Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-15
inne 10 be-. more preyalent than ever.

tinue TO be, more prevalent than ever.
1.-THE experience OF England has proven that high
duties upon imports beneficial TO the manufacturer
and not 10 his operatves-that they tend rot to the
diffusion of comfort and wealth among the masses, but
their concentration in the hands OF very small por
tion Of the entire population You know the friends OF
Tariff, in country, often refer TO The glory and
prosperity achieve for England BY her Tariff They
have, doubtless, induced some unIniormed, but well
disposed persons 20 believe that England is pnra
Disc and The of her people the most prosperous
and independent under the sun. The Iarffiies think
some deuson Of this kind necessary TO reconcile our
countrymen TO increased and unequal taxaon. hope,
you aud Others will occasionally lay before the public
such uc,s as will expose their attempts 10 msrad the
people, of every grade Of intellect and information -
Yon have probably read, in the July number of The
Ednburg Review, for 1912, an article on English men
deity and its The writer states, the annual
poor law expenditure of England alone, for the year
ending in March, 1910, 10 be, in round numbers,
Ca 300 00 Sin addition to this legal and involuntary
contribution for the support of the poor, the writer
estimates the money, voluntarily gwen TO the unnum-
bered beggars travelling through the country, at I'll
375 900 1T is dpplorabe fact, 'adds the writer, that
the English agricultural poor who have large families
Of very young children, live much better beggars,
than they do as laborers The manufacturing poor
are as being distressed than the agr
cultural poor, if, indeed, this be possible.
1.-THE begging population is divided into several
classes, and clever pamphlet has recently been pub
shed at Birmingham, by one well informed upon the
subject ,yho has described them, and the devices to
which they resort in order to procure money, food
clothes &c. From this pamphlet, the reviewer gives
copous extracts, which prove that the march of mind
has not been slow among the beggsrs OF Eng!and. =
The whole article, 10 which have thus briefly alluded,
will well repny perusa although IS only one among
many published during the last FIVE years by the differ
ent British Reviews. for the purpose OF awakening the
public attention, and EXCITING the public sympathy IN
behalf of the already great yet increasing number of
he destitute and Cd England.
awhile some OF the Taria Of our country are
excessively enamored with ana partial to England, and
are fond Of pointing TO her TT example for US 10
follow there are others who talk though England
our bitter commercial enemy, unwilling TO take cur
wheat and flour, and in short very Indifferent about
trading with us at all These the who talk so
prpty in favor of home market for all our surplus
agricultural productions. Let refer TO the last Re
port on the Commerce and Navigation o. The u. d;
mean for the year ending 0th Sept, IS4l, TO what
is the condition of our trade with England For that
year our exports of domestic produce to all the world
were upwards OF LOG millions, and our whole imports
very nearly I23 millions Of dollars. Of these imports
nearly 46 millions of imports came from England, and
in exchange for them exported to England more
than IA millions dollars worth of domestic produce and
nearly 81 millions Of foreign produce-thus selling to
her more than we bought of her. Our ports OF do
mesc produce to Great Britain nnd her dounons for
the last year 90; more, you perceive,
than one half of the whole exports of domestic produce
from the IT, S. England alone bought more than half
Of the raw cotton exported and nearly half OF The
tobacco sent abroad Our exports of ficur were not
quite milone Of dollars WORTH Of which about halt
vent to Great Britain und her dominions. Still the
Tariff men say England will not encourage the agrcul-
u.e Of the IT, s. and home market must be forced into
existence get rid Of surplus crops With truth
did tie Swedish Chancellor (Oxcnsern, was It not:)
tell Ills sou, that he knew not with how little wisdom
the world governed
/ am compelled 10 close hastily, but cannot do SO
without graduating you upon the recent trumpbs
Of cur Democratic friends.
With great respect,
Your obi serv't