Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-02-27
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| These were very inferior goods, and COM
pared in appearance with the lowest priced
printing cloths Of the present day, selling
from a. to e cents per yard. The prices ni-
fixed are tho retail prices, from which 10 per
ct. must be deducted, to get the wholesals
price.
Palna Gurruhs, Il yd. wide, were sold at
! IA, IL and 20 cents.--These were'a much
coarser and poorer article than would now
be used at our poor bouses--but were al that
time so much used, that they were consd-
cred the leading article with store keepers
so much so that the comparative cheapness
of any particular shop IN the eyes OF the pno.
nc, rested mainly on the price they sold
Gurrahs they were sold at
about cost.-Thls article would not now sell
at any price, such taste" have the people
acquired, from some cause, for superior goods
| 1t will be seen that these prices Will nearly
compare with the price affixed on The style
Of cotton goods which the preceding calcuia-
tions are based upon, and which are valued
at 35 cts per yard. II is about the same ar
Itce as was sold by Messrs.Almy, Brown and
Slater at ~ cts. which was probably the price
of rather an earlier date--now The writer
appeals to all who will take the trouble 10
ascertain for themselves, If the preceding
statements arc TO, true. Arc they ~ known
to be 80 TO most ?--And yet the laborers of
the north are told that the men-(most Of
whom are laborers themselvcs) whose nntlr-
ing industry, enterprlze and skill,--have pro-
duced this state Of things,-are pundering
them of their earnings, and are also robbiny
the Planters Of the south. These are tho
men who are plundering the public, while
the manufactured article, the product OF their
capital and industry, has fallen to one sixth
it's former prlce while The price ot labor, as
tar as they employ 1t, Is t'ar fold, aud tho pro-
duce of the farmer and staple Of the planter
has increased 10 value 30 to 100 per cent.--
The writer of this article is not engaged IN
The manufacture of cotton goods, and does
not depend al present on any thing but tho
soil for his support.-But his heart schens
within him when he contcuplates the high
and palmy state the industrious classos are
about To fall from--in tho United States-to
which they have been raised through tho
operations Of Il system, calculated precisely
to place the honest poor man OH par WIN
the wealthy IN other words, system lhst
posscssed oil the advantages capital csn con-
Ier without ITS COSTA poor name character
was his capital, with winch, when combined
with perseverance and Industry, hs could
b,d defiance To the oyergrowD capitalists
who control all the business IN specie coun.
lres. in which the poor man Is sure to die IN
The same state Of degradation and poverty IN
which he was born.-Wbat has elevated the
laboring man in this country go much above
tho same class in any other country known
what hut the combination OF tho credit sys.
tenn and the tariff Tor the protection OF bls
labor The credit system has enabled tho
poor mau TO enter Tho field IN competition
With the r,ch-and the uni.ttcrcd mind, buoy
n, and vigorous, has stopped at no point, but
has constantly advanced IN improvement
The ,arfI has protected the home markets
from tue foods Of foreign goods, which,
whe,hcr sold hlsh or low, drain the country
of i,s currency and thus dcrsngs the busi-
ness and PROSTATE the industry OF the coun.
,ry 10 sn hundred iimos the amount.-If
without tariff, The American man 'lscturer
could secure the home market TO himseif ~
selling a. los Gs The lOI,isner II wou'sp p"