Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-06-09
DOMESTIC COTTON GOODs-THE
FALL I'm PRICES.
.An InteresLing SLatement

An Interesting Statement. =,
The revolution which s going on in
this country and in England, with re-
gard 10 the cotton ma0uaclure,'is indeed
extraordinary. The n Y. Herald gives
list OF pricss OF domestic cotton goods
IN Boston, such as brown shirtiugs, shee.
tiDgs, drilings, jean and negro cotteus
and IinseyS. at different periods, by
whichit seems that the average quota
IioDs in August, 1889, weFs l3cenIs. per
yard and IN May, ls43, 81 cents. The
average lowest ? rice in December was
s 600 cents, while il is now 7 700 cents
This reduction argues the writer, is tho
true reason Of the ability Of the New
Eng and people TO export manufactures.
The raw Material ii should beerecolec.
ted, has fallen at "a still greater ra,io
Thus, in August, 1889, U pand cotton
sold at IL and Is cents. May 7th, ,l643
il sold at 81 10 Ga. 'Genesee A,ur in
August, 1889, sold for Sc rs to So; 10
May 43, at S. and 5,l2. Bsef end pork
have also greatly fallen in price. while
wool which sold in 1899 al s. and 60
cents pound, now sells at 80 and 33
The writer follows out tho subject OF
somO length, and arrives at The follow.
idg conclusion:
-.Here iss reduction far greater than
that Of manufactured goods Let us
look al the resuIts-l00. 000 yards negro
plain colions in 1899, would sell for Sl5,
900; that sum would buy l07,I4I lbs.
New Orleans cotton, or 1000 bbIs. mess
beef The same number Of yards will
now sell for 10 600, which viii now buy
l42,s57 lbs New Orleans cotton, lI42
bbs. mess beef, as follows:
August, 1889
PIN cotton. lbs cot'n. Mess beef
100000 ydS. $4,000 l07,l4l or / 900
May, l843.
100000 yds. $4,000 l42,S57 or ! AZ
Acl'l bal, fav'r manurs 35,7l8 l42
This is an extraordinary result; one
third less money now commands the
same quantity of manufactures as in
1889, which commands 35 per cent.
moro raw material than in that year,
This is the true secret OF the protection
of domestic manufactures. The wagos
and board Of the operatives, los (Sl,67)
per week, is now nearly the same as in
1889. The immense demand for goods
for export, which is likely to grow out
of these low prices, will increase almost
indefinitely the demand for labor"
The above article shows great re.
duction since 1889, in tho price ofagri.
cultural productions. Beef, pork, and
wool, are enumerated among those nrli I
,cles which have been most affected. -
And the question which obviously pre-
sents itself is, whether tho producer can
sustain himSelf at he-presCnt prices.
We wish serioUsIy y 10 ask the farmers
and wish they would as seriously answer {
If they can make it profitable aye, il {
they can make living, even, by produ,
cling beef and pork at dollar and a
quarter TO dollar and half per hun
dred, and wool attwenty TO twenty FIVE
cents q poundf A fair remuneration to
labor in all cases, is what We want. hs
10 the price Of cotton, the planter can
'sell whether he can live by IT, The ex-
porlaion Of manufactured goodS 10 Eu
TOpe, has been occasioned by our manu-
faclurers being able TO get their raw
material much cheaper than tho English
can get that Of the same quality owing
10 the transportation and British duties
But it is only by keeping cotton down 10
these low prices that the expectation can
be carried on, and then only iu those
articles which require The least labor .
and The most raw material ln such =
articles tho manufacturers neither need !,
nor ask, any protection In other de- !
scripions Of goods, where much labor is a
required, ou T manufacturers cannot com p
pete with Foreigners, unless our labor "
ers can be compelled TO work for as low v
prices us their luborers do. Nov, shall u
our government continue euch protoc. a
tion as will ensure our manufacturing y
laborers fair compensation, or sha we u
only manufacture such goods as we can "
without any protection, and throw the u
balance Of labor into the agricultural G.
scale, and make moro beef, pork, aud p
wool, Of the present low prices, or lower CT
onesS "IAarS The question "-ZanesriiLe !
Gazette u
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