Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-07-20

efal rule, Daibing tn6ra Than the market price
NJ Labor Tho correction Of TIE evil here In
I~ftieatfd bel9nRs rather 10 the department o
y 1eiGl than Of Political Economy.
Boz Wltflo Il Is not, a1d never Waa, pretan.
dtf bY tho advogatesof Protection That d pro.
per Tariff will REMEDY all Social Or even Pos
Iltlfal 6yils4that IL Wili give all men areer.
table employment and satisfactory wages
that Il VII ln0ililtte oil oppression sKtotttoH
Ibd WfeuR-@it IL asserted, and Is i8ttbaft tho
Lab9faf the country Ia thtfa generally employ.
81 ahdt as whole, better paid under i rrotee.
ttge Tariff lltag Il w6ttld be with Free Trade,
ana ltat This has been the case under former
Tariffs. OF eO1ffs, the nominal wages OF La.
Voc IA e%gfi1gslg affected By other influences
than tbat Of the 1tat5Rlby tlle sfale Of the
Currency, Peace tr War, rood ~ Bad Tisr.
vests, Dr., &c. But that Protection tsId4 h
raiEe Tho pflGe 6f Llbor, iaf thp low and daeff.
hi9g wages 6f 1872 and tic advances 9fthe
INT nix lu9fths bear witness. Gempafe tt,p
ayeraEe prices oftabor nov With those paid In
Jsars bf gaist bsfarg va projected Gar indus
~, and this truth viii Ga slil mete evident.
tdmsnbef very we'll that In lstB4fD, Young
vou9d were glad to eugsge 10 bbaseh1fd
work IN tho county %sectigiis ofEsW England
At fifty 70 sste1ty i've cents per week, While
~ tls SANG t6tYGa (maaufacl6risa having since
sprung up 10 tho g~ieiHity) they nov fsaiizs a
dollar and hall q week for the same work,
and few WI do II III that, ~(fhouati house work
In less aria6fs and moro respected new than
fofmsffyJ prefsring 70 work IN The factories
Aud not only has this gratifying i~ucreas9 oil
Wages b@n accompanied by no corresponding
fncfeasss ~ abe cost 6ftho articles they mtlei
buy, bug nsAly of descriptions Of the fabrics
they @ssr-sspoeially al that are rew made
~ cur Gym seuutfY-ars sold FOR oae huff toll
one taif@ tb~9Rsifes they Formerly bore. III
other W9tds, Wbtu4n's wages for ! week,
~hieh would shsrdy bring three yards Of de.
cent calico ID 1870, Cwa2e9 rs cents p4k week.
]calIcoea IS esfs per yardJ viii fps boy ~
yards Of an equally good keAric, or fur t.ensg
tho quantity Is here 10 ingf0YopqS
Tbs assertions Of estradrff1ary p@Ht.derh
Fsd from Manufacturing obffati0ns afe 10 na.
by instances false IN fisariy all deceptive. af
. company divides ten per rent, ii is blsz9nsd
III al Ito papers t6stils 70 Protection, wh5lo
twaniy eefngaBies whieb divide lttis Of notai.
ing pasa p1befalded, aud even tGs safns com
pafies have often made no dividend for years
without extracting any notice. Hut il cannot
DO necessary TO pursue This subject, ainco al
arc aware thai tho bgsiaoas Of Manufacturing
like al other b%uslness, lie open 10 all, and Cap
can always command tbs requisite akiiI
and labor 81 far prices. Attilis moment there
arc scorss If factories and furnaces standing
idGs, (ag they abd t1apy more, lave stood FOR
years. which may readily DO purchased at
half their Cost, or may be rented AZ very Iotv
rates # those Who Ciauor about the exees.
profits of Manufacturing really believed
they asesr', many Of thsn would be qni.
engaged in the business before d month
binders bal thar II conviction That
they assert il not essentially true.