Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-17
,,,ho a. No, produ,e 50 much in value per

.l,n;rs who do not produce 50 much IN value per
head as operatives employed in factories, and our
;mnor,s arc principally OF articles produced BY
,h;s latter class II will therefore be seen Thai, IN
,aking $500 as the average production, make
concession very much in favor OF The manuiacu-
rcrs But at that, i would lake iO0OOO persons
~ manufacture $50, 600 000-lhe entire amount
nf nnr import OF manufaclured'articles. Suppose
von allow an equal number ol children too young
~ 90 into the factories, land they 20 in very
vo,Ing. and for those too old 10 bs employed, (and
they remain nearly as long as they live,) and you
have 100000. We have seen, in England, that
The average consumption is about seventeen
bushels Of grain per head. The gentleman from
Massachusetts, MIR. Iludsonl Slows that the con-
sumption OF wheat in this country is less than four
bushels per head, which is less than is included
in The English estimate. Still will put down,
for Inc consumption Of this county, twenty bush
ola pcr head and The consumption Of 200 ,00O
operalivcs would be 100000 OF bushels-much
less than our present export. And 10 raise up this
number of consumers, YOU have destroyed others
more valuable. You have destroyed your 10
reign commerce, and lost The consumers which it
Gives YOU. And do not hesitate 10 say they are
much more extensive consumers Of our agiicul
tural produce than all yonr manufacturers, eene
6,cd by tariff Of protection.
The persons CONNECTED Win the commerce ol
the country afford MS very large market for
our provisions; and il is known that The efec,
ri The tariff policy is greatly 10 injure that pur-
suil. In the city OF New York alone, there are
three thousand carmen, with nearly twice that
number Of horses, principally dependent upon
The foreign commerce Of the country. In pro-
portion 10 the size OF the cities, there many
in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the 9th
er towns. Il NAV safely be said, that in the rails
ing and subsisling Of the horses engaged in This
one branch, as much of the produce OF The lar
ner is used, as is consumed by all The sickly in
males OF every mandatory IN the country,
which is benefited by tarifi-to say nothing
about the sixty thousand seamen, The large num-
Der Of ship.carpenters, stevedores, sail makers,
and persons engaged in The production OF hemp
and the manufacture OF corfage. But iEis IS a
calculation which every one can make Tor him.
self and | will not go infinitely into u.
But The conclusive answer 10 the argument nn-
der consideration is that We do mol propose 10 de-
sroy The manufactures. On The contrary, we
think that such as The country Is ripe Tor VIII
flourish under revenue tariff.
do not desire (said Mr.. b. 10 be considered
as the enemy OF manufactures. | am friendly 10
them, and will be glad 10 see them established,
whenever the country is ripe for them. When
ever that is the case they will be introduced IN
iii then, they ought not 10 be inloduced My
only fear is, that The protection which Tariff for
revenue alone will aiioid, will cause many 10 be
introduced premalurely. That protection l. much
greater than is generally supposed. The memo
rial Of the New York merchants, presented 10
Congress at the Extra Session, says "Twenty
per cent duly is protection Of no less than or!y
per cent 10 domestic manufactures, because in
addition TO the duty, The expenses OF importation
are about seven and halt per cent, and the prci
10 The importer is probably about twelve and a
hall per cent" Will not this afford protection
enough? Are there any manufactures for which
the country is ripe, thai cannot prosper under
protection Of forty per cent? They h'urished
and made larger dividends, even during The later
period Of the Compromise Act, than any other
pursuit in the country. IN making this statement,
do not draw my differences from unauthenlic
sources. hold in my hand leter written by
Thomas G. Cary, Treasurer of the Hamilton
Manufacturing Company, addressed on The Isl OF
December, 1884, Ia my honorable colleague Mr..
Pendleton.) 1t was designed, as ii purpors on lis
face 10 disabuse The public mind as 10 The extent
Of manufacturing profits, and il is published by
The manufactures The ,selves Tor that purpose.
II contains the following table giving the average
dividends Of The Lowell factories, taken" as he
says. "irom their own boOk.'