Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-08

the rosy exercise the dairy o. the transportation Of
the produces G; both he mountain ws:e, and
throwing the line and karpoon in every sea. Most
per.ons point l NV E'-i.nd the bs, t.lcstTauon
o. the great profits 81 the protective system Bc' b.
SIDE The mischefs already ALLUDED incidental 10 T.
what has she gained from other respects, when all
her population connected sh her great cotton
men,s, would no, I'll ye county several OF our
States When the i-heries alone support great nrT-
oers hen nsny ri her ar, their habits almost
Is weh-ooted as the seafo@i WHICH y their heae.
wnea not ci7eftsf from agriculture and navigation
AMI the fisheries her hill sides would probably, have
been 2lughrd nearer their tops, her s.amps more tho
rooghiy drained, her manu,es improved additional IN
ventons raking ,threshng and 90 n ht
oc' or The present once discovered her fisheries
doubled end grown - what they Engllnd. aBd Ter
ships STU more aud carrying the surplus PIE
dace OF much u ,ne civilized world
tier population and capital would, in tha event,
nave been large, not larger than now and qn'e
IS hardy, moral, useful, and American. it nos
and, by moderate and regular ros, tar less tempting
10 nroads frugal habits, and our ~ sn,'iga
morals, nov exposed 10 smuggling ana all lst'a.n ::
Generalization.
To be =ure We have The aou,shng 4g-s ina, were
often referred to Bat, - Of tham. whole crop
o. early propretors had lost their investments n
other, tie church deserted, and tie dwellings,
ana factory bindings Gesoia:s; caC tGe iatsor
mefors other existed Of daptatioa AID ruin 10
cary es.at shments called prematursy and uns full =
INTO beng the boun;ss 81 7oG. hiyh protecting du-
tes And melancholy reject, that xhyre
some attachments had prospered and cites clustered
around ihm N, had bee the loss Of the remote
tcountry draining often Of capital wcll enter
PRIZE and ao0r and causing decline and c.s-5:on
one place 10 produce BUSINESS aa4 dsaa: il another
Suppose then, tia. tae- profits great some e.
adjustments, and the wages Of labor. well Is div
draGs capital, high Suppose, too, that aere, IN
some ct the vibrations al traffic prices aaG markets,
have YIELDED eyhotoitaat prof vet they canno:
long con,nne do seat!T, tempting where
every hing open ard tree other labor and othe!
capita! 10 aock 70 hem ana eqCa! thri, profits 10
@aa are mate IN Other branches 81 industry. The
who'll bus ness cot.ons, woo!!ens ron. &c. 4
large scale, depends much for profits m lille I'M
proYements machinery and chemistry, &c, tina; the
penis and .egerses al times appll the sou'est heat
WEie, the contrary, The large gains from machine
r. winch haze been referred 10 By the chlrman, are
aot permanent tG tina, class bat temporary 70 iheGi.
fnog-A permanent and useful 10 the world n large
Oilers IN and employ the also, Il the rate
IT profits = but little higher than other pursuits
Hence granting that England mas not nere.: The labor
VI tao Millions bat fifty ml!icus 81 men, her
cal;on machinery alone, and that o. three hundred J.
hons OF all her mlnu'acturss-at.h machinery
- perfect, that II not taking, II tells waen thread
freaks ne water 20 yacif ates-has NJ; France
also. and Germany, and the United Safe, NJ less
ban her people, b.rst down ils barriers OF "a
tents and TIE restrictions aga Mt tie r>po:t -
mlcltnery, dGd 1T AL nations 10 i8e cen.
8 II H. and reduced The pr H. Of those a.,nr i, =
rear the st;ncard her pursuits unl..s rais-c
cher for a uma By d'scrlnraat - and partial do
t-> Doctor FlCstus. wnen h invent = ta- type,
night, ike any o.aer mnnop a. profit mech tor =
| "a i Dy keep ~ the Improvement secret, and az
7-rn ~ - oIc pttcas; bat, lh- ;nveDton b.
comes known, C: t1e monopoly broken dasa. the ~
giGg2! gains pFia;ing, @ell other ousin@ss,
G-d by uach merry had II stand littls II any hghrr,
han tno.e ~ employment, not so AIDED. And pray
I'll m. sfr. question Of profit t. thA whole coun
rv b. machinery IN manu- factrrps. and 80. no. &C.
rtrFG from laaor, there profit al-o 70 the @nole
| NJ h5or-sav,ng machinery N agricuturethe plough
ana the scythe-by rak'ng with horse power, and
ltnresaing, and :eapIEg and cleaning gram the
same way; But much more, there nothing in thu
dews and rams, and winds and sunshine, With VIII oh
60 mas blessed pecGl,arv. ln1 always vii bless. hs
CHOSEN race, tn trrs Of the go. nothing d the
country 10 nav CATION, beyond labor aEc capt2l -
nothing IN ;hs oceans. LAKES, and rTers, tat cover
th:esfoGrtns CT the globe fur highways - the -.
man ana ,nercaan; :-nohing IN the winds, WHICH
blow freely - wait han :-nothGg 10 tie country n
he fisheries, beyond labor and tie vessel nothing N
he snore and bank OF the hnny tribes groa
ng :or the adventnTer, without pay or expense and
h whales winch unhire6, wat MS coming every
-ea Opening he earth - all profitable emplogmsns
| the bountes Of Providence naturally acrac; more 70
agriculture, only from is aeahulness but salty
and - guards agalus, famine md disease ~
ct:en - cror ded manufacturing n tie wo.s; evul.
sons The surplus ~ gram ard meat help 10
tan r, bgt neither cottans. wooilens .r7n.
an he eaten, when markets ia OF ~: cats Il other
| supplies.
county, NJ he use OF machinery great manuac
tgFnr Establishments becomes, IN truih, oaly que-
ION between the expediency of havnE then used
hsre, where dearest least understood OF least perfect,
and abroad, where II is The reverse
s., If Ne 60 to the statistics Of the late cansos,
| similar results demonstrated. IL - imperfect IN
.ome respects, and conclusions somewhat tfereat are
4rasn BY & F-ren, persons Blu, after teng revised
| nd corrected the cams n manufacturing. though
Ih,gh. are probably not much hirh-r than n other
pursuits II we tsduct what acd By the ciscr'n'
nntibr duties Wnnout that deduction, they reach
near $3.50 yearly, average, - each person EN-.
ploYed ara connected With them-@hereas. IN ayr
culture they yield but S62 or legs than hail. anc n
nav CATION only So.
1 M Evans here denied that ne had stated The earn
IInes IN manufactures to be so high
No. SIR but the otfcla! returns, when dolly revised,
tate tins and j; can accounted for fully other
ray than the protection they enj1y-great even on
90 per cent duty and much one OF eighty or
a hundred
rIlr Evans here said deduction for nteres, CAPT
tai N manufactures should be made
So i, m Oh. be IN al other pursuits as we'll as this,
when you GONE to divide the gross Produce between
he caoital SIS and tie labor But Il happened that
he ca p,ta was larger pa- head agrcnI,nre than n
manufactures; i beng S33 each IN the first and $500
only n me ast though in navigation i vas higher. be-
( ,rr 1903 each tTao@s M - ard 10
Gentlemen take wbc9soe7e! morn oil me diem
ma ,s most agreeable Il the profits higher,
after the reduction o. the gain BY higher duties Than
N other pursuits. there advantage TO the wae!-
conn;ry BIZ the forcing system. We pev for ell we get
But # they CHER alter It, then the forcing - mt
necessary bes des being partial aid wasteiu IN o.
der AID them.
MANY however, urge that manufacture ought tn
be encouraged by i protective s?s,em because
their labor and business much more American
Than any other The additional persons It employed
m thu. connt-y, i, argued, increased ne pnhhc
prosperity md psndsnce enough 70 counietoa!ance
al the evils Of 81 ursl and burdensomr system
y. y SIR httls analysis will expose the i3y OF tn'
a.sumption. When more persons were tempted b.
var cniles and privatons, and then o. thr pgn e's
eliminating tariffs winch followed 10 enoa'k IN manu-
'actnres whence came t1eys They were either m
ported foreigners against wnon hoT~reF ~ nuftnf-c
no IDLE preudrces) or they were Amsfcan'- Prev
ously engaged in agriculture commerce, ard the sh-
/ eri-s.
Now, DID this change pursni; Of shonsand A me-
rcans increase The number of Americans before exist
Enc' 1t was still bu, thousand n me Ne" employ
mert And did the change make their labor aof cap
al any more American than Il had osen before, oy go
in from agriculture 10 manufacturers 90, u portion
Q. our prtsen, manufacturer, under Io"e7 duties,
should curt these for the porgn me cooh-f' or me