Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-13
THE ENQUIRER.
Thursday Morning, March IL, 1916.
RICH MON ID, VA

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Thursday Morning, March IL, 1916.
10 his great speech, Sir Robert Peel demons!ra-
led, by official statistics, that The reduction Of pro-
lec,iye Gn;ies in Great Britain had had The bene-
fetal chec, OF increasing her foreign exports, viz
len millions Of pounds sterling from 1912 10 ISL.
He lnlhcr showed, thai, Notwithstanding he
great reduction of duties 10 The amount OF I'VE
millions OF pounds per annum, The :" salient
spring OF prosperity induced oy The removal Of
commercial shack!cs, bad supplied tie vacuum
in the treasury, with The exception oi very
small amount.
Tic remission Of drI;cs has exeried the same
favorable influence IN prices. Though The i'm
polta,ions have ID, the prices Of beef and
puIk have increased 10 double what they were
before lie abolition Of duties. Among other ar
ices, 1ax and wool have increased in value, rom
the removal of line duty
These are tie facts which haze been vouehel
FIR By the Prime Minister as existing in The ex.
rerence Of Great Britain, under the relaxation
OF the restrictive system. While The principle
Of "prttecion' is The same in every nation Of The
globe, why should not We witness similar bene-
fetal effect in our own country, under a like re-
axaiion2 Are We 10 put aside The valuable ligh,
Of experience, and, al The dctalion Of interested
manufacturers. continue system which is a5ou,
10 be lepudialcd by Eng land herself, because Of its
saring n,ischels ?
\ writer in the Journa OF Commerce quotes
few articles which are regularly imported, AID
he duty as At present exacted. lie does this in
order 10 show 10 villa; an extent he consumers
are taxed for the special benefit Of the manuiac,u-
rers:
Printed rnrr';rs, 81 inches, cost in E'eland 7
coats, duty 81 nts; duty per cent ahouil2n
Printed calicuss. D inches cost in EE3 aid 6
cents, duty cents; duty per cent. about 100.
Printed muslins, 81 ncbes, eooI il England is
cents, duty 81 cents; duty per cent about IS.
The latter are fine goods, only consumed BY the
richer classes. All such goods as shiring,, white
or brown, low priced prints, The soodS 1hich are
consumed by The poorsr classes are entirely proh-
hited, owing TO The exorbilant duty exacled on
them. subjoin list of a few articles which il
imported would pay the duties as annexed
Cos, in Eng Duly here. Dup. c.
Brown sheeting D in. 5 C. 4! aoon 90
.JU Ot IlU
ColorPd checks SO 2lO
Low priced pd.
Calicocs 81 "a G. leo
Now, wha, is the policy which Sir Robert Peel
adopts towards the English manufacturers He
says 10 Them:
81 ask them al once 10 sci the example 10 others
| by relaxing r0lul.i0rGy and chcGrfuUy The pro-
| tction they enjoy. As The case stands,
| IL, fs
such as calicoes, prints, &c, are subject 10
auy OF 10 per cent On importation; while co!ions,
made up, such for instance as cotton stockings,
| are subject 10 a da,y oI - per cent. With re-
| spect to the cotton manufacture, which Is now
subject TO duty OF 10 per cent, propose that j,
| should &c imported DUTY FREE, and that dGty Of
20 per cent, which now applies 10 The lnanuiac-
;ured articles Of cotton in more advanced state,
| | propose 10 ,,ejuce 10 10 nsr cent; that is 10
| saw, that on The great articles OF cotton manu-
faclurc which constitute The article - cioti,ng
fer Tie great mass II he ytop'e, there ~W 6e 40
| import dniy
II propose also 10 cal! on the manufacturers. OF
linen and wuol'cn The Two o!her great articles,
in addition 10 COTTON, concerned in The toaSn,np-
tan Of Tic great bnty NJ Nc ps"ple, 10 Telinquish,
as believe they can, without injury 10 Them
selves, protection with respect 10 the articles OF
hcir manufacture"
Here, Sir Robert Peel asserts lhat on some ia
brics, the manufacturers can relinquish pIoec-
ton without injury 10 themselves; while our own
manufacturers contend thai they will be broken
Gown, even with The protection OF IS per cent,
excluding The natural protection" OF insurance
and transportation. Lett, moreover, be observed.
that the coarscr cotton cloths for the of the great
mass Of The people, which Peel proposes 10 admit
duty free, can be manufactured here cheaper than
ia England. And yet our Unsuitable ariiii.es. with
all their advantages Of cheap raw maieria! and
legislative protection cry out aeains! "loreign
paupcr labor" because the erect Of Tree trade
NAV be 10 Gu, down their exo!oitant profits, lcav
inc 10 them, however liberal AMI Stable prices.
A modification Of ne Tariff will thus give PER
manency and soliti;y TO he manufacturers them
selves, who viii be guarded against any irlnrons
change Of Tho laws; it will enable The great body
u The prople 10 oolain c!uhng al reasonable
rrice; ii will give new impulse 10 commerce
and 10 The farming interests, and, ina word, sup
ply ,he "sahen, spring OF prosperity" TO all clas-
.es, as Sir Robert Peel so APPLY expresses il.
Still, The Tariff papers are so wrapl up in the
preservation Of a high tariff and its consequent
exorhilanl manufacturing Gividents, that they
would brave The horrors OF a var rather than sec
The Tariff touched
Zone paper and ,ha, somewhat OF southern
oac in position is facing Tins National question III
manner truly American. The Baltimore Pa
trint holds the following language:
The Buffalo Pilot says:
COVE desire 10 see the Oregon dispute settled.
we telieve-havc ever helievcd-lhat j, will be
settled amicaby But il is only. 10 be set
lied hy sacrificing our domestic industry, then
we saw. lei il ever remain cause OF contention:
and if war is to come from il, lei II come
"Now. This is meeting lbe question upon its
merits, and independent OF al selfish shutting"
The same paper quotes the following from the
Boston Atlas:
"Hcrein consists The whole secret upon which
is 10 rest The settlement OF the Oregon dispute
An American Secretary Of the treasury mas
adapted the tariff policy OF The nation 70 sun
British inlerests-and, byithls means, afforded Mr..
Polk the means of clustering, 20 accommodate
Tho western nalate. up 10 the point OF war, ic
annearancs whilst he had The assurance ihat The
sacrifice ofthe industrial policy o. The country
would induce Great 3riiain 10 compromise upon
terms which would percent its. occurrence"
The Buffalo print remarks upon The above:
ar this be 60 the whole question is open 10
view, and in a condition 10 be met The baiil-
more pa,rio, has met it in right spirit and tone
so far"
Here, then these Wing journals, which once
so e'oqueDtly described the horrors OF war waged
70. our territorial rights arc perfectly willing TO
embrace lis dreadful sequences, rather than
sacrifice the unreasonable profits of Inc manu-
fac,urcrs. They make Jealous efforts TO arouse
public feeling against the Administration Tor re-
commencing reform Of tie Tariff which was
one OF The great issues al The last campaign, and
which was decided against The Wings. Would
mol The Administration he Iecreant 10 It's solemn
pledges, did they refuse to urge material mod'-
ficaiun Of the protective system, upon It's naked
merils2 Should such a reform have the cttsc! OF
bringing peace between The Two nations, IS i,