Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-04-23
For The En1,.:
For The Enquire:
TAXATION AND IT'S CCN6EQUENCES.

bpen nsccrained by the tables OF the census for 1850
thai The er tire capital vested in manufactures in tic Unlcs
States on The LIST OF June OF thai year excluding all esab
Iishme MIS- producing less than $500 in value,
w ,y,s'@'0 s53oCOo Ou
The raw materials used per annum, 55UOO00O(
| Money paid for labor do. 100000 OuL
Value OF manufactured articles lO2O 600 OUl
| Value of home made or family lnanmfuc-
lures. y 52554:
Total amount Of manufactures l.0i7.525 .54i
| In m, fiscal year ending the 3Oth Of June
1850, the foreign imports amounted 10 l75l33 3!a
Total 81, 663, sos
The aggregate population OF the T. States in 1850
% 2 1923 and consequently the manufactures and impor,s
BY each person amounted in value 10 So 70
cents The manufactures 10 sla Of cents and the imports
N 81 GIG cents Tie aggregate population Of Virginia in 1850
amounted 10 42 Col and the amount OF manufactures and
imnorts represented BY the whole Stale was necessarily
s74 o2 534 10 Tie manufactures to s64 Gil a
and Ihe foreign imports 10 $40 $3.50 923 2G.
Virginia in 1850 exported in produce to foreign countries
So 146 and imported but 500 being less one
srenth part of her exports. Il therefore take from
sin $50 g23 cr proportion OF imports into the United
SI. The actual of The value Of her imports il will BE-.
seen that iii she has consumed her fair poporlon no less
han SIN l63 32I in value were imported through either
States.
can BIZ handled in other States and the profits accrung
IN, citizens Of those States in rendering The service with
the rxpcnscs merchants in going thhcr ncgnli-
mic purchases tabovc the OF mpung such goods d.
r.r,Iv nrn our own watcrsl shall have The constant
amount of practical tribute paid to those States the
true of the wrong which has been inflicted upon
in this department OF political economy And this question
cannot be determined the present OF commerce or
the advantages disadvantages which exist. II
coud only be truly determined By placing Virginia the
rruc position which she ought Rom 10 occupy her trade
had not been taken away by the course OF policy already
EXPLAINED The profit however made by The people of the
Northern States upon foreign goods imported for Virginia.
ranges from five per centnn aggregate of
$500 0OO 10 81 900 000 Il is not merely this profit which
the Virginia is compelled 10 pay He is required
10 paw another profit which added by merchants
upun the Northern mans profit and the first Oi the
tices; and aso the expenses of his luxurious living and
amusericnts incurred IN making purchases. To cap The
climax wo.hirds Of the goods purchased by merchants
arc Northern manufacture protected by tariff Of Is 10
80 per centun; which per passes silently into the peck
cts of the manufacturers; while the ike cenun paid
the imports goes into the Treasury o, the United States
and much the largest portion OF il k then appropriated
expended in the Northern States, upon objects facilitate
| navigation commerce manufactures The addition of
profits upon profits and profits upon necessary and plea
sure cyncnst have enormously elevated the whole range
of pIiccs in merchandise among that gentleman
where in Lower Virginia. the Valley, desiring lay in
supplies TO the amount OF five hundred dollars travel
the North aud make his purchases al rates which will
than save his expenses This difference will be found every
where North of Virginia and East of The Allegheny Noun
tans The direct mpor lions OF and domestic m1nuac
lures Maryland already secure 10 her citizens merchan
die within fraction al Northern prices ana We are be-
coming every day dependant upon her Tor supplies.
we enquire into The amount OF tribute paid 10 North
en manufacturers we shall find far exceeds .ha, paid
foreign goods imported through the Northern States The
tables Of The census for 1885, gnc! TO appear have
not been completed and made public But from what has
been published The following statement has been made
Manufactures Of Cotton GOods
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