Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-10-07

Ncis, will In general enhance the price Of lbs doms,
de article, and The only difference 10, that in the one
ease the amount Of the goes into The Treasury and
10 the her into the pockets Of the mar uiac urer.
when the country 10 fu prepared 10 manufacture apy
article as ehe~py as 'he foreign sss. ca be import
cd, heh do'y on he latter pera,e pr,sibi.
uon, srd m that eePr. IN. pr,5rcsr o. experts osss
o" market he Am~tie,n tpanr 'ao,ufsr canon er-
ter into conpc 10" wph al foreign iusuIf e'me, OF.
equal 'erms. aud lac tu enables hiu 10 Il Il 20 The
price, hen he eou'uuirr i.' qmay tsx-j wbe,ber he
buys the foreign h. dom 'cies Thi is too
elcar 10 need i.lus Nv whs' 10 tbs f.c, ip
relation 10 Z ct Of tie Ia ~ upau Ike pses OF th.
protected article! And b.r- the qas son IT, no,
what may have been the Tell in pice. generally, with
In the last ten ysat but whsiue no prot, ar,iess
could nov he ch'aU-d cheaper, II II were not dr the
ex'ien Il tts TarH! This que s,ion il sn.w.r.d a,
once, by merely comparing the present prices OF the
same are rs " Europe aud hi. ua'ry IL not,
however, also c"nelui ELY answered by the fact iha
so.o", wosnsn' "ni oh socd' paying an average
on'y 81 n-a ut per cent III actually imported
to avery large smourt. AID sold as low. and in some
sa'e' lower, ih,n ,hs American manufacture, which
ray no duty o, all C.u'd lis Oct ~ take plac Il
bese encHs cheap this country a. in Enrore.
II tho s,veny I, ou.snd yard, Of cotton goods (befors
shud ~ :mForel during the present year into
Cta,Ies'on, ard olj (Afier paving du,y e III per
cent slow - domestic oi The q atty had eost
nmUsh 10 Ia isn', could hey have b, imported al
air And 10 u no GUAR, 'ha, tut Ter his du y. they
could have been cold much th apr here, The di ~
oil the B'nn-r at the C'n.ru lou, in the last oumher
OF ba v~luabe papp, states that M .haa, of Penn
'yiva",e VITO had been an importer of cloth, Tor iii "
y-ers, had recently made an exanihatiop Of thirty
or toity pieces Il An'rican aud Erglish e'o h. OF
,bs seine q"aliiy. TIE l.: gil h s,c,h wa. n red a,
$2 81 cents per ysI'; ,hs American Al So rs sen,s;
std ye, hat 'ihi- Eog i-b tlJ h. he bad .asion a.
know, had paid duly OF forty five per cent, and
prem be dss: 20 the imp.f er # wepy five per cent"
Now In ih's case, but tpr ,bs du'y tn, B;,,b clio
cond have been "b'afoei At nearly hait price and The
dome hs must have dow abou, the sam. stan.
fs't, q. "a s.Ild not have b,,n rod at ALL II fellows,
IN Toiore that both in WOOL ns and ous (aud
same tire 10 rn" Of most other protected arei III.
sing tex oPer tes in incrsss The price bo on IN,
foreign and don site arire, and wher, IL doe, mol so
operate, mus, upon he producer by cult DIX OIL bic
naksts.
We unable give table Of r,l.'ive priee., bu,
We have bseo assured hat so,,ous can be purehs,.d
o. eight cents IL Euop which would sost at leas,
Twelve o- In this country. and hat woo,lens b,
got at one dollar fifty senS, whh would cost here az
ea' Two do'er hui cotton, at eight senis would Pay
adnty OF one buu'red per sen' aod woo lens al one
dollar hy cents, would not Pay much less 90 thai nei.
Their OF these descriptions can so imported at all.
a genh man 81 his y vel, acquainted with The cp
ra,on oil she sys,sm," has sxhihied TO The writer
coin coat which cost here xcu,s OF mskips) ter
dohs ~ eeD's-tbe cost OF the cloth in Enysud be.
" ooiy .brre do'ar' twenty-five een's-,he duties,
charges, &c amounting to five dol ars seventy. riyh
cens. coat OF Tie same quality, made Of American
.loh could not be procured Tor dollar. ity cents
We are s'su,ed y gen'l- men isow EOgapd, end by
o mere who have aS udily nsde iu,i cr,aiiops iba,
bio,d cloth sott CT veIJ drs quality San be purcbas
I'd IN re Tor from fifteen to twenty do ar, in all
tqua 20 whaf cos" IN This sounry from ihir 10 tori,
drsrs '
Advertisements have been pni into our ha pds ,hew
Ing 'he present prices NJ England. We will ,xuaeI
low OF them and let any p-ison acquainted with IN.
prices Of 'inii ,rd.s ia his country eompar, ,h.m
ard 'hens'y rheh-r our tar ia, kssened or incrcas
ed prices.
Aeema,e-'ucet. one door from P'esarcy. respectfully
submits 'hi pIises which Tor a les OF dre.s war.
rented he ces' IN every respect that be
let the piiee be what it rley A supsrhne ex raSxr
ny dre's sos' E3 j; tlask blue, E3 10. row
'-r', 81 IL 81 black or blue Ell Is; wa,seos II,
,oc'%an. OF livery, sompl- ., "a A. groou.'. dc
A. Ill ma A. o.
each, hue I"d,s long sloh do. l. so,,on hall hes.
g.. per d. tik hs dkrt chief. g., per d, ,ow,I, A.
OIL ftz jssn rrwscrs, 49,. per doz IT,, n waist
&s &c" p'' pat"
Il I" impossible 10 reduce TO figures The amount OF
.sher'rg u he'ed Up 'he col nhy by the American
Sy'iem. III be pr.ci.e Of the tar actually
peid could be nsc-rs'n-d, there would aiI remain IN
be ad'ed tbs IL a. On the rchdnt and he d, oduc,r n
cur 'x or,' ny tn 'n'sr'upin Of free trade. the
sons' quent smnntOn ia the value Il our produc ION
The following e''im't', founded on 49, view lake
~ planters, OF ou- acquaintance, ihis sui CT, Is
suhmIiied, 10 thew thai while some gentlemen Al.
pa,e the auoun' oil TAX 81 almost nothing yery In
emf dess are entertained by o,l,.r,. Without under.
ing 70 vonth Tor The accuracy OF this estimate we
ere sa1hed that alter making every poss BILE deduc.
ton enough viii rrmsr 20 shew that our ci,iz. ms do
g. fer eDoi mousiy under the system:
Ultimate
SyPpo'e planter nfome 40 be 81 00O On
His plantation supplies OF Proie ed ar'i.
sl-s may De abVu, $500 90
His supplies OF similar articles, for himself
and family, abou, 800 90
And supporting him 10 espend The whole Of
his tnsOme, (Which ost plsuie.s NV
coy the remainder viii probably he ex.
pended as follows In he purshase of
articles not taxod--'n cversesr's wages,
and the bills OF ptysisi NJ, ssbo, lmas-
ters, and me tbsOis,, in building SC &C. I7Oo 90
$4,000 90
The probable amount OF his tax under
euth expenditure of his income
uLud be az follows per cent. the
average u duties on 50 800 exp, nded
on protected atuclos il, 81 Osi 10
But In cCnst ence OF tho mo nous bu-
dons In posed ty ,bs syst. N on al per.
sons LDih tOhom the planter deals ne
10 Obliged 30 pay m5rs Tor heir services,
and even for some articles not taxed, than
they soUld Otherwise lie procure d Tor n
10 PER cent. be added for Ibi, we have ITO 90
MNkirE 'ogsiheF, 81 $50 90
Tax on an iDsVIDo OF 81 900
"ea' proportion OF the tax may be necessary Tor re-
nue., one con say. But II tho American Swat. m
were gwen ny, and Tree trade re,iored il s believed
That II would noesse,d 10 or 10 per sent, ibis 10
10 per NJ he deducted, and The $40 above e,t
mated be aso deducted IL I. believed ia both OF the se
will he hsu made by tbs elise, Of The sysem
lPnO TIE plsD fr, produeer wi ich not taken into
ibe account in tie above e"imaie-Let every man
make the calculation Tor himself.
DDlH@SIIGs
OF Commerce, IN OPP oson print An fTieer in The
kAaaN Ind MI sIFON, - Ia Al