Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-08

sudleply discovered to be 90 oppressive. because
no, felt its premium TO that amount. psii TO the man-
uactures, by enabling them 10 sell ,heir iaores Vhe
people, Tor exactly much more than they could O.
therwise get for them. Tiis premium, however,
which on some Articles IL actually hundred por cen
The prime cost neither satishes htm nor them Mo-
thing short of prohibition Of importation OF foreign
70 d., Ii appears, will answer. You must take their
gooss a, their prices or rot at all-atd to those
prices by the and approved sy'tem OF finance e
10 b. farther HANGED by the tdres hch the manu-
ctrers az then to be made pay for thu privilege OF
mak their cloths and caiicoesand pi aud penknive'
Now, az cins, Thu SYSTEM Tor encouraging man
u/detWes aud raising Tepenue, we beg leave, with
great Difference, bu, with great sincerity, to oBrEsr
BY alt that zoe respect Of republican, PrtncPes-by oil
that we love in our ioms vi Government. We are
friends OF manufacturer Ourselves are OF that inter-
es /, would be strange If we w-re not IL Chords u.
TO witnes, their improvement, and We hope e.
TO hem CHI rished We believe, wever that on
most articles Of foreign manufacture, The dui''
are no,c d6unddntfy high for ALL he purposes Of
encouraging the gradual gro,ch Of american nsdnu-
fdetures," Il. SC. 1--WE are, thcrrf re, the resde'
will see, opposed TO prohibiting imports tom abroad
Tor the purpoe OF mauuf ,ciures believing
them 10 be, generally speaking, sufficiently encouraged
already"
Saturday, Aug Is. 1921 The Inollisencer con.
tipues the discussion thus:
".We have had OCCASION, from time to time, TO no.
es various proi which have been presented to the
people OF the Uoied States, Tor increasing tho duties
on importsa policy which il 'nerally suprocted on
he plea OF protection due 10 our otcn MANUFACTURES,
but sometimes it, merits, "a mea'ure neces
sary TO establish eq,ipose Of IMPORTS EXPORTS.
We deprscGte course Of experiments to REFUGE i'm
ports and exports TO state OF equality the end OF
which Apr ehend would be, that NO TRADE ,OOiHd
be let to us to regulate In OUR VIEW, things are
best as they are The balance of trade will reg uate
ire IL exchange s az ainst a. Import aions al d.
min.h in aDoun aud will be less and less, ii the
scale urn But, il any at emp ia made 10 change tn
present Ia III, we have heretofore suggested, The
pufacturers will have TO the day Of its
succession il will be change very differ, mt from that
VIII ch tn " il pursuit Of" Sc.
Asan, Saur ay, Sept g.
"wo have, all along belev ed that skill and economy
judiciously applied, would, with the aid OF
duties on imports, enable our manufacturers OF the
great staples OF cotton and WOOL TO compete successful
ty with foreign Jd6rics and derive from their labor
and capital, far and reasonable profit. This Ger
ainly is much and ought to be looked for in
the present universal depression of all pursuits OF in
dustry; and we wish most sincerely, that the other
great interests-the AGRtCULrURE, the COMMERCE,
and the NAVIGATION, OF the nation, could experience
the same fatteI ing prospects. Depressed these
are, IL is because deemed il both unjust and ne-
eeSsay TO cripple them still more by further FRACTIONS
Tor the benefit OF the other branch already the most
prosperous OF the family-that We have opposed an
humble dissent, 10 an augmentation Of the Tariff" SC.
ltappears that the pivo, on which Mr.. Niles polit-
cal vane turned, was the passage of the tariff law of
1924 judging from the following extract from the Re-
gister, Vol. 81, September {, 1924
LAS to the tariff had hoped that oppugnation to it
would have ceased The law has passed. after an open
and fair discussion before the people, though opposed
by many who ought to have been counted on as its
friends; and really believe that its effects will be
beneficial all parts OF the United States because il
goes TO the establishment of what Mr.. Clay happily
called an American pocy:' and the time, in my APP
is not far OIL when farther protection for
the agricultural interest will be asked for from quar-
ter in which the tariff i, least approved; s. them though
SO many in that quarter have drawn their support
from me- shall stand ready to aid them all that cam
that in their change of policy which he frankly
fesses he changed with the passage OF the law.
Upon whatp pivot Mr. Gales changed his views of a
reasonable tariff" apprehend is only 10 be found
"a the policy OF a celebrated coalition.
With this fresh supply of the munitions of war; for
he Editor OF the Enquirer, nevertheless commend
hose gentlemen the merces of his superior SIX II and
valor in the intermnabe warfare they have waged a.
gainst him on national policy. ViRGINtUS.