Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-04-20

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"Why can't our manufactures % alone" petulan,ly
asks free trader, "thoy have been protected long
noueh They ought uot 10 need II any more To this
answer, that II manufactures Were protected M mat
Ter oi special bounty iavoI 10 the manufacturers,
siuglc day were too luug Would not consent That they
should be sustained day longer than the interests Of
the ,etoe country required. But II have been success
iu in making sellundetsood. think that You have
already Tor the sake of manufactures. hui ior
The sake Of all productive labor. should protection be al
orlrd. Ii have been in,lliable YEN will have seen
that the purpose and essence 81 protection tabor sdrg
the making tao blades Of glass grow Instead 81 one
II does Tins by planting The manufacturer neatl, Ms
may he b, the side Of the farmer as Mr. jefferson ~
pressed IT, and thereby securing 10 the latter market
for which he had looked 10 Europe in VAIN NV. thu
market of the latter Is certain the recurrence OF arfe
lite; but that Is all The farmer aud the manular
iurcr being virtually ueghbors will mo-, interchange
ther productions directly, u with but Intermediate:
instead OF sending them lecnrocay aefoss hall cont
n,nl AMI broad ocean. Though the lands Of hold
es. until the ,ul taken by after another has eN
cecdcd what remain OF the erlst dear bought and
iar fetched lsa dry old maxim. containing more essen
ua truth than many cheaporhy medon professor Of
political economy. nder the protective policy instead
VI having thousand men making cloth on one cont
neni. and MI equal number raising grain on another
with three lhuusand hciousls employed in transport
ing aud nicrchangmg tlestA products, we have over
two Thousand producers of galn and rs many II cloth
making the Exchanges between them This consequence
is inevitable, although ,he production either side IL
not confined To the very choicest locations the total pro
duct OF thclf labor Is twice rs much formerly In
thef words there is double quantity of food cnihna
aud all The nccessaes aud comforts of life be- shared
among the producers Of wealth simply from The minu
lion {" the humber 81 non producers. II all the
NOW enrolled IN armes aud nasies advanaacousy
employed IN productive Labor there would doubtless Il
Target Dividend OF comforts aud nccessfi,s Of , io all
j q IC I'd ntw mil In
receive ~ Just So III Tia, before uG Every thou,and
PERSONS omP we'd un ne, dless transportation and cll
'Ions commerce, are 81 many snbttacod from the great
body Of producers ttum the proceeds Of whose labor all
must be Suhssed The dividend ir each must Of course
be governed by the magnitude OF the quoiicnt
But if tbs Lt So advantageous II is qnciod, why Is
any lsisa,ien necessan} Why would not all yolnn.
tary see and embrace III ! answer, because the appa
rent individual advantage Is often 10 he pursued by
course directly adverse Ia HE general weafe Wo
hno" that Tree trade asserts The contrary Of this, main
tanning thai every man pnleues HAT mcst
daclNe 10 his individual Interest, the general GOOD viii
! 'lsfc'y lie aus; ecrlanly aud s.naliy pfouui,d But
Ia say rplathe o The Slaflng exceptions ~ this law
which crowd our statute books, with inuncton. and
pe1aue5. We are every whcIe meat with pointed con
trldclus 81 It's assumption, which halloNs and blcssts
the pursuits ul the gambler, dslllle and the lbeitinc
making The asolef SAINT and the sMiudcr h,rn.-A
dam smith himself admits, thai there are asueaiuns
which tntiel the individual, hui mpovefsh the commit
nlty b mlhe case lrure A. s. Is farmer Of II
lnnS, and lls much gam 10 sell chang. for puuds
But while deuonslrable that If ali HE mannlac
inffs consumed IN Illinois produced here the price
ii gram mus rise nearly 10 The average OF the world
is equally certain thai BIS sngle act buying and
CONSUMING American cloth viii mol raise The price ri
gIau gtnfay nor i las gram. II VIII not prcc, ptiy
affect thc pflc oi gran al ALL solemn compact ui the
whole community, Ia usr only Au.fican fabrics. would
have sotnr elect but this could be established ~
never enforced. lew free traders staining out, sci
hna then gram nj any advance hich might accrue aud
buying where they could buy the cheapcsi,' would
induce onr alter another 10 look out Tor number one aud
lei the Plllc Interests take Of themselves, aud the
Whole compact would lll Ia pieces like rope Of sand
Many would say, "Nhy should and 10 keep M
the price u prudncl am only consumer o ~ mol
realizing carIu9 for the interest al tho community
even though il less pal pshy involved his own aud than
would be- end Granted thai il is desirable IL cncour
age and prefer hume production aud manufacture taua
is The oby'e5 way and the only way in which can be
effectively and certainly accomplished.
But why Is tar1i necessary after manufactures
once esia5ahnd9 'lou say says Tree trader, THAT
You manufacture cheaper il protected than VIC cal
buy abroad: ilcn why not do it uitoa protection save
all irpuble!' Lit = answer this cag
VIII suppose the manufactures OF this country a
mount 10 one hundred Millions OF dollars per annsn. aud
these ol hfcal Bflalu three hundred Millions Let
suppose also. that under efficient protective tarih
ouIs are produced five per cent cheaper than those Of
England, aud that our markets supplied entire
" fom the home product. But at the end of this year,
iSf2, We conclude that ouI manufactures have been
protected long enongh ana ought now To 20 alone,
peal absolutely afl and commit great Interests
To the guidance Of free trade" Wen: al this very
time, tie BRIT sa manufacturers, on making up their
account and r6VIe" Of their years business, and that
they have manufactured goods costing them three hun
dred nilllens airc,dd and have sold lust about
llai amount; leaving residue surplus hand OF
fifteen or twenty millions worth. These TO be sold,
and then nett pr1co DIS will constitute The interest
their capital and the profit their years business
Dul ~herc shall they be sodl lfcrowdod the home,
or their established foreign markets, they will eu, and
dcpcss those markets causnga general decline of prizes
aud heavy loss, not merely this quantity u gos.
but on the whole Of their next YEARS. business. They
know better than to do any such thing. Instead oi II.
they say, Here Is the .3aorcan market just thrown
open To us, by repeal of their Tariff let send Hiher
our surplus, and sell 1t for hat it viii fetch" They
up 1t over accordingly, and in two three weeks
rafting Of IN our auction stores, at prices first five,
then ten fifteen, twenty, and down thirty per cent.
below our previous rates Every lolLcr and dealer is
uckled with tho idea of buying goods If novel patterns
so wonderfully cheap, aud the sale proceeds brsky.
though at constantly declining prices, till the whole
STOCK Is disposed Of, and market is gorged rcpe
ton.
Now, the British manufactures may not have received
Tor the whole twenty millions worth OF goods over four
teen or fifteen milluns--but uha Of IN Whatever it
may be, Is clear profit their years business ~ cash
or It's full equivalent. All their established markets
kept clear and eager and they Coon vigoronsy
and profrably with the business Of the year. But
more: they have crippled active and growing rival
they have preached new market which shall ere long
DC theirs also Let look at this side Of the question:
The American magulaclures have also stock If
Ms On hand. and they come into market 10 dis