Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-20
RICHMO Nd. Y a.
Thurs.:ny Morning. September 10. 1874
STATISTICS nE cnnNERY.

STATISTICS OF CbONERi.
The roe. 3al, WIZ, a noble Mars (OyrD va
in Murray (Lorl Mans:ie!d) lost We may
apply 4 similar sentiment 10 the Orator G. the
North. and roget In, SO Great Statesman ,hould
have been los. in u cbs,cr! lis i decidedly one
q. The first minis oil tie ;gc-c!c:r!v :hc g:"nt
mind of the Federal Par'y-and yet hi> han' OF
.nora, force sinks him Tar lciow the level q hum
drcts Of inferior mcn. lie has nadisniir o d.
si.n-ro stability Of purpose. OF late, he Cos
not seem aware %! Where h. is going les:eF-
dav. the Stern cncmy Of clay-io-day, hi> sapple
na,lc.cr-;o-,norrow relhap- hi secret opponent,
beg. rg the voices OF the hboiiions;S al Spring
field tor Mr.. Clay-iog"ay silent about him
afterwards al Albany. ana the other day al faun
Ton, where he presided over numerous mas,
meeting OF the Coons-somc % Yeas ago, one
ol The mos: powerful advocates Of Free Trade that
ever cxsled-and Eow. IN obstinate supporter Of
the Protective Srstem-anl what is even worse
than his crgrcrSaiions r.. ,rtiE9 10 coalempiiblc
and still more dis:naccui misrepresentation, 10
s!ozc over his hcreSi,s. For examplc-wc copy
the following from tie New York Plsbcian
TM.sr.:ooDs OF WEEsTEH.-Mr Webster. in
his Albany speech, says
an ,hc iirst place. lMseartpSetfs takes mi pms
6,r fo..., 10 NJ amoHr' q :10G0,G0n 0nhtahg.
Gard nos, il you 90 - Bo>tc.. and lock at the
-reat derot of the western railroad you viii
ind il filled vii. flour; ana in every road ara
ON the side hiils Of N,w Hampshire. AMI "hcra-
ever is wa.c. 70 loai, or s;caIi-powef 10 conv':
il in every village ana own, ;.rl n every eros
load. YOU will tiad Hour bearing every brand
from the State .. New York and the West; ana
M.fe's where il j. consumed. Massachusetts
takes end PAYS for flour annually - the amount
oi :; 5000
She taxes and pays for another S4O0o, 900 in
com and other grain. and much OF .H> Is from
N.w Yoll. and the Southern Stiles. Michigan,
Ohio. &c Of wooi-and ici the iarme. u Ouch
ces understand that and liz iarHcI: Of Pennsyl-
vania, and the farmers 81 Vermont, ami farmers
evefywhc.-. Let them understand when the
price Of wool is raised, what raises II.
"A,assacht,se.ts Aerself receives $3,00a,Ooo
worth oi wool; and II tie farmers get that
amount. if they can out OF an incidental and Jr-
diciou>' Tariff!
'Of leather ard hides, rom the mountains Of
New York mainly, Massachusetts buys every
year S10aG0O.
"Shc buys and consumes beef, pork and other
provisions. 10 the amount oil ;s300U000
"Of butter and cheese. mostly from New York.
She buvs II ,oG0,00a
..shc takes :jo0 o9f pig lead from Missouri
and Illinois.
"Sie iolcs s3,0a0000 NJ ricc from S0nM Ca,o'i-
ma tof ccaSampt'on. AMI
@Of faI, tith, g.. ifoa' '-l0i Mcg t"H hc gt"i'i-
oaS e'a Not't Stotc,' Il 100000
And. moi 10 overlook Pennsylvania, she pays
her annually 100000 icrir1n'
The Charleston Mercury exposes portion OF
these .,lsehoos. in the article We Guo;e below: ~
we have no doubt That careful examination will
find similar glaring errors in the other items:
.pLrxpERISG MISUNDERSTANDING. Web
stcr's recent speech in Albany produced en- effect
here amouaiin. almost 10 CONSERVATION. ltsceIns
nnnccuun;abc, ifhis gross ms-staelneEis are cX-
cnsc,l IS unis!entiona', that lnan who ha>
Keen all site engaged in public affairs, Should
~. profoundly icnoran.-and equally unacconnia-
HE il he wished 10 give the protective party ihe
hc,cf, ot fresh manufacture III iGc,s,--,hat he
shaulJ have taken 80 little pains II conceal The
r,ssnes. el the Fabrication in the gloss oi the Ia
brir We will give few specimens:
.He SAYS that Massachusetts consumes oil tar.
Mitch &c. from North Carolina, 10 Tie amount OF
( 100000 annually. Now, We have made dill
mont inquiry. and lind that Tie entire export oil
Ihose articles from that STATE but lille exceeds
half = million of dollars, ard of this il is csti-
mated Europe consumes about ninc-'eGihS.
ole SAYS. that Massachusetts consumes aDnu-
ally 1900 coo OF South Carolina Eice. u he
had consulted the price current he wc';id have
found thu; the enure shipment Goes MOI 'N'I "a
y 400 casks. which, 81 ST per casE. Is wor:l
Il 5sa 0no-and q, His hut 4 small portion Is
.c,nally consumed in Massachusetts
i .,;n lie SAYS Massachusetts takes .,oJo.-
0oo woril of Gotten annually Now, the entire
cor,s,,mn.i,n al, cotton in the y. :. is no, I0u,EM
ha,es which. at so per hale-ihc average va
no for some wears past--is worth on'y c7.oj,
0no Th. number Of Gotten Manufactures III
the United States stree 1873 (sec American Al
manac. page l;5,) VS. l,2i0, With IN aggregate
coni:l nflS 10 !2i--oi which 2IS we're III Mss
/ sschn. c,;s, with & capital of +:i,l.j,O'5 On n
! comnarison Of these fiaurcs, it does ut appear
tia; Massachusetts CONSUMES more than ioJ,oO,
Iaics of Gotten sanuall.. which, al >s23 9ci bale
is wor.h two only. instead OF seven millions %
dollars This is what Mr. Webster calls iahi;.
= pca-ii.al view Of the advantages oi the pro'ec-
nv, ,olcv. Tic whole system. from is III
f,undaiion 10 lis last glass. is bnl conca;cna;"c
fal.ehood. and an other decnce OF 1t wonl ~
The infusion of foreign and unnatural In3fed.
7 cnt'
We regret the necessity Of pointing oula SINH
I Iaru,;--s;a:cmcnt a, our own doors-Ho.des
we trust; by It's authors; but for the want OF Int
lie. plain explanation, calculated to deceive tn
ycomanry OF the land. Our able friend, I'd
munie Of Halifax, who wields The wcavers bean
all around him, among Tie Coon Orators OF tn
District. made some remarks upon the shipments
of Gour from or ?cit--apon which some OF th'
coors amply for niormalion 10 the merchants
Richmond They furnish a large lis ct flour
which We ship to tie Nonh-wiihout qualiiyir:
,lcr statistics via the iact, known 10 50 many o
orr merchants. that though ;iis quantity is sen
TO ,.c North. j; Is not destined, in i erea, degree
for he consumption Of The North. The create
parr is certainly not intended for The manuac;n
rers or, they generally use other bread-snfis; and
.i.fsforc. i; does not establish the proposiio
which Mcssrs. Clar AMI Webster are - anxiou
10 propagate. that hy encouraging manufacture
YOU encourage acricuiurc-ior, as they say, III
manufactures furnish mouths ID eat up the TAI
met's bread. Some portion of the Inferior hreaG
slufs of the South may be consumed BY IN
scamcn, shippers and other classes OF The Nor'i
Blu, far the greater proportion Of the iiour' vino
re ship 10 the North, is sent there Tor transhlr
mcnt 10 foreign ports-partly owing 10 the faci'
lies OF expectation, which the larger trade oil IN