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

he fSrmsr. aud upoa Me latter. In 1874 II was
rails d. upon the former to cents and upon the latter
to cents. At the tcrmer period, American Cordsge,
made Gus 81 Russian hemp, was Slf, whilst now II L.
worth $l2 81, but il 10 evident that, were it not i"r
he exiting duty, for ign cordags would be at Sc 81
Ger ewt, Tor the tareeJ, and So go tor thesuntarred.
The duty H. 100 per cent the foreign cost and
yet the price CT American manufacture has only fallen
IL cent
Corks- Veipet in 1916. were, upon an average, at
60 l-2 cents p gree Common at 81 l2 cent?, the
former are row n, AZ, and the latter at 27l.2 cents
The duty, In 1916 was rs per cent. AL vaorem; L. is
now 12 cents per pound which lie reduction those
Of ordinary sze
Cotton-Tbe following are the quotation, Of 1916
Sea leland. 10 to 81 cents per pound.
Bourbon and foreign, none.
New o. leans, 20 to 81 cents per pound.
Georgia Upland, % TO 20 LIZ cents per pound.
The duly was then cents per pound. but in u at
year II was reduced toS. The following the quo
n'ion. OF the present day;
New ORLEANS, IL IA 10 IL l-2 cen's per pound.
Up'ands, Ola toll cents per pound.
Alabama, 10 TO ~ cents per poCnl.
Tennessee, y to 10 cents per pound.
Se leland Il not oted because i, does not come TO
tn, New York market 10 large quantities.
Calcutta Goods article, in 1916, was thus
quoted:
Mamoodies 40 TO 40 per piec,.
Bafias 3 10 to 1 90 psr piece.
Emeiuss 90 to 80 per piece.
Cur abs, 10 to 4 S5 per piece.
These articles were what were known by the name
of IHds Mu.ns, and were sold at about 20 to
80 cents per yard. The duty upon them was % per
cent. but this duty. by the Tariff Of 1916 con.
veried into specific duty OF Ia cents per square
yard, which raised, in 1924, to Z cents, and
IN 1928, to 81 cents Had these articles continued
at 20 cents per square yard, this risa of duties would
have been only from % cent, which was the rate
OF Ia cents, TO 35 per cent. which was the rate Of
81 cents. But, owing TO the TALL IN the cost OF man
ufacturing goods, which began to t4ke pace Egg
land at that period, owing to the invention OF labor
saving macs inery, the al rdlorem rate Of The duty
Ia proper ion the other tell and, a. the
,or OF goods those above mentioned be made in
England about five cents per square yard, the duty
became prohibory, aud such goods are no longer i'm
ported. Is owing ~hlly 10 the fall in the price OF
the raw material, and 10 tho ihtroducii Of lato
saving machinery, ino this branch OF business, hat
he price OF cotton fabrics has fallen greatly has
done, and the only influence which TaIH has Lai
in the IL, TO prevent us from getting such goods
as otherwise would be able to get 'hrm. For.
cheap they they toould be still cheaper, "
1t tcds moi for the prohibitoTy duty.
In corrobJrat o. 4 our assertion OF the Influence Of
mschurry. in I'd cling the price o. cotton f'bric',
quote the following ricls from Scotch pape1, which
we icunj in the alton Il Gaz-,te
March of Machinery There are, at the prescn'
iime l,l72 pUwer-l,oms in Scotland, eSclu.ive OF
Catin, Blan yre, and ID sansown, wholly occuy lie in
he cotton manufacture. About twentt years ago,
there was scarcely one in Gil ssow and now, in that
mart OF enerprze, and in its imme didie
neis lorhool, IN are fortytwo mills the iarhes OF
W, ich scarcely extend, half mic beyond the royal.
ty and which, collectively, contain nne thousand and
twelve looms. single woman, who Is capable OF
mana ging looms, throws 81 daily forysisht yards
OF 10 and shir'iugs and of blAws and coarser IA
bcs she is capable Of throwing oil considerably more;
but, TO al Tor the finer fabrics wrought aud some
oerior hands the average may be % yards TOR each
Dom, " hrh makes The aggregate production Of the
whale, fail little short Of hun1r thousand yards
,-.ay. The whole number Of hands employee in the
rroiur tiO Of this sstOnshng quantity about four
housand Fix hundred omen, and six bundred and M.
Y mtn-and which would require upwards OF 90 900 |
dinary hand TO produce in .he space oil
ime."
Curranis-In 1916, were 10 cents per ID they are
low s. The du'y then was cents but 10 that year
i wa. reduced TO B cents.
To be continued in our nert