Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-23
Dassg GSnaRs.
THURSDAY, OCr. -, 1915.

Southern Literary Messenger and addr sSe,l
TO the Memphis Convention. in favor of adop
! ting the Warehousing System on the imports
into this country, and further, i'm favor OF a
direct trade between the South and Europe.
We have examined she general character of
his argument and acquainted ourselt with his
views, and we totally dideI with him in the
conclusions TO With he comes
We-iaye looked over our country since we
read the article as well as before, and we find
this state OF things 20 exist. We have a Tar.
III which has been more than two years the
law of oru land, and it does not provide for
| bonding goods; but for cash duties on importa.
ton into the country, and re-funding ON re-
exporting. The tendency OF this arrangement
is TO throw the import trade into the hands of
citizen OF this country, who, being on the
spot, can command the means to pay duties at
all times without encroachins upon CAPT.
tai, orembarassing him in the slightest degree
Under this Tariff, the manufacturers OF the
Northern States arc flourishing, at the same
time that they arc selling better article at
less cost than the fJreign has ever been sold
The wages of labor are gradually increasing,
and manufacturing establishments are gradu
ally springing up 10 the middle and Southern
States. The farmers are selling more OF .th,ir
products and at better prices than they have
before for some years-the Sugar, Tobacco,
Hemp and Cotton Planters are making money
with at least their ordinary success, while the
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delinquent interest, and the whole shipping
OF the country is engaged in successful COM
merce.
We do not, therefore, wish TO sec this Tar
ifH disturbed in any manner or form, not even
Tor facilitoting imports the introduction of
the warehousing system; dna in answer to
remark that the duties lallapen thalconsumer,
we deny the premises; yet say that he who
wears foreign manufactured coat when he
can get one of home manufacture of as good
quality and al less price ought to pay Tor all
duties and commissions that the protection
OF domestic manufactures requires.
We are ''plain spoken" as the old ladies
say, aud wewiA so on further to say, that we
coffsklai this proposition Of establishing d
rectNade between the South and Europe, an
arrant humbug, andsas near nonsensical as
person may go and not be written down what
Dogberry wished 10 be.
Although the South has always been in a
minority nj the lower house of Congress, there
has always been enough demagogues and
dough-iaces in Congress from the North, TO
carry any measure the South desired. Why.
then, does the South not prospect. is she
no, rich while the North is poor?. The South
has tn, advantage in climate soil, mines.
water courses, and in the production of that
vast amount Of raw material which the writer
OF the article in question claims for her Why
is the South poor, still seeking and needing
those great schemes of direct trade, which are
projectedirom day 30 day, & which must result
in failure, or at most in the sggrandizement
OF the few? The South lacks Industry and
practical homa economy. As Harry Bluff
justly remarks, the time was when Charleston
was the halfway hous, from LIVERPOOL to
New York? Why is it not now? Simply
because there were individuals i'm New York
who had the enterprise to establish regular
packets to Europe, which should sail or Ger.
tain days, freight Of no freight; while the
craft that navigated the Southern waters. Law
al ;he wharves until they got cargo. some
times month and sometim IS two nfonths.-
In this STATE OF things the Southern planters
sen; their freight to New York, as the most
speedy way o. getting it 10 market, and the
Southern wharv,s ceased 10 accommodate
anything larger than eoseters, while the South
en cities become tributA " to New York dea-
lers lfSouthem men wou.i invest a million
in a steam-packet line from Charleston TO
Liverpool, manage il we'll, conclude TO sink
their stock IN three years and sell il apt to a
company of shrewd Yankees, they could mea-
surably turn the tide and break up the molou-
oily OF New York.
But would this enrich the Souts7 No. Let
us examine where the great evil u.s. The
Southern cotton grower has his slaves. he
clothes them mostly in goods of Northern
manufacture, be buys the produce on which
he feeds them from Che north, he puts their
work INTO cotton, The cotton is sold TO New
lora, at profit. we viii say, upon an aver
age OF two cents pound to the producer
The sgereeate OF exports y 10000, 600 annu-
ally On this New Yosk makcs about five
per cent, not more, The producer makes 20
PEI cent upon hi. original outlay--not more.
aud The New IOlk dealer mikes five percent.
i. thigwGt paid IN cash. and thai coslpexpcn.
ded IN the South the five per csit would not
Be isli; bo'.tbe SoGlh buys Of the north every.
hing aScd in living. Southern caahs arc All
made at nc dotth TIE talssos nc :Ds y
psoiaely nqta.ns, ps'hapeii was acurtefet
ofts stll. rle 3 horn man puts in Ii bis
own wosk lssg alle gpon the meat and
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