Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-05

tuner oi 20 OF % per cent, viz:
., Per cent.
The difference ofduy more on hemp than
oordasc .
Of iouign shipping charges 10
ol freight, more being char
Sed on hemp, on account
OF It's bulk, than cordagc 10
Making %
Alhi TIE lo'cign manufacturer has another adj
vantage over the domestic. in being enabled
To deposlle IA warehouse aud supply the Home
market when the price " IN answer 10 secure
the export demand by selling d, that price -
VIC Wish To have Justice al lhc hands OF the
noNelninent, u not protection, and think a
SPECIFIC duiy should be laid on corlage that
should be equal 10 atleast % per cent over the
duty OF hemp, besides the extra expense ofim-
porting hemp Over cordjge
And We iuriher think IL decidedly for the
interest ~ the country, aud Of the grower, of
hemp IN this county.
As The foreigner will supply conlsge under
the House bill which viii prevent tb,, p,od,,oc
OF hemp finding market here, as the eApense
81 getting American hemp from the place oi
raising Is now over % pee ceut OF the first
cost, white Cordage can be brought from Rus |
sil, exclusive ot duty, at from 3 to per cent. /
We think the domestic manufacturer should 4
b. allowed daW back on coiddgc made from
foreign hemp (Which has PAID dut,l when
rNpoited--or IL this csmlot be done The draw /
back should not b. allowed to the importer of /
ioreign corlage on expectation. Soliciting
Your attention TO the foregoing
We are, very respectfully. your obt scrv Is, /
SEWELL q DAY.
My Dear Sir
] send YOU a paper. which contains an arti-
Gle on Hemp and CoIdage by writer who ap-
pears Ia understand the subject
enclose d statement of the average cost of
hemp dnd cordage ia Russia lor the last FIVE
years also, the freight to the United States;
the cost OF freight Tor ton OF hemp from Mis-
SCUM, Kentucky and Indiana. You will see
the advantages Russia Coriagc will have i'm
our market over our own manufacture
Foreign cordage also has the advantage OF
drawback Oh shipment toanolher market We
also consume 5000 barrels OF tarin the manu-
idctuTe. Yours, truly, Up. DAVIS.
July 10Th.
The following is a statement alluded to a
hove.
Cost OF a ton of Hemp IN Russia, in
Guiding charges, $40
Freight per ton, II
sl52
Cost Of ton o{ Corj1gc, $3.50
freight per ton, S-Sl5S
The above arc The average prices Tor live
years.
Freight OF ton OF Hemp from Mis-
sOuri, Kentucky or Indiana, to Bos.
ton sol
But there is another article very inportani
IN the shipping interest as well as the manu-
iacturing-grOwn into It's importance lately,
which Is still more striking. Formerly il was
not oil much consequence, but lately il has
grown into considerable importance. and that
is insced. The duties TO be laid on lipseed
and on hnsecd oil. Now this isacase of very
great importance--so important is IT, that /
snail read To Tie Senate letters from the b 81
mercantile men, which say it this bill passes.
one-thirl OF all the trade aud shipping between
the United States aud Calcutta Is c,it of and
destroyed. Now let MS see how that stands.
hearsag0, and when first remember TO have
beeneonver@nt with commercial men and i'm
Inc midst OF navigating people, there was
considerable export OF the article Of LAX and
seed rom the United States TO iceland and
England. Now It's well known that Iceland
the great seat OF the linen mlnuacturers-
country that raises and manufactures 30 much
iiox, does not raise It's own lax seed. and IN,
reason oi that Is, that the fax must b. pullet
"a period Of Us growth, before the seed ha,
upencd. IL not. tie fibre becomes 80 hare
That - docs not answer The purpose of manu-.
iactufc snd can be- used only for thc coarscst
''..'af 90 NAI uilNNit anu NuTiICIu States
ha1 s miscd ior both purposes. II issuGcrrd
10 upeni and ihe seed Is saved and exported
to iclaBd whilst the fibre is manufactured
lnto ihoa coarse goods which answer lor
h"u.ehond purposes and was spun by our
mothers and histcn aud their assistants In
tine PN. Bat now uiis thing b. craNy
changed. ldusecd Uii BIAS b.tomc AN 8ffi,It
% great importance oni vastly r4teBsite 1..
" is manufactured no fhis tuu.i..s.j.B. I,..,
linsecd imported from sbroal ani a.. .,,,.
pose. maiuly in that fresh smig ia ,yf,,I. :,
would not negotiate. Bat bare ills lrtl ~,
'he m5puiaciWeO of 'iuscei Oh, auJ ltl. h..r..s
very important matter. not obly tB Pm. ,r,..
poriers oi tho artirig here. who Idte iuys..,l
fargo sums oi money in thc erection af rii.I.
nui sls9 a1 important article in the h.igbf I'd
ihe United States. touching ycB seriously ,be
employment Ut all those vessels OBJ Uie t'1itnI
Siaics which carry nn tha tmde between a..
aud India. ln ile lrt place. lgt nc Give YOU
iitiie statement iu respect t1 ,h. establish
mcni ior iio manufacture ol ili.arirlr. Al
iiie lasi ccnaus incfc were $40 lmald ..iIfuii'.
in ilie q. Sutcs. SOL fla} nov number fl1o7
DO 1o i3'D. novel By wacr or s'flm
They consume from ~ bushels of e.eI