Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-08
from tie .Ser lott Euening Post
PROJECTIONS

Thcrc rs no., a WORD In the EaSish language
. more abusoi than projection" When, used by
the owners OF The cotton mills the word means, in
.obey truth, nothing nore than tax llpop the lar
me.sa and aborcrs, 10 enahlc The manufacturers 10
grow gich ~ the employqeAloi their machinery.
Let Us analyse tee protection WHICH our cot
!, ION ,mills ENJOY. The cotton out oil which llid
English manufacture their cloths, is, carried 10
them 10 vessels across the ATLANTIC, The cx
rensc oil The voyage operates as Il protection 10
the manufactured bere, who finds The. cotton pro-
. auccl in.o:r Qwn country
This cotton pays The English Government
..u,y OF i've per cent, which is another proiec-.
/, lion 10, pi..l manufacturers. p.... .s..l
II pays commission 10 many hands through
WHICH il passes--a commission m New o;i@anN,
j, q commission in Liverpool, 4 commission Ia The
purchasers for the .Epslish maIuiactulels--al
these are so many projections 70 ours inasmuch
IS they make. cotton deafes in England.
The British Nsc steam power, which is costly
We use wafer power, which is cheap, and this is
ano,her protection 70 our mill ownelS
/. AliLcse advantages on the side Of our niatiu-
fac,ure!s should be. enough 10 enable The Ameri-
can manufacturer 10 eper into lucrative compete
ton with the British, without The charge OF hum
6rcd per cent upon The American consumer; i'm
posed By the Wing Tarili of lSi2. g,. - -
=, Blu, what is il that IS protected 10 use The IA
+. piar phrase, The Tariff protects. ,sfools and
sp;ndles, and looms moved by machinery and
not lahogers. Let Us be more PARTICULAR on his
point. .,.... ,.A i, ,.t.4a, j.. ,..a..,,
Suppose The cost Of yard ofcolon cloth 10 be
seven cents. The hand labor which enters iniotle
,naking Of this Yara, according u the best estimate
Il is abaa! half q cent Or goods OF this quality
You thus tax the consumer six !cents in order 10
protect the value OF half cent in hand labor.--
The res, is for the benefit OF the mill owners and
goes 10 give value 70 ueir machinery p the water
power they have 60, possession oil il turns their
huge buildings into 50 many minis. " we are TO
b Taxed tcriht good OF he. work people in the
..miGs, lie, Us have the lax BY i'sel, and We wall
pay il cheerluly. IL were much better to add
bounty ont Of the Treasury 10 their. daily wages
: which would cos, only lew thousands than
10 pay this enormous tribute OF millions. ~ go.
Even a duty Of twenty five per cent. on. cotton
cIo,hs imported would probably be four times .as
much as The hand labor it protects. = .,~a Il.
BIT while we are protecting as We call il
one species Of labor, We are depressing another;
On ies.g elcsks as the are called, which is kind
.rtses and plight GOWNS. The duty is a hundred
per cent. THIS brings ihs price 50 high, thai the
psople have discontinued using it, and buy inn
= Noted linen instead Of il; linen cloths paying
dutyi of only twenty-five per cent. Thus The cot
ION p,an,er sees one branch of his market cut of
" by lie Tariff, and we send cur money 10 the cul-
n1aiors Of fax in foreign countries.
EaainLthcH miiannufactnrep pins protected by
aau;y ofso pei Cent, We paV tax of 40 GEMS
apon sssry raes eoiaiiaihiRg five thousand pins,
5ss bs ss s5ss SR isER a. Us But J, as
nc such .hiag; ii is ts3'paidto enrich the owner
great deal Of MANIA, laSof sensaged in the max
ing OF pins; in heading in pointing them and in
sticking them into papers. manual labor is EN-
p!oyed Here, on The contrary every thing is
don: BY machinery; The wire OF which The pins