Of
several distinct opera ions, which, make sonar.
ate branches OF buiincss, but which csnoo,
flourish lar apart from each other Iii would
therefore avail title COR the woskmen In one Of
these branches 10 remove, unless he was nc.
companied bs Those who carried on the rent
Ia Win; purpose Tor example. would o a. ~ rn,e
weaver III fne cloth leave Yorkshire, and come
20 America. unless he could bring with him or
Ind here, ii,llefs, Overs, sheai.rs, combers.
dress.rs, &c required for the manufacture &c
the same pnucuer fabric A country. The,
ear adequately supply itself with tie means OF
these combined operations orlv BY rearing
them up herself, except wien by some civil
coamolion or other great general cause. large
nnmhffs nre rsiled from tile native country ne
happened 10 the llueonols Of Ernnce. and 10
one doubts thaf this process Of resrinp on mn
nniae'armg skill can be greatly expedited BIZ
wise legislative enartmcnis.
-. country may possess The skill ms well
MS the other requisites, and lis sueeess il man.
mac'nfes may be materially retarded by PRE-.
5wf'ees against i,s domestic fabrics Every
Que MIST have occasionally seen the djnjcuItv
OF persuadng people that the fabrir. 10 which
they hape MT been nccnsiom, d are ns good a.
those 10 VIII CHI they have been. and whore they
are helieyen ~ b. Intrinsiray ~ COED soma
minute mud iDsgniIcani dITrranoe will make
mem less To their Taste. These iac,s are 40
well understood, thai the GIasgou manufac
,urers. not eonteni with making unsiins SINH
lar ~ appearance and eqnnl in qualiiy 10 III 50
OF India, have eosrlv inflated the seiyrgcs
and other peculiar marks OF the latter. knowing
that their Gir purchasers would moi believe
them 70 be ns good unless they brliev i them
10 be identical. There and there IN ipdiyid.
ua' raises himself above the prejudice, The gen
etal mass do not and the oil jeclio, rcmaIns in
iul, II large number are IS ayed hv 10, The
Eaglish manufactures Of Sheffield have lonp
he"n IN ihe habit OF initiating French tovs Ia
The iahri aiion of which thei, iprp i6us ,.igb-
bofs once greatly .xcced them and lhey bnve
nilsn sold. MS Of French manniaetnre. wba,
under The ~ fli"nce OF The pr ju1icr We sneak
OF, would have been unsaleAbe IN ts.,;r irue
character, Time may, indeed ovetcomr hi,
prejudice, aud fabrics may come 10 be est,me.
led according to their intrinsic worth. bui uotilj
is overcome. il subjects he Domestic manu-
faeiure tom nnmerted disadvantage, whicJ
the government alone can eonnieInc, TIA
disadvantage u considerable here IN the ud.
uiacinre plate, Of pianos. supc,fnc cldh,
&c. We have already mentioned tha, (ol.
Shepherd, one OF The Witnesses betoritb
committee Of Congress, esfima'ed tue eljci ol
ms prejudice ip be equal to twenty ye per
cent
Sd. Where none Of the obstacles ALREADY
meniioped, scenr there Is a diniculiyin alter.
ing the accustomed channels If trade. 1Mercan.
tIIp AMI IA Il
clal intercourse often fontinne n baaic after
= comparatively dsadveniageHs Many
landed propieiors have their mfrchanis aud
factors, 10 whom they selltbe produce OF their
estates and OF whom they purcha5e such fabrics
rs they nave been accustomed to. Suppose
Que of these factors 10 he coynecled wnb a
mercantile house 10 Hamburg and in the ha.
BIZ Of regularly importing irym thence coarse
German linens. this ccumj.nce will present
some obstacle to The riyalshig ola superior do.
nestle manufacture for AFR the Gerusn lin.
cns are imported. they Yin be furnished 10
certain regular dealers aVd consumers, by the
force Of previous haiti, aifd iftbe vender Of the
fJreirn fabric find that the domestic n,nnmfac.
turer is about 10 underseN him, he will, in self
de ence. fall in price and although the GoaI
triumph oflhe domestic manufacture, NAV not
be thereby prevented il is certainly lcsseued
and retarded. Nay more, IL the domestic mn.
nnfacfurer has not cspUal and patient irmnesa
enough TO bear pB' under the temporary loss
from this iniuriouj composition, he may be o.
beed 10 retire firm the field OF contest, with
every fair claim 10 victory. II is only leeisla-
tive encouragement which can elIectualy pro.
teci him against these difficulties.
18th and lastly successful domestic manu-
factnre may have iis career checked aud finally
arrested by those giuts 20 which every species
Of trade is occasionally exposed. Az these
times whepthe price Of the manufactured ar.
ticIes is below It's cost Of production, The nan,,-
facturer mist either sell his fabrics ~ a loss. ar
discontinue his operations, and il he has nor
large resources, he may not be able 10 live
through this season Of torpor, until things huy,
regaiued their natural equilibrium Apaiust
these injurious fluctuations Of the do,nes,lc
market, he can have security but be ougb,
not u be exposed 10 those OF foreign markets
in addition, aud against III, settle government
alone can protect them. IL appears then that
the principles ofiree trade MS maintained Nv A.
dam Smith himself, are not inconsjsiant
with a certain degree OF legislative encourage.
ment
Ia our next remarks the subject will be con.
c!udcd,