Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-08

100000 horCs sugar. ~ 500. 100000 s. s. n p
100 600 hhds.nolas. -, I,4IOO00-3.Isa hid
Is 10000 lbs. coffee o. cts ner N. 1.I25. 900 free
4 $4,000. 600 $40 perM NJ. 10000. 2I5 per NJ.
10000 hales Tobacco $40. 100000. 300 per bale
100000 gals. Honey; 30 cts. 10000, 30 per cent.
amounting. in al. to seven millions four hundred
~foriy-fvo ihousand dollars. cost in Cuba. and on
which We impose @ duty Of ore million six hundred
and sevsnty-four ihouslnI three hundred and fiy
dollars.
We exported to Cuts in the above nsu 81 lime,
Of domestic produce. TO The amount Of s5.33I47l.
This was made mp partly ne Ellous;
Flour value Al home Sc per bbl-iuiy in CaSa $40
Beef " 3" " 9" 4" " 4" . IA
Pork " (" " 10" 423
The duties here displayed amount Ia very near HE
cost Of the article in this country. up,n an average
and about half the valuation in Cuba, while our i'm.
ports from that Island are hut about one-Sevenih Of
The valuation here. Our Flour pays in Cuba l66l
per cent, ard our rice 20 per rent. Nor is This all
To export to that Island. Spanish vessels must he
employed. when practicable, as port charges for
'hrm are 62l cents per tor, while the same on A.
merican vessels are 81 so. In American pors
Spanish and American vessels are on the same foot.
ing. The heavy duty imposed upon -four u in,en-
ded 10 encourage agriculture iu " e north ofSpain,
from which -four - Omitted 81 half the duty i'm
pnsed on ours. This has The eject of depressing.
very materially, The price Of flour in this country
and in this very region. Were i, admiued On The
terms We admit Cuba cofre. we should supply the
market in exchange fcsiLe coiI-o II the conniry and
The price in consequence Of that market being rr~n.
81 would he rrnporionRhly enhanced. 4 ealcnla-
ton Of The amount of -four consumed in Cuba com.
AIRED with the amount produced in me valley Of
The Ohio and our favorable location. leads me u he
~ - IL III n 80
he price OF -four in This vicinity. would DO reason.
bly, enhanced TO he producer one dollar twenty cts.
por barrel. lfihe American farmer luses 81 20 per
barrel on -four by the duties in Ccha. how much
Thny we suppse that Island gains, America being
her main market. by our free admission Ofcsaee in
siead Of under couuiervailing du'issl
In the 81 piaee I propose TO remark upon The
'mPolicy Of striving 70 mako America an a%gricul-
turnl country exclusively. instead ofcnmbining az
ricul,Urs and manufactures and fostering each a.
they need it, by show ing The great disadvantage On
der which agriculture labors compred with manu-
hetures IN transportation when 10 is necessary 20
e1por produce to q foreign market. The expense
OF reaching any market compared with other prod
Gers - TAX on the producer. For instance. The
OHIO river Is the main market for wheat m this re-
gion, & q person living forty miles from tho river Is
faxed by his location. upon his vhsat. - much o.
the crsi of transportation il fram h- farm 10 the riy.
er Suppose he gets une dollar a bu-hsl Tor wheat
and 70 costs him ton ccnis 10 carry IL there. he j.
hxed by his location 10 per cent. m gets but
50 cents for his corn. the transportation Of which
also costs ton CENTS per hu-hel. he is taxed 90 psr
csni.nnd he mHst max she fni ccs' being he Sme.
~ por cent less on his corn Than the man who
lives on The hank &c The river. AZ the q sianco and
cost of transportation 10 a market increases. the tex
increases, md us the price in prnporiion IN weight
~ bulk decreases.fhs tx per cent inrrea-ss. Sup
pose he pors of the world were oucn 10 OIL pm
dpce and manufactures aud we from the pauci'v ~
our mnnuiart1ros were rompclled - b come g pure
w agricultural people. The cost Of sending any
description "f produce 10 England Or Fra9rs is not
less ihau2 cents per ~. The rosi here IT wheat
o. about 10 cents per pound. Rye ] rent. Oais 4
cent, Blrlsv p crnis. Burkvhent I cent nor ~
Potatoes are worth II per coat. slme Of thoss
articles VII never benr transportation even 10 tho
city Of N YORK &whrn Iho price j. lows 90 ~ nov
whsai ~ -four vii scarcsiy suffer he taV thns im.
posed on The western producer. Mauuhrtpresarr
upon an nverags. subject 10 fer les proportion
ate cost. hey bringing o. higher price per pruud
While iLe cost NJ cnrriaee sf2 crnts ror pound on
is more than The home cosi per pound the
of carriage on n pound Of manuac-Hrr silk. s
1oi more Than one fh0usandh per cent, is original
being from ten 10 twenty dollars prf pound
5oitan manufactured goods ore from ~ cents t1
D per pound. Woolcn goods from me 10 Eve DOL |
lfs. Iron from five cents 20 Eve dollars. &c. You
perceive that ihe Manufactured " ho b. corn-
eied go seek q distant market 60 hs prodtcisl