Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-15

our hfeadstutf> and PROVISIONS Ii the reduced
dulles ar continued on both sides. So As to permit
ieciPiocai interchange OF Commodities, the TO-
reign marker, now opened iur our breads,nffs and
provisions, must be maintained
Our farmers now have, and must retain. our
home market, with or wilhou, the Tariff, because
breacsuffs and provisions cannot profitabIy be
imported here. The few diverted from farming
10 manufactures, by high tariff, bear NO com
parison in number with the people OF the world,
whose markets are LOST, in whole or in part, by
high duties. Nor is il chiefly The farmers, but
the merchant, the shipbuildcr and shpowner. the
seaman, and The thousands OF laborers in The
mars olour foreign commerce that furnish much
the larger portion of those who are driven by
high tariff from existing pursuits into manuiac-
lures, aud consuming as they all did, our own
breadstuils anu provisions, as we'll before as aier
the change OIL their pursuits no additional market
IS thereby secured IL the farmer. Indeed there is
an absolute loss, in SO lar a. The machinery oflhe
manufacturer which consumes no breadstuffs or
provisions, is substituted for the manual labor
engaged In agriculture, commerce and Davga-
lion. The number of manufacturers would not
be increased (if increased a, alD more than one
tenth by the difference between The tariff Of 1912
aud tndt of 1896 and OF tliat lenIh more than
one-hnif would not have changed from agricuitu-
raj pursuits. In the meantime when commerce
and navigation flourish under low duties larger
number OF consumers of b!eadsiufis and pro-
Visions are diverted Ia those pursuits from agfi-
culture, than would be driven from il into manu-.
features BY high dulles. Nothing then, is gained
in home market 10 the farmer by high duties,
whilst The markets Of the world are los, or d-
minished. The population OF The world is row
one thousand millions, increasing al the rate OF nor
less Than Ten millions per annum, with bnt lule
augmentation anywhere OF brcadsluffs and pro-
visions, except IN our own county; yet our tar
mers are asked To abandon this immense market,
in The vain attempt 10 create an adequate home
marker, BY sacrificing agriculture, commerce and
navigation, Tor the benefit 81 manufactures.
Experience is against the protective policy
In England, alter long tr:al and ruinous results,
il is abandoned; and here, under the tariff OF
ls42, the prices OF bteadslutis and provisions lsl.
and have now risen with the reduction oi duties
and the opening OF foreign market. From q
long peace, Europe is becoming 20 densey popu>
latef, that her poorer soil and more uncertain cli-
male afford less adequate supply Of food from
year 10 year Tor her rapidly increasing popula-
lion. Under system OF low duties, and recip-
rocal interchange Of commodities, il will be the
interest, no; only OF Great Britain, but also Of
most oil The conlinen 0. Europe, 10 take large
supply OF food from u; but, By anesIine this ex-
change OF their fabrics for our products, il be-
SOuiCo lHCh dBOAH ldSt uCIGSolyj w
look Tor and encourage markets elsewhere; and
also BY extraordinary means, and high govern
mental bouniss To drive capital mo agriculture
there, 10 supply The wants oil iheir people, unable
10 pui chase our products, Tor which, by high du-
lies, We demand payment in specie. II we re-
ceive the fabrics OF Europe in exchange for our
products, i. will be their interest TO encourage
and en- arge that commerce; AMI il mus, go on
rapidly augmenne, until our country becomes
the granay Tor Europe, an. our export here OF
food shall even exceed that oil cotton, great as
that's destined to be under sysiem oil low du-
lies. With this enlargement Of our exports will
come es.5onaent increase Of our imports,
and a great augmentation OF The revenue
ii The government and Of the prosperity OF
the people. There will be a greater num-
Der more prcfiahly engaged in agriculture, Conn
mefce, and navigation. The increased Iumbe.
an: prosperity oil those classes constituting tour
hhs d. the whole people, will enable ae:n sfea-
" 10 ey,end their purchases; ana the manuiac.
turerS b. he increased ability aCd means OF or
own people, will derive 10 series y! years, :
greater oenehi, ihao - destroying the ability ..
!nelr customers, ~ EXCLUDING their products ion.
the foreign matSr'. al crpfiving them 70 ina,
extern oil the means TO purchase at home
abroad II The ship.bulioer constructs, and the
navigator freighis more yesses-t the farmer
sells more brradsiuiis ami provisions aud me
planter more cotton and al better prces-if The
merchant Ian.a;is a larger and more prosperous
business-it The seamen increase in number and
receive better waecs-it tie working classes en-
ployeI in connection with trade in our Al eIican
mars 81 foreign commerce are increased and
rendered more prosperous they must all be ena-
b.e,i 10 pug base more 81 our own manufactures,
and al belle! prices Unef such q system Of
reciprocal interchange Of commodities with
all The world, The great cry 81 New York would
become (what she now is for the STATES Of
this UEion) the aiea, mar: Tor the commerce Of
the yarions na,i rs oi The earth. Locatc.i nearer
the centre of the commerce OF lie world than any
European city, she would 90 on augmenling Unit!
she had surpassed them all and within her own
limits and suburbs would afford larger home
market Tor our breadstufs and provisions Than the
whole number whom protective ialil would
drive from agriculture 10 manufactures. Such
would be the efec, on New York as market for
brcadsluffs and provisions whilst New Orleans,
Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and our other
great commercial maus, W, u,d move onward in
an accelerated progress, augmentng the demand
Tor agricultural products, as wei. as Tor foreign
and domestic manufactures. This is The true
method oi building up home. arket Tor The pro-
ducts ofall our Industry. This is lhe most eqnai,
Iusi certain, and permanent as well a the most
electual ana comprehensive protection and en-
moi only Of manufactures, but also
oil agriculture, commerce, and navigation, ana
The labor connected with every branch OF Ameri-
can industry.
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