Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-01-24

hrrri5f re efes.l the ron y o our iuaIs,. md 81.
- en,, aI.c Irgfls, vii nlclis.cly put In, atcle a
W ce"is 10 The Alneficanmp being the c.to,
s aftiesle will wiling frcgJ all profit In the tim
5c. III lie puf OF crushing the infant establishment,
u THIS county. and the importer Will give u, O, p hall
his pr5iiis rather ,han Loose ts portion Of lbs hI>ins.
Tins VIII reduce the Price u the article 10 cens irn
ing ii down Ia 81 Co. The American rnAnnfsetnres.
immediacly finds Tia, article in markc, at this enco
price, which in fact less than he Manufacture H.
article fr.lle must tfrTc. re. al sBden his hsh.s
give up b tst shoni al great oacfaiiec ard ,iei
nlal,ei = the iJrei5n m9ulacturer. who fa9jn, L.
new rival Destroyed, WI immediately demand the oil
prce aud put the article ST. and the consumer in Tho
country Will lie compelled to pay ii 20, or prh,,s
81 - to make up the loss which the importer and f.
cen manufacture s,sta ned during the period Of CONN.,
on 1his is the result when tho article is free OF d.,
Ity.
Now we will take the article at u rgaiyel, CO
both in Europe and AM RIGA. with protective duties
duty Of ) is imposed upon the article 10 ,nc,pt
age domestic manufactures. This, added 10 the fmc,
price. Al -. would bring The article up to 81 50 ~
Erren manufacturer icars that he shall loose the Amer
Market and consequently, to prevent srplusn his
home market and to surplus here, he will A,
put lis article est, 90 cents. the importer will
ryrcqo habits profits and take oil cents hcb VIII
bring the aglcic down 10 :. 40-tlc very prlce wb,ch
the article r5ua lat before the duty imp sed In the
meantime. the American manufactures produces tho sr,
ele which iccan sell for the prce. Hence then
additional price - pay. The importation " Ill n,t +.
materially checked and this with the domestic Irol1r
ton, will create surplus which w,l tend to Reduction,
Of the price sharp competition 1suc and nec,s
sity. that m9thcr # invention will bring improve.
menis in machinery 81 that the article can be prdn,d
a cheap Tie skill also which is acquired will
enable the manufacturer 10 turn off the article at less
expense and afford it 10 thc at reduced
price. Thus, SIR. will Discriminating duties protect tho
manufacturer and at the time cheaper the article
L., 81 Gprs iuStify
without duty, the reign manuacurersells the same
vmum price; with the Duty he sells at the minimum:
Without the duty. hecouli proftably reduce his price to
destroy manufacturer; with the duty he mus, come
down 10 the lowest price to compete with him."
Re apportionnet # Rezresentation.--T Selec,
committee d the House Of Representatives to whom the
reapportonmept Of representation under the new census
referred have rep rred. The number settled on as
the Gs ooo which, ifit be agreed on will reduce
the number Of members Of the popular branch of Con
grcss from 2l2 to e23: According to the ratio, Maine,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, New jersey
and Georgia each Lose one MEMBER Massachusetts, Con-
noc,icu, Mary land and Tennessee each lose two Penn
syvan., South Carolina and Kentucky each lose three
North Carolina loses four; New York l,scs 5 ; and
J-rgil;a loses sr, Ga the other hand, Lousian
q, gains one; Alabama. Mississippi and Michigan,
Illinois Arkansas and Delaware stand az they
are. Massachusetts, Will have the largest unrcpre-
cn,cd fraction Of population. to wit, 81 ,6s9-Souss
Carolina next, 50, 5o2--Nrw York next as 9l9-ycr.
mont 4s,ol9--Norh Carolina Al, N02-Virgina 40 ,2o2
---CoDnecticut 37,97l-Georga 35,0i4-Iilinois has
the smallest unrsprescnted fraction, 50-and Tennessee
next, 0,9S6 Under any arp1r'ionment that may be p
greed upon, however there must be large unrepcsentcd
fractions somewhere; and know Of way of avoid
ing it, but by allowing 10 States with such fractions
mounting 10, say thirds, Of the number emitting
representative to additional member, such rule
would greatly facilitate the adjustment Of this, al
times, yexcd question: and at the time much
discomfort aud heart burning. Under the apporonncn,
yf6s, 900. the non-slaycholdng States will have
ory Of 81 IN the II use Of Representatives and indeed.
they must have decided majority, whatever lie tho
Ito agreed upvn.