The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-04-16

Messrs Editors; ~
The export Of specie from this country to
Europe since the 1si OF January last. has
been nearly $4,000, 900; aud this goes to
pay English 9manuiscturers for what csn.be
procured Al home had We ths protection we
enjoyed under the tariff Of 1852 Trib. q.
Clip. 7th inst. N,tas s',s n,
iwish TO ask the editors who make the
above assertion to answer 0 few plain ques-
tions which naturally suggest themsplses on
reading tie above quotation, know that !
subject myself to ridicule and the cllsrge
OF ignorance presuming TO question any
assertion which those political economists
may put forth, no matter what amount Of
absurdity may be apparent on the face Of
them. The first QUESTION to be answered
then, gentlemen of the Tribune & Clipper.
I is, how are the gools TO be procured which
this six millions Of dollars has gons to pay
for? Could the same men who produced
this 81, 1000, 600 at The same time with the
protection you speak Of, have produced S6,-
100000 worth Of goods which this money
,.sh, q b,v9 Il % ,ban Il. n,o,s.,;oa q
l642 would double the products Of the coun-
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form, me IN wba, manner III Thin, can h.
dome Now lam .;us, :. ;onorar,. : ss - he
lie % ,ba, ,hs c,n,,sl andjaS6, of ,ha .o,,,
e ! 70 fnllr . mnloy.a q ,hs u,,oo., sv,s.,
of nro,sc,;on and hour ,ha n,o,a.,;on &c
This csr;tal and ,labo, c.o ,hs aorhlsd nnas,
The pro,ec.ioa of ls4o ., aoy ,,,,bsr n,o,s.. !.
,;on ia ss o,e., oys,erv N mo nc tho ..sn;,.
Il rannipss n The protect;on and e,nort,.
ton Of Ss ono 0oO n three months ;s oood
evidence that the countty Is no, idle u
von do NOT nretend "a say that p,o,ec-
tive tariff would double The pmducts OF the
country, then teIl us flor YOU con) in what
way we would Be sny better Off if we make
everything we want. than 10 make the mon
ey and buy what we want? Now ii you
can show us BY any process Of reasoning in
what manner we copld have made more
goods ,ban The AZ nm mn, w,ul,l bnv in the
sa me time tba, we ,yere making, the money
n, b,,v Them 7 70, one would 10 Glad 10 n,
informed n am s;mn,e enonob 10 bpl;eye
that every man is employing his labor and
capital 10 the best Of his abilities, 10 pro-
mote his own interest, and how any particu-
lar law could enable any man to produce
more than he DOES, requires solution.
I II we should change our laborand produce
the goods, we would then have no money,
becsuse we cannot produce the money and
the goods both at once, unless tariff would
enable us to double our productions. II IT
is desirable to have money, l think our pres.
mt system is the best. because we have Ger.
1tsinly had the money or we could not have
sent il away, and we have had the use Of il
Till we found we could do better with il
than 70 keep Il. Now, il we could have
made the goods in the same time, we would
not have had the money at all, and my own
opinion is. thstwe could not have made as
many goods as woald have come tn the same
money, and we would have been somewhat
poorer than we are now.
II Again. will Won pretend TO saw that there
lis . large smount Of capital aodlabor unem.
.pIoyed which the projection of 1912 would
i
Iput-into successful oueration. If So where
list Nv superiicial knowledge OF ,bese
affairs does not enable me 10 see n NV un.
lders,andipy Of the matter is. that all the
! capi,sl that can be obtained even Al tbs
mos. snormo,,s rates Is emnloyed in nroduc.
tion. and. labor rs cannot b. got in sufficient
numters ~ any nr;ce ,s the advertise n,en,,
Of contractors on the diffsr. n, r,;l,oad. a,
ring the mas, season abuu,laptly prove.
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