Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-09-11
THE ENQUIRER.
wednesday Morning, September D, lelo.
RICHMOND, VA.

RICHMOND, VA.
wednesday Morning, September ., io-o
THE MARKETS OF ONE COUNTRY, oH
MARKETS OF THE woRLD'
:. ,,, ., The vivid descriptions with "hlci
the Wing press has furnished the co"".'y '. :"
eHome Market" and in spite of all The blessings
which they promised would flow from II: a a. .",
sion il vii, owe TO be, after all. Home Ma'Ne'
When we hear such thing talked OF IN common
n,,,apc, and gu, Of The newspapers, our minus
reyer, 10 The hucsserins which we see ua''
ried ON around us, 10 the Hanover md" "'>
hawks his water-melons through The Streets "
The WAGNER who sells his hay al our s'aoies. .
man finds home market when ne d'sposes y
h. nroduce of his labor in his own he'gnoo'
hood Ru, TO speak of the New England 9'a'e'
afording "Home" market for Virgin'ans " -
sor, 10, is an absurd misnomer'
Rut lei il be- Call the whole country ho"'e
from Maine To California and let there be mar
ke,s in every portion 81 ii, what merchant leS'''
,,,,e or speculative, will contine himself 10 mem
,loneq Is there any man, with any thing wnh''
cycr IN sell. who will not seek the markets oil Tue
world2 The very lariliites themselves 40 50
The very persons who preach the home marker
doctrine have the sagacity, in their ousihess
transactions. 10 look abroad and adapt lheii
purchases to the markets OF Europe. :
They do not themselves lean upon The broken
reed which is commended 10 others. Ana were
The farmers OF Virginia 10 do so they would soon
wish 10 sell ont. Il is very well 10 wish Tor more
diversified pursuits in Virginia; II is very wei 70
talk about establishing factories throughout he'
limits: but when will such a state ofthinSs occurs
When will the climate change, and the char
acer and habits Of The people change, so as 10
render manufactures, on large scale prolllahles
!, would be well for Richmond City il she had
more factories in operation. They would add TO
the population and the wealth OF the place. Not,
however. upon The home market doctrine There
are several factories here already, and they 90
no, depend en- the Virginia market for The sale
of their goods, but send considerable portion OF
their cloths to the North 10 be sold. They are
compclled 10 eschew reliance on the Virginia
market And our farmers will have 10 eschew
Jcrending altogether on The markets oil The
United States The price OF cotton is not regua-
,cd BIZ Lowell, bur BY Manchester The price OF
wheat is scnsibly Influenced by tn price in Eng
Iani-a fact illustrated by The last steamers news,
which caused Use in flour. As The trade in II
increases under the liberalized tariffs OF The I~o
countries, the barometer afforded by The London
Corn Exchange will become still more accurate
The Times thinks that The tables published by
us relute The comments we made upon them. We
can hardly think So. Those who read can Judge
These tables, howevcr, do not exhibit the whole
disadvantage under which Tie farmer labors
whilst high Tariff is in operation. Were The
picture complete, il would exhibit what he has 10
pay for his supplies, and show how a high
Tariff enhances The price Of what he needs most
Had We tables al hand, wc would publish them,
although they might conflict with another Wing
doclrne-"High duties make low prices"
A writer in the Richmond Republican OF yes
rerday who has the good fortune 10 be both a
nbnyer and grower Of tobacco has aninad-
yer,cd upon The statistics which we presented in
relation 10 the prices OF tobacco in Richmond
since 1928. He dissents from The statement, that
more OF the great staples OF Virginia are sold in
Richmond during the month Of August than du-
ring any other month. We rei.era,e it, True,
there is not so much tobacco sold in August as
in Nav and June; but tobacco alone was no.
comnrehs nded in The saemeHt. Com and whea,
mus, also be taken inlo account. The wheat
trade al Richmond is in lis height during August;
and il is trade which affords the means Of liqui-
dating more debts, and rendering more service 10
the prosperity OF the city, than any oihcr;--nob
however, according to the home market theory,
fir nearly all The -four made i'll Richmond is sent
abroad. There is not any great amount Of corn sold
here-only enough TO supply the home demand.
|, cannot be ground up and sent OIL 10 foreign
market like wheat, and three or four cargoes in
The lock would absolutely deluge the "home mar
KEEL" OF that, however, which is sold here, more
is sold is August, we ale confident, than during
any other month the knowing ono who grows
tobacco in The country and buys it at Shockoe
Warehouse BE- anything ola farmer in reality
il he be man who has shared the tolls and dill
tcul,es Of the Agricuuralisl's liie-he must
know that May and June are busy months with
all farmers and therefore ills less convenient for
them 10 deliver crops then than in August
But in orde. that our readers may see how little
difference there has been between the prices Of
tobacco in May and the prices in August we
will compare The two daies. The table below
will exhibilhe quotations found in the papers Of
The day lie who is so lucky as 10 be both IA
grower and abuyer OF tobacco" attributes The pre-
sent low prices OF obacco,o The operation OF the
Tariff Of 1916 This is most wonderful. We
wiIl reply 10 il By stating that The tarlii oil 1916
wi!l no, 20 into operation until the first Of next
December.
Here is the table 10 which We referred:
MAY AUGUST.
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