Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-27
BEVERLY P. YATES.
F,-on, the Boston Courier Of .y,,,e n.


INTERESTING FAcrs.-A gentleman informs us
that the brig Mars, which sailed from this port on
Monday last Tor Calcutta. carried ont seventy bales
Of domestic cottors Tor the Calcutta market
1t Is fact, universally notorious, that previous to
Tie late war, coarse cottons imported in great
abundance from Calcutta, 10. which specie was sent
III payment and 1t was then matter of surprise that
ihey could be imported nj - CHEAP IL rate.
1t fact susceptible oftLe ciearest proof that the
price OF India cOItons before tie late war was more
than double the present price of American cottons,
leaving the qualities fthe respective kinds of goods
entirely oft OF tho question InGia co.tons OF width
suitable Tor sheetng were sold twenty years ago, for
thirty i've forty and sometimes high as fifty cents
the yard; thew were exceedingly coarse and thin and
could as easily ne seen through as n ladder. Ameri-
can cottonS ott!e same width, Of fnc substantial,
durable texture, may be bought for seventeen, and
those of extra fncness for twenty-five cents the yard
Just previous to the late war (l8O3 TO I3I2lun ar
ticle for shifting imported 10 a considerable, ex-
tent. called B,ii;h cotton the most indifferent OF
which sold Tor fifty cents, and the better qualities
from seventy five cents TO dollar yard American
Sirtings have driven this article entirely from the
markets for those equal i'll durability, as we'll as III
dencocy OF texture and finish can be purchased for
less than half the money.
The investigation might be pursued with rcsncct
10 caIcocs glnghan;s and other goods manuii ctured
from cotton, and the same undoubted and indubiiaJe
facts exhibited by the parallel.
80 IN regard TO many articles manufactured from
wool. Broadclotlls 4 cassmers (the former csne.
cIaiy,l are from fifty 10 hundred per cent. lower
than they were previous TO the war. 4 man NAV
now get two coats for what one then cost, and per-
haps have change enough left to buy handkerchief
pair OF stockings, or even silk wascoat. 1t is no
eiutation Of these facts the nerences 10 be drawn
from them. TO say that the period of which we sneak
was one when goods OF all descriptions were high in
Consequence of the embargo and nom intercourse acts
there never WIS n time from the settlement OF the
country 10 the close of the war in 1915 when five
.l,.tn al - f-lea
woolcr goods which will purchase at the present
time.
Neither will it avail any thing 20 say that labor
and agricultural productions produced more money or
higher compensation twcnt, years AGO than they DO
now, i any should be fool hardy enough TO make
the remark. The prices Of labor in some branches
OF mechanics may have deprecisted--h
and shipwriglts, for instancG,--thOugh we are not
aware that gages GTo much il any lower now than in
the most busy times. In many trades the price of
labor has constantly been rising, and has long been
at so high rate that he who is employed on daily or
weekly wages makes moro money than his employer.
without suffering any of the trouble hazard which
invariably accompanies the operations Of the principal
As to agricultural products, I'VE speak particularly
with reference TO those Of New England and the
middle Statcsl when did they ever command better
priceg Those farmers who 1--we adjacent TO the
large towns, New York, Provideuce, Hartford. Bos-
ION, Portland, ard others, and even within fifty or
sixty miles Of those places are on the high road to
wealth, and II they do not reach the goal,thc OBJ
Jet Of every mans toil,the fault must he in ,hom-
selves. Beet, Pork, Ham. Butter. Milk, Cream,
Veal, Mutton, Poultry, high as they were eyer
known to be in market, and some of these articles
bear price so high TO amount TO an actual proh-
bition Of their use, except in the families Of the most
wealthy members of our community. Two pounds
Of butter half bushol Of peas or box Of strawber-
RIGS, will purchase shirt; and few dozen Of eggs,
or few punches Of asparagus, will put a rufe It.
The proceeds Of a single wagon load Of vegetables,
such as arc daily brought into the market, aud
which, in some of our recent warm nights, grow up
almost fast Jonah's gourd, will furnish decent
and respectable suit Of clothes and second one will
supply moderate family with tea, coffee, and sugar
for month.
not, IN the main, susceptible Of demonstration. Tho
application we leave to the good sense and sagtci,y
o.. he reader.