Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-01

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In. ~. VIII - sill father, and show tat Tie
psnublican Patty has AL~AY1 ro.ao: Gcu tfue 10
lis crcci-;ha; wherever TIE question Of The con-
s,;,u;ona,;ty OF tie Bank was brought m tie
/ Renib!ic.n Plr:r has been AGAINST i.
BnU H5WiCk.
For lie Enquirer.
TIE HOME MARKET.
The Wing party has found it Impossible TO
convince tie people that high duties make !ow
prices; and having ascertained that II undeEfai.d
The intelligence OF orr citizens, when II brought
| cIvar6 doctrine which one cf lis own lenders
said was contrary 10 the p'0jacs' "irioits u coc-
men seasc,' il has made another iail&cy tl:e ASH
ion @! The tay The effort which consumes most
Of the Wig energy Il the South is an enae2vor
II cn.rap he acT;cul.ural>ts Of The country INTO
Inc belief that :: al. events, they are Interested in
prrne,naling this prohibi,ory policy, since hone
.nar;;pt is thereh. secured i5r the products oi
agricultural Industry. An intelligent leop!c viii
wish 10 know. with some degree 81 certainty, the
extent Of this home market, and the Css q! Great
ina :. liz leri>a:e enac;mcnts. corc they ajoi;
I ! system which thew have hc:cto.or" condemned
rs one c.aiaen.!y iG)u:iGGs 20 lie best interests
I of The country The quarter from wa:c; his 'ea
c.rn, IL the .irst Instance. * enough 60 Justify &
>rsaicion IL TO Is cortcciHess. The, who ar TO
rccsi: e t:ic bos>ied benefits 81 Tie home market,
have never desired lis creation. bat il finds IL
/ advocates. where il oTiginatet, among those who
arc plainly aud ral1abi'' interested in Ire con.
;iauarce Of the Tariff policy. on rsfg "Jdfc~
I atcuGdS.
In order 10 ascertain The benefits, il any ihcrc
! he. which the creation oi y home market viii
4 confer on the agricultural Interests oi the corh-
;rv. we will examine line subject in the only i"o
! light in which il can be considered. They ore
/ rns; The markc; afforded by The operatives
| cmpoyed in manufacturing establishments Tor
! bread >tuil.; and,
| second: Tie market afforded by lie inanGiac-
/ tnrinv establishments themselves Tor The raw Her
terial, which is The rrodac Of agricultural indus
''rhe quantity .. bread stuff purchased ard
consumed hy the operatives, must depend, chiefly,
# moi entirely on Inc number OF persons Illus en-
I nl,vej In order To meet the objection ur.c,!
:oTipst Tie Tariff pole" on ;he ground tEai la
hcr was cheaper in Europe ihan IN America.
Mr.. Clay sail '',rcc tie Inventions q! AK
WRIGHT. and Ii, eug train Of Improvements which
followed. the labor III machincrr was principally
used This fact, 10 !c Of service 10 Mr. Clay,
m,,., w. taken in is hsoad@si 'sn>e Livery one
,a,l>t scc that .he otiec.ian which Ii" wished 10
answer coal! no. he iu.iy me- nn!es. the maHg@l
labor required in manufacturing is 81 inco. i.,,-
rabe. a. ro to iniGenc2 rc:cep,,a!r or materially
HE mice If manufactured articles. In 1910, the
same gentleman sad, "Encl,nd j. i6c manU.ac-
iurer Of glc;t portion ol the world; ar that
oxen there The ncnte,4 thu, employed bear but
M incon>idcrabc proportion 10 he whole mas
of population" l.! this tc 'Ac Gaze in England,
"fie GGet8f"y ~ q aJfH i2t,o@ II he t"1f'",
81. nigh, say. that with the I'D O. machinery, The
number Of orc:2t.vcs Necessary % Supply the
y:.:.:s OF America being hn' rifiiag, woGl con
s,i,nc III: a irAng amount of bread stats. But,
as with TO argue this question with the utmost
fairness, and believing, as d. l.a;3 Inc proper
ton of manual 70 machine labor does nc: AFFECT
The economy OF ESTABLISHING domestic maLtiac-
n,rcs, am perfectly willing 10 take any cS;i-
mate which states with reasonable apnro.;;a2-
lion 10 truth, the number of laborcrs with the
amount they receive in wages. The only such
estimate have seen, Is the one given BY the Cot
Ion Cornmit,cc of,he New York Convention, ard
1882. IClay's Speeches. ID vol p 81. Grecly's
edition.
This RcTo;t informs u, thar he na.nb,r OLA
borc.s employed in co,,9n paIs'%c;orics, was
abou, Is 900: and laat ;iicr received in wages
ty.r;re a,7iioaS ose drafted cad tHa-Erc Noasu,id
sgre,. AenGyed Gsa f,rcr'p-ett,. s'oF@,s
An article, which lave seen ii somc Of the
Tariff papers of The N0'Ta. .,is. thu; the WAGES
al labor in i.n..,and i lw,i'y thfea cent. day
+
but aani,ugi, 10 be correct, AM it Will bc seen
that iuyy-iiyc thousand English labmcrs would
work f,r sio3j0 per dic;H. q $s:1,77111,7:,o pei
annu,a. Tai. is less ihan the amoun actually
paid iar the same amgIL; IL American labor
according 10 tie repo.; "borc referred 20 hy tue
enormous sim oil ct@T uitio.s iit1c h.iHG0n
All Atssit.-scrcn h0rWRd EiEchHd&f.dnEf screH-
ir.tirce toitrS.
Now, If We suppose that the latorers in Inc
United state. consume Ill amount Of bread stats
.d,al in ralue o,he whole uMo0niof the wage
0tilia,h, observation-disclosures in t;rcai Britain
which is liberal cEoasa since Mr. GAYS dcca.
ralica that. n people better FED ard clad, an
housed. are no, 10 hc !oHnd unGcr tie Sun, thar
the British nation" go. !, p. 2:5) we have
81 III Z $50 rs thc amount ri; breed SUITS con
sumed b. iorty-dve thousand operatives en-
playcl in manufacturing establishments An.
in or,ie; to secure home lnarnci Ior,aat amount
we pav The consumers S2, 10, ~ for their labor
which is SS31o.973 more than the picc o
the same amount Of labor in England. a:
S3,111, 80 OF this extra charge is credited b;
the amount OF bread s!Glis furnished, III orler [,
&c, this precious homo marl.c; wc lose : soc 22.'
,Sp OUR BREAD sTsrFs RGspES!!
We come next to the home market ufriSlc;
by the manufacturing establishments Tor the raw
materials which is the rro:nct OF agriculture
industry
Ia investigating this branch d; the >lih;cc', j
should bc bone IN mind, that The dcmam! for ;i'
raw material exists, and that tie raw material !
purchased OIL; 10 satisfy demand existing 10
manufactured articles. This being the case snreil
no one willcoa'enA. :hatihc dcman! wil!5c iacrcas
Ell ~ the p2ctc fia that it is >urp.icd.ia The mi
tel States. rather than in Great bri;a;n or t:auce
Without Tariii, ctr markets voai. tc sUpphr'
principally b. the manufacturers al Europe: an
hy creating Z domestic supply tor those markets
Europe has one con>lunerieSs, AMI WILL oi course
require les tn, raw natelia! u: her manaiac
mrin; purposes
Zee ms, favorable viev- flr tlc 'Iaria' men i
,i.ata hoAc wait;e. Ctea;cj III du.Ic> on ir!ia;ta
lions, destroys ;he value Of The foreign market il
proportion . The domestic coasnnfion-'ha exc
~ bale Of cotton which is manufactured II
the United States. dm;ai>hes by that aaioun
the quantity necessary for The foreign nj
nufac.nrcr. THIS m;cM happen, when IL
American manufacturer can supply our market
on as favorable terms rs rhe foreign manHiacl'i
rer can. But, the does mol, the number Of Per
sons who couil afford I, consume his prndnct
wonll he !esscned. and Ct course the quantity o
raw material necessary 10 furnish supply won'
be diminished;
That he manufacturers Of Europe can sarps'
our markets cheaper ,han The manufacturers Q
America, cannot he questioned. The great dit
ference in the wages Of labor and the rcle OF PRO
fits on capital in the Old and New Worl'ss, mus
have rca; effect on the relative cost OF tarc'c'
and domestic manufactures; III eject which, i
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