The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-11-27

per ie.-sne present seling pre- ~ ID
GLASS 3 AND GLASS WARES
Such wihdo& e{nsh - sold for SIS tbs
lOOsq. 60 10 ne -may now b. had for
81 ikd 90 ctS OF one half ihS bid price.
Glass and glass wares generally, are
mors,than one half less the price they
were before protection. was extended %
them, and we are thankful that they wert
really protected. We buy a, many tunS-
blefs for 80 cts @ used to cost tis 100.
i. GARNET WARES, 60.
= We are told that on all ssorts of cab;-
net ssares, the people are :. taxed, - thirty
dollars on every hundred 6ftke cost, |" or
SO on every cradle or table that costs
$lO." 6o'says MI. Rag not Of the q Ban
DER Of the Constitutipnl He also In
forms US, that chairs, hats, leather and az
;ts manufactured, euch as boots, SIoes, sad
dies, &c. with indeed, Utmost almost all
the products Of mechanics, pay the same
(" tax" Now, what sogues must these
mechanics be, seeing that from Baltimore
only, they have exported, to forsigw pla-.
ccs, not less thhr $5oo, ,OO0 worth of
these articles in one year, to meet the COM
petition Of faItthe world, while they EX-.
three dollars on every ten, of
the valne eftheir products, sold at home
A lesthern medal, with suitable motto
stamped on Saw dust stiHened with glue,
Is worthy the man who thus exposes the.
s,pindiings Of the mechanics Some of
the boys, being upholstets, might think
that he deserved Q coat Of glue, spripkled
with feaihers-but we hope they will not
bestow it :" LET HIM ALONE pcs Let
him wear his EngEsk coat-Auninolested
nc monument Of the safety with which
error Of opinion [for perversioo Of factsl
may be tolerated, when reasou. 10 left
free to combet IL 90 ~ sEcg'a'S 80
MISCELLANEOUS. ea,s
We have already extended THE essay
much beyond. the limits that we wished to
assign for it-but the facts are so numer-
Gus and the subject SO copious, that Il was
impracticahle to condense them more
than we have done--we shall therefore
conclude with few more specifications;
ne to the happy effects Of the &c Ameri-,
can system" in reducing the price Of
commoditiee-ndd;hg sore geiieral re-
marks 4i' l'fe 1ef
Lead and all its naannfactures, have
been reduced much in vslue- the duty
on pig lead is 3 cents per lb.--its price 8
Ei-4cents the duty on shot is a cents;
the price 5. Itwes 8 to locents before
the duty was laid. ass3
| Gun porder was 46 ceht. per ID. and ID
90 cents and less. The coiiihbh Us low
as 10 or 12 cents. ei
Spi,its 1dspentne was so cents i gall
lon in 1923, now 80 cents.
/" Cyphe,+ng Sidtes'& were taxed
with duty of32 l-2 per cent and they
are now cheaper by SO l-3 per ct. thad
before that duty WAS levied and cfa very
superior qdnlity. f2s ars -
Paper Is great and valuable inanhfsct-
ure-the variois business which old rags
furnish, is of a greater annual value than
the cotton crop Of South Carolina. The
price of the article has declined about 90
per cent. though the duty upon it was
much increased, and the quality has
greatly improved by the domestic compe-
tition.. The long list of sstaxes" on books
of different sorts, Is string ofnonsense.
Cusfor oil had an average price of more
| tndh uHcc uOlIdIs SallOn previous TO
1894, when it was taxed" with a duty
of 40 cents per gallon. A large cultiva-
ton of the bean Immediately followed,
and the price fell to about $50 cents, ex-
cept in 1928, when because Of a great de-
mand ofour oil in England, il rose to
275 cents per gallon, by which our farm
ers profited.
i Fire BRICK, in imitation Of the English
Stourbridee, and fully as good, are selling
for 80 dollars a thousand. Before we
made them ourselves, the British charged
10 dollars for them, and are now kindly
*We mention this important drticie be
cause it is the vast catalogue of {" faxes"
and t~ice mehtioned4-tbSt lately was
Published, and there are many pitts class
l-such as bonnet wire,' sbraces, or gal
lowscs-t chnfng dishes'--'Colognt wa,
ter 'currants i6r mince pies,' dolls for
childreh,' bsversacks,' shittens,' otto
of rosses'--' pack thread twice mentionJ
ed" tos.h powdet'--spermsceti cand-
les,' 'swce'meats, 't'rice put down--'toys'