The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-02-14
WHOLE NO. 2sl1.

/ turers are interested IN the passage of This
u bill, and that il would be unjust to extend
II reliefto them while the farmer is languishing.
: know, said Mr.. d. there hiss been some pref.
7 ndice among farmers against protective duties.
on the ground that they might operate preju-
E diclaiiy to their interests If, said he, were
] satished that such would lie the effect upon
this great and most essential branch OF indus
? try, should pause where | am, for caunot
: yield my assent TO any measure that will dis
tress the farmer. He claims cur first attention.
Tor all occupations are subordinate to bis
We draw from the fruits OF his labor the lar0.
est measure of our comforts and eDjoytnents.
ana De 10 as necessary to It's as the succession
oil Gays and of seasons TO him. therefore. we
owe an obligation too deep and perpetual to
disregard his rights or prejudice his interests,
repeat, therefore, said he, that Lcsnnot con.
sent to take any thing from him to give to a.
h h9ihef Ills labor hard and his gain is small,
80 nc Gun i0J 'r','',t r-l--eaA him in an attitude
OF happiness and independence Which Is IL
vain emulated by others cannot, however,
said Mr.. d. persuade myself that the protec-
ton proposed by this bill TO be given to man.
uiacturers can be pre- Judicial to the farpler.- :
30 far from it, il seems to me that If these es-
tahiishments should cease Their operationss il
would oyerwhelm HIM with Calamity. Let us
look moment at the interest which the farm
( c. mas III sustaining tle manufacturer III -
computed from The best information that can
| be obtained, that there are in the United
States no less than 100000 sheep. That
| the interest of the wool growers is firmly alli-
! ed to that Of the manufacturer there can be
no doubt. They are identified that they
must stand or fall together. 1.-THE government
| seal the fate OF one, IT will also seal the fate
Of the other, for they must prosper or perish
together. Is TO this branch OF farming there
toFe, there can be no doubt. Let us now see,
said Mr.. ID. how the farmer who produces
grain, flour and provisions, is affected by an
increase of manufactures. Ii the trade be-
tween this country and Europe were rrcipro-
cal, If i; consisted IN IN exchange OF commod-
tiles. the farmer might feel some appS hension
fer the market OF his products ii the trade
were interrupted; bat the policy of Europe ia
TO sell and net TO bay She will send into our
market the products of her labor, but will not
suffer US TO feed her starving population pres
sing as are the necessities Of the poor in In
gland, yet the corn laws rigidly enforced
and It seems TO he her policy tina her poor la
borers had better perish the be fed with the
grain of this country,
] will show, said Mr.. D. that the farmer
does not rely upon any foreign market tor the
disposal of by far the larger portion of his sur
plus products for the foreign markets have,
|
valuable to hm. In 1890, when our popula-
ton was less than four millions, we exported
. cur population was twelve millions. In
the same wear we exported more than twice
as much Indian corn, and much -four into
39, 900 barrels. In 1868 the value of exports
in flour, wheat, corn. and the produce Of ami
mails, amounted 10 Sis, 470, 900, In 1926 to
only S., 334, Ala, or about one-thId as much.
: Now | need not pursue the inquiry, said Mr..
= d. TO show that the foreign market is becon,-
ing less and less important TO US. Nor need
|, said he, labor 10 show that the surplus pro-
duce, now raised, is many fold greater than in
. 1890 or in 1908; for the farmers constitute
much the largest class OF citizens in the Unit
ed States, spreading over the northern, the
middle, the western, and a portion of the
: southeFn States. Nor need !, said Mr. D. la
Dor TO show that the amount OF exports con-
stitutes but small portion Of the staple of
this great branch OF industry, which Is annu-
: ally brought into the market. What then,
= said Mr. ID. becomes of the great mass OF sur
plus products which sustains the farmer? He
. knows that he cells, and out OF the proceeds
" comes all the money he annually raises, and
all the necessities and comforts of lie bey und
. the substantiais Of food. The Custcm-house
: returns show that but an uncomfortable por-
u ton OF this produce is exported. What then,
sa id he, repeat, becomes Of it? There is
but one answer 10 lie question. Ii is consum-
ed by ether branches OF industry in this coun-
/ try than agriculture. Ii is the home market that
" swallows at up; and It is upon this market
that the farmer does aud must place his reli-
n ance 1t was observed, and correctly, by
8 the gentleman from Vermont, (Mr. Mallary,l
d that the amount Of -four, annually exported
Il from the Southern ami Middle States to New
j England, vas nearly equal to the export to
e ali foreign markets
/ Ii can be demonstrated, said Mr.. d. that
= the population, engaged in the manufacture
: OF cotton and woolen goods consume annual
: ly greater AMOUNT OF produce than lie export
y ed to foreign markets. This population is es-
) timated at nearly three hundred thousand;
; but, suppose it TO be no more than two hun
/ dred and thirty thousand, and if you allow TO
= each individual consumption OF fifty cents
is worth OF provisions week, it will amount to
It 100000 dollars annually while the whole
Is exports equal to only i,4l4 dollars
e stop then, said MIR. ID. your factories turn
r back the population upon agriculture, and in
II crease the amount Of products, while you d.
L minish the market, and the tanner would soon
It learn from the experiment, thai the same ruin
IL would oVegtake him which now threatens the
) manufacturer This MACS OF evidence, ssid
81 Mr. d. seems to show clearly, that the farmer.
i aud manufacturer are natural aiiles; that
: they are united by as strong ties as a common
: interest can throw around them, and that the
/ most sure and certain method Of improving
/ the condition OF the farmer is TO enlarge The
u nome market. | am no enthusiast, said Mr..
. u. but endeavor TO look 1T tbs state OF the
= country as it is, and ho!e this view OF the
S subject viii be considered with candor by the
{; House.
IS aving said MIR. d compressed what had
d to say upon the ploprieiy OF giantiag relei 20
n manuiactare into as harrow compass as
possible. come now 10 consider the provisions