Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-15
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being the cost 70 him laid down in New YORK.
The importer ol.rIs 10 deliver 100000 wards OF
The same cotton in Manchester, England at :!
cents yard, 10 any who will pay HIM a COM
mission oI hye per cent. for the transaction.
II Is difficult 10 prepare statement which will
exhibit III tab'll?r tangible form the Compare
uve price, of tic Inc article Of manufacture in
different seasons, because, chiefly oi lie wait
o. iacIlhy We here possess, 10 find the Identical
manufacture. Your committee will therefore
only state, That, comparing tic goods OF the pre-
sem season with those Of tic same season last
year, ard not with those OF HE spring. because
">rrn2 @oo:s ale used in Tie Spl,ng and
Fall goods in the Fall We frd that there has
been marked advance in many OF the goods
II market. and which we believe 10 he influenced
hy "rrotectior.' ~ ior instance
Sleeps ,i,ay SauEct'-w Which sold in Rich
nond h.: Eal! a: IS cents, sells how at - cents
GLASGOW Jeans which sold in Richmond
last Fan I'll Is cents. >Cll row 1t II cents
"knoX> LiEseys which Sold in Richmond
last Fa!! Al - cents sell how Il, 81 cents.
"f'annel> Inch Sold in Richmond last Fall
al 10 Gems, sell now a. - cents
To confirm their own opinions, Your Commit
tee have taken the opinions oi several oi the most
intelligent aud well informed Of the Richmond
merchants, as 10 the advance per cent on certain
hliiAN ~ sbhtS, G1t ulbH lUlS dU.HbIIF llC1 Ittl
warranted in stating, generally, that since la.t
Fall, the advance has been. on
Sauinc,>, alout ~ per cert
Flannc>, - 30 per cent.
Linso;s - per cent.
keiser>, - 4 80 per cent.
In articles Of HARDWARE:
'.Sco:cd Bone Red Handle, S,ecl-blalc Knives
and Cast Iron Forks-which sold in the Spring
I'll Is cents sell now al 60 cents
Puck Handle Knives, Steel Blade and Steel
FORKS, which sold in the Spring al - cts, now
sell AT 81 10
observation-disclosures is an article sold
by 4 Car! of Prices, with Il certain discount
lrcin them. Last Spring the discount WAS L..
per cent; Ibis Fail, il is ~; being an advance
o the difference between The two, of - pcr cent.
"1'nc' Chains 10 GalS &. ieet, No >, hjeM."
sold las Srrr" 81 a ID cents; this Fan they are
selling II a II. The difference is in new con-
SIrnclion Of the Tariff. Those Of tie Splirg
were entered al 4 SpecyEc duty Of four cents per
H.. which is equ.lto per cent. Tins: A cas-:
OF u0 pair, weighing GO0 lbs, al Cd. siellin. pet
pair, costs delivered in Liverpool Is ID o. which
a. pa is $l5 II. The duty 4 cents per w. on the
weight. Goa lbs, is 5;el: which on the SlS H. he
cost Is 4 duty ot l32 per cent. By the new COR
st!uction alluded TO- Trace chains pay an al va
lorem duv Of 30 per cent.
II tdSI HIS siISb IbiiI utGtI tllt IO.Wc bi your
Committee which illustrates this principle fur
Their An importing house N THIS CITY had re-
ceivcj an invoice If Sott Springs which hey
proceeded la enter through the custom housc al IN
al v:.lorcm duty If 10 Pc cent, and immediate
~ Sold Inc whole 10, 1T s., cents per pair Eeulc
they were delivered, the Collector OF the customs
f'hf@ o Snf he psa * :c SPRINGS g came o'
under The c.ncI,l head Of iron wire which
pays I specific duty of five cents per H., which
j. equal To 30 per cent. thus 4 bundle Of
wire No. o 10 Il. weighing G3 lbs, costs delivered
in Liverpool IL l0d. sterling, or 81 II. The Gu-
ty 5 cents per To-, on Tie bundle 63 lbs, is then
= IL, or 30 per cent III coaSqHeate n NiS, in
the c0w ntsryCd TO- Nc same springs rtich h0G ittn
said at - cents coHId not Mca be ogorGed al hssttaTl
80 ccHis.
In manufacture. Of cotton, the continued effect
OF this policy IT This time as compared with the
past season is not 80 reiccphe, but i, nevcrlhe-
less. not less real. For, while the cotton goods
appear 10 Ne nearly at the same price, the truth
is. they ouch, Ia he, and would be, much lower,
bit for the effects OF The Tariff. The picc OF
cotton both in this country and in England, has
been gradually declining for the las; six years and
as the raw material declines, the manufacturers
could afford tu submit la q corresponding decline
in their prices. But in addition 10 this decline in
the RI " material, the Improvements OF machinery
have also ierced IL lessen the cost by diminishing
the expense Of labor. Instead o. hand machines,
regulated nv hi skill Of The spinner, seli-acring
! machines have been invented, roth in England
and in the United States. producing the mos,
wonderful effects. Among llcsc improvements,
We mention the ''mule," which has hcen made Il
seIf.aclng machinc-long 4 desidcratum 80 i'm
porani, that Mr.. Ellsworth, the distinguished
commissioner OF patents, Under our Government,
refers 10 it, Is having previously, in vain almost,
exhausted Tie hichcs, Ingenuity To show The
gradual fall in the price oil cotton, we annex a
statement, exhibiting The average r;lngc OF prices
Of cotton in the city Of Mobile for six SEASONS
embracing The months OF October November,
December, January, February, March, April,
Nav. and june III each year