Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-16

Ana others which We DO not notice.
In the articles of Dry Goods, they pro!rssed, orr.
ginay 10 give comparative statement Of the whole
rale price OF goods in the various branches al trade, ~
tie city Of Rchm0ad, carefully made up from act nn!
sales the year ISL, when the Tariff, nader the
Compromise Act, ranged at the very lowest rates oil
duty and in lS43 the fret year after the oppressive
Tariff, Demlgogues call il, passed by Wing Con-
sress went into full operation.
Now they say, inter giving quotations for the same
years, "The above is The raIME COST of goods TO
the IMPORTER and WHOLESALE DEALER, IN the years
respectively above mentioned. They are rclaed nj
VARIOUS RATES, 10 sut The creGts and terms If dealing
betweeM purchaser 0ad st!ier.
AS we urged in Report, the people now
form estimate OF how much reliance is 10 be placed
on "a bare comparative table of prices," when they
zee with what facility these tables are varied. The
ne 1t remark notice is, that the Democrats "airmed
every mhtre, that the prices of 3Il lower than
those Of lo43 " We do not know when lchere any
such proposition affirmed by any Democrat
Certain il is, have never affirmed it, heard It
affirmed by any intelligent person. This appears TO
10 be only ad!oit endeayor TO shift the question
The Wings frat announced the absurdity, tha, high
duties tended 10 make prices low; and attempted TO
tain 1t with what they called .facts" The Democrats
denied their propositions and stated that the contrary
true, that the tendency Of high duties make
prices high. The fallacy of these Wing "taots' being
exposed, they now pretend that the question merely
was, whether prices higher in al than 10, when,
as we have shown, the duties nearly the at
both periods Thirdly, they represent Affirming
this notable truth, 'lhat salt was always 50 log Cheap
that II cnr's here in ballast and the Tariff foud mt
make ii hghr or iolrsr" Now, we made this stat.
tie nj Report:
"Sil We have omitted altogether. BY the Wing, it
quoted 81 90 ,o2 25, in ls4. and 81 60 to 65 in
l543 The pfesen, price is 81 90 10 62l 1t is well
known, that this article varies in this market,
than in almost any other. And the IS plain
The State OF Virginia exports, annually, about five
millions Of dollars, rad imports annually, about
FIVE hundred thousand. Much the largest por-
ton of tina, xport goes from James river-to sup
ply the carriage for which, ships having no pro-.
por,onal import freight, take salt daiias'. In this
way glut Of the marker is often produced, and
prices rice or fall, from day 10 day
Compare their representation with our statement
Again. they represent truly for once, saying,
"that prices in lS4I had advanced on those of S43 "
We did, and do say They do not pretend TO
deny it; but very strangely add that many of the ar
tices selected (no, b. us they state Ter only
cheaper in 1914 than in ls4I." Well, we admit ! ;;
and does that tend show that the prices Of di had
not advanced on those of 49, Certainly these Wings
are very We repeat 10 the people of
Virginia The fact that the prices Of manufactured
cles have risen during this year, and still rising
upon the prices of lS43 and, though we admit that
they have not yet reached The rates they at,
der the duties of 1871, they very fast attaining to
those rates and, believe, will reach ,hem, if The
present Tariff s continued in force The best
evidence Of the fact rs, that such articles are rising
when almost every thing else is falling. The price of
labor which should regulate all prices, all know
has, in Virginia, fallen from 30 TO 90 per cent, within
the last two three years and, told, that TO
the North il has fallen - per cent.
We annex short table showing the decline in HE
hires Of town servants, mechanics, NC