The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-12-04
THE ADVOCATE.
POLITICS FOR FARMERS.
(Contiuned from our last.

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We shall show in a note below, that
protecting tariffs never had but little, if
any effect ON the revenue as derived from
Ahe customs (unless to. increase its a.
lnount)--ihoagh the ruin Of that revenue
vas ,ournfaliy predicted. Those who
made such predictions, knew not even
themsclves--much less were they ac-
quainted with the laws whichiregulate So
rciety Desire al0ays presses upon means.
The man who earns one dollar a day,
generally saves as much money at the end
Or the year, as another who earns a dol
lar and half--lor the reason that the
latter indulges himself in what he calls
comforts, while the other is bound down
to the purchase of necessaries only
These things are within every mans cx-
perience. We ask our readers to look
round among their aeighbors, and see if
these are not so. And, strange as it may
appear, q manufacturing village Of 500
persons, though the greater part are chill
dren, consume more duty y-payiag articles
than an agricultural population (of the
same class) Of 9, 900 persons. The reg
u!ar receipt of money by the former, ena-
bles, or tempts, them to crafty them
selves in comforts Such is human ma
ture, and We shall MT find fault with it,
There are more silk gowns and yards Of
ribband, at factory using 500 bales Of
cotton year, than among the persons
engaged in growing, lO,OOO--and much
more tea, coffee and sugar is used. Cy-
rus, after his overthrow ofthe Babylorish
empire, was told how great sum ofmon-
ey he might have possessed, had he re-
tanned, in stead of distributed, the fruits Of
his vict tories among his ffiends and fol-
lowers. To shew the folly of such cal
culatioh, he gave Il out that he needed a
larger sum OF money--and it was imme-
diately rendered to him by those to whom
he had given the means Of advancing it,
So with us---if labor be rendered pfohta-
BILE, there Is no fear of a lack of revenue.
The product ofthe exercise on beer, is a
sure indication of the condition ofthe la
boring classes in England. We,refer to
England, because the free trade philoso-
piers make all their comparisons with
q country in which the poor's rates, alone,
are larger In amount than the whole VI
our revenue, reducing the public debt at
the rate Of 10 millions year Whose
church rates, COLLECTED at the point OF the
sword) would pay off all our national
debt, in about year and half
Advanced duties are, or are not, taxes,
according to circumstances Now, if
u person is compelled to use 90 lbs. Of tee
per anuum, an increased duty would he
4 tax but if at liberty to refuse the use
of it, diminished consumption might re-
duce the tax that he had paid. We do
not grow any tea. But there is tax
Of is per cent or l5 dollars on every
hundred ofthe cost, as MIR. Raguet has
it, on wheat and Indian corn--dcorns and
hickory nus--but the price ofthesc is not
affected by the tax on them. >rt
II is then manifest, that the farmers pay
less money for the articles needed by
tb.m. because Of the manufacture at
home. than they did before such manufac-
tur. was established We dsfyAe shew-
;ns of a single case to the contrary, even in
cyadles' or artificial flowers 2 But
this ia not all The dipided labor Of the
peoule piyes to the land-holders larger
and more safe markets for their various
commodities in grain and other vegeta-
bles. meats, drinks, fuel, timber, lumber,
and aIl other products or profits, In one
yeaf. than all the world has giren them
SINCE the srolui;on-exccptng the cultiva-
tors Of cotton, &c. whose product, great
for export, 10 Of so small comparative val
20, with the requisitions Of the home MAJ
ket. This may appear an extravagant
expression to those who have not reflect
ed on the subject--but the points that W,
have previously made and sustained, are
20 us confirmation strong a. proof from |
8 holy that this assertion is much within
the range Of holy truth /
We add table OF the receipts accord
Jnr 10 the nett amounts given by Sey-
bert until 1915, and since derived from
fhs documents. sta ,is. t,f
The sversse ffoml7o1 toiS00 u.