Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-12
SIR. PEEL, FREE TRADE spsseu~.
Duties and Prices

fall
he duties are increased have been not uneopen,v
's'ato WIN all the light artillery Of rdicule aud wit,
ana unfortunately perhaps or The cause of truth. tho
'ee,"'"s paradox IN the assertion that, high duties
''hey do not beeei nw prices do nevertheless pene,,
exist coienpnrsueously with lhem " hich enables ,bo
""o "e"y NE assumption TO impose with facility upo,
''e understandings o the people. Experience how :.
- ''"S 10 ald ol lhe assumption, uniformly and II,
has done much 10 correct the specous fallsc.
Wv" "'eh me ahil-proieciiVe party long deceive,
anu 's'eu 'he public Jndsment-of which iallaeies II a,
'ne eas. specons nor unsound which teaches ,b,
nSh ou'eS necessarily lead to high prices and are there.
'oe TAX upon The consumer 1t is in our power IN d
~ 'oi'ny our position moi only by the weight Of g,o,
""'"e' anu VI "he loo which is entitled 10 no liul, "a
'e'' ''oh Inc free Trade party, whose theories a
's JUST announced his sudden conversion but Gkevio
ny numerous iacs which we find embodied in hi, 10
ce'eoraed SPEECH To lhesp facts We propose br,o, :
call the aleniion of our readers
The great obstacle which Sir Robert Pei ,or..;,.,
NC had 10 overcome in reconcDg The landed interest w
"reat Britain To his new system is the a,,,ehen.;o,
.hat The reduction oi duties by opening The markets If
u britain 10 ihe competition Of foreigners wouId .s,,
'"e prosperity 81 The home producers as conseonen.
VI genera reduction Of the prices Of their products
10 lie TASK o removing This objecon large periu f
or H. Feels speech is dedicated; and most successfully
dues lie refnte II, by demonstrating that hyh otie, and
ior pices oi the ar,icles upon which ,bey are vio,
are almost Uniform resuls-and On The other hand ,h.,
Tor duties are as uniformly succeeded Nv tipb nrcc,
However ridiculous, therefore, such an assun pon NAV
on lis surface seem IN be- when uttered BY one SO hum
Die as ourselves We lave to hore tina, tbose ub
defer 10 the authority orlluslruus names " i'll be d,sn
ed TO accord 10 ii little claim 10 plaushili,y Il, s
The least d H. wien thus officially promulgated BY fla
Prime Minister ol Gea Brtain-a man less ,IIus,ris
ior his high position than for The wisdom and talents h
which, IN despite Of lis pebeian BIRTH thai r,sl,ion has
been "on, and by which IL is 50 brilliantly adorned lie,
us condese some Of he facts referred by Sir Robert
Pei.
Ftar.-lo lS44 he duty clio las Cd per ton.
1t Is now nothing. The price of flax in 1913 was G5 ia
o's In 1874, GO IL CS, III ls45, Ca To Is; in Japusty
1910, from ~ 10 showing augmentation IN
price eoemporaneously with the repeal Of the duty
Lard-ln lS42. lhe duty was reduced from to .
shiIlngs per cwl; aud in 1916 il was repealed auu,
e; and yei Casks Sir Robert rlumphan,ly) what la,
been tie price OF ard?" In s44. il vas ass per cut;
Id 1915, 81; in January 1876, G2.
Uool.-n 1914. the duly On wool was alt celb,r TO-
peaieo III despite {" The strong rrolesaliuns OF HE grows
l. s la lIpm
NOW, hal, (ashs Sir Robert has been The reduction
IN Ifice IN 1872, The price Of Souihduwn WOOL
"htn there was duty upon the foreign, was Id Of
lung wool iod IN 1914, (afier Tie dny had Teen re.
duced the price Of Shutdown COL rose um Id the
price in 1912, 10 Is I'd and of long WOOL Is I'd also
Hear, hear In December lS45 eipL,een m.prls
alter the total reduction oil The duty the price Of sh
down wool rose from Id. the price in 1912 to lsI,d
he price in
was Is a. and of long wool Is ID Hear, hear, l.
Such have been the effects of this tducli n mad. m
1912, SO far as domestic agriculture is Concerned"
The operation Of the principle in tbs c.unry
must lead to the results. The FL, eli Of protective
duties must be 10 reduce and enhance the rice
the articles uion which they imposed in /, utind
States as well in Great Britain The popul,r I'M
preston, we are aware is otherwise; ard hence lie op
position 10 these duties the p, u The non. rl, rd
classes of The community. who naturally believe HE dec.
larati'n, 50 often made. thai, by The addition Of HE duy
the price is enhanc' consequently thai they are
that extent taxed for the purpose OF IA sha bounty Ia
into the packets of The classes engaged in the growth
or aorcaon OF The protected articles Blu, as il is er-
den that the duty dues not cause an enhancement Of 4
price, this potent argument is once des royed AMI
are hee not other circumstances also going to shaw this
10 be the effect Of these duties Why do the manuac-
nrers Of Leeds, Sheffield, Lyons and Marsers, The
ronnaslers of Wales, aud the sugar growers Of The
West Indies complain ofour tariff? Is that iHrai>es
The prices OF The articles hich they respectively pro-
duce Assnredy not far they would not complain If 1
That were the consequence. is because raises up
peors at home who as soon as they become firmly
labl>led able 10 mde,SeH them in the domestic
ke and 10 compel them 10 reduce their prices in order
10 find sale Tor their commodities at all.
We respectfully invite the attention Of the IocoGru i
wits, who have dwe with much JUNCTION on the at,
snrdhy OF The Wing argument. touching the relation
between duties and prices, the facts cited from
iht speech of The great champion Of Free Trade in 6na
ojer sought TO be attained by the original advocates IF
the repeal Of The laws in that country. the ncs-
SHY Of which Sir Robert Peel has So recently snbsrrla
ed. will not be defeated, II those facts be true, and the
Inference hererom well iuunded-lo wit, the securing
''cheap bread" 10 the lsbong classes. We have 70
doun' II VIII be. Our impression is that the opening
The BRUSH ports 10 foreign grain will not at all d're
the price thread. Dul il viii operate benef1aiy III
another mode If our prs shall be opened 10 her manu-
features, since il will employment and psoaps 4
higher wages To her operatives who will snersede ou
ow IN the privilege Of clothing people, and In ''
nshng them with thuse fabrics with which we oug"'
10 supply ourselves That This will be done, by 'le
adoption Of the Administration Tariff bill we Do
not doubt; hui have such abiding conviction
that the experiment will wuk Jsas,rouslv, drc''
y ON the proteced interests and jrdirecily upnn al \