Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-14

before tbey were projected by TIE tani ol
Isle
,. What was the price of woollen goods.
fiannels. saiineis. &c. at the periods above
mciiricnedl aud are they not how furnished OF
domestic manufacture for less than hall the
price pnid when exclusively imported from
abroa,R
4. II is estimated BY the Secretary Of the |
Treasu in his report. that we manufacture
81 millions OF dollars, worth OF cotton goods !
in the United States, and assume half that a
mount OF woollcn~, what would be the effect
on prices al kosnc and abroad were this i'm
mensc supply destroyed or Withdrawn from
the markets of the wordl
>. What were the prices OF window and
other glass IN 1916, aud at the dates of the
tariffs OF lS2l, lS2S. and what now l. glass
no, now supplied at home for less than one
fourth OF the price paid in 1916, and for less
than the amount OF the duty imposed for its
protcc,iun1
6. What were tho prices OF iron, nails. and
other manufactures of iron and steel in 1872
What az the other periods referred 10, aud
what are the prices now Are not many Of
these articles now made at home inr one half
and oue-iourth OF their former pricel
Z. What were the prices at the above dates
OF salt, PAPER. and of sI,h other a tices as
may seem 10 YOU calcula ted To show the effect
of protective duties upon prices gencmllyl
.. On the other hand, please state whether
the articles not produced or manufactured in
this country, on which duties Tor revenue
merely and not for protection are levied. such
"a silks. Velvcts, lhCes, &c. have been rcdu,-
ed IN pnce since lSl6. or have they been re-
duced in anything like the ratio of reduction
that has occurred IN the prices of the protect
ed articles What - the reason of the differ
eucc and is it not true that protective duties.
lao ii r...lf. a..
ties increase theml
.. While protective duties have reduced the
prices OF manufactured goods, has no; the IN
creased demand, resulting from the increase OF
manufacturing establishments Throughout the
country, sustained and kept up the wages of
labor, AMI the produce oi the farmer, flour gain
Provisions, &c, at as high, aud in some cases
even higher, rates than they were IN lSl62-|
And do not protective duties, therefore, bv IN
crcasing the supply OF manufactured goods,
while they increase the demand for the raw
material and bfcads;utls, enable the farmers to
sell for more and buy for less?
QUESTIONS TO FARMERS, MECHANICS. &c.
10. What part of the value OF a ward of cloth
consists OF wool. bread. meat and other agri-
cultural proluc'sl And is not a piece of fan
mel, manufactured by farmer in his own
family, as much production of his farm, and
a. strictly agricultural, as barrel Of -four
IL. What portion of the price of foreign
hats, shoes, axes, hoes glass, salt &c, consists
OF foreign agricultural produce, raw material,
aud the subsistence at labor and when We
s.nd our money abroad to purchase these arli-
ces. do we not send tito support aud enrich
iorrign farmers and mechanics To the injury of
our own
IL. What portion OF the value OF a ton Of
plS-ron consists OF agricultural produce, esti-
mating the subsistence OF men, horses, oxen.
&c, employed IN supplying the ore aud coal.
and converting II into iroul Is not seven
elghihs OF ITS value agiculturOl} Does not
Great Britain make iron. cloth, glass, &c. out
OF the sam materials that we do: aud when we
import these articles, do we not import the
British agricultural produce worked up i'm
ihem' And is the policy of reducing duties to
increase imports, sucha policy as ought 10 b..
sustained by your representatives. Your ans.
wer will Inform them.
10, What proportion of the value of the
whole OF our foreign imports consists of foreign
agricultural produce, estimating the raw ma.
terlal and the subsistence of the labor cmploy
ed IN their productioD2 l. il not greatly more
than one -hsln
Ii. Estimating, then. olc-halr of the value
oil our imports To b. agricultural produce. and
our imports OF British manufacture las appears
10y oihcial doCumcn,s) having exceeded Tor ten
years pas, forty millions a wear, while She has
'aken' Tor The same time, all the agricultural
products oi the grain.growing States. flanr.
grain, m at AMI provisions of every Kind. les
Than two millions of dolla r. worth per wear
from rs does 1t not follow that we CONSUME
annually twenty millions of dollars worth of
BRUSH agricultural produce 10 two millions
oil TIE same that she consumes of uurs1 and
ought Tue extension of this system OF POLICY
By which We arc made io consume tcndollAfs'i
worth OF British wool gain, and provisions
81 the form OF British goods. To one dollars
worth she takes from US 20 be- advocated by
Tie American people or their representatives.
0uEsrioNs TO LABoRERs AyD OTHERS.
10. With our present facilities of inter
course with Europe 10y steam. would not free
trade reduce the wages OF labor here in every
department OF industry to the level of the wa
ges o. labor there just Is certainly a. the r,
moNai oil wall separating two unequal bod.
leo col water would reduce the one 10 tho level
OF The other
10. IL tic productions OF Eufopen labor
wofkIng at % cts per day IN making shoes
hat-, cloth. and every thing else. were admit.
ted into our ports Tree OF duty, must not o
mechanics aud laborcTs come down and work
a. low a. they do. ar give up the market lust
a. certainly "a that labor on one side OF street
OF fVef wofkingat % cts, would reduce 10
cent labor on the other side to- its own levely
"a The message says the tanI imposes
heavy and unjust burdcnts on the farmer. '-
Gcncfal Jackson says, 'thc tarlH by taking
100000 men, WON ~ AMI children from aprls
culture, aud employing them in manufactures
would create home market Tor more bead
uii, than oil Euro, now furni,ie Is
Is. The ~ 's>agr also says, duiss onpl,t to
BE- imposed fl revenue only. and Whenever
they are 50 high as "a diminish i'm ,rssd
revenue, they ought 20 h. reduced 60 the r..
venue standard Th1mts Jen-Isln in has re-.
! port I" Congress says. thc true system Is inst
thc revere OF tins. be says Congress should G.
lect such articles a. we can manuiactun. +
ourselves "imPo~iugon them duties lighter,
hfst bat 'aNer amd heavier aftcr,garI. as
"'h.r channels OF supply open. The one ,ays
a. Use Am uc'n supply increases reduce the