Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-05

widest field of action, be desirable, then called
unon by every duty and every tie to ourselves and to
our fellow beings, TO throw down all barriers TO freedom
of intercourse whenever it is practicable to do and
never can we defend a policy which has other re-
comuendation than that OF cutting off as commu-
nifty from all necessity for intercourse with the rest OF
| the world.
We believe, that the cry OF the manufacturers for
protection is that can never cease; the more they
are protected the their wants increase, and tins
must no the yabe result for TO encourage them you
drive away foreign competition, and by doing new
capi,a is enliced into the business at home, and this
necessarily produces domestic competition generated
not uneGuently by foreign capital, and when tins IN
cr.ases 10 the extent winch originally caused the de-
mand for pralecton, The unskltu and the negligent
beun to fail double set become clanorous for further
nrnection and new demands must be yielded 10, or
run ensues the manufacturers and 10 all the branch
es of industry connected with them
If an increase OF the Tariff be viewed as revenue
measure then we believe that it is not always calcula-
ted TO increase the for, if the manufacturer
be incidentally protected IL can only be by withdraw
ing from the market portion of the foreign supply,
and substituting its place the home supply and upon
the portion withdrawn no revenue can be raised; ana
# The protection amounts TO prohibition of the foreign
suppy altogether the whole revenue must be destroy
ed We believe, in this state OF things, We are pay
inp 10 the manufacturers the revenue which ought TO
co into the Treasury OF the nation and rs revenue is
essential support the Government, necessity VIII
xis for revenue from other sources, anu We SHAT mus
be forced to pay double taxes The one to sustain The
nation the other 10 sustain those who ought 10 sustain
themselves.
The Tariff bill now before the House of Representa-
ves s in some respects clearly calculated to reduce
the revenue and to operate only as prohibition ouch
clearly The effect of the minimum prIncIpe
into the bill from the Committee Manufactures, ana
therefore by indirectly sanconing this bull 'he i.ch
mond Memcriasts must also sanction llie p oseeu'e
principle in its wors, form, because the b IS s"
far even prob bitorv; MIR. Brown, an able member
from Tennessee, says: "Why this doubling oil du'
ties; So much by the pound, and also SO much on
the value Blankets cassneres, cloths; winch NULL
tndes of aborng men, WITHOUT families to make what
is called homespun, must hare-are 10 De 'a&eo ~ per
cent: rsady.made clothes 40. This IS all enormous
prolec,ion-too much by 10 or 20 per cent In New
York. ward of plain cotton cloth suppose 10 cost
five cents; yet it must be considered Us costing
go cents or if costing 10 cents, the law says II must
be eoasdered as having cost % cents, and pay duty
of 30 per cent moi the actual cost, but on Inc pre-
summed cost So of all the various priced calIc"es-
whether costing 10, To- or 20 Cents they must be con
deycdin lac having cost % cents, and pay DUTY
a, that rate being duty of 100, 200, Or IN some cases.
Of 300 per cent or more. Why this enormous duty,
hut for the entire exclusion of all cotton goods whatso-
ever, Under former duties all such have been ex.
cluded except about millions worth; and, uncer
this rate of duty even that will be swept overheard
and the whole home market be entirely surrendered