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PUBLISHED BY J. B. RUSSELL. AT NO. .. NOKTHMARKET^^EET^J^^ ^ FESSENDEN:1:dItO^ 



NO. 33. 



vor.. IX. 



BOSTOIV, WEDJVESDAY EVENIIVG, MARCH 2, 1831. 



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POLITICS FOR FARMERS. 



^ Coittiniied from page 242. 



Ma-vufactcres of Cotto.n. — These may Iw 

 md to have fallen _/f/7i/ per cent in ))rice sinpe the 

 Jioteotion of the ihinicstic manufacture of them ; 

 llint i:f,fift;/ cents will pnrchase as much cotton 

 -loth;:, shirtin-rs, sheetinirs, cali<-oes, plaids, stripes 

 mil all the common articles for men and women's 

 vear. as one htindret! cents would do, before otn- 

 antV laws were eiiactod to encourage the domestic 

 n.lustiy, and consume the domestic material. 

 \ IhiI<; ship-loads of East India cotton jroods were 

 nported into the United Slates — we now export 

 Imerican cotton goods to the East Indies ! It i.s 

 3adily admitted, (thonn^h our opponents will 'ad- 

 lit nothing,') that a large part of this reduced 

 rice 13 caused hy improved machinery; but the 

 ict is no less true, that coarse cotttni goods are 

 eaper at Providence, in Rhode-Island, than at 

 Tanchester, in England. We speak understand. I 

 "■'-1 and the proof is at hand, that in England 

 lave counterfeited our marks to sell^MctV 

 ■ods for ours iu South Amenca. We have seen 

 L-nty specimens of this trick. The poor cotton 

 Sural wasviorked to imitate the strong upland 

 itton of South Carolina, &c, thus to injure both 

 ir planters and mamifacturers : but such frauds 

 ve generally been soon discovered, in the super- 

 quality of our goods. Mr Ragnet has spoken 

 the tax on these goods. We will assure liim 

 •■ payment of 100,000 dollars a year, bonus, if 

 shall obtain us the liberty to export them, free 

 duty from England for five years— half a mil- 

 1 of dollars, by way of puacHASiiXG 7ns 'free 

 de !' We have friends who are ready for this 

 i?culation' — as things are at present. 

 The duty on such goods is 83 cents a square 

 d ; the cotton in them costs 2^ cents, together 

 :, we buy them at eight cents "the square yard ; 

 n, if the duty be a tax, the manufiicturer not 

 f gives his labor for nothing, but pays a premi- 

 of 3 J cents on every yard that the people 

 kind enough to purchase of him ! Such is 

 reasoning of the '■free trade philosophers ! ' 

 ''he price of cotton goods is too low, by the 

 lestic competition ; but that must regulate it- 

 Tne following little .statement niay show 

 power of protection to produce competitiou, 

 decline prices, as well as a volume of facts. 

 826 and 27, a sort of goods, well known as 

 ' Warren calicoes,' were worth 17 cents a 

 I; the tariff of 1828 raised the duty, and they 

 to 16; they were 15 in 1829, and now are 

 14. What an oppression is here! 

 uch is the case in respect to all and every 

 riplion of goods, the manufacture of which 

 lavc fturly ' taken hold of We speak witli- 

 ;he fear of contradiction. Jl reduced cost to 

 umers has universally followed increased pro- 

 mto manufactures. 



HEMicAL PREPARATIONS.— All these havc been 

 ced at least 50 per cent in price, because of 

 lomestic manufacture of them. We shall no- 

 only a few leading articles, 

 he old steady price of alum was from 5 to 6 

 - ; a duty of 2,50 cents jier cvvt. was laid upon 



sclliti: 



it by the tariff of 182-4, and the j 

 price is 3J to ^ cents i)er lb. 



Glauber salts had a regular demand at 4 cents 

 per lb.— 2 cents per lb. duty was levied by the 

 tariff of 1824, and the present price is 2 cents per 

 Ih., the exact amount of the duty. 



Epsom salts had a steady price of 8 cents jver 

 I lb. ; a duty of 5 cents was laid upon them, ami 

 any quantity may now 1)0 had for 4 J cents per 

 pound. 



Refined salt petrc was from 12 to 14 cents per 

 lb. before the tariff of 1824, when a duty of 3 

 cents per lb. was put upon it — it soon fell to 9 

 cents and may now be lia<l for 8 cents. 



There, is a duty on copperas of 2 cents per lb. 

 the present selling price is 2| cents per lb. 



Glass and glass wares. — Such window glass 

 asSDhlfor $15 the 100 sq. feet in 1816_may 

 I now be had for 7 dollars and 50 cents, or one 

 half the old price. Glass and glass wares sren- 

 erally, are more than one half less the price "that 

 they were before protection was extended to them 

 and we are thaid<ful that they were really pro- 

 tected. We buy as many tumblers for 50 cents 

 as used to cost us 100. 



Cabinet wares, &c.— We are told that, on all 

 sorts or cabinet wares, the people are 'taxed' thirty 

 dollars on every hundred of the cost, ' or .S3 on 

 every cradle or table that costs §10.'— So say: 

 r.Ir Ragnet of the ' B.-.nner of the Constitution ! 

 1:3 als> informs us, that c;(rriV.5, hats, leather, rind 

 all its manufactures, such as boots, shoes, saddles, 

 S,-e, with, indeed, almost all the products o} 

 mecftaniM, pay the same ' tax'— Now, what rogues' 

 must these mechanics be, seeing that from Balti- 

 more, only, they have exported to foreign [daces, 

 not less than five hundred thousand dollars worth 

 of these articles in one year, to meet the competition 

 of all the world, while they EXTORTED three 

 dollars, on every trm, of the value of their \i\o. 

 ihicts, sold at home ! A leathern medal, with a 

 suitable motto stamped on saw dust stiffened with 

 glue, is worthy the man who thus exposes the 

 swindlings of the mechanics ! Some of ' the 

 hoys,' being upholsterers, might think that he de- 

 served a coat of glue, sprinkled with feathers —hut 

 we hope that they will not bestow it ! ' Let him 



alone!' Let him wear his English coat 



unmolested — 'a monument of the safety with 

 which error of opinion [or perversion of facts] 

 may be tolerated, when reason is left free to com- 

 bat it !' 



Miscellaneous — We have already extended 

 this essay much beyond the liniits that we wished 

 to assign for it — but the facts are so numerous and 

 the subject so copious, that it was impracticable 



to condense them more than we have done we 



shall therefore conclude with a few more specifi- 

 cations, as to the happy effects of the ' American 



System,' in reducing the price of commodities 



adding some general remarks. 



Leail and all its manufactures, have been re- 

 duced much in value — the <lnty on pig load is 3 

 cents per lb— its price 3i cents ; the duty on shot 

 is 4 cents, the price 5. It was 9 to 10 cents be 

 fore the duty was laid. 



Gunpowder was 45 cents per lb. and is 22 cents 

 and less. The common, as low as 10 or 12 

 cents. 



Spirits of Turpentine was about 50 cents a gal- 

 lon m 1823, now 30 cents. 



' Cyphering slates'* were ' taxed' with a duty 

 of 33 \ i)er cent, and tliey are now cheaper 

 liy 33^ percent, than before that duly was levied, 

 and of superior quality. 



Paper is a great and valuable mamiracture— 

 the various business which old rass fiirnish is of 

 a greater annual value than the cotton crops of 

 South Carolina. The price of the article has 

 ilechnod about twenty per cent, though the dut)' 

 U[)on it was much increased, and the quality has 

 sreatly improved by tlie domestic competition. 

 The long list of ' taxes' on books of different sorts, 

 I IS a string of nonsense. 



Castor 0!7 had an average price of more than 

 three dollars a gallon previous to 1824, when it 

 \<'as ' taxed' with a duty of 40 cents per uallon. 

 A large cultivation of the bean immediately fol- 

 lowed, and the price fell to about 150 cents, ex- 

 cef.t in 1828, when, because of a great demand 

 for our oil in England, it rose to 275 cents per 

 gallon, by which our farmers profited. 



-FiVctnds, in imitation of the English Stour- 

 bridge, and fully as good, are selling ffu- 30 dollars 

 a thousand. Befne we made them ourselves, the 

 British charged 70 dollars for them, are now kindl,, 

 willing to take 30. But our own are preferred ; 

 to prevent future impositions. 



Co«o)7 bagging, before the tariff of 1824, ave- 

 raged about 40 cents per yard— it is now hardly 

 worth 20, and has been sold at 18. 



The manvftctures of hides and skins are worth 

 at least, 30 millions a year, or ^ millions more 

 than the great export of cotton la-st vear from all 

 the United States. 



There are fifty minor articles that we might add. 

 as fast as we might write them down. But it is 

 enough. In H7m/ is the consumer taxed for the 

 benefits of the manufacturer? Take the fire 

 brick as an example. John Bull demanded and 

 received of us $70, for wliat he is willing to ac- 

 cept 30, since we began to make them "for our- 

 selves ; foreign nations made us pay $3 a gallon 

 for castor oil, until we grew the bean on our own 

 farms, and now it is worth only about $11 

 What more is needed .' 



* We mention this important article because it Is in 

 the vast eataIo£;„e of ' taxes,' ami twice mentioned, that 

 lately was putiii^-hed, and there are many of its class- 

 such as 'bonnet wh-e,' 'braces.' or suspenders—' chaffing 

 dishes — ' Cologne water,' ' currants for mince pies,' 

 ■dolls for chddren,' 'haversacks,' 'mittens,' 'otto of 

 roses,'—' pock thread' twice mentioned-' too'h powder,' 

 —■ spermaceti randies," sweetmeats,' /jc.Vf put down 

 — ' toys,'— < tubs,'—' traps for rats and mire.'—' vinegar' 

 — ' wafers'—' walking sticks'—' tooth brushes' and ' wigs' 

 and hundreds of other contemptible things— a mere bug- 

 gahoo to friffhton the vulvar,— and disgraceful. Why 

 wore not hum spoons, tooth picks, tweazers, nail, 

 brushes, corn cutters, wliislcer-patterns, shoe-strings— 

 with sand, lime and cord-wood ? Nay, the very- 

 granite rock on which the rails of the Baltimore and 

 Ohio road arr laid would he tiixcd— i/— only if imported, 

 according to the honorable slalemenf before us. 

 To be concluded ne.it week. 



