Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-30

"hlpSter to point the finger of seorn at on.
party Or SHALL we. for once, ..bs ,cise IN
tiaie. learn activity. union. and organization
from the enemy, and deserving sslccess. by
our efforts, trust to our good cause for the IS
sue. Again and again we say, ..rne time
has eonIe-"-.1ge.
Pctlics for Farners-The indef.tigable
Editor cf Niles Weekly ncyister. has bro
dueod, .Hatam in PGreo, WATCH has been
Published IN a pamphlet fern, entitled ..Po-
totirs for farsaers," containing more knosi
edge in a small compass than We have ever
met with before. u puts the free trade So
tenn" horse de c0nbst. We shall make a free
use OF 1T, aud shah present 10 our readers,
extracts from It as tune and limits VIII admst
OF The following will exhibit ia a striking
attitude our relations with E.ngiind ia tie
export of Flour, and the Interest our farmers
have in that trade.
I'VE shall proceed to a more particular
notice OF certain products Of the farmers, by
which we mean the growers Of gram, grass.
roots, meats, wool, &c IN distinction to those
of cotton, tobacco and rice
The people OF the United States consume,
each 10. oil ho1r a day, or its equivalent IN
other vegetable food-tliis is less nan Tho 4
mount gwen to decently fed slaves. a peck
of com 90 lbS.) a week being allowed per
head, with other vegetable food. The annu
al supply for IL millions, is, then, 4,ssO,
0O1,e00 los. or - million barrels oil flour. it
IS no matter ofwhst this food consists. if 81
wheat Hour, the acreage cost will not exceed
t,eo cents fer eac, persoa per day: which we
think IS a pretty moderate rate OF livng; ami
we suppose that DIR. Cooper and mir MDuf
fe must admit it.
The greatest export Of flour was in 1871
Lao, 1873 barrels, because Of the very short
crops in Eurspe--but in 1919. onl- 10000,
showing a decrease OF one half, in two years,
and the destructive uncertainty Of the Syeiss
s'aa'kef! In 1873, the export was S60,SU9
barrels, ia 1929, S37 1856, OF which latter,
2l0,SSi went TO England, on spccaiatioa of
short crops, but was nearly all re-shioysa TO
the bristsa West Indies, or elsewhere, or re-
tanned until II became soas, because that the
duty required upon 1t could not be paid for
British food
w. shall here explain what this duty is.
II falls as tae price of grain rises. Thus, when
British wheat IS al 30 shiilings the quarter of
8 bushels, oil 40 lbs. each, Cor about l3e
cents Tor the American bushel Of 90 ibs.) the
duty IS d shili,ngs and 8 pence per q %igrtcr;
equal to , dollars, a3 cents, on a barrel oil
aonr! when at 90 shiitings the quarter (e-
Qua. 10 more than a dollar and Il bAii the A
merican bushel) the duty is ~ shilling, aud
8 pence the quarter, or 50 so on a barrel Of
-four; when at "a shiIlings (the starvation
polnt) it IS osly | shilling the quarter. or 10
cents on IA barrel Of -four. There IS a grade
Of duty for every shilling Of the value OF u
quarter Of wheat (or other grain) from ~
st.iiilnss 20 90 shilllngs. At the first tile duty
IS nominal, bot, as the price declines. it he
cones heary, and soon runs into prohibition
IL ,s thus that England watches her a%gricul-
ture!! There has been another !utis bubble
about short cropsin England, but, at the last
advices, the dnty on a barrel OF oar tiour was
nearly Three Dollars-se none had been so!I
for consumption! But there had been a few
! days ofst9l shine; ans, as the price OF wheat
was declining, The duty was about to advance.
This is a chef part Of the BRITISH free trade
system So much spoken OF, and held ap for
err imitation Britain excludes sur iiour,
though we might faraisb it at a much less
price than her owa cost her people, even
when sae has I fair and full crop; but we
ought 10 purchase British c~alicocs, though
we can make them ourselves, aud ascheariy
AS she villas shall be shown below.
The American consumption requires the
equivalent OF p millions OF barrels OF Hour
tie foreign demand takes OFF less thas 900,
600. ha domestic demand is sctiiedi tho
foreign small as 1t is, unsteady. In 1914, thG
value Of all the vegetable food exported was
s22 ,39i 900, in 1879, only 9.019, 762, (a-
GLIDING rice, &c.) The mach cor 9Ia..lcd oil
fluctuations in the raiuc OF cotton, present
nothing like this. The leleign ilour trade
cannet, al any time, be depended on. We
have exported more than 500, ou0 barrels to
(t5a and ifayt IN one year, and in another,
less than 80 900. We nave sent several hun
dred thousand TO England in one year, and
not a ba3 rel. as it were, in the ensuing one,
tlnual gaping at things Gb5oed, instead Of at
tending u things at homo, we are iaov oted
for three ~foufils of the perpleSilies, or en-
bafTasstneats, " Inch the farmers OF the I'M
ted States have suffered, as must appear
manifest TO every rejecting nsiad As il rs
| CARDS foreign trade, we are "pieasea with a
( rattlc-tiekled with a straw hid.
Dissaasives against Self .tfurder.-H you
are distressed in mind, lice; serenity and joy
may yet dawn upon your soul. Ii you have
been contenied and cheerful, lire, and gene
rally diiiusc that happiness to others. |
mistortuncs have belallen you by your mis-
conduct, lice, and be the wiser for the future
II things have Lefallen you by the faults o
others, Ice; you have nothing wheIewilh Il
rcproach yourself II ycu are rich aud pros
porous, tips, and DO good with what you pos
sess. II another has injured you, iiGs, his crim'
1 syti La I1z KgnI.hnaaYf III = ~, hata IN lllrGl