Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-14

- 1890
~. ~: !s::.ssA [ sasa ,srSe :ussslaaf =
To., ..,::,ia t:,r;i. il: 81 81 ana 5'isf's'fss
a.; ss!sa !scae1 Ia katn !:a5;o5sa fola. IN
:r:r5 :n.tt.I:ea, .aess so91s, A.tat pt5'h5
freight. s.o7eg3: COMMISSIONS, interest On al
renSes and other expenses, which were ruln,
ous wera sacrificed in Northern markets anu
scnt hack 10 compete with and break GOWN
Snnthr-n prices, where domestic goods were
;nya-;,hIy sold at rates so low that On Engllsn
manufarture1 could not come in competition
Nth Is even If he were allowed to bring hl5
goods in fre Of duty.
From lS4S u 1851 the manufacturing busi-
ness dragged heavily, the best managed mills
not more than barely paying interest on capi-
tai, without laying up :. fund tor renewing
machinery that was wearing out aru Dscom'
inv sunerannua:ed and unit to make the
s:y,o Of goods sufficiently attractive 70 conf
napd the markets Of tie world. The lmprcs-
sion was becoming general that our southern
States were not the atmc- phere ior mahulaC-
turing and the great body Of the people
seemed to be quito recOnc:lel to the idea that
Southern manufactures W"u;d &c altogether
abandoned Indeed, many had become him
zeal 10 such enterprises, and regarded them Ms
nothing lass than hot bed attempts to rear up
:. branch e industry antaganistlc to free trade,
and exclusive agriculture, If not nurseries OF
Aholitiorism. The price Of Southern domes-
lies did not advance for four months after tic
blockade Of our porte, and not until our mans
re.c;urcrs began to DO alarmed ct the pros
pcct of a shcr, supply of oil, card clothing,
ard many other scarce ard Indispensable srti-
clos. when it became apparent that the sup.
NV on hand was being rapidly exhausted and
had IL be renewed 10y running tho blockade,
cgcrytii If the kind advanced in price to
such a degree that manufacturers were undor
the Necessity Of raising tie price Of clothing
! I.rr before cotton or any agricultural product
fexccps baco,l had risen TT oil. BY the time
ia sic.,ings, drills and osnnburS had ad-
vanccd 10 IL and L. cents-a prico quito rea-
sonabls, aud such ~ Engiiah competition will
allow us cycn ~ithcu. tariE-we had tie
whcc community down on ns, borating US
through the neHsra per-, .. public meetings,
end even in the pulpit ~ sot ct heartlcss
! cri0rtiOnerS, worse than Yankee FandaIs.-
Ard before Cur goods had reached - cents
the fublic mind had become 80 exaspsra!ed
that mary Though, cur mills were in danger
Of violent destruction from the moo. These
r,ciudicns spread far and wide, and evidently
! influenced the action Of Congross and onr
State legislatures in their many unlustitable
cXGr;icHs.
lIai it bc.n the design o! Cprcress to re-
strict the :.lv;.nca Gf manufacturing durtry,
;.na cGntuc it to 1. limited and srk'y cXls-
| tcncc, they con.d NOT have adopted II more
certain means Of reaching that Of. :ct than
t.i@v ub!nincI by the cc"$cript act, winch un-
icrtook to regulate tn Regulate and limit tho
ir;cc OF manufactured articles in the hands OF
the rrciueer, Thic il left every one else ut
lil,arty t. circulate on, aud sell u'h articles
| fer All the markc, would ttlJrd. 1t limited
producers 10 prices t!i.t were not rcnuncra-
tive hnlcs8 the eos; # production was largely
| increased In this way it opened the door lcr
..;r.vaga,it expenditure, indeed 1t offered u
p:smpm for tie most prcl'lGatc outlays and
enormously high wrcc7 il every branch OF
mechanical industry. and accelerated At
rarl rae an alvarez il tLc uric" al every
~; cn ug1,i III i.u:.1;iAa. Tac n Quaker "Sir
.urmcrl; ;.ur:n:.scI i:i- leather 1T twenty-five
cents ,rr y2ur! ard pail his 'urncyme'I
Oh" - lar Il !;.y, waa uo"r'y inri t"r III" III"
~ bis chop, tuci9 ana !n..ari..is ut s1Vcn;y-
five pr cent ~ .hr = ~ Of Irod"ctlon--hut
when h, had tho y0rI iHrk: ~ sac icathc, AZ
yanccL 70 ten nnI tacv iu''ard pound, and
yars- T. = or 5 dag. tna .cs-c was very
dih 'rc:!..
Uoi.r this rarsc:i;.t i.w it vas The interest
1G ri. such I.r. dmccra - i':Y h'-H 70: every
ti:u.: ii,., manifest ,rY carurrci, III or.cr u
GT,larc,: Lhn first cost Of his pr1'incta and en-
,,,.,, ~. mr:I;,s A. c., ;,,o all aware, the
Wide aul mos: cXtiaVagamt IDEAS pcrvada
tho Iuiit mind with regard to the rrOh!s re-
.l:zci by cotton aud wooden manufacturers,
,.:,,., w.. w VIZ commenced TLe,e d,lr>ijns
o o..o,. =, Lo ,,,;doiy snr-oJ and have had
III ,,nc, "a bcror,, s,,,..d on Coucress
~ ,'...,, r., ,;,,o4;vc hody l. i n common
1850, ,r;.h o-l,i;,;on-; That manufacturers
-InnIJ hn rn,Tr "a 1;.y1rpo their oxtortionatc
,,;,,. and tb,t y, ,xn,.;nu, are tJo heavy for
,,G.n - I..r Tha: 4au,o Of YOU have real
;zcI I,r., ;,r 6!s i.nyo ,,o :, uLt, but in tho
min i, ,i.u',t yery nurh whether, ~ !. !
d., a.. L,,,.r,,rzn; ;b. .rL,taniini r,yntits
.,l.;,L .u- iu.;.,es! entities us in times or
.,..n
l,r,,, ,,t m.,y re JON rsrcc;allv
',ii''Iia., - $50 s.nr, ,.nmnro;rs have
,,,',%,l-.os -, T., n, cnnrmons
r.,s.' ro,i:ysd tt,cy ,,r[,,.hlv hare NOT tn.
-. ,l'o ,,,rr,,t n:,,d, on Tho cat
Z >" '',.' I ,'s y, IN,,, ,u,,t;,;.. j., cJy,rrc
~ ,',.,,,,,.,:,r ,rJ ,I,t ,ucb hu. boon thc
,la, nn,;r, cou hc mr..
'r,; .-, taId a. 90 u;,nrt rayir,
I''.'' T,,,, i,-o o,sn ,rnh,h;v Ioa.
80, 49,, r,., H.. nno nav can, ,roGt raid
=. n,,,,. 10 mn, rou,l r. wh,t 10 Nor cent
ros I.f,,c tho warESo0O now will roI 20
s,If 49, f,r =. so wouI] formerly have ,icuc
IN r,o nu-chna, Gr i,un,rtci machinery and
n.>'.r Cr,.;o,, cunrIc.
a. c;.s, # ma. wc must Of necessity
,t.,,o ,y,r,.y,;,r 20 q cni;.u standard so
.,..,,.,,,; i,3 r. cT,.;r,,- rnunts M NOR, Than
&C.,. .i,.nL " ..1rs,ort,v r,k;,r
!" ', &c e.. ;,n,I-tol .r";rina wh;r, COZ
:" -.o o'' 81, 70 "a J"I-s cor cvrrv d1Ir VIC
u. '..';' =. unoI,nJ nr Wossan W. can nei-
,h,r -o,,cn. 6mr moch;ncry mr. ,y,cnd our
L., ry,,n, :, -. .r;.5 ,:'lJ and !, toL.a
', ,,,i;.r, IA ,nar ;, 'u"rn,s, VIA.
,i;.n ,.,,,Iii' ,"r,r, Els DER Me-. are