Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-08-26
", Eimp,is of T.i;ar-Halue Of the Home .Harkee

eal discussion which TOOK place al fahhih c"'
few days ago, asserted thai "a barrel Ut hour Fever
w,s .ent from yIrana to Boston" The design "i this
n,,t remarkable satenent VAS ot course 10 dspecate
the extent and value oi the domestic market, aud 'hee
oy 10 impair The rce Of OF The strongest arguments
IA favor If The system hy which that mafhe Is created
and enlarged. Gro IL. Gner, Esq. ~ho was the ops
Isnen, Of Mr. EImunjs The referred TO- I'M
ined,siely wfore Mr. Samuel ;. Saunders OF itich-
m,nJ rnqirng whether the statement made by Mr..
Ed ,u ads was correct and selecting such iniruation
As would enable hun If II were efI'neons hereafter ID
cmttatci and cuntr1srrt it,. r 5. has published Mr..
G's letter in the Rchm,nd Wing, viii, his answer Ia
which he states thai he had been the habit, nn
few years past, o shipping annually ifon To 'op par
rels Of Boston and Salem. Massachusetts. and es
na,ny the quantity shipped 10 sion aud The Eastern
States az 5OD,O00 barrels yearly. Similar statements
! are made by Indian, Preston C"., John II. IMP
lett 4 Son, II. ". x J. Fry x Co, 10. Whiting,
IIaxall, Br,thers & CO., james Fisher 4 Son WIN.
Raweli, Deane < Brown, Williams & ilaxai, WIN.
Anderson. Jr, Shields s Somerville Ford Woadson.
Lewis d. Crenshaa s Co. aud by Davenport s Allen.
The last named firm rrrs 10 the striking fact, stated by
Gov Briggs of Massachusetts. founded accurate sta
ts'cs that that STATE alone pays annually Tor the pre-
duets of other States J0riy millions Of dollars (neary
half he amount Of ent,re foreign expos.) copri-
sing -four. colion iron. coal, corn, wool, leather, 81.
sc. This statement made by Gov. Briggs IN
address the legislature of Massachusetts. iur the pur
pose of exbiing Tie vast benefit derived 10y the South
ern and Western States. from this demand
for their surplus products. that State aoue-a de-
mand created BY the Tariff system, 10 which large
portion Of the people Of the South and West flioaing
bndly the dognas o their leaders, Who themselves
Ignorant Gas the remark made by Mr. Edmnnds at
Franklin courthouse shoWs Ut the benefits which they
annually reap from H. deadly hostile, aud which
they sulcdsy seek tc destroy! Messrs. Davenport &
Allen also say: I'VE have seen other statements irnn
sources that may be relied upon from indiv lnas per-
sonaly know IN Massachusetts, that the amount paid
annually for breadsnf t. other States. by that ate
abon, millions II dollars" Inderd, if Mr.. Ed
munds had examined he interesting report Of Mr.. Els
worth. the Coin missioner OF Pateis, made Inc list
Congress- he would have earnrd the astounding fact
that there is mnre flour used IN the ficares of Aass,-
chusetts for std,ching aud sisng than export all
Europe. htr ali purp,seS
Appended 10 the statements Of the Richmond mer-
chants alb referred H. "a statement Of eXp,rts of
-four from James River, from Ottober 1912, 10 Otto.
Der |, o43, prepared by a Rehm"nd spondeniui
Hunts Merchants Magazne' from which II appears
that there were sent IN that period.
To South America, 5s, 35 barrels
To Great Britain. 694
10 the West lndes, 32b1
10 the North c,aslwl se, 1924 4"
And II mus, he remembered that The amount pxp,r,ed
from R'chmund ia small, compared that SER from
other ports 1t Is estimated. by Mr.. s. 5. SAUNDERS
that Fredericksburg, GaJrget,wn and Aex,nira ship
two eiyhths OF this h1ur Boston aud The Elsiero
States.
The foregoing statements will serve to convey to the
Mlnd o The reader idea OF ths Importance of TIN.
home market 10 the gram growers Of the Souh-a market
poss sslng the advantage all others of being nearer
To the producer. aud therefore preferable the lviny
"l lime and cost M the transportation Of his cod
aud the still greater advantage OF beng always open
WHEN those o foreign nations barred against us by
restrictive and probory statutes Strange, indeed,
H. with facts like these before ihem-facts which an,
peal not only Ia Their Judgment but 10 their interest
that 81 many oi the Southern people, who, If this mar.
kei were destroyed, II must be If the tariff policy be
abandoned would have Other should he SO eager r
The overthrow Of il. |, only he accounted Tor by
Inc perncons Influence o' that taciinus spirit, which
Will not permit the mind Ia beleve any truth, however
strongly II may he corohnaled by daily observation and
experience, which conflicts with the creed they have
adopted, with a bllndly confidng faith IN The wisdom
and purity OF the leaders of their sect.
We have Just met, by the way, with nrciba Illus
ratlon ct the benefits which A Nv from manufacturing es
ioshnents 10 thpse WIN hive far remote from them. and
which lsapropOs tn the subject hand. II is contained
III letter from place called Sandwich, the PENN
sud OF Cape T. 90 miles from Boston, aud which is
thus described: This is village depending ior lis
s'ence snely the manullcture u glass. The cuntiy
dr several miles round is sandy and barren. 1t y-uws
itiie ese than grass rye. and vegeiap,
Every Thing IN the shape Of food has brought from
other paris and the materials uf its glass manufacture
have 10 be brought hi,heI several hundred miles. The
lead is brought 40 miles from the northern pa Of Vas
s,cnusets the sand about 800 miles, frun Norrlss rv
er IN Pannsy vania and the coal heal the furnace from
bUginia 700 miles distant" (and III. writer might
hS'e inc 10 leeU Tue WOrkmen IAN
the other materials have be brought here from distant
places. The paper for packing the glass comes iru,n
Boston, aud the straw from New York - This manu-
Factory gives employment IL 2000 prrsons who are con-
SINNERS oi our surplus products. Repeal the lar hch
protects them. aud. Instead Il" purchasing such glass
as we need from the domestic manufacturer let us I'M
port II from abr,adtr,m countries which ordinarily fur
nsh market for beais,uils and what To b.
come OF the Surplus Which raise beyond the amount
necessary faf our own consnmpunl Il must remain on
an al
thereby accrue would be far heavier up1n our pu
than the highest duty levied upon foreign fshrcs
even II thai duty were. is a,surily ALLEGED tax up
Oh The consumer, 10 lis full amount.
II The farmers of Virginia would discard their pary
preudces and would bring this great aud vital question
10 The test oi reason and common sense there would be-
II seems to us but the subrct-and thai,
voice would be in its favor Even if ii be irne that
were protective duties abolished they could purchase the
goods they consume cheaper from the foreign than they
naw do from the domestic manufacturer would they MOI
be losers by the exchange. when the effect of the Icy
would be necessarily 10 deprive them of The home ket
without the possibility of procuring foreign market for
the sale Of Their prodncls OF what advantage is il IL,
he able 10 purchase yard OF cloth dollar cheaper I'M.
der The Tree trade than under the protective sysp,n If
Tie potcy by rhich that reduction If price Is effected
tahs dozen dollars from The pockei of The purchaser
by destroying The market for The consumption Of his pro
ducts. rpon the sale Of which he is dependent Tor The
hhty Ia purchase at all! The goods are lnwer it is
lrue but the means 10 pay for them are cat of! And it
would be an insult 10 his Understandings when his re-
sources are ihns diminished point HIM IN reduction
nj prices as The Curious fruit Of The free trade policy