Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-15

cheap) to make dividends ranging from 90 10 30 PER
cent annum ever since the passage oil Nh" present
blll' WI you condescend Ia these ycrai qne-
ries? The manufacturers frequently ask, win hasty
mper,inence, ''what interest 1--we and MAINTAIN II
sell with pTote coa of only % or - per cent: Is
not this singular questions? WHAT interest main
tam Itself without protection OF 20 or - per cent =
Let me tell them, that the agricultural interest OF
Virginia and The Southern States not only exists
without protection, such the manufacturers
require but without any protection whatever that
worthy Of the name. The agricultural interest IS
maintained not only without protection, but il boldly
goes abroad upon The face OF the ocean, enGoumerrg
and overcoming competition under restrictive Cutes,
harsh ard oppressive True, Government, TO save
appearances, has passed net apparently and osen-
sbly TO protect the agricultural interest BY taxing the
agricultural products of other nations when brought
into our porte, but the fact does not nvadate tie
argument as we all know that cotton rice, tobac-
co, &c, deserve consideration in any estimate of The
annual imports of the D. s.
The inconsistency in which the advocates oil the
protective policy involve themselves, deserve pass
ing notice When told that protecting duties ope-
rate as taxes on the producers they deny it, and asse IT.
that the duties really paid by the The
very next moment, the Tariff men tell u.s. that protect
ing duties lower the prices Of The protected articles
that is 10 say, then, the pay the duties by
being compelled to buy cheap manufactures in the
place OF dea. ones. Anxious 10 relieve themselves
from this open contradiction they then shift their posi-
tion and say that The burhen of projecting duties
falls upon the foreign manufacturers This notion is
predcaed upon the false assumption that egisla
ton is competent TO regulate prices throughout the
commercial world. Take the article of cotton and ap
ply to Il the doctrine referred to- Mr. Husknson stated
few years back, that the whole annual production o
cotton manufactures in England amounted to S;i6o,
OO0,o00. y! these npor. ght nine millions.
Now, is any weak enough to suppose that the duty
levied here upon the eight or nine millions OF cotton
goods imported into The United States can have nny
sensible effect The of rOOds Eng
land? Let Us not exaggerate agency in lioman al
fa'ts-et discard this notion, aud not Aa,er our
selves with the belief that cur Legislation is omnpo-
tent. Our oppressive and unjust Legislation Will as
suredly create discomfort aud excitement here, but
England and her people will pursue the even tenor OF
their way, aud laugh the VAN, glorious and I'M
founded assertions made by the Tarlil men OF this
corf deracy We tod that other nations have pnr
sued the policy of restrictions upon commerce, and so
ought We Other nations have an established monaI-
civ 4 censorship of the press an established church.
supported by government, laws OF agenlture, and
an hereditary arisocracy, and why shall we not have
them also by analogous reasoning, and ioadness for
imitation?
Go 10 Scain where III, protective system has been
fully tried, and you viii fad her manufactures Ian
cushing her population poor, and all the elements Of
a nations prosperity rapidly diminishing. Go 10 Swift
zerland-an inland counry-iar distant from the great
cities into which American cotton GOES and you Will
find her manufacturers furnishing without tn, adven-
tented and happy. Go to France, where HE cotton
manufactures protected than any Others, and
you will ind these laugulsbing while the silk trade al
though unprotected is IN very louFiShIng state, and
silk constitutes OF the main articles oil her exports.
Go To Ireland. that land Of genius and coqnence, and
ask her peasants what they think Of the comforts and
blessings dispensed BY legislative bountes and kind
ness Finally, go 10 England, visit her factories, and
contemplate with much composuIc "a your stock OF
philosophy will enable you The sad spectacle presented
Il. H. ,og.r. Il
limbs oil the factory girlnoticc the heated and impure
atmosphere i'll which size wo;hs her sixteen seventeen
hours per day, and ask her opincn Of the benefits and
blessings arising from manufacturing pursuits Read
the reports made by commissioners appointed by Par
Lament to examine into the state OF The factories, and
you must be than men, If your hearts not
moved, your sanstblItes no, aroused by the
lated evidence Of distress md crime, ignorance, power
t. and wre,cedneas prevalent among the manutactur-
ing population. Enquire oil English statesmen 10
the number OF paupers aud they vail tell you, that the
number to whom continued or temporary support il
given, is, in the country to nine, and one to
SIX in the towns Eaquire what sum is annually le-
We'd for The relief the poor and they will tell you the
amount exceeds the Of Gght millions OF
pounds sterling. Here is amount LEVIED for the
lief of the poor exceeding the annual expenditure OF
our Federal Government, and exceeding by many mil
lions the amount of revenue received annually under
the operation of hat Tariff TO which you look with feel
ings of 'exultalion and triumph ARISTIDES.
ANOTHER FEDERAL GI-S SrIkED.
We promised to lay before readers this morning,
paper, las OF the addenda TO The Address of the
Central Committee which had been prepared for them
by an intelligent merchant of this city, assisted by the
remarks of one of the abest inanciers in Congress
We have it now ~ our power to present these views
IN much more expanded iurm as they have cmnna;-
ed from the committee Of three merchants who were
requested by the Shockoe Association TO nnalyze the
Tabular Statistics, which had been published in the
Richmond Wing with such wonderful! flourish q
trumpets This Report now lay before readers
II has been prepared by very respectable committee
all of them merchant5-and two of them ceitrny Of
rs extensive experience and accurate information,
any other merchants in Richmond or perhaps IN V,r
mia. The paper is admiralty drawn up; aud shows
with all the power and beauty al Truth the true heo
nv rs we'll facts upon this subject, and blows TX
high the manifold and extraordinary blunders OF the
celebrated Wing tables. We recommend this paper
and the accurate and comprehensive tables, which
ale attached to it, the careful attention of every
reader. Or, the Richmond Wing would say, but
parndyng its words, recommend IL "iO Mc RI
publican 9ssociotons Republican Speakers, and RP9b
fican PARTY IF Virginia. We vouch for the character
and experience OF ITS authors. The Report itself vii
speak for the ability with which it is distinguished -
REPORT
The Committee of The Shockoe Hill Demo cratic As
ISOLATION, TO whom referred article the Rich
mond Daily Wing, addressed "to the Wing Clubs
Wing Speakers, and Wing Party of Virginia" have
had the same under consideration, and submit The fol-
lowing report
The chief object Of the article in question, seems to
be TO prove tina, every part of Virginia is interested in
supporting The present high Tariff system Of the United
States because it is n system (which lowers what they
| have to buy, and ct the time, secures them n
steady home market for their agricultural products.
This proposition is attempted 10 be demonstrated by
table, presenting comparative statement Of The whole
sale price Of goods in tue various branches of trade
the City Of Richmond, in the years 1911 and 1913 -
And this tabular statement, it il alleged, sis amply
and unnnswerably conclusive of the beneficial opera
ton of the Tariff, and entirely annhilave Of all the
ignorant and theorctca and, in some cases, fraudu
lent representations Of lis opponents, that homes. and
patriotic the masses of The people are, il only ne
cessary place the facts, here stated in every man
reach, and to convince him that they facts bring
round all Virginia, Missionaries and demagogues except
ed To embrace truths so clearly demonstrated, and OF
such patriotic importance"
| Your committee are neither convinced by this sre-
ces of logic, nor do they believe that The reasoning
the wses political economists OF ancient and modern
times can be annhated by any statement exhibiting
particular state of facts, specified time, which is
not borne out by concurrent state OF facts at other
| times.
In the first place, should have resorted To
bare comparative table Of prices, 10 expose the inu
rous eliec, of the Tariff upon The commerce and pro