Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-11-24

Of ten millisns on few aysicies vs al.
solute necessity, vhat cpuld We MT
10 II these taxes were sspesIeds Here
Is = tax al ten milli09s On the prodse.
lion Of the country. II thst tsx we've
taken oil. the same produce, sold a.
the same prices, would give an increas-
ell profit at ten millions. Can q pro-
position be piainers As il now IL. the
sa"ers Of sugar, coffee. SC. who are
The iabosers. pay tax Of ten millions.
That tax IL taken into the account of
expenses, and Of course Is 80 much TIA
Ken out 81 the profits Of labor. Il the
taxes were repealed, the profits nj the
same prices wooid be ten millions more.
How will this injure the trhiie laborer |:
How will il enable the siGre owner to
irjure the Whiie laboreri Does the
negro eat more sugar and coffee than
the white laborcr: No; IL is the ma.
nntscturer and the mechanic, who con.
sumo much the greatest proportion.-
These IN turn are compelled to put the
price Of their subsistence on the work.
which is repaid bv the farmer who con.
sumes the manufac ture-and thus il is
that the American manufacturer is
compelled, by high taxes, Ia pot high
prices On the proceeds Of his labor. Mr..
Niles admits tia both cni ton aad wool
len soods can be manufactured cheaper
~ the United States than in Eogland.
WHY so: Because we are enabled to
nse ia5or-ssviog machinery which can.
rnt b. used in England. Mr.. Nile.
says that IN communities possessing
equal scientific power, the leasijtaxej.
and cheapest fed, must command the
market. lie argues that il is the in
tercst of the farmers in the United
States to increase the number Of manu-.
facturers and artisans. because, he
says, the consumers Of their produce
will thus be increased aud brought
nearer to them. These are se.f-evi.
dent truths. Now haw stands these
propositions in the application II is
admitted that we are more cheaply fed
than the British manufacturers. We
have no tithcs, no nobility. no corn
laws. and we may soon add, no nation
al deb:. Upon this point then the adj.
vantage is all on our side. How stands
il on the others The necessary taxes
in the United States, on a population
Of twelve millions, after the payment
oil the national debt, are about twelve
millions of dollars. The taxes Of q.
Britain aud Ireland, with a population
Of twenty millions, are about two hun :.
dred ard eighty millions per apnum ;
and il to this be added the poor rates,
the tithes, &c. it ~ill swell the sum 10
about four hundred millions annually.
What difference! How greatly is
the balance in favor Of this country. -
Here, then, is the secret. The pro-
ductive labor in the United States pays
tax now of twenty five millions. that
Of Great Britain about four hundred
millions. These taxes must be again
levied upon the articles which the two
countries export, or else ruin would
follow. Great Britain is compelled TO
levy the amount of her taxes on her
manufactures. The operation Of her
tythe system prevents the extension Of
her agriculture, and She is compelled
10 feed those VIM are thrown out of em i.
ployment by the introduction Of ma
,hlnery. at the high prices which arc
maintained by hrr corn laws. Here
then is the cause which enables the
American manufacturer TO unherwOrk
our great manufacturing rival.
IL we can manufacture cheaper than
our great notwithstanding rival, il is be-
cause the tax upon labor is less in this
country than in England; and il fol-
A
our burdens would give our manufac-
iurcrs slili greater profits. The evil
dent consequence Of high duties is to
limit our manufactures 10 the domcs.
tic market, instead ut opening the mar
kets of the world to our manufacturing
enterprise. IL is certainly better Ia
manufacture our own goods than IL
import them; but il is far better 10
manufacture for other nations as we'll
AZ for ourselses-tcpeai unnecessary
taxes. and we will invite foreign CAPT.
tai and foreign skill to the u. States,
aud we shall then become the manu-.
iacturers and carriers for other nations
as vel. "a ourselves.
Who thcn Is interested in confirm.
ing these high taxesf The answer is
plain. Mr.. Clay aud Mr.. Webster,
who wish to unlle the white Isborers oI
the East and the West. in a political
crusade against the South. are interest.
ed IN deceiving the people at New
EnglAnd and Of the West into belize
that the tariff - necessary to the pro.
lection of white labor. WhyI Because
they wish to purchase white votes
One argument used by Mr.. Niles is
that the tariff has reduced the cost ~
manufactures. We propose in a "a
tarc number 10 show that the Feduc
TIM of prices IL attributable 90 th'
roo,l,ioe.i tufiaenre nj the anorecfaf