Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-21

believed to be n,fnseay good, minute and usen.
cant difference VIII make them less their facts
80 well UNDERSTOOD that the Glasgow mo,
conicr with making muslns similar appearances and cauol
quality those lni, have closely initiated the
and other peculiar marks o latter knowing that their lair
purchasers would not believe them he good unless they
believed them identical II here and there nm
rShs himself above the prejudice general mass do not, AND
,he direction Ieuams IN full II large number swayed by
H. The English manufacturers of Sheffield have lone ccn IN
the habit OF Initiating French toys fabrication ol which
then ingenious neighbours greatly cxcecd them. aud
have often sold, OF French manufacture what under IN,
influence oi the prejudice speak Of would
aeahlc ~ their true chlaoier Tue may, indeed
tins prejudice, aud fabrics estimated accord ny
to Their intrinsic worth, hut until IL overcome subjects
domestic manufacture TO unmered disadvantage which the
government alone This disadvantage
siderable here, IN the manufacture plates of pianos super
hne eo'h, &c We have already mentioned that Col Shep
herd of the witnesses the committee of Congress
estimated the effect o this prejudice be equal - per
cent
3D. Where of the obstacles already mentioned occur
there difficulty in aicn. the channels Of trade
Mercantile connexions and long established commercial in
trcoutse often continue traffic after is comparatively dad
vantaSeous Many landed ptuprictoIs have merchants
and factors To whom they sell the produce estates and
OF whom tey purchase such fabrics they av, been
toned To- suppose one of these iccors connected
mercantile house in Hamburg, aud in the habit regularly i'm
porting on -ence c"arsc German linens, this circumstance
Will present some obstacle the vashp of superior
TIC manufactures for after the German linens imported, they
VIZ &c lun>"e" "cei,on regular dealers and consumers, by
the force of previous habit; and fhc vcnder the roes
and that the domestic about tn undcr,,
"n he WILL IN self deience, fall N price and although the
hna triumph of the domestic manufacture be thereby
prevented, Is certainly lessencd Nav more
Inc domestic nauiAcGer has capital and patient hfnnos,
enough to bear up under the temporary loss from this juou,
C"ettHi ne may he obliged To retire from the field of
test with every a claim victory II is only legislative
conrace"ent which eciualy protect him against
difficulties.
lI and lastly successful domestic manufacture may hav,
- career checked and finally arrested cs to which
every species a" trade Is occasionally exposed
when the price OF the manufactured article is below
production the manufactures either sell his
loss or sconnue his operations and If lac has large
sources, Inc may not he able 10 live through this
por, until things have regsincd their natural equilibrium
Against these fluctuations OF the domestic
/ a., frsgr nal :, nIL;,ioU 49, .,ais ,, '
uent alone protect him II appears then that the princi
pies of free trade maintained 10y Aan Smith himself arc
not Inconsistent with certain degree Of legislative encourage
imcpL
In our nest remarks the subject will be concluded. *