Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-21
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M Nv L " mgr UuiIe6 upon me n6cefgafles
OF lfs-'hst IL, The friends OF tho 'Ame lean Sysi. m. =
are constantly crying out, that The protecting pol,cy
ha. nfds 'hs protected sr,isIes cheap. They tell u.
so brcai sc they have observed tina, prices have fall len,
whilst dut-s have inereas,d; and, not being able 10
discriminate between a course " hith IL c. able OF pre-
cueing a par'icul r flee, and one which i. wholly in
capable Of producing ~, they adopt crude ard ooufussd
no'ion', which proven, them ir III blinking CORE e,iy.
In 4 ecnveysatior. The o'ber day, 10 a stage-cossh, with
a Penn-yivana. farmer, uron ibis subject, be said,
That ~ was enoush % him, TO koow. that, since TIE
Protective s stem had been adop ed, cotton goods,
iron, and gia's, were mnfh cheaper than hey were be.
fore il was sdoptsd. We asked him IL il had never
occurred TO him that the I'm he spoke Of. and wbIeb
we fully admitted, had been oceasioned by The late
eclipse Of the sun hs, being a canss quite as capable
OF pfodue ng such an effect, as Ugh duue'! We ak
ed hin IL be had no, noticed that c, fire, lea, chocolate.
,p Gee, pi,ks, wires, copper, tin, Gro, kerry, and a bun.
bred ohsr 'hirgs. which we do not pretend to manu.
facture or 10 produce our c ,ves, had also fallen in pricel
Ard, IT 20, upon what ground could Re take 1t for
grantee 'hat. The Tariff hsd or ca. toned The fall upon III.
articles he had %sPecifed' The resi- ruth lie, hat, so
far from the fall in TIE price Of The article. WI ich en-
JOY the highest protection havirg been ocsasoned by
the high duties, the fall inuniably preceded the in.
creased duties. Cotton goods did not tall after the y-sr
1876, 10 consequence It the du'y impes d IN thai,
year, but the duty of that year Was imposed in ctn.
sfqnepce Of the fall which had taken place in
1915, and which rendered The Then exciting du,y mad.
equa,e az a prohibition. Again, they did not ia sfter
the year 1924, in cons, quence of The further inerease
Of du y OF thai year, but the adji ional 1uty Of tn year
was imposed 10 conssqus nee nj tue tall which had AXE a
place teiween 1916 and 1924, owing 10 the vast i'm
proven enis in labor-ssviDg mschiorry, introduced r to
the cotton msnufac ue Of Eogland. A further diminu-
ton OF The price abroad LED TO the inerease Of duty i'm
1928; and The only reason WHY we DO not FAR a ella
NOR for mtre protection, is. TIN, tho du'y is row pro-
hibitory upon all he low priced & ots-and, conse.
on. n,y, The American System opeIs'es with il, fui,
force upon that ono article.
The same facts exit n reference 10 al the 9th, r
articles which enjoy tho greatest degree Of prohibition
10 heir favor. .Causes Il a general na,ur., operating
!. throughout the industrious world, have, happily for IN.
human family, enabled a days work TO produce more
than II formerly could be made 10 produce, and ,he e-
feet Of This has teeD a d, cline OF price, uhicb Ltipos
the ar'ici" TO the consumer q, a lees cos, OF labor than il
used to eost bin before. -Four yards Of common nus,
lin. which, a, rs cents a yard in 1915, would coz, n
days labor, can nov be had Tor Is . ,han half a day,.
labor, and. were II no, Tor the American System could
be had tor oue-tbird a Days labor. IL any oEe .oblipJ
TO tis interests "a moi 10 perceive that "cheopue.,, and
'dedrness' ate nothing but other lei ms 70 exprrss a
lees or a greater degree OF lsbor; aud 10 any one 90 stu.
pd So 20 prefer 10 io'i a whole dy 10 procure v ba, i, IL
possible tor him to procure by half day. workl In .
community ike ourS, one would suppose hat ibe answer
TO ims question would be a negative one. UDlortu-
na'e'y' hCwever, 1t 10 10, 80. Tne prevailing doctrine,
10 Pennsylvania and several 9th, States, IL. ,ba, lbs
more laborious the process by which a commodity i, OBJ
tanned, the better. II, is better, say thew who are nm
der the deiusion Of the American System, 10 give two
prices for a ton OF iron, or a bushel Of salt, or a pound
OF sugar, or a yard OF cloIh, than one rice. II is bet
Ter, say they, TO have one coat than two coats. 10 have
one plough than two ~ploughs. to have ono loaf than two
ioaves. Or else, why, i'm the name of common sense
when Providence places within the reach double ouan.
titles OF things, in exchange for their labor. do thew re
ject the gratuitous offer, and like idiots, prefer tho
smallest qusnhiy! such infstuation is incomprehensi-
Die; sut, as PeDnsylvania has exhibited, upon several
occasions az, for instance, when under the infu,ncs M
the iorty-oank MANIA, and the Redbeferian system OF
perpetual moiion-an equal degree OF delusion, which
ultimately passed away, we have no doubt that. when
her present selfish politicians begin 10 lose their nonu.
lsrity, as all have done who have gone before ,h.un m.
people viii come 10 teir senses. and no longer insist
upon u mat The proper way 10 make a people ptosner.
Gus is to make them pay dear for things which i 10 pos.
"ois Tor them 10 get cheap.