Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-22
THE "RUINOuS" TARIFF OF loi6.
10 the N. Y. Evening Pos! We find the follow

Ing Instructive article:
The SHIP YARDs.-Il will be remembered By
many vi our readers how qniet The ship yards be-
came alter the passage 81 iic revenue law 0! lS42
They were places 10 mediate IN, Still retreats
from The husile vi The world, where a hermit
nigh, have built, in 4 corner, Gel! o! knee-tim
hei and planas, iur which there was no longer
any occasion, and performed his oiisons without
disturbance from The woikmdn's hammer.
They present different spectacle al The pre-
sent momenI; lhronss 81 wofkmen Ia stunning DIN
OF implements bugc frames u SHIPS on The STOCKS
some with their bare ibis projecting IN Tue arr
others in rapid progress oi completion, and now
and then sume huge bulk 81 a vessel ready Tor
It's journeys on The Deep sliding down from It's oi
" perch into The harbor. We hear every where
Of The same activity ia all The seapoEs oi our
coas, where there is any trade, or hope oil trade
A COMMERCIAL irieni estimates that al the rate
al which this branch Of industry is now pursued
there will have been built within tweiyemonth
from The passing OF the tariff OF 1876 a number
of vessels, the total value Of which will exceed
that OF all The factories which have been built
in this country for five years past. 10 speak al
ter the manner ot The proeclionis.s. wat vast
addition 10 The home market this will make
No! on.y is This impulse felt all aloaS our sea
coast and on the banks ot The navi..oie rivers
that en.er the Atlantic, bni in The haTi''s oi our
great inland lakes. The number OF vessels buiiI
in these harboIs has pccdisiou>!y Increased
within The year 1916 The year previous, he
tonnage Of all The new vessels bull; on Lake Ere
and The upper lakes amounted 10 l0,2O7. In HE
wear which ended lasl week il amounted 10 lS,-
900, or, in round numbers, nineteen thousand tons
Some o! Them were steamers ct enormous size,
carrying some eight or nine hundred Ions, propel-
ers ut between Tour and FIVE hundred tons, banks
and briss of between three and four hundred,
schooners al between Two and three The But
falo Commerciai a Wing paper says:
"'rhe large accession IL our marine The past
season will surprise many that have even closely
watched the progress oi events. The giant strides
Of The West have called forth The capital and en-
ergy of the people. and The many vessels that
have been CONSTRUCTED in addition 10 those pre-
! viousy in commission, found ample AMI prohla-
bic employment during The season. So mpar-
liant has he growing commerce OF our lakes be-
come, tina, capital has heen transferred from 9th
er branches OF business, aud every shiryard
along The chain OF lakes presents scene OF bus
/ ling activity with The extensive preparations
! making for Inc season oflSi7"
! This increase of The lake marine this ACTIVITY
Of lhs ship.vards, these extensive preparations
Tor the season of 1877 may surprise the Bun nc
I journalist and his Wing friends, bot they sur
trIsr not US. Ii is III natural consequence q re-
I laxing the restraints on The intercourse beiween
nations; il is the ihawing and dissolution OF Inc
old protective system, Ina; ina6es these Streams Z"
prosperity flow 50 c9pcnsly. The demand III
vessels to convey lie commo .itics 81 our COUNTY,
10 he foreign markets, and 10 take back ihc>f
which are received N exchange, have nccasioneo
all this activity.
Such i The demand 81 commerce nj the presan
time for ships; such is The Iisrropo'tion bei"c' I
the amaunt OF commodities ready Tor cSnortatioi
and The means ufconveying item mat the iIci.h
of barrel oil -four, which: in he sasnant !imrs
OF what is called TIE protective system, WAS h
nineicen cents, j, now siXy-,wo and 4 hal
is This tisproanrlion which has given ac'ivuy h
ship building, both here and on the iases-vs>'
sci, are built because they ar wan'ca-o' ciHsf
the shin owner is row making large saln> =;
ite;g1t ard the investment 81 money IN shlFs i
sr.t Ia re a source 81 profit.
While ship building furnishes emrlnymcrI e
thousands ui mechanics, The navigation oi ih'
nsw vessels gives wofk and wages 10 thousand
Of mariners aud III exchange aud iranspofiaii"i
Of commodities nccapies large class oil lorWal'
/ ers and ,ahorer. ui different cal.ires. In LIE
mean time, M dminu;ion is observed in he ar
ivii; If our factories, HE number u which !
even increasing viii pretty iair certainty maj me
wages Of ,he work people in them "il be raised
These are al illustrations Of Mr.. Ciay's pro
piecy II ruin 10 The business OF the country II
cons, quence OF The new tariff, which we reco'm
mend 10 The serious attention OF ms poiit'cs
friends There is another seer al h. east, ui thf
same school, Ahbau Lawrence lay name, wh,
was no less conf lent that in passing the tariff! d
1916 The country hal rushed upon is re'dlIi"n.-
Both he and Mir. Clay will fad ample occasion
during some years 10 come, Tor he highest eacr
else OF their ingenuity in recoucilns their pieiic
lions with lie fact.