Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-27
THE TARIFF or 70.

THAN Nc pcGcR Of .S1Ttbfrn NIsHElcidrtT.1
We have hcen favored with lie following Pa
per, containing the Sentiments and opinions Of 4
distinguished New England ;narui, c,G!or, Low
ac.ircy engaged in The business, and hose IL
,her. roiy dead made large fortune. previous to
tie war CT iSl2-wiihoui the aid Of even ;rc:dcr-
I'll ;ro..c,i1n' We cuolc the expressions q The
gentleman who transmitted us tle perez for pr5-
licat;on Th;svecy respectable Neutrality-suspicious.
siicgs "a h;ah TGri!T as both unW!se and uujGst"
AEj 50 il certainly Is nnder any aspect in which il
.iay he viewed The facts stated bY the writer
a!c curious ar3 interesting; but Ne entertain some
doubts about his views OF the operations q. the
Tariff c! ~ There NAY he some. or several
coarse articles. which Tariff or no Tariff mini
mum or 70 minimum, may lie manufactured
CHEAPER than the Eng.isn, AID Therefore would
demand TO competition win Inc foreign manu-
t.c,nrar Bu there mas, also he 4 large variety
o: stuff which come w;'hin the range ofthc mini
Min principle, CT special Gu.ies-ln; s:!l! N IN
mcnse variety oifatiics. OF superior description,
which is peculiarly taxed 3: the Tariff ii - and
ihu> gives IN unjust and odious monopoly - ,hc
Northern manufacturers :! the expense vi the
Southern people:
"What has been the Practca! effect q! tie Ia
rie o; 1912, or the whole interests Of tie country
n large You are awarc ii1t never placed
any confidence in lis tcuefci5i Il! - 81. the ua-
nufactprers. Ii nv ,c%. i; j all evidence OF
unsonnt Legislation, and leod- fho,e. WHO place
dependence on i;-,ciscr tar tie'r s.tH, u'dst'H.
rrd ff0rc9y--fo ;7.tn.
~; p.escD, manufacturers are rcapiEg large
urnfts-ia sn0yiaiop he ldrss; not secau>e there
wa no Tariff in lSi2 bat becaGSc tie whole
colntr, was bare Of manufactured gootS in l-i2
--occagioEei b. The stopping OF many OF Inc nils
10th in Europe and this country, turing ~ to'r
r,io.s -iici ij}ore} lie bUvS.h- cfitsb@hi.sh"Tti
M in 1850 end 1870 whca WcTr i;.,. inc'cTe:-
inc ron 1t the tifnc that az: was passed. bHi u
the natural rourse NJ GGde with or without Ia
rift manufacturers FANS. have had good blsi
EssS
The opening If toe China markets. gave IN
additional stimulus 70 our Coiton> Old lioaqiia,
Inc mo-! sagaciors of III, Hong Merchants (!atc-
X dcce2sed) and pro'abi; one Of tic be-: ii the
world. gave i single order to his corrc>pon-
fcn;s in Bosom. for fourteen millions Of yards 0;
berry American Co:,oaS, which with other large
shipments 10 China and o;her i1rsigG markets,
cleared o,;- marker of doncaics loa~irg n5t half
h, usri quantity on hand. for hone i.; ar ~,
=. the i!mc the whole We: had worn OIL. their
clothes: and ~ economy and cujivating ;sc soil,
instead II building cities on paper and spcculat:ng
n lands IS they had Tor rear, past ard .ga5'.d
.,l7aai,.S 10 pu,c!ai, Al these circumstances
conlh;ne,:, .o.ive stimulus 10 tie manufacturers,
soon alter the Ta:i!! was passed hui which The
Tariti oi great share of,ie crcdi; o. having pro-
iuceG the efiect-and in uiy visw, esc!,ed abou,
as nluch influence on il, as the Comets. or .Auro
"a Borcaiis. DO in producing war
at seems 10 me-, that the ,v0 arguments used
by the advocates OF high Tariff ncu,ralise each
Other. They take two views Of what they call
proretioz They tell tie manufactured. that By
shutting oft The foreign article, they give him the
aari;e! al price tl,a, will enable him success
fully 10 compete with the half fed paupeF popua-
lion of England. To the consumer they say, BY
/ protecting the manufacturer they increase home
competition TO such an extent that the fabrics are
produced lower than the foreign can De imported.
Il care not which REV of the subject is correc;.
Il the fra, that .hs manufacturer 4 benefited, i.