Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-12-08

It remains. II was worth (the superi.
or qualitics) 800 the ton, a few wear.
since, aid now sells for only $3.50
reduction IF ] S per cent. because offhc
domestic competition cgeiied on tic fu-
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MANUFACTURES OF WOOL.
The duties laid upon foreign wool,
for the protection Of American farmers.
(and which We heartily approx. Of. ex.
cePt as TO the coarscsf and finest quail
ties, because we do not produce anv
OF the former. and very little Of the
lattcr.) has prevented a large general
decline in the price 1T woollen goods.
except in what may be called tie me.
dium qualities, which were about IS
per cent less last year than previous
to the increased duties upon them.
The price OF wool has advanced, and
so have such cloths; but they are still
cheaper, Of American manufacture,
than ever they were, Of English pro-
duct, under n mere rcrenue duty. The
very fine cloths retain pretty nearly
their old prices, though rather less
All mixtures Of cotton and wool are
much cheaper. The Welsh plsins,'
which averaged at least Is cents a
yard, previous to the tariff Of 1924,
Tell to 90 cents, on the increased duty,
as soon as certain Of our factories we're
put IN operation. And the article
known as Canton cloths a much
more valuable one than the Welsh
plains sold last year at Sc to GO cents.
Their price has since advanced, be-
cause that the stock Of foreign coarse
wool is exhausted, and there is no do
nestle supply. Negro cloths. such as
IN 1925, g, and 8. sold for o. cents
and, because glut, last year, fur
% cents--now sell for 40 cents-for
the reason assigned. The south i'm
posed the duty on coarse wool. and
will pay it!
1t is difficult 10 fix de,crminatcly
descriptive quality of cloths, and no,
SD easy to make out clear comparison
OF prices; bnt it is manifest, that their
cost has generally declined with the
increase Of duties on them. The fact
~ that The manufacture Of a yard OF
cloth IN the United States, nor costs
Tess than n England, because of new
and improved machinery, not used in
the latter country, and which, perhaps.
cannot be used. because Of the great
number OF persons that II would throw
out OF employment. The difference in
the cost of yard OF cloth made in the
United States and in England. if any
there is, is in the difference of the cost
ut the wool and dye stufIs uscd-for
the protection Of farmers and planters.
AS before observed, we heartily an.
prove OF these duties, so far as they
affect articles produced by us in rca
sonable quantities; but the duties on
very coarse and very fine coois and in.
dgo, have n direct tendency to tax
consumers Of the cloths made out of.
or dyed. with these materials. The
farmers have had large advance i'm
the price ut their wool. and we are Glad
OF tive as much wish an advance in
the value Of cotton.
a great rise in the price Of nanncls
was predicted-but. with two tariffs
heaped upon them TO increase the price.
such as sold for G5 cents 10 1923, will
hardly bring that sum even now. Last
year these goods were seventeen cts.
only. This shows that the tariff has
no effect on their price. Wool was
cheap in 1899, and j. now more VA.
liable. and so are HanneIs. Such wool
as sold for 10 cts. last year is worth
thirty.
MANUFACTURES OF CoTToN.
These may be said 10 have fallen ff
W per cent IN price since the proiec-
ton oi the domestic manufacture ol
them--that is, .Gfiy cents will purchase
as much cotton cioths--shiFtings, sheet
iings, calicocs. piaids, stripes, and all
the common articles for men and wo.
meas wear-as one hHndTed cts. would
do. before our tsIiil laws we're enacted
to encourage the domestic industry
and consume the domestic materiai
Whole ship-loads 81 East HIiia cotton
goods were imported into the United
SIatcs--we now export American cot
ton goods 20 the Eat Indies, IL il
readily admitted, Though our oppo-
meats viii admit nothing , that 4 large
part of this reduced price is caused 6y
improved maehincry--but the fact Is
no less true, that coarse cotton goods
are cheaper at PrOrideHce. ~ Moie
Island, than Manchester. ~, EariGnd
We speak understandingly-a the
proof - at hand. that IN England they
have oounieriei,cd our marks 10 sell
their goods fOf ours, in South .4meri.
"a. We have seen 90 specimens Of
th's trick. The poor cotton Of Sugf
was worked 60 imIiste the strong up.
land Gotten Of South Carolina. &c.
thus to iniure both our planter. aud
manuiAc tuFers; bot such frsDds have
generally been discovered, "a the "a