Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-18

Cotton sol ,23S,G-2 S63,e'o,}uI S14,.'ou'oii
Tobacco ?s@2!Ii I,c,o'.D. 500 .' ,c
Flour oJ2'.iIu lu'lt",oio a a'r3'o o.o
p,rr o,4G0,i93 l94a,o76 2,olo,lD7
Manufactures 1O,G27,529 l2,'l-,'lo
From this table you wll see, Sir, the immense suPe
rofty Of our agricultural interest HE manufacturing
interest, has as have previously shown, in the great
essentials nearly possessed itself Of the home market
AMI by this table will be that, IN proportion 10
canal and labor, lis export larger than tina, oil agr
cnit;fe !; will ai-o be observed that this was cone
unApr declining Tariff al home, and without any Ia
-.G abroad In the name oil ali that IS lcst then, de-
u,nd 10 know why j, is that the agricultural aud plant
g interest is TO be depressed, that the manufacturing
NAV be enriched? 1T is not the most profitable bus.
rcss in The country, suppose, for II IS The only one
that IS begging tia, il may be made profitable W law
Snal! .=e ma n.ain it as public charge:
It's deeply interesting 10 us, IS people, that our
ca,al and labor should be engaged IN the most prpht-
able way What We make 10 sell, Is designed 10 be
converted into what we WISH 10 BUY; ana mus thc
crautitv we produce not more interesting lhan the
,i:,, TO- ,hich We can cxciange il. farmer makes
a tug;.serd bushels al wheat annually Tor SAFE; hVe
trndred cf whci lie is in the habit OF laying out IN
supplies for his family il Tariff 100 per cent Is lIn,
,csed upon such articles and he Id either compeHea
IA rive I'D his whole CROP stint his family oil one
half of ,hei. usua! supplies. Now, tins five hnhdFec
bushels of wheat really went into the treasury ,he
C,inor might find comfort IN The reiieciioh-out
when he knows that nine tenlfs oi II mas been SUNK III
losing business, has gone 10 enrich distant manu.
,e,urers he can but feel the most profound ndgha-
,on At ib. .,iy or rapacity by which he is undone-
The Enplisl.an would cheefuy give US 200 yards OF
brown cotton cloth for barrel ot Hour, nut our own
manufacturer will not give US more Than lco.
ret the 300 wards would be great advantage 10 tue
moor man-Eis comforts would be greatly increased
l.: ,hc law intercres, and imposes such duy mat
The Enasaan canno, give US more Than our own ma
! uu(nc;nrer j. lot THIS mcs; oppressive
Aran: manufacturer, wi;' capital OF SlO,o00 we
will suppose, wall make SEQ yards OF bFoadcio'h
raor a farmer with tie same capital, we will sup
nose can make $50 bushels Of wheat, which he
can exchange with the foreigner for 200 yards oil
broadcot,: Does not the farmer, substantially, make
.ore cloth than tie manufacturer: ANA Is II not oct
ter for the country have cloth made by the iarmer
nan The manufacturer in This view Of TIE SUBJECT:
| And that s is ill.,. true view, is TO tie found IN tie
fact that tc manufacturer cannot Get along "Foa his
o,ca hook, bat is compelled to call upon The farmer
to help han know II is SAID that, 1t manufactures
we're TO 20 u agriculture it would Cause go great all
increase IA HE supply Of cotton, -four, &c, that they
.voud na tr worth raising. II this would DC so, u
i. PLAIN IL every mind that the manufacturers would
not ant business. they would hold on 10 IT. Ihi y
would practise greater economy ana industry, ana fu
up with smaller profits.
RI, SIR would we cease 10 wear clothes If our own
conn,rvraen cease 10 make ;hem IA vii! pretend
u this II our manufacturers did moi supply them
foreign manufacturers would and this would create
demand .o- any increased surplus might have 10
n0ct active commerce, ana giving Us
two hundred Yards of cloth Tor barrel oi ilon instead
o one ndcd yards, before lustrated thus, IN fact
largely asng the farmer crop by diminishing the
quantity oil /! necessary to supply the annual wants o
bis family.
II is, however, insisted that foreigners viii no. buy
of us have already sufficiently met this question o!
fact and trust satisfactorily relued il. But they
vii buy of us, cannot buy OF them, as has been
previously shown in which event, we shonld lind ii
profitable manufacture and would, of course, DO
is.r<C at tna mis- n
necessary for the support of Government This, all
must agree, is UNJUST: and brief illustration viii
make II plan manufacturer and 4 farmer are
nciebnrs Free trade Each makes 81 600 year,
and each pays 500 year, for taxes. The manutaclu-
rPr comes 10 Congress, says lie cannot make living
profit on his capital, and prays the imposition Of high
duty on the imported article which in competi-
ton with his manufacture. The duty is imposed. The
manufacturer gets more for his article, and receives
Il II leo instead of 81 GEO. before The farmer has
- INV more for his roods Of course and then receives
5000 oniv instead OF IL 600, 5e!ore-tle manutac-
iu;ers excess and the farmers deficiency being ne
cessarlly the Both, however, continue 10 pay
nomnalIy the same anorai of taxes. But, under this
Tariff the manufacturer, in effect not only pays no tax
I'm, h,s his income increased. Without Tariff, after
paving his taxes he had $3.50; with Tariff, after pay
ing his taxes he has 81 ESQ The farmer without a
Tariff after paying bis taxes, had $780, with Tariff,
after paving his taxes, he has but SOD lie, in TRUTH
NOT onlv PAYS his own taxes, but the manufacturer
taxes and $50 besides This is an individual illustration
Of great result and establishes the fact that, under
Tariff policy the manufacturers practically relieved
from all participation in the public burdens.
Ii is conceded by ALL that free trade would be right,
were il universal What is this but concession that
single nation Of fools utterly abrrscte of the
mos, vital laws of political economy Now, Sir, |
contend that the laws of free trade departed
from without public mischief. | have 900 barrels
or -four for sale take them to market sell them for
sum which l am willing to take, and at which can
afford TO produce them. They nre taken 10 England
10 be consumed, where duty is imposed upon them
Is it not plainly matter of the most perfect lnd'fer
ence 10 me villa, that duty is; Far different, however,