Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-12-17
D.HnMHSD ENQUIRE K.
ScSsc,oIS = >,CDSISG. DECEMBER II, 1900

R1CHMOND ENQ ENQUIRE +.
TTEsDAY MoRN1SG. DECEMBEK -. leoe
: SHOE TRADE-TARlFF-NoN -lNiEAooo .s., -.
~ -, and Mechanic of New York states 'h"' i'
i"' a snoos annually sent South FROM New foIS IS e'
:. As ooooO0 Boston and Philadelphia seno perhaps
-, more The trade never more noutis"'s '"a"
n. prescnt season. though Southcrners arc co''e"
.,,e 10 manufacture for themselves ~ ~,
Tbus in the article of shoes alone, II VIII! oc 'ee ~
amount of $40 000 900 is annually TRANSFERRED iio ~
n the North To enable those Nor'ne'n pe'p "
,hie oneration successfully, the tafih passeo ~
md now in force is thirty per eent az ra'o'e"' o 90
hoo,ees Shoes pumps and slippers, TOR men, "u"'e"
children whether made OF leather, ptunei''' ''1 -
nbber or Of which those articles are component parts
,,,,a,, lk shoes Il may be said that this is only
rev.nus tariff and necessary for the support Of tue
c. c.rnmen, and therefore, that we ought mol 10
.I, 10, M see how this works. In the year ending
,h 2o,h of June ls49 the books OF the treasury depart
men, exhibit the aggregate amount OF boots ooo'ees sh
rn,ns and slippers (nf leatheD imported INTO INC o"e
Sc, ., IS AL pairs valued s24 1877 and upon this sum
atv of thirty per cent paid. During the same ye'
,he whole amount of leather Shoes De- erpord amounted
IN value 10 sl5774 But show that the duty prohio
,orv In lis character in the year. there was Pofa
under duty of twenty per cent al ral0re"t, 'ahneo ~
,sed ,ea,ber skins and skivers, In value S49O,obs.
III, enormous amount of the shoe trade between the Norm
rd The South has excited curiosity TO trace out Inc e
feet of the operation upon the two great sections OIL 'e
foderacv We are informed that for coarse shoes su "
are made for the Southern market the material AZ TIC
{, worth about 62A per cent OF the Faue o. ''
,vhen done-tbe labor for making 25-ano inc "'a"o
,es nro6t I2K making 100. In hne work lot geue'e'
and ladies' wear labor and profit is more IMAM ~ PCT
Ia. h il be observed tina, the tariff is 80 per cent? and
work 37X per cent thus making the duty cover the cost
&c ,ho- and half the manufacturer profit esctuay
a e,c,ude foreign competition unless at runous sacrifices
p,i, may he said that leather is much cheaper In for
o countries as to make this tariff necessary Doubtless
leather (o some kndsl is cheaper for OF Si9Ooo5 worth
,or,sd as before stated only 1907 worth was bend and
sole leather the balance being UPPER and tanned and Dress
ed skins and skves But then the other hand within
The same year, 1884 pounds of sole leather with AoS
pas of boots 1862 pairs OF shoes exported max
inc in value the said sum Of l574 The reader there
fore nudge for himself how far the argument OF low prices OF
material or labor will justify thirty per cent duty on these
articles.
Take the profit as above stated lex per Of
million, of dollars and the manufacturer sub,racts from the
Southern people 100000; the workmen 25 per
and they subtract from Southern pockets s2500eOO Here
then are S350000 carried from the South 10 the North for
labor and profit in manufacturing shoes. The raw material
Is worth S. 900 more consisting mainly of leather
ned In North prey extensively out of Southern hdcs
and the and profit Of THE full 80 cent but
say 25 and we have 500 more making 55225oO
for labor and profits In producing article to which slave
labor is 10 the main we'll suited If indeed had other
but we are wi,hou, white labor, equal any 10 New
England qualified for all its branches Without enquiring
how many people this will support in the North tits
we'll worthy Of considering, how many full grown active
male would require upon the average hire make
this sum Of s. 522 500 annually. II suppose them
hire 800 each il will require 225 slaves; and the
ters are for the time merely between the Northern
shoemakers dealers and the slaves In exchanging the
products of the labor of the one those of the other But
accomplish this great transfer of capital the Southern
people bound pay 10 Southern merchants, 20
per the whole value OF the Shoes making mil
lions The number of slaves just mentioned Is equal
,cl2k the whole nnnher Of gses hetweer %
Blu, reminded that this is all reht-that these
tanners makers and manufacturers much
of produce mako great home market for
ers; and that could not sell corn wheat tobacco
&c., If II not for the present of trade To this
cnn might be replied that the market is rather away from
home II might also be asked whether tanners shoemakers
&c. In the North than they 10 tho South7
If they really do and actually purchase oil htr supplies
from the Southern country, them indeed ought en-.
courage them and discourage the like branches Of business
home Blu, II is trite saying the North that they can
make fortunes what This indeed Is too true
These people almost live vegetable productions from their
gardens-purchsse nothing they do without, and in
this way make the lands Of the Northern farmers worth
about five times much the lands Of farmers which
would produce the most Thus farmers support mechan-
les in the North who being there enrich those farmers and
impoversn in the South
Blu, friend elbow says the Northern shoe makers
do not make large profit the Southern trade as we
imagine While ne admits that Their peg work is Ike Pin
dars razors made for SALE yet they often hold il up
good profits until the shoes good for nothing and are at
last sold at loss And he tells good anecdotes of
Southern merchants purchasing the swceping akngs
rubbish OF shoe al the North.
Against this of trash farmers need some proec
ton They cannot that protection through the laws of
congress lnsy cannot procure it through the prudence and
udgmen; :" merchants We find they have no such protection
our Shoemakers at home because the force i, ton ana,
present to do the whole work Where is the protection 10 be
soughf II can only be found In the nonncrcouse as.o
cations Ito refuse the purchase of Northern work as much
as practcaolc and IN the Legislature ito permanent,
y and TO the fullest exen) by which farmers will require
their hands make the work pretty generally
and give encouragement 10 good workmen In the higher
branches who will be responsible for their work. and bound
to procure their whole subsistence from the Virginia farms
This will give them market hons in the language Of our
tariff and greatly relieve the supper, of the enc.
mics OF the South.
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