Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-05
foregoing facts, and having resided in both places
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foregoing idcls ana having resided in both places
ms means OF forming correct Judgment are am.
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We continue from the Union the articles of lis
intelligent correspondent, Analysing the Tariff
Fair:
EXHIBITION OF PRoTECTED MA MANI
FACTURES-No. 9.
What do The projectors OF the National Fair
propose to prove by their present exhibitiou4 Is
II that the American consumers are supplied
with merchandise as cheap as those of another
nahonl II yea, why demand continuance Of
The present system OF minimums. which taxes
the foreign article consumed by The poor three
iold that OF The rich? There can be no need OF
Potecuon IN such case. And ifthey still cry
out Tor high duties, The public will not be con-
vinced but that The pretence OF furnishing cheap
goods is untounded.
Rleh lamps e4ndelab,as, &C., of Cornelius &
20, saia 10 make the most attractive and COR
geous display OF anything in the fair-Aese par
ioi aItices oil luxury are subject 10 but duty of
'hif'y per cent, while the poor washerwoman's
sad-lron and The farmers drag-chan are subiec,
10 duty OF about an hundred per cent.
Ca,pstings Of lie Iar,fvNe Company, Gen.
necucm'-oome THE Wilton carpelngs were We
y handsome aid priced at So IS per yard. We
'S"ih tidl lUlS attlcle. used pYClu-
sively by the rich, can be made 10 comne,e with
foreign goods which are subject ONLY 10 dn,v
OF ~ 10 70 per cent, and trust that The manufac-
turels VIII not oppose The proposed reduction on
hiudermlnster, and ingram carpetins from 60
per cent, The present rate 10 an equality with the
Wilton carpets.
Cass,mcrcs, Of fancy styles, made by Wether.
ed Brothers, Of Baltimore, and w. & ID. Far
mum, Waterford, Massachusetts These goods
were well designed in pattern, finished in a most
ctedilaole manner, and, al the prices affixed
mus discourage The Secretary OF the Treasury
from calculating upon much revenue even al he
proposed duly of % per cent. A lille more
practice will enttle the former gentlemen 10 The
gold medal Tor black doeskins "cqual 10 impor-
tedn
Printed monsseli.e dc iaines, manufactured by
me HookseIt Company, Hooksett, New Hamp-
shlre, and cannot bul be commended for The skill
~ which The fabric is managed. We are happy
10 apprze our readers thai one al least OF lis pro-
prlet"rs, The Hon. Isaac Hill, is and has ever
oeen, against protective, and in favor OF a rev
enue tariff.
Phfid ctoakings and fann,l,, made by the Sa-
hsbury Company, Massachusetts Weare sorry
10 see such exorlionalc prices affixed 10 these
goods; Judging from the English prices Of similar
goods, where The raw material is as dear as here
deduction Of at least 25 per cent. can be made
and profit remains.
Green bookings, Tor laborers' and mechanics
jackets. This article made from foreign wool.
Of which wool 100000 of pounds were i'm
ported IN 1915 al duty of less Than half CT.
per TO-, IS mol as cheap as The imported by al eas,
one-lhrd Al % per cent. duty as proposed,
gooc article will be secured 10 the consumer, and
good revenue 10 The treasury, with no injury 10
The domestic 'cOOi gr0rrer
I)Ded cQmDyfcs for LpiNos from Great Ealls
Company. These are al least so per cent high
er than the Eng ish article. A duty OF more Than
lOO per cent. on the latter prevents competition.
Dy'd Silesias or t,cilied eouo,s, 80 inches wide:
Lucoma Company, State OF Maine: price He;
English article is II.
Car6ans or Thrilled dyed coiions LonsdaIe Com
pany. Rhode Island: price 10 cenls-English ar
tcle is 10 els.
duty OF cents the square yard secures these
goods from foreign competition
ShecfirsS, hnbfeacaed, made by The Merrmack
Company price . cents present price of similar
goods IN England, with the raw material dearer.
6, cts.
Saeelings, from Sugar river, Claremon,. New
Hampshire, cents peryard price in England for
similar article, Gets
Shcetings, unbleached, from James's Mills,
Newburyporl, Mass, 80 inches wide II; cents.
English article, same warp, rather less welt 80
inches, 6 cents.
Sacetiags, bleached, Lonsdale Company, provi-
dence, Rhode Island, IA cents present price in
Manchester for corresponding article, s cents.
The consumer may NOT be aware how cheap
the above goods may be manufactured in both
countries-we should say, and think We can
PROFESSIONALLY cheap in each.
Very good unbleached sbeengs, from 80 10 40
inches wide, could be bough, in England, at the
last accounts, at from A. 10 & cents per yard
which would be the price for The homemade
goods were the manufacturers content with any,
Thing like reasonable return for their capital
On printing cloths, of which two hundred mil.
lions OF yards were consumed last year, The pro.
hts were at least six millions OF dollars.
Lei The exporter Of wheat, -four, Indian corn,
sailed provisions, lard, tobacco, &C., but recipro-
cafe the offer of trade now being made through
the influence OF the liberal party in England, and
they may reduce their expenditure for clothing
al least ne.fourlh, as well as secure better mi.
ces Tor their produce, by having two market, in
stead of one
We have clue into labyrinth never vet
penetrated; the interior Of mill for The manu-
iaclurc and printing OF cotlonclolh, through
which, if the reader pleases, We will guide him
in our next, and discover 10 him all It's scores.