The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-09-18

enjoyed the benefits Of q !
productive duty. But although, in refer c
ence 10 most Of them, the producilveness OF {
our own soil has rendered the duty dead
letter, who can doubt that oil OF Them de-
rive indirectly an adsanIsge from the duty i
imposed upon the few which still require It's
aid to enable them successfully 10 compete |
with the foreign rivall Extensive iron !
works, ard coal, salt, lead and copper mines
divert from agriculture a large number Of
hands, who, instead Of being producers, are
converted into consumers, and, instead o!
needing a market for their own products,
furnish a market for the products OF their
neighbofs. The cultivation Of hemp, silm.
ulaied by the duty 90 the foreign article,
and which, under lis influence, is every day
rapidly extending, abstracts from the cult.
walton Of tobacco large number OF hands,
and that article is, TO the extent OF this Of.
minished production, enhanced in value
Render the cultivation Of hemp Improbable
by large lmportations OF the foreign article,
which low duties will invite, and the labor
employed 10 its production must be divert.
ed into some other chaDnsl, and will be.
come the rival ct the tobacco planter, 10.
stead Of consumer Of what he has for
sale. In like manner, il the Sugar culture
should be abridged by It's inability TO CON.
pete with that made al less cost 10 warm
er latitude, the planters must resort 10 Inc
cultivation of cotton, and, By adding 10 the
annual Production, slrcady too large Tor the
demand. except when some calamity, like
that which now threatens II, reduces the
crop below a fair average, must result 10
diminu,ion, to that extent, Of market value
Ia the States Of Kentucky, Missouri, Ten
nessee, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, The
amount Of Hemp produced 10 l-44 was es
timsted al 81 900 tons-ol which u IS sup.
posed that not less than 5000 remained IN
The hands OF the producers unsold, for want
of a market, When the import from
abroad shall be augmented, II will necessa.
rily follow tina: the hemp grosers, losing
the pro,ec,ion afforded BY the ,arlf OF >42,
will be compelled to abandon It's production,
and to substitute for il tobacco and wheat,
With " hich the markets OF the world are
already gIu,led. The Sugar interest IS OF
even greater importance. The subJoIned
extract from the Report OF the Chamber Of
Commerce of New Orleans, 10 answer TO
the queries Of the Secretary of the Treasu-
~, will give some idea OF the amount Of
captal invested 10 this branch oil agrlcul.
lure, as well as the manner 10 which The
duty imposed for the protection OF these
engaged in It's growth operates TO the al,
vantage Of those employed IN ether avoca'
lions:
"a" r,hoIt, al present, noticing the great
number OF new sugar. plantations, we Will
ONLY take lulo view The old ones as they ex
isted last year, Of which there we're 162 10
This s,a.e-of these, 401 were worked by
steam, and 354 BY horse power
"The cos! OF an engine and sYgar'mll
will average five 10 $4,000. Al the for.
mer raie, there is already invested, for the
4Os estates, upwards S2,0O0000 The
mills on The 354 estates, q: 81 800 each,
SS65 900 more, making nearly S3,OOO,0OO
paid by the planters for their presen, ma.
Ghinery and this is low estimate. as
there ate many sugar plantations that have
expended 20 to $4,000 for machinery.
These engines, boilers, mills, DC, re.
qure renewing al least every ten years, SO
that there is an annual expenditure oil $780,.
600 10 keep up the prescn! number, which,
with 500, goo Tor new engines annually re-
quired to substitute in the horse.mllIs, and
30 10 500, 900 for repairs and replacing
broken machinery, would form an annual
expenditure Of nearly $500, 600, in add
lion to the first cost paid TO The iron !oun'
deries and engine makers Of Tennessee,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Up
wards Of 20 new engines and sugar-mll!s
are al this moment under contract in Gin
cinnati alone, for this state, and no doubt
4 still larger number al Plusburg, PhlIa-
delphla, and New York and the expendl.
ture, BY the sugar planters, for new ina
cauery the ensuing season, Will, al low
estimate, be a, least 81 600 900.
"Thero are 5 900 larger IRON sugar ke''
lies, costing, on an average, So each
amounting to $3.50, 900, requiring 10 be re-
Bewed every five years, being an annua
expenditure Of 10000, paid principally tc
the iron founderies Of Tennessee, though
Pennsylvania, Ohio, snd New York, also
participate.
"All lie shoes, hats, caps, blankets, and
clothing for the 80 600 hands employed II
the culture, are produced from the northern
and western states, which at the low estl'
mate Of $50 each, makes s 900, 600 paid
under this head, with probably 3 TO $4,000.
moro for similar supplies to The planters,
their oyerseefs, engineers, aud mechanics
wiih all their respective families.
"Nearly, or quite 100000, is annually
paid to northern and western mechanics lol
molssses casks, and hoops aud nails Tor the
sugar hogsheads.
GAN the agricultural utensils, such q
ploughs, harrows, spades, shoveis, axes
cane. knives, hoes, harness, carts, barrows
&c.-all the nails, iron, hardware, ant
tools Of every description, are procuret
from the northern aud western States.
AT least $500 900 are annually paid t
the west fer mules, horses and oxen 0
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