Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-02-03

nkeis, generally well supplied tine Virginia works,
nm The price had steadily kept down fory-Gve
nd my CENTS but on the frs, appearance of scarcity Of
seventh five per bu,hs aud would have continued
mis- esorbani price, had the Virginia Manufacturers,
than doulc the ordinary expense, replsnshed those
nfkets, aud reduced the article accustomed rate
In laso, the. fshat epoe's the quantity mannfirnred
ac,uIod within tie Unied States, was careful exanina
ion of the subject, estimated 4ii3o00 bushels aud no,
outstanding the embarrassing appehensions which hive
emily hung this branch industry will lie found tina,
present annual poduc, Of onr SAT- works. than
4H,9e bushels. The duty huheo paid, has effected as
as been sewu reduction Of prce consumer in every
bart of,be Unions III the by placing the foreign and
nestle article in such fair competition reduce
minimum price: in thu by horne production and by
udns great portion of foreign sal, from
s as to leave large surplus along the whole Atlantic Dor
Ter by which the has been there reduced from twenty
i've TO hiiy below what commodity Commanded
lSoI and 1903, when imported fee Of duty"
We conclude our extracts from The Memorial with
he following jus, general observations,
"Under the LIBERAL po,Eonsge the government with the
unlimited which possessed business mus,
xtend itself until it reaches the mi, by which nanul
ure must he bounded the ultimate demand side
nd the minimum Of living profit the other: mpro.
nce shall shed their influence its operations long
giving cheaper and better commodity for the consumption
illustrated by iii. Ksnawha works wnss eapao
y for production is fully adequate the
states should circumstances warrant the exeron OF
Itheir resources
But if once destroyed the loss rrecvablc Ifrl modern
establishments by its adoption is to ma *
the course oil government the consequence
humble Judgments, he the posTa,on OF manufacture
which our people have attempted and that of salt among
earliest sacrifices The experience NAV come hut
they will come too lasor rebuild egis-
auon, what their laws have destroyed, all
MAT when manufacture abandoned by the policy
The government whose protection whose
fostering care gave eSension confidence end and
prudent will not risk their capital when they has
been lost by change of opinion which again and
overwhem them in the ruin OF a experiment
The which the salt in
Tie county OF Kanawha, have given this subject, satisfies
them OF the of the facts and the
dress themselves for relief the wisdom and justice
with the conhdeut prayer and expectation that policy
indicated by the the session. will
and retracted and the duty foreign salt restored
Its former amount They deem unnecessary
against further reduction the mpost they
usfed that things arise in which the repesen
tavcs OF the people aud the be nduced her aud
more rapidly to crush the important establishments of he
try
Unanimously concuued in meeting OF the
facturers Of SALT held public Noise
Terra Sails in the of kanawha, day OF
October $780, aud subscribed for h their amp by
their ORDER
We do not know what effect this Memorial has
produced upon hose whom it was addressed Those
persons Politicians for the most part rather than
Legis!a.ors-judgDg by consequences to Party
rather than to the interests of the Country. How
they may view 1t, depends upon other circumstances
than It's merits, and be foreseen: but if
guided by the Intrinsic business Of the application Of
the Memorial, and the true policy of the Country
has been received with favor