The Arkansas banner., 1844-09-25
HEAR A GOOD AUraoRIfYi

1tAosAS LAWSON, Esq
 
 HEAR A GOOD AUFa0RIfYl
 The Richmond Enquirer of Thursday co..- tains the following interesting cemaiuaica- ton from sa distinguished .Aetc Eagla7ld .Nan9faciarer, now actively engaged ln thes business" which we commend to ihe attsn- ton of all whom itmay concern:
 'sWhat has been the practical effect of the Tariff of l842, on the whole interests of the z country at large' Yoa are aware that never placed any confidence in is beneficial effects on the manufacturers. In my yiew.it is all evidence of unsomd legislaaiior, and leads those, who place dependence ou it--- rather thaa on their skill, aidasify, a1ta eco 1lomy--to ruin.
 "At present manufacturers srs reaping large prolits--i1 niy opinion too large not because there was no Tariff in 1872, but because the whole country was bare af man ufactured goods in l842-oeeasoned by tho stopping of many of themiIls bosh ul Europe and this country, during the l0;p p35eFs fsttes fotlomed de bursting oft4e 5a55les hloeea ID in 1835 and 1856, which we were just rece- vering from al the time thai act was passed But in the natural course of t'adc, vii or without Tariil,manufaetufefs must have lad good buisness.
 "The opening of the China markets gave an additional stimulus to our Couons. Old Houqua, the most sagacious of the Hong Merchants (lately deceased, andprobably one fthe best in the world, gave single order to his correspondents in Boston for fourteen millions yards ofheavy American eottans, which, with other large shipments to China and other foreign markets, cleared eu4 mar ket of domestic: leaving not half the usual quantity on hand for home use, and just at the time, the West land worn oat their clothes, and by economy and cutivaling the soil, instead or building cities ou paper and speculation in lands, as they had for years past, had enabled tkemselnes 10 pNrebase.-- All these circumstances combinedto give . stimulus to the manufacturers soon after the Tariff was passed, but which the Tariff got great share of the credit of having produced the effect; and, in my view, exe4ed about as much influence on 1t as the comets CT au- rora bereais do in producing war.
 "It seems to me, that the two arguments used by the advocates of | high Tariff neu tralise each other. They take two views of what they call 'protectioa.' They tell the manufacturer that, by shutting out ihe for eign article, they give him the market at a price that will enable him successfully to compete with the half iedspauper population of England, To the consumer they say. by protecting the manufactures they increaS home competition to such au extent, tlai the fabrics are produced lower than the loseign can be imported.
 ssI care not which view of the subject iss correct. If the first, that the nanuaasufer is benefited, t IS unjust to the consumer fl the last proposition be correct, the nanuiaciurer suffers believe the people have agreed to raise the rercpue chiefly through the eenstoln3 house, and care not how little $ raised ois any article produce, or ilte 1iaierlais T stsc, but am willing 10 take my fair share o Elle good or evil that may accrue from the fair share that may fall to my lot.
 'sI cannot sec the great adYanege of pla-. cing a high duty on articles oi which we al- ready send large quantities abroad. 'riiey' are at this moment the New i2igisfd nnauu- facturers) engaged in smuggling oar coarse coltons and woolens into CAnada. Hiom solsat country, hca, caa ace te4r or e.rYsca coapetiti5n2
 ..Our negro cloths, both cotton and wonl- len, go to Brazil and Cuba--and catsofis niat- ulactured by the Lowell guls, who enjoy all. the comforts, and many oi the eleganelps a.sd luxuries of life, are sent to Smyrna and ether parts of the Mediterranean--li lifectly in the track of English and French shps. aud sold in competition with the fabrics produced by the operatives of Manchester, whose wages scarce furnish them with the commopest wants of life.
 s'How is 1t, that the high wages of New England, from the result proves 10 be elsaI~ CT than the low wages of Europe aatl isf Is not this great question worthy the inquiry of the philosopher, statesman and palitial economist long ago arrived ats the cor clusion, that labor, combined wlsh klll Nils I cheapest and most generally dilinsetl--anSi have no cause to alter my views ofs the sslb- iect--a subject, consider of vast importance in national point of view, especially in re- lation to national legislatioa
 Il considera high Tariff bosll unwise and unjust.
 .sThe TARIFF Manufaciuers that are left, have generally come to iheconcuson. that they have greatly oyerratel is beaeiiciai results, and that it is New E1glaad cosnpeti- ton, and not European, they have now to fear. with or without Tariff. } ssit strikes me as inipraetieahls fora ratles l whose government draws a revenue ot ll2 : from every working man in the naion. to compete with one equally (t aoi m0rsJ iil.- : talflgent and energstic, whose revenues 5 amount to but $ Sl2 for every man--and such i believe to be about the ratio between Great l Britain and US"
 $ STEAM PowER.-A pint ot water may hs n evaporated by two ounces of coal. h is $ evaporationit swells into 2l6 gallons ofsteam
 weight of g tons to foot high. . Eresrnss paper rf