The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-05

IN 1870 but little manufacturing waa done in th,
| souutiy g distuct business. Nearly al that wa
eM9ns was In private families, for domestic uss-
VOW manufacturing 10 q separate pursuit, and i'm
Mense capital IL employed in its vsrious branches
t s4o ene vans OF our manufactures was returned
toe census OF that year at 0<83 258 2I5 and ia
S .hey were returned in the census Of that wear q
1893. The ratio Of incre sse n axes our man
nisetuIes for la55 stss osl 2ss In this result We
recognize the fact that We have becoms grss. man
uisetnrins people, and the tables accompanying this
report prove we are likewise grest agricultural aod
| eommerc al people =
An Impulse, in accordance with the national senti
ment, was given to manufacturing by the imposition
OF duties on Imports in first revenue laws and
ns .mpulse wa, Increased from time to time by the
imposition OF additional duties At first we manu-.
fsceuIed the co.rser and more bulky articles re-.
quired BY our populations; gradually we have extend
to so,ae psnnrn 70 great variety OF srclss and
now our manufacturers in possession of the hons
market IN great variety Of articles. In 1890 our
planters raised no cotton for expectation now il In
the great crop of planting States and they fur
nish It As raw ateial to tbe:msnufacturins states
40 Wen a. to foreign nations and now we manufsc-
tnre the coarser cotton goods for the consumption
our entire population and export near 81 600 0Oa
| annually to foreign countries Our manufacture Of
cstton in ls4o was $40 $50 49, in 1885, SCI 1863
$40 964,7l2
The history OF the rise and progress of our manu-.
lectures as given in the tables of this report togeth
er With that OF the growth of cotton and other pro-
ductons Is suggestive of all that 10 required to
tend our cotton manufacturer to that Of the finer
iapfiCs, enlargement OF the home and
eisn market for our cotton and eottons and indeed
for all branches Of manufacturing and aercultu.
raj productions. Allow the incidental protection of
revenue tariff, and place manufactures and pro-
ductons upon the same beneficial footing that for
eign manufacturers and producers enjoy In our own
and foreign countries by taking off the duty we now
equal competition, for the home and foreign market,
and we may safely leave all the rest to the skill and
enterprise of our people.
No material change is recommended in the tariff
upon iron steel and the manufactures thereof
II continued at present rates it is not supposed the
same amount of revenue will continue to be deriysd
from 1t, even should the of ircn, no doubt it
will, be extended to many other purposes, and be
consumed in much greater quantities. We here
quote the report:
The extended and increased consumption of the
manufactures of silk induces large and increasing i'm
portations whilst the growth of silk, when compared
with population Is on the decline, and the home man
utscture on the increase. The tax on foreign manu-
factures Iof silk from the general and extended
thereof sdered expeois and as just and equal
as can be imposed any portation and peculiarly
pIoper taken in connection with eur commerce with
the countries, from which we obtain principa
supplies The admission of raw silk, free of duty,
would injure no home interest, and might In time
increase our manufacture of the article to reduce
foreign importations The manufacture OF slass Dor.
celan steneware the mining OF coal and productions
of lead nd copper and the manufacture of silk may
be expected to be increased and extended, 30 to
take possession of the home market in less time than
1t has taken the production and manufactures of
on to gain their present prosperous posseson of the
home market"
The tonnage OF the United States engaged in the
foreign and coast1ng trade on the S0th June, 1885,
$40 49 less than shown by the statement for the
30th of June 1856. This has arisen in part from
strioter examination of the returns of former years,
and correction, by striking out vessels ornlery cold
without thu United States, or lost by marine and
other casualties The sail snd steam tonnage shows
regular progressive increase. On this subject the
report remarks:
"The of steam tonnage in the commerce be-
tween the Omitted States and other American nations
AID Great Britain France and other commercial u.s.
tinns, may and, it 10 thought by eone, will colside
rabIy reduce the sa tonnage used in commerce, and
that chesper capital in Great Britain will give to that
nation advantage the United States in steam
tonnags and he carrying trade of own and other
countries, and they attribute the reduction of
tonnage to that cause This may be SO, to some sx,
tent, but no continued reduction Of commercial
tonnage isapprehended; nor ID it apprehended there
10 any just reason to suppose our enterprlsing ship
builders and merchants will surrender the cation
of the to Great Britain and place that nation in
possession of the carrying business of the world yet
the subject ia OF interest," and calls for careful
examination of our Tonnage laws and the removal Of
all lmpediments to an equal and fair competition for
our foreign trade and the trade of other nations"
The reduction of the tariff as recommended in the
Sec1 etarys first repeIt by enlargement of the free
list so as 10 admit como articles of consumption and
the materials used By manufacturers to free
entry, and esseIing the duty on other imports, is
giving Increased beneficial employment to tom
mage and increased beneficial markets for our manu-
factures and other products and of cultvstins amisy
and frisrdship with our neishbors of Mexico, the
West Indies, Central and South America, &c, and
also the bsst mode of promoting own prosperity,
next after the mutual free trade enjoy with each
other.
The total gold and silver coinage of the U. States
mint from 1888 when the mint was este blished, to
30th of September 1856, has been S5is ,9l4 IA,
and the entire import from 1920, when the account
wa, fret kept has been 293 sos 745 and the export
$456 587, ,S54-there being no account of the impsrs
and exports prior to 1920.
In my last report it stated there was still out
standing the books of the treasury the sum Of
a 7S9 l3S Al of the Si32 52 I54 5o found to be out
standing the 4th of March, 1883. Sincs that re.
port various corrections in the accounts have been
made and also many collections and accounts closed
the amount Of 8I9l6 S45 so, and there has been
sdded in adjustment 6I.076 l64 80. The balance
outstanding is s25,ss8 952 Al. Ths department of
careful examination and investigation, has ascer-
tanned that s6,2l9,S45 60 of the amount now cut
standing is utterly lost to the government, by the
death Of the parties without leaving any estate,
by hopeless Insolvency 1t is proposed, with the
consent of Congress- to carry these balances to the
account of pfCt ard lcss th, books of the several
Auditors and Comptrollers, and ON the books OF the
Rs gister.
The IeI ort goes on to discuss the subject of the
export of god and silver currency and banking small
notes and specie, the subtreasury and commercial
trsusae ions and variety of other topics OF moro
ori in ere