Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-07-31

to anticipate il would be. lisa good
maxim to 10 lei rsrp leeR alone" We
hope that the present Administration will
continue to think so, Fl, should no.
aud the present tariff should be sacrificed
the tapnting observation Of the News
may b. reiterated, bu, reiterated ii the
spirit os sober conviction, that ''thrre viii
be no end 10 the yaiiouS results Of the
election OF Polk and DALLAS"
/ But apropoS 10 starch. Il appears that
'Ihere are now ten starch factories under
way 10 Somerset county, Maine" Starch
lis used in great quantities IN sttleniug
mussns and othes cotton goods il is cal.
cuaied that ia England not much less
4 than one million six hundred thousand
bushels OF wheat are annually employed
I IN the production of starch. Encourage.
menl was, previous to 1912, gwen by The
/ British tariff 10 the home made article by
the imposition Of duty Of 60 10 (Sd2,.
l22) per cwt. upon the imported article.
This duty was in 1872 reduced to a
I merely nominal one, and OF course il
could then be proftably exported from
/ this country, aud this would be one rea-
son why factories should be erected for
\ its fabrication. We DO not find, however,
/ thu, any starch has yet been exported,
/ out, on The contrary, the last annual
Statement OF Commerce and Navigation
enumeraies amcng the imports nineteen
thousand five hundred and nnety-ihree
pounds of starch. We cannot account
! Tor this, nor can we imagine from what
part Of the world it could be imported in
/ to the United States, SO as 10 answer the
/ purposes OF the consumer better or cheap
\ er than the home. made article would have
done but, however, beng so stated in
the Official document, no doubt it is So
We do not forget the fact thai the starch
which is made Of SIarks, in Maine, is
manufactured from potatoes. We do mol
know whether any Of our factories make
starch from icheai, nor do we knew how
! far the potato starch would answer for ex.
/ porlatlon but we are quite certain that
/ il the lcheut starch DO needed here il will
be manufactured here, and not for home
consumption only but also to supply TO
considerable extent the INN nse amount
wanted for England, where II can be now
received at merely nominal duty. But
I let us look as our home consumption oe
starch. We are, unfortunately, without
guide as to the consumption Of foreign
made starch, for we do no, find any men
tion OF i. in the annual statement, except
in The instance above quoted. 1t was
probably included IN tbs very extensive
and stil.increasng lis, of noa-eaRmerated
articles. Our only guide rs 10 the con-
sumption in starch for domestic purposes
viii DO the increase Of population and,
as TO that which is used IN manufactures,
the increase in the quantity Of raw ma
terial manufactured,
Now, the population is increasing at
the rate Of about six hundred thousand
annually. Good house, keepers will eas.
lily calculate how much additional starch
will annually be used for domestic pur.
poses. But the increased consumption in
manufactures will also be great. We DO
not know the quantity OF starch used, OF
the proportion 10 different occupations;
but our readers will perceive that il
| given quantity was used IN 1910, when
our manufactures consumed two hundred
and ninety five thousand one hundred and
ninety-three bales of cotton, there would
be much more used in 1874 when the
domestic consumption OF cotton was three
hundred and forty-four bales. Here,
then, are sufficient reasons for the estab-
! Iishment OF more starch manufactures,
arising from the increase OF population
and the increase Of manufactures. We
do not see how the application ofthe ''reV.
/ of nd hot f~aa. L.,,fN
can affect the the former, unless il be by
the application Of poll tag, which, if the
said standard and limit" as understood
/ by some OF our opponents, be applied to
tho tariff, we may yet live TO see levied
upon us as necessary means OF raising
money for the support ofthe Government,
! In this discussion abou; starch, howev.
er, we are in danger of losing sight Of the
object in view when we commenced.
Tha. object was to show that our oppo.
nentS are premature in their taunis. The
contingency upon which the Wings pro-
phesed ruin and disorder TO arise from the
election of Messrs. Polk and DALLAS, has
not yet occurred. Four-flths of the ad.
vocates OF the election Of those gentlemen
| proclaimed the anti-proiective policy as
that which they would adop,. The Wings
stated their belief that great mischief
would proceed from such policy, and, in
their behalf, we now re. affirm tina, be-
| lief.
The present prosperous state Of Tho
country is the result Of WING policy. 1t
depends upon the party now in the ascen.
dant in The Government whether that pros
perity shall continue, or be blasted by tho
Locoloco party carrying cat its avowed
nrincin