Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-11-25

submit Il 10 the experience aud gmsnt Of Ia, Amer
this particular moro advantageous tho eouor, Than
that whish, after delugipg our markets with foregU
manufactures, draw Of om US, 10 return, net eselsS
commodity but the instrument by whsh our excbepge'
performed the very basis Of bark eirsua i1o,
the essential prinsifle OF semnersisl cor fIsnsr.
Mistaken opinion, in regard to The ,H G, Il III tariff
upon tho prices OF commodities used 10 tho United S,aes
aud upon which the protes,ive sgt has b, en- b'ouya
to bear. have furnished some popular oil sgao'
The wisdom Of The policy. Ii has been said that the
ehee' 81 duty 70 nes,'," " 70 ne:ea's Tho price
tho tag. Ii would be- easy TO show, by minu'e sui
vey Of the whole field OF American ndu,,ry that, so
lar from this being true, the pvaaeie operation Of 'he
Ia i'll has been lower the price to ihs sonsuuer Of
every article that has been susscssfully manufactured
under The protection. Such a survey would require
more detail than the purpose OF this address alows bu
We propose TO examine the operation 81 ,hetarf upon
some OF our most important staples.
70 The article OF cotton il 10 admitted that our IN
asure has arrived at such perfection in the production
Of tho bte', that they not only fur oished al
Ii tie more than one-haf OF tho cost which the iL-
ported articles Of he kind bore few years ago,
but they are produced az eheaply a, the present time
our foreign rvas under al tho oxeitements Of Amer
Gan cowh etion, are able 10 furnish them. Taey have
had constant and increasing demand for several years
Tor expectation a. we'll a. for homo sousumpiiOn None
but the inner qualities now imported, which are
little, Ii at all affected by the minimum duty. The
price Of raw eaton has fallen but aboat cent pound
within the last four years, whilst the Prise OF cotton
yards TO the poun',-has fallen four eenis yard
within the same period. Satinets, OF wool and cooD
arc made al one halt tho prise OF ea,smsre, AMI are
moro durable Cot nannes forme rly imporit from
Cbns, frem hf,y to sixty yard, are made.
OF better qusliy. here, afrom 6feen to twenty senT
indeed We nigh, enumerase every species OF msnutae-
'urs in which his ma'e.ial ent,ri az a component
part, TO show that both in ths character OF the article
and the cheapnes Of Ito price, the country "a, been
great 6 .iper ,inse tho enactment Of the system tSa
has promoted ito fabrication. s-'
To the cotton planters of the IJniied AVA
tom has undoubtedly yelce tho de ci,ive advan.
lagos bas created seIian and valuable market for
about NTH Ct their CROP aud II has aged The
con'ump ion OF large qran Of ther staple 10 faSis
to which |, never would have been sppt d, il the
nuiasture had no, been carried in country.
The establishment Of cotton mill, amopg.t w. has had
the most visible tendency 10 induce our
to apply cotton 10 uses which both the lisy aud the
portion oil foreign maau.sc would have forever
forbidden them Eom adopting. This fact is con'pisu.
ousy seen In tho application Of cotton TO sail cob and
10 oil those articles OF heavy clothing, ia which il ha
lately been substituted for wool. II IL now man
'ursd mo carpets, blanket eordage, ,wine net work,
ana variety oil otser commodities shat may he sad to
DO ex.lu.ively OF Ameiisan ergi-. Cotton being 6
P'oduci Of our own SOIL we have naturally an in.ercst
extend m sppl cation TO new use', above what nigh,
os expected hom nations who are purchasers Il
The article, aud who are much, II not more, conserp
ed In preserving and promoting tho use Of wool and
hemp, in iao Iaerics 10 which have applied our cot
ton.
Lot US next idss ID, arisls Of | on; AID we will
ntoduse 'he nohse ~ Il with quotation from that
mastery report Of he frat Secretary of the Tseasry
~hicn oriy years ago, Tecomm. nded prohibitory d-
lies 10 favorot the manufacturers ef ,his article .lo
,aya that report, "ihey entitled TO pre-. emip en
ratk. Men. are moro essential in their kinds none
30 extensive in tseir use'. they constitute in Who'll.
or Ia part, the implements or the materials, or bo,h
OF almost every u'siul oecupaion. Taeir instrunsn
AMY eve,y where conspicuous. Ii 10 fortunate for
the a'ed States that thsy have peculiar adv age.
Tor deriving the full benefit OF this most valuable
material, aud they have every moivo to improve il
with systematic care. Ii il 10 be found in Va, ION.
Ate In al
oil amoh every qualify, and fuel, tho Chi, in ,,r.
men.in manufacturing II, 10 both cheap and p- MY"
ms reP;r' watch lisa treatise on Political Economy
At least equal to any thing that has appeared since
phblisstion states that tho average price OF on before
lie revolution, was about y dollars per ton
and that at the time of that report was about
dollars Soon after appears TO have risen to ninety
bvs dclars and in 1914 high az one hundred
and nay dollars Alter the int HscIusl TIsf Of 1918
which ruined numbers, induced by s vain protection
10 make investments In the manufacture OF iron
ii rose fom ninety 10 one hundred and fiv, dollar.
par ton. Under the Influence Of The du lis of the
acts Of 1924 and 1928, ii az declined TO iis pre-.
.ens prses q from ieyoniy-hvs 10 eighty hvs dol
lars per tor, and there is every reason for hs
tdent ballet entertained, that II cur IN make, b.
protected against The formidable and ineesssnt endea
YOURS OF hs British manufacturers TO cort:ol it, The
prise Of ion will, before long, desns to from fy IL
sixy doIia;s per ton Such 10 ths iIraiutahe proof
OF all recent expert nseCut nails which 10 1919 sold
or twelve cents per h. now sold for less shan halt
that sum, under ihs permanent security Of ys cert,
per 10. whish has given our manufacturers iher own
.
before Inenionsd) already 10 great measure .nppIv
themselves with nails. About one million eight han
dred thousand pounds OF nails and spikes imper,
cd into the United Saes 10 the course Of The wear or
ding tho Ash OF September, 1890 A duty OF two cent,
per 10. would 1t Is presumabe, speedily pct an end 10
90 considerable en- importation And il i. in every
view proper that an end should be put TO / -
Bar Iron uheh sold at Pi,tsburg In 1920 al Sl22
cells there now al $95. Cuttings whsh ware 500 re
low go psr ,on Such are The practical tesus. pro-
Fhs duty, by The Law CT 1876 so inads e"a,e a. 10
sau's nothing but ruin TO thoie and
ment oil price to the consumer The act Of 1918 wa.
'omo ame'ioraiori tho aets OF 1924 and 1928, hi.h
increased the duty, decreased tbs prize. Hsmmeret
bar iron under duty Of twenty-five dollars and fr,v
sent' Tod, 10 At lover prise than when under duty
OF Dno dollars ton, and improved 10 Iay from Va
10 ten per cent by the greater care aud xiii which
moro sxisn:ivs investment has naturally created undsT
more eerian pECtss'ion.-Ths efforts Of the Easlisl
maui ac,urers TO destroy the American manufacture O,
iron, and possess Of our market have
stoned extensive bankruptcies amor gsi ibcm In Esg
lard, and reduced tbs price of Iron considerably he
low The cost OF manufacture; insomuth tba, cor
Hon OF 100 manufacturers, recently he'd there re-
solved 10 reduce the quantity made twenty psr can,
throughout the Uniied Kingdoms Wnh ihe soa.,oui
Oh our msfte''hey would infalibly regulate both hs
prise aud III quantity Ct 'hs iroa in ,his sounry-
thirty Embellishments OF which have on earod in
western pennsylvania alone, sinss The last II, N s.,
lse innuenso Of protection upon WOO, Viii it h.,
been most beneficial upon tho farming s aier, has
had no tendency that wo aware Of 10 injure lie
plantation aeS The numbsr of she p p ,bs Uni,ed
increase al about ave millions sinso the ae, of 1904
wbi,h gave great mpaiss TO the stock The farmers
OF Virginia, PenD'yivaoia, Ohio, New York add Inc
ONE, "cosro"ing Sister, have an inieie n mi, na-
oual properly, tskrn al iy five sens par 10 se,Iy
equal TO The capital OF tho plantation States 10 ,bs en
on sroP Of this yea, reckoning IL a, thirty millions Of
uolar lhee 10 DO doubt iha, within ,h'e Yeas 10
come, the farming sSpi'I 10 wool will ba - or, 80,
luabi' iban the plaa'a'ion capital 10 cotep WIN.
ont protecting duties, American wosl noulI b, ,, g.
doeks which cover he imr1en,e and in, ,a 3