Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-10-07

Z that the protection Of manufacturer, which IN
sures home market To our farmers, has not al
fected tbs amount efthst revenue, or enhane-
ed ls price Of arIices on which il acts. We
havs demonstrated, and IN manner that can
not be disputed, that the price of protected
commodies has universally declIned, and that
those most highly protected have declined, az
thu greatest rate. There Is no wonder iu this
Iii IL the natural result OF eompe iiiion--no
matter whether. among ourselyss. or Of the
working people OF the Uo,ed States against
those OF Great Britain. Take the strong case
of fire brick, not c,od by any newly disco
vered machinery, but only by the application
of American labor, to BRING into value what
had been vsluelsss tAmerican ,esrths. While
Eng and had the monopoly. the price Of each
brick was seven cent? but when the perJsve.
ring Messrs Berry, OF Baltimore, under the eb.
coorag e meof OF the !" Maryland destitute Of
tered quite squal, If not superior, article, Ist
three cents, the English makers were content
10 .eee. re the same price for theirs. Generous
men but such Is the inevitable effect ofa
brisk and well managed competition, and in all
| things. Monopoi,es cannot long exist among
| ourselves. The Messrs Berry already have sue.
| erssfUl rvnls In their meriierioas manufacture,
IN Baltimore. This 10 unavoidable necessity,
or 10 what the ancient called " Fste"--end is
| applicable to every domestic manufacture
unless too Insignificant TO excite attention.
! w. shall show in note below, the protecting
tariffs never bad but little, IL any. effect the
| revenue ms derived from the customs (unless TO
increase its ount)-ihough the ruin of that
| revenue was mourniully predicted. Those who
made such predictions knew not even tbem-
selyes--mueh less were they acquainted with
| The laws whirh regulate society. Desirc always
| presses upon means. The man who earns one
| dollar day, generally caves as much money al
| the end of n year, as another who earns dollar
| aud haif--for the reason tbat the latter indul
| ges himself IN what he calls comfort, while the
| other is bound down 10 the purchase OF 0ecessa-
,ies only. These things are within every maas
experience We ask our readers to lock round
among their neIgbbors and see II these are not
80. And. strange rs IL may appear, manufac=
turing village Of 900 persons, though the great
| er part are children, consume more duty paying
articles than an agricultural population lof the
same class,) Of 1000 persons The regular
receipt of money by tho former, enables, or
temp,s. them 10 crafty themselves in " com.
/ ior.' Such 10 human nature. and we shall nor
find fault with II. There ars more silk gowns
Il yards Of ribband, AT factory using 500 bales
of cotton year. than among the persons enga-
ged in growing lO.o00--and much more tea
coffee, aud sugar is used. Cyrus, after his over.
throw OF tho b ibylonish empire, was iod how
great n sum Of money he might have possessed,
had he retained instead of distributed the fruits
; of his victories among his friends aud followers.
10 shew the folly oil such a calculation, he gave
IL oni that he needed larger sum Of money
and il was immedat Iy rendered TO him by
those 10 whom he had given the means Of adj
vancing H.. So with us--f labor be rendered
profitable, there is no fear ola lack Of revenue
| The product Of the ex.ise on beer. is a sure ia,
dicsiion OF the condition Of the iaboring classas
in England We refer TO England. bocause the
+" free uade philosophers make all their com
PARSONS with a country in which the popr'srstes
alone. are larger in amount than the whole OF
our revenue, reducing the public debt Al The
rate Of ten millions year J. whose church
rates, coll ectrd al the point oiiho sword would
pay of all our nalionai Debt Ia about year and
u half!
/ Advanced duties ARE, or are not, taxes, &c
oordng 10 circumstance" Nov, II n person
is co,npc led 10 use 20lbs Of tea per annum an
increased duty would be a tax but, II at lib.r.
~ to refuse the use of il. a diminished eonsu,np,
ton might reduce he tax tina, no had paid. We
do not grow any tea. But there is "A "tax' of
10 per cent. or g." l6 dollars ON every hundred
of The cost, as Mr., Racquet has Il, on wheat aud
lndian corn--aeorns aud hickory nDts--bu, the
price OF these is not affected by INC" ,aI" on
| them.
II is ihen manifest, that the farmers pay less
money for the articles needed by them, because
OF the manufacture nj home, than they did be.
| fore such manufacture was established. We
defy the showing OF single case 10 the contra.
ry, even in +" cradles or artificial flowers p
But this is not all. The divided labor Of the
people gives TO the laDd-h6lders larger e. more
safe merkes for their various commodities in
| grain and other vegetables, meats, drinks, fuel,
timber, un Der, and all other products or profits
in one year, than all the world has given them
since the Notwithstanding the cullivstors
| OF cotton, &c. whose product, great for export,
| is OF small comparative value, with the Tequsi-
| lions Of tho home market. Ibis may appear an
extravagant expression to those WHO have not
| reflected on the subject but thu ,onts that we
have previously made and sustained, are 10 Us
| =" confrna ion strong ~ proofs from holy writ -
tina this assertion Is much within the range OF
j" holy ruth"
/ We add table Of the receipts, according 20
the oett amo nis given by Seyberi until 1915
and siace derived from the documents,
Inc average from 1871 to 1870 was
less than Ss,oooo00
! 1900 to 1912 Tor the war; I2.000.00o
Ia SIC and 1877 ,because of Tho ex-
haus'ed stock Of foreign goods
| OF all sorts during the war, the
average was al, 100000
/ 1878 l7,9o0W0
1919 20,0O0,000
/ 1920 1900 600
1921 l3000,00a
1922 l7,500,0Oo
| 1923 100000
1924 l7SOO,OO0
1925 b20,00O,OOO
1876 $4,000 900
1927 100000
1928 20. 100000
1929 (abouO coz, 100000