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

'o,e unless too insignihcant To excite
attention.
We shall show in note below that
protecting tariH, never had but little.
Il any. eject on the revenue a. sleriv-
I'd from the customs unless To increase
its amount) though the ruin of that re.
'e"ue nas mo,rnf"hy predicted. Those
who made such predictions knew not
even thcmselves-muoh less were they
acquainted with the laws which regu.
late society. Desire aitcays presses
upon means. The man who earns one
dollar day, generally saves as much
money nj the end Of the wear. as ano.
ther Who earns q dollar and half-for
the reason that the latter INDUCES him
sell in what he calls coD,to,fs. While
the other IS bound down to the pur-
chase ofnecessarics, only. These things
are within every mans experience
We ask our readers TO look round a
mong their ncighbors, and see If these
are not 50. And. strange az IL NAV
appear, a manufacturing village Of 500
persons, though the greater part are
children, consume more duty paying
articles than an agricultural population
i"t the same CLASSY Of 2.CGO persons.
The regular receipt Of money by the
ioraher, enables, or tcmpts. them to
crafty themselves in comforts. -
such II human nature. and We shall
not find fault with il. There are mare
silk gowns and yards Of ribband. at
factory using five hundred bales of cot
ton ayear. than among the persons en-
gagged in growing l0,0O0-and much
more tea, coffee and sugar is used
Cyrus, after his overthrow Of the Ba-
byionish empire, was told how great IA
sum he might have possessed, had he
retained. instead Of distributed, the
fruits ut his victories among his friends
and followers. To shew the folly Of
such calculation, he gave ii out that
he needed larger sum Ut muncy-and
it was Immediately rendered To him BY
those tn when he had given the means
VI advancing il. So with us-if labor
be rendered profitable, there is no fear
of lack Of revenue. The product Of
the excise on beer. is sure indication
of the condition Of the iaboriny classes
in England. We refer to Eng.snd
because the " free trade philosophers"
make all their comparisons with a coun-
try in which the poor's rates. alone.
are larger IN amount than the whole Of
our revenue. reducing the public debt
mt the rate Of 10 millions ayear.--whosc
church rdfes. collected al the puint OF
the sword.) would pay OF all our ma
tional debt IN about a wear and a half.
Advance duties are, or are not, taxes.
according TO circumstances" Now.
if person Is compelled to use 90 lbs.
OF tea per annum, an increased duty
would be a tax; but il az liberty to re.
fuse the use Of it. diminished con
sumption might reduce the tax he had
pa We do not grow any tea. But
there Is tax of Is per cent. or "I5
dollars on every hundred of the cost"
"a MIR. Racquet has il. on wheat and In
dian corn-de0rns and hickory nuts
but the price of these is not affected
by the tax on them.
IL - then manifest. that the farmers
pay less money for the articles needed
by them, because of the manufacture
AT home, than they did before such
manufacture was established. We de-
fy The ste,riilg of single case TO tie
contrary. even in 'cradlcs" or "arti
fetal nowers.' But this is not all
The dUide,l labor Of the people gives
20 the land holders larger and more
safe markets for their various com,no
dllIcs in grain and other vegetables,
meats. drinks, fuel. timber, lumber,
and all other products and profits. in
one wear, than all The uOrh has girea
since the reUoiaion: excepting The cuI
tIvatOrs Of cotton, &c. whose product.
for great export, is of small compare
tive value. with the acquisitions Oi the
home market. This may appear an
extravagant expression To those Is hn
have not reelected on the 'subj ect-bu,
the points that ~ehavc previously made
and sustained, arc TO Us confirmation
strong as proofs of holy writ" that
this assertion is much within the range
OF "hoIv truth"
We add table Of the receipts. &C
cOrd'ng tn the nett amounts given by
Seybert aniil 1915, aud since derived
from the documents.
The average from 1871 to 1900 ia. less
than SguOO u01
1900 to 1912 Cor the w,r) 1900, 900
La 1916 AID 1917. because "f the
exhausted stock of foreign
goods Of all sorts during the
var, the average was 81 sos. 900
1918 1900. 600
1919 Oh 600 oon