Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-08

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The friends OF tree trace seem greatly disturbed
al the facts afforded by the manufacture ~ coitvns,
in support OF tho Asnerican System. IL cannot be-,
say they. that 200 200 balos OF cotton are mauuiactu-
Ycl yea ry III this country. They are convinced tina
sacl, facts iaust strike the people Uf the cotton grow
ing States with irresistible force. When they face
.tde Consequences which must cnsue II the TaTlh
ehoLd o. reDca,ad, aai the ovcr,sOwn capi iiists ui
Eaviand permitted 10 bear down our manufacturers.
osisalisliL is-the mas; sae that 200 900 bales Of
cotton viii euJler be lett on hand, or what is worse,
30 sen; 20 flreu.n markets, To dcprcss prices and
blast planters hopes. This predicament must be met.
and huw have the free trade advocates attempted to
meet "a? Iy endcavoring 10 prove that the quantity
stated, ~ not oOnsuincd-b diminishing the amount.
The Practice Oi these writer's is perfectly well known.
Where no facts exist to aid them in escaping from
%n'tilemma, they are supplied by bold and ground.ess
assertions, without i shadow of truth Or argument,
precisely rs though their positions were seif-evident,
lad had hcen previously proved. They deny that
tie quantity of cotton stated above, IL consumed by
cur manufacturers.
Here they leave 1t, without coudesccnd;ng to eli.
ter at al into particulars for i'll truth they hate fig
ures. Way do they not give us some calculntinn,
drawn from the number OF splnlies in the United
States, multiplied by the quantity OF cotton which
uacl, spindle usually consumer The answer is
tails would convict them ofthiS inissta,en,cnt at once.
AS they depend solely on bold assertions, we Will sup
Ply, otthc benefit Of tiusc who are in the habit of p!a-
SsuS reliance on these advncatcr of british Interests,
some data which will we trust rive them correct no.
LIONS upon the subject, aud NE believe viii show,
that the consumption Of cotton bales IN New Enc.
!aGd does not tall Short of SOC, 600.
la 1916 n committee of the House Of Ecprrs.nta-
uFes, appointed tor the express purpose, made "a re-
porto congress, o! the progress and condition OF
unr cotton manufactures. Having tho be,, doc,,.
lnenls before them, aIl Dciu. specially clarrcd with
tins duty aonH bat scvpt les can doubt their correct
ness IgHy report that IL 1900, Gbout 500 bales
We're manufactured IN this country. la 1905, 1000
bales. IN 1910 the manufacturing Consuu,tiou had
Grown 10 lGNJO UlICS-lE! In l1!l - hal n.rna.ei
10 $4,000 bales, an cishtto!d augmentation in one
Year. Nearly Is years mas elapsed, aud during that
'i'lo vast Quantities oi machinery which was then
only partially completed has been finished and mn
iaio operation. Buildings that had Just been erected
have .ecn filed, and new ones have arisen Oh Amos,
every stream ~al.Jfd!mg the requisite power, and are
supplied VITA the most perfect machinery. Yet ~,
are tCld that the estimate that our cou,.lu,,rinr Of
cotton is doubled ~ fifteen years under al, these cir
cUnlstanceSi Is e%t'dvdgaHt and incredible. Another
consideration is worthy Of no ice. Il : tho jro.ror..
;ncAts which have been made in the skill Of on,
W~orkinen, aided by tie perfection of machinery which
mas n'sde the same number OF su.4d.es mich more
productive since 1915, than they wee IN the -
Eesrs immediately preceding.
We might also call upon any candid man who has
marked the progress OF things H. this city. to decide
whether the am0U@t ordinarily IL or mark; * not
tIofe ti"h double what ii was previous 10 1876
Lave not tue the number Of dealers in tA.ac co.Gs
iiore than doubled arI lis not the seula observable in
IL! our mercaHtile Clues aud towns: and have not orr
oNPorisof domestic onsincrcascdmJ than three
fold since 1915? We do not stale these facts with
any hopes Of convincing the aAti t4rlG uurna.s.s for
We know IT Is unayaAing. Reason forms ilo pa,t of
their creed, and every c",Tt 10 reform ,A.:.- ~ .lasrIi
i Hopeless.
Eut II IS gTa.iyiuG 20 find that The number Of iour.
las thu5 blinded are hut few, and confined t. our
CJhMetcial communities, among whom many unloumd
ca p5cludlces exist against the tariff policy, wl.c-r
'nsIccnary Foreigners sill sway public opinion TO a
Certain extent, aai wi!cre wieWsof gai. induce them
q" P!cicF the prosperity Of a people three thousand
"i'cS Instant 70 That OF their own ie!!ow.ci.4cns, a.l
&c i-'tH"l Independence of their country.