Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-10-10

II Cost of English goods LAID down IN ne" .o'h
before pay,ug tax 26 dollars 40 cents. Cost IN New
York after paying tax, S5l 90.
| (2l Cost Of English goods laid down in new fork
before paying tax, Sl4 40. Cost IN N T. after paying
tax, S23 40. w.,
before paying tax, g cts per TO- Cost In ~ after
paying tax, 50 cents per 10. =
l4) Cost OF English goods laid down in New York
before paving tax, cents Cos, in N. Y after paying
tax. cents per Id.
(5) Cost Of English goods laid down in New York
before paying tax, 7-0 cents Cost in N. York after
paying tax, 2.l0 cents per h.
(6) Cost of English goods laid down in New York
before paying tax, 5 ~ cents.
IA Cost of English goods laid down in n. Y. before
paying tax, s. cts. Cos, in N Y after paying tax %
per 10.
Many similar facts could be presented but let these
suffice The foregoing rates of 80, So 100 and $50 per
cent, &c. show how closely Mr. Clay adheres to the
Compromis Act.
The friends of Mr.. Clay one other argument,
which deserves notice They say, "goods are as cheap
as ever Admit II to be true but are they as cheap
as they ought TO be Are they cheap as they rould
BE- ii The Tariff moderate and equal or fixed at ~
per cent according TO the compromise Can IRON sell
low at tax Of S2o per tom as 1t could at only 80 =
Or can hemp bagg,ng sell as cheap under tax oil i've
cents square yard eqnal 10 81 cents running yardD
as could under tax OF only one cent?
But again. say that goods are as cheap now as they
used to be is not fair argument because the price OF
goods has not been natural or fair for thirty Six years
Ever the embargo of 1907 goods have been sold
at artificial prices; and especially since the tariff sys
TEN began in 1876 the price of goods has been regu
lated by the tariff The real question therefore, ~ not
what prices haze been but what ought they TO 6e!-
Shall we not have the benefits OF The advance OF the
arts-the improvements of nachnery-the application
of animal aud the wind giving facility TO
productive labor and chcapenng all the fabrics that
buy
The steam engine has sprung into being and has
worked revolution extraordinary than any pre-
vous discovery of science. On land 1t has rendered
the unassised labor of man comparatively valueess
and on space il has enabled us 10 say to the utter
most parts of the earth, thou art my neghbor -fr
Ha6erSham in 1912
Mr. Adams in his report from the Committee on
Manufactures in 1892 States that at the conclusion oil
the war Of 1885, the mechanical inventions then IN use
IN Great Britain alone, were estimated as equivalent 10
the manual labor Of two hundred millions of people
How great the increase that tme not in Great
Britain only, but in Europe and the U States
That of steam power alone must far exceed the ma
nual labor of two hundred millions oil peope-cheap
ening productions OF manufactured articles IN All al
most ncacuabe degree Shall the people believe, that
they are buying as cheap as they sngh because they
are buying cheap as they HUGE beenP
One fact IN CONCLUSION II is useless for Mr. Clays
friends in Georgia in 1913 deny that the Tariff Of
lS42 ,sa gross violation of the Compromise act or tina,
II IS high protccire measure Last year, when The
bill was pending, every Clay man in Congress from
Georgia, and from the whole South, excluding Mary
land, except seven, voted against the measure, and IN
their speeches denounced the bill these grounds
The Clay Wings of the South who voted for II in the
House, are: From virginia-Messrs Taaferro, Powell
and Barton From Lousiana-Messrs. White and
Moore Tennessee-Messrs Arnold and J l.. VII,
ams. And excepting these seven men, the whole
South opposed The measure. But MIR. Clays Northern
and Western party were in power; and what sgnlhed
the opposition Of his Southern rends and achat can
signify hsrsatier'
Felow-c,r,zens. The facts we have laid before you,
are of III. greatest Importance Consider them we'll
They are addressed 10 the rejecting and prudent Party
leaders and ambitious ofice-seekers will be deaf to
them but you can judge of the evidence for yourselves
as we'll as they oan who seek to rule you
By a Committee Of the State
Rights Party Of Oglethorps.