Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-21

discoun, fell to5 per cen. .,,s IN aha,ement of
Of 1876 with The specie Valus' 'n a.. -. nr;ces of
10 10 per cent. should DC Niue a ~
In The anne document, we ma Co'npa,,1i,
statement or The nrices oil Hour IN inc hi,ausi
-: 49,. -: nor;ods of five years. FROM
PuIa "ai ael uui iuS PsiI NO "a nor hhl from
1913 10 1917, II sVeTaSen - IL, ,nJ from
1919 TO 1922 il averaged I'd PET poi,' ar -:
1894 to 1924 IL averaged II per Dui. ~
- -. -. IA :, 20 ~, complied al the IIed-
peo 1a'e W deu ~ ,be superyi sion CT my
suIy department Unit - IA beep r. lled
colleague MIR. HubaroJ L ae.s - I:.oorn
for and he ha nrodu ed them 10 TIC uslci u'ss
finre nj ,hose ubo made The demand.
,,,,I onon
STATEMENT exhibiting the average anhuai q ,s,a
lily yaiue and price oil Cotton eSpoiteu d. ''"
,J rar;I ,,,rn, 1921 10 lS45 inclusive:
W.. p.,,ds Value. Avg. price.
Exported under low Cts Mis-
dutic, frcm 1921
10 1924: II. ,ce !. ~ III
Annna! average, lic,4l''''' 2''0'0''' = - "
EAnn ',, unaef hiIn
au' is, from les'
An to lss ,..., s.ss.7lac u,s2s7s II pr ID.
= e'ase, ~"''N''
Es d",;oa S anaei , low
a, an' 1sso from 1883
80, - 40, IN, -o3 5731i57i Ii 6pr. ID.
nhhua, average, 1o''"',
Ei ,p.,I under his.
"u',er NUN 1910
-, :" io,o. -. ara $50 5l6io9s3 6 pr. H..
n"""a' average "e,o' o,,,.
oTArsMsNT eahiol.'ns If clonr exnorted at sta
,aj ,a 49, anu 1871 IL ls45. inclusive:
i" pe'ious' ilo'n io Average
Years Barrels. Value price rer
Exported nnder low di- '''e'
nnn m' n .osa " 1917 aco3,0 5o3o.7ls IS So
Exported under hirh du-
ties from 1895 TO 1892 ..
annual average, l,ol',io1 o,4o''7i& ~
h, ,an ,,a,u am ,aaa - low ,S. au-
animal crcrnre g4G2e7 5esy, 6 oil
Exported under high du
ler from isiJ' 10 lel3 az x,o,o., "a
...,.n ,h.sa ,,,,a, -, =
,n,h inc 40, o,!se. ~ I yas nj ,honrbi nec.ssa
~ 70 drop the year ls53 when change was made in
the fiscal year.
STATEMENT, exhibiting the average annual guam
t,y, value and price of Tobacco exported al
stated periods, from 1921 10 l645, inclusive:
Average
ieats. iihcs. value. p flee re,
I.poit e.o,' "I Isai - ,o is. au "'sNN"'
annual average, oI73O s7so,5O9 $40 CO
Exported under high du-
ties from is2o 10 is3a- s. ,o. ,,c cs M
annaa, av uaaI H., A. s''''o '''o't-o % "
ne. tron, !sJ3 TO ls4a-
annual average, lOs,Oa7 1868 $50 70 90
Exported unasl hlgn GU
.iss a' n ~, - a, 400 sa,oas, so 20
~. ,oI a. c,':
na.e wv ~ W. ono man. .o'n.
pdld.lse s'.M ~ wi eApoi's u,nndse duu u INC
prices ei ds,cui'u'ai d,'eieS' uui'ns hish Ut low
dulles; ana nave e1tensea tne STATISTICAL account
So as 70 eioo'dre hedr'y Tue "hoie Pelioa since
The adoption oi Inc present constitution. ms
may not be complete, yesh Is nearly enough so TO
justly us N aitlo"!lhs me relation OF cause and
effect 10 certain results winch lney invariably point
ever The Gates upon imports are increased, we
md, Notwithstanding our increasing population
and growing advantages, mat our ex ports and ton
mage either remain nearly stationary or absolute
" decline, ana lhat lhe prices ol agricultural pro-
ducions fail. We hnd when these duties are d.
unfinished, llat our exports and tonnage increase
NEST rapidly, and that The prices Of agricultural
produce RISE Notwithstanding The increased guam
titles thrown into market. The inference is.
therefore irresistible, that the effect OF reducing
the duties is TO elevate the agricultural and nayi.
gazing interests by increasing not only the GUAM.
tity al; their productions. bu, The profit upon Them
Nav according 10 The statement Of MIR Wood.
bnrv which seems TO have been carrl,,lI., nre-
,atcJ and entirely reliable ON of L. ooo an ~
nur people about IA O0u 600 depend man ,hese
emnioymeois tor snnnori Pm, Mr. lh.irm,n
when lbis picture is presented Of decline in onr
agricultural exports. OF a general fan Of price in
agricultural nroiuctions and Of declining or
stationary tonnaoe in erowine nonulation and
w;,h Increasing na,pral advan,soes and ,rbon !,
is shown 10 no Tho ,nevitable CONSEQUENCE n
hiah du,iss We are tod tha, rhis ;s comnenea,ed
h. The scd consn,nn,;on =. rho homa =, 10,
1, reoni,es In, I,,,e rescIion ~ ds,ec, ths al.
l,cv ~ his ore,eoce Retore rbc Tar,I NJ 1870
We furnished ali ,be tobacco rice four ard cot
ION consumed n home ami eynortr,, \ laroer "a.
Inc ahroa, Than since The enactment oi ma, hin
Now If ihsss eyporls which are no lons.r sen,
abroad have M, been entirely losr bpr tnnns a
,,,r;,o, =, bcmo tor \ nor,;on ri ,bam ,bs,, 800
been e,cbanaeI Tor surh articles az cnnM ooly he
.nannfac,rrrd un,er nro,rctiva dutv and have
therefore. Obtained in return fewer OF Them. The
effect of this system upon The whole Industry Of
lh= country therefore j, TO diminish moi ONLY the
refutn. for agricultural production but 70
tho ouan:ity AZ manufactured articles furnished
tnr il cons,,mn,ion. lis abilities boib FIR nroduc-
,;on and c,nsnmn,;on are Tins diminished Mr.
Diyon II Lewis in a table comnilsd from ,hc
census rs;nrns NJ IS4O estimates ihs ncrsons on
oaoed in manufactures al 79I5.5 and their mo-
ductons al 1895 2.6l5. In that wear the ota
amount OF duliable imports retained in the coun-
Try Tor consumption was S:44, l39 SOC or less Than
one-nnlh oil the value Of manufactures produced
al home a proportional estimate would give
less than S19i9 persons as The additional number
necessary 10 produce the entire amount Of duiia-
BILE imports. Allowing three others 10 depend Tor
support upon each of these laborers, we should
have, as IN exlfavasan! allowance, 35l, 80 con-
sumefs. Surprising each 10 consume S25 worth
Of food. The produce OF agriculture, which is
very eytraragant allowance tor families consist
ing OF men, women and children, and the entire
amount consumed would be s., 900. The es-
timale for The raw material necessary for The ma
nuiaclure Of all the cotton fabrics imDorted that
year from abroad was estimated By none above
ococJ bales. which, al $40 bale, would have
been about S2'too making thus in tod AMI
cotton, sum less man 81 ,ocoooo. Now The
tanics snow loss Of i've cents pound on 49,
rs So pounds cotton, The average annual export
Irom lsi3 % lSi5-lhus making loss on that ar
uclt alone Of more than S3S GEO, 000. They also
show loss on The average annual export OF flour
lertne same yeats Of 81 Is per barrel on los,
40 barrels: ana 20 81 hossnead on "a 500
hosshead' "i tooaeco-makns IN all S5,l5l ,7z9
upon Tie alt'cIes ol il1ur and tobacco which were
exported; thus showing loss oil more than s43
QUO 900 upon The mere exports OF cotton, flour,