Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-09-08
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safsoa IRE .Neo Io O;io4ns ho,,.id, S.,,sen,ber L.
W rhc friends OF free trade soe, greatly disturbed
- the facts Afforded b. the manufacture % cottons
IN support OF tho h"'crlcan System. Il cannot be,
say heYi that 200 600 balls ot are manuiac.u-
rcd yea riv IN this country They convinced tia
such facts strike the people vi the cotton grow
8ing States wth irresistible force When they face
sth2 Consequences which must ensue il the Tariff
should b. repealed ard the ovcrgrown capitalists OF
& iagand permitted to bear down our manufa curing
- ostabsiments-they must see that geo OCo bales Of
cotton MI her be LETT on hand, or what IS worse,
he sent To foreign uiarhets, depgcss prices and
tast p!intcr hopes. This predcanicnt must be met.
and ~" have The free trade advocates attempted to
ssihee II? by endcaV"rin2 10 prove that the quantity
sAetatrd, j. not cgnsumed-by diminishing the amount.
So me practice o these writorsis perfectly well known.
.s.sH here no facts exist TO aid them in escaping from
h djlemmaThey are supplied by bold and stroundless
assertions, without shadow of truth or argument,
rcciso!y though their positions self-evidcnt,
and had been previously proved. They DENY that
tAo quantity OF cotton stated above, is consumed by
rN Observation-Disclosures.
Here they leave il, without cou,icsccn!ing to eli
ter al all into particulars for in truth they hate iig
uyes Why do they not give us some calculations,
,iraWn from thc number OF spjndes in the United
NaieS, multiplied ~ the quantity OF cotton which
eacE sr.!''s usually consumes? The answer is
il.s would convict them ofths MEASUREMENT at once.
a i:ey depend solely Oh bold assertions we will sup
ply The bnnct - those whoure in the ba bit of MA
cling reliance these advocates r British! interests
some data winch wi! We trust rc them Snrrect no.
Mons upon the SUBJECT. and 4, believe will SHOW,
ihai lie consumption OF cotton bales in New Eng-
IN 1916 committee OF the House of Pnnrcsnnfa-
iMcS, appointed for the express purpose made re-
port !" Congress OF the progress and conditions OF
'1r cotton manufactures. Having the best docu
incns before them, and being sprcrily c!,arped with
Iris duty none but scepgcs doubt their correct.
less they report that IL 1909, about 500 bales
ere manufactured II this country. IN 1905 1000
ha4eS' Ill i@iJ the manufacturing consu.n aton had
rown 10 10000 balcs--aIiI in 8l i had iurrraseI
10 $4,000 Laie5 ali ciyhtt0id augmentation ia. ,ne
YEAR Nearly 10 years has elapsed ard ur;nr that
'hne vast quantities oi machinery which was then
only PARTIALLY completed has been finished and mi
ii'o o'cfatinn. buildings that had inst been erecled
iaFa pecn liien and hew have arisen On almost
very stream a!iordng thc requisite power and arc
supplied with the most perfect msachinerv Vet we
arc tosu that Tie estimate that co,Isn,,tion of
COTTON Is coubed III fifteen years under all these cir
N"IlalanceS, Is eNt.aVaGHnt aud ncTri!hie AnotLnr
consideration is worthy OF ice. Il is the 1prr.yn
'"cntS witch have been made in the skill OF arr
Workmen aided by the perfection of machinery which
mas mace the same number OF spindles muc1 more
productive since 1915, than they were in tie -
years Immediately preceding.
y. e might also cal. upon any candid man who has
married tie progress o. things IN this civ TO decide
whether tie amount ordinarily III our market is no,
more than double what 1t was preyors Ia 1ai5;
more than doubled and is not the sam. o,,scrya in
li our mercantile c,cs andowns, ati have not orr
rE2orsof domestic cottous increased more than three
iold since 1913: W. d. not state these facts with
any hopes of convincing Tie anti aiii; journalists fur
we know ii Is unava!!ina. Reason toclus 30 mar, of
Ae!r creed, and every effort 10 rc!Ga Them by ,eas
is hopeless.
Isut ~ is gratiyIng to fad iat h number of Jour
!@ia tiu5 bhnucd hut few, anl confined To our
c9Ehercidi co!!nuniie les, among whom many IL CirrJ
ca pFtJndlces exist against the tariff policy where
Ih@Fcenary foreigners sill sway public opinion 10 a
certain extent, and where views Of gain induce them
70 prefer the prosperity of people three Thousand
miles distant, to that OF their uvn follow. citizens. and
tie virtual independence of their country