Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-12-28
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ss. 1888,


The Edinburgh Rerisr aud the Anerieon TariE.
The subioined extract, from the Edinburgh Review fo
September escaped notice until with it an the
Ohio State Journal.
1.-The Of England would be seriously injured
If prohibtory duties should diminish by half her
ports Ia America. She employs in supplying that hems
phcre probably, than forty millions pounds sterling
OF capital and the labor OF more than four hundred
and families and derives profit Of than four millions
OF pounds sterling year"
Thus while the advocates OF Free Trade, in America
holding the ides, that the present tariff
our produce will be shut out entirely from the Brush ports
the friends ut the system, Great Britain, em
bling with apprehension esI the should prove the
rum OF four hundred thousand smiIos engaged supply
ing with articles which manufacture as well our
selves Is not the ioly-Ihe stupidity of this branch
OF free trade reasoning completely exposed this para.
graph Do not its advocates the condition in winch
England placed with reg ard trade That she is
ooRcd To have IT, At all rsques, and that she will have Il
under any circumstances We in condition TO com.
pei her terms. and yet these for the sake
OF htte and doubtful advantage, would have us
throw away great and substantial benefit Madness Is
the only term properly descriptive such preposerous folly
Mr. Tamadge, IN his speech published by us last fall
estimates the Steam Power II England the labor Of 100
OOOoOO men, OF which Is fair presume, that least
veny per cent Is engaged IN manufacturing What is to
become OF the immense product OF this labor Il sure
y more than sufficient supply Engand-nay all the Br.
hsh boiiuonS, AT least I'VE tunes u hnd
vent the continent the States OF Europe have awakened
nj last though late, of their ow interest
and have, II with consent, land duties almost
prohbiiory on English manufactures. Where then Is
go Tho reports OF various Parliamentary Committees re-
present the shelves OF the manufacturers literally groan
ing beneath the accumulated weight OF goods
for which the find no sale The quantity far
from diminishing, is daily the increase. The manufac
urers cannot stop; they 60 let the consequences
themselves be what they What ,sk
Is to become OF this accumulated of goods unsold
and unsaeablo
The answer is plain enough They must BE- sold! Loss
gain they mus, be sold Our Country the only
where purchasers be found, which admits their IN
gress and here they will be brought oil hazards and sold
any sacrifice,
That this resu, already a course Of development
evident from article published by the New York Tribune
and repubishCd 10y us during the month OF November
IL was there stated and evidence offered OF the fact that
hardware merchant had received letter from house
with which he dealt, Ia Birmingham, informing him that
N preference 10 seeing Its goods forced market by
American competition. would remit i. duty on them en-.
uroy We have since other statements 10 the same
effect, but ls Is sufficient for purpose Improves
clearly that the English manufacturer is IN noconditon
10 hngglc about ensth1t the tariff, fact has placed
INN entirely IN power and that he into our
wishes, be ruined once lie knows tina, Jonathan
his best customer, and he will make any sacrifice rather
than lose lnm His goods be Sold they must rust
rot the shelves OF has warehouse The days Of en-
ormous profit end, and he be content with
any thing he get.
1t may appear OF readers who are more apt
TO depend theories than facts that have proved too
m"eh-ihat the necessity OF selling price, imposed
the English manufacturer by the duty will entirely coun
'eTaet the protective properties Of the law. To this
only that experience has proved almost every
article directly the Tha, foreign articles OF con-
f5.,r s,,N, d.,.s a.
cepuon, can BE- proved by reference price current OF
commercial newspaper years ago. and a coulp,ri
with the price current Of the paper this day
The reduction Of price many instances has been moi
merely apparent-it has been enormous Al the same time
manufactures have been steadily the increase
Here fact anst Iheory-pracca will not hesit.
in their choice
The Free Trade Legislators seem to us TO have mistaken
their constituents We would suggest to them that il is
their duty look after the interests Of these four hun
dred thousand British families which the Edinburgh Re
view tells threatened with ruin by the operation OF
Tariff. Their duty lies home We may lament
the condition Of large number Of human beings whose
supplies of daily bread hang upon such contingency
but 1t our business surely legisate for them All
the legislation Of Free Trade has been entirely Tor the be-
ne, OF the pauper popuatsn OF England the manifest
detnment OF people. We hope they will now be
left 10 the OF their Government and that our L.
gslalors will for the future upon the good old MAXIM
Charity begins At home"
As for imagining that England will ever, save when her
population the point Of Starvation throw open her ports
foreign agricultural products except very limited
scale believe none but few enthusiasts whose opinions
Of weight any such ridiculous opinion in
earnest a for those who pretend think so they are
be admitted for the good Of this roun
ny. BItsuppose she does, what good can it do Us The
around the Baltic, the best Wheat growing countries
the World always have surplus enough to supply her
and afford do IT, twenty in the bushel less
than we can OF the 1900 900 bushels imported into
England annually to exc out her of subsistence but
twentieth part supplied 10y this country.
Tor such small and advantage as we ore likely
gain called sacrifice the interests Of our
country large when such evidences afforded OF Eng
lands being in condition long refuse any thing If
Tariff s only kept on! We hope our counuymen will
Of stone to such evil suggestions