Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-20
rInonENcE OF TRUTH.

The Phiadeil hia Ncrh American IS Que u
the mos, uncompromising and Jealous aoVoe"'eS
of bioh Tariff. and Of "resiora'ion VI the
nr;nciDlss Of The Tariff Of 1912" to be ioun'
IN The country. LIS testimony, therefore, 20 '"'
nrosperi,y Of it's own 1ourishine CITY, aoouno'hs
az il does in manufactures, uncer the pteseu'
Tariff. is entitled 10 great weight IN iaVo' y
a,hines as they are" Hear what il says oil me
"sntine business" in The Quaker city II me
politicians will cease their cfoakInes on 'ne SUD-
iect OF the Tariff and moi aeiate and harass me
business circles, The country will continue 10
progress in lis career OF prosperity:
uTbe promises OF prosperous business sea
.on which we have already noticed, nave heeh
amply r.a LIKED thus lar, and any one VINO "as
nm Market Street Yesterday, could MOI nave idi'-
cd 10 observe The buSe by which ne was SUI
rounded. the encountered pavemenls, piea 50
1bicky with boxes Thar only narrow i"ospd''
GAS lef-the stores crowded with customers aLu
The streets filed with draws anc Other Vehicies'
loaded with soods-nor could any one SO see
ing. have tailed 10 experience natural pi'ue
in The multiplied evidences oi substantial conn
meIc,al wea In winch Law in all his spectacle
Eyerywnere throughout the business Gisficis vi
m, ciy there is the hum oil industry, ana every
day shows an increase in It's scope ana resuhs.
The amount oil business now telng zone Is Id
greater than al the sane period In any previous
season ana j. asserted in very respe biz quar-
,ers maj The increase reaches as high as tiyFer
eent Be that as II may II Is evident ihdl ual
merchants have not onIy enough 10 DO but ma
they have also ample supplies. me cry Is iu''
OF BUYERS. and their presence gives 10 every
branch Of business great impetus, The more ac-
-. ,L.t tor Fnnn
the purchases made have been Tor cash.
nlr reio,ces US 10 be able 10 give this account OF
Philadelphia prosperity, and 10 know that II i
but The result OF sale and healthy eni.rpii>e-oi
liberal inducements offered IN compirhensfV"
knowledge Of business wan's-of faclliies SLOW
ly. il NAV be- but surely cfcaled-snd oil deer
minarion and energy when vii. not be conten'
with a secondary position in the strife !or COM
mercial supremacy. What is now being done
may be done again and again, and we argue
from the past as well as the present, that iu'uir
business seasons will promote and enlarge inc
prosperity oil which we los SPEAK
subsequent No. Of the same paper refers
wi b pride TO the enlarged boundaries, moi
only Of our coastwise but our foreign trade =
TO the splendid vessels being consirucied'-te
the s1ourisbing district o! Kensinston-'a
perfect beebive-a collection of factories, from
which are daily poured forth the various pro-
ducts OF industry, of inventive genius and me
ehanical skill Within year or Two past im'
mense ildings have been erected, and now
filled with busy workmen and gathering ma
chinery, they make the air resonant with the
sounds Of labor.
SIT is this amicable rivalry which has stimula
ted the mechanic arts SO much IN Philadelphia
that to h. r just belongs the title OF me manu-
featuring city OF the Union. There IS scarcely
a branch Of industry when is not pursued II
her workshops, and the thou>an oil smoke
which ascend rom the huge edhces which are
scattered within our bound, are the honorable
and gratifying inccEse which arises from The
altar of honest labor
Such is the glowing picture drawn by Ia
riff organ of 'the manufacturing city OF The
Union" while the Tariff Of 1916 IS in opera
ton, and who can gansay it, Why, with this
full tide of prosperity, seek to disturb the pre-