Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-08-28
Vol S No. 3
JOHN BULL AND BROTHER IONA
THAN

ans On the other lived BtotheT Jonathan.
John Bulls farm MAS poor and reproductive;
but hls children were famous wssyefs Of Cotton
aud Roollen goods, aud very skiul in The work
M Of lrsa, Brass. and all sorts Of metals.
Brother JonaIhn had great deal of flesh
rich gTouud and could Iase eollon, grain, and all
sort. Of produce, as web as cattle and sheep much
cheaper than John Bull onul3.
They earned thea products and manufactures
to and i,o IA boats, and exchanged the one ior
the other.
But there was serious mpedmen, to their
trade, Which rendered il much less extensive and
useidl than It otherwise would have been.
The difficulty aas IL's.
II the landing on lhs side Of the pond where
JOAN Bull LIVED, an old fellow called George
! hWy had built u dollhouse, aud esmpoilad every
body "ho brought m, lhlpg 10 sell John Bulls
/ iumi'y, 10 give part ol It, or pay shIm portion
| oil is value. la like manner, whoever carried
ANY 'A'a. awaytat'er Pa!tRg CT exchanging tor IT.
had 10 gi>c him part OF Il, OF pay ban portion
oil ds value. Thu one lie called an import dgiy,
aud tie other tu szgort duig.
Ga the other side of,he pond was Uncle Sam.
with has dollhouse. lie was kind enough not to
take anl part Of Brother Joualhan's products as
toe reh cal, but uot thing would he permit 10
come a., unless ii least oaehIlh part oii, OF the
value thereof, Was given to hun. Thus be called
an 'apoh duty
10 this way George King toOh TO hmsslr at
least one nth, twenty per cent. OF all that cana
"a, and all lhat reai out, aad Uncle Sam took
ono-htth or twenty per cent. Of all that came IN.
HE thing worked this way.
When Brother Jonathan wen, over N his boat
with one bundled bu,hzls OF wheat to exchange
With Joha Bull lor cloth Georse King compelled
hun, AS soon as he landed 10 measure out twenty
bushels snd put into his warehouse Tor else
pay him the puce uf twenty bushels,) which leI.
hun eighty bushels tobuy cloth VITA. Nhh this egh
" bushels he bough telghly yards olcloh:but Geo
lNmgwould not let him put il into his boat, 1uH he
bad mea .uIed of and gwen hun sixteen yards,be
lng one-tlth Of the Nhole, (or pud him the pice.
! OF H.
Al lcnghJooalhan got back TO his own side Of
, tne pond with 81 yards Of cloth; but Uncle Sam
would not lie, hIm land II until lao had measured
oil aud gwen hun twelve aud tour-hlths yards OF
II, beng one. hith of tho slriy -four, or paid lis
value. Thus, brother jonathan, attci he had hn.
lshed vo,agsi found himself IN possession Of
: fIty.une ind fifth yntds OF cloth IA reluin for
: hlsi hundred bushels OF wheat,
Now, Il Is evident enough that but FOR the tolls
he had TO pay 10 George King snd Uncle Sam,
!, he would have got home with one hundled yards
Of cloth for his hundred bushels Of wheat, instead
= Of nifty aud one filth
" just SO twas on tho olhefsIde
n John Bull started with hundred yards ofcloth,
=, to exchange tur wheat with Brother Jonathan,
ri George hns compelled him bsfore he STATED
to measure oil and give him twenty yards Of his
= cloth, leaving but eighty.
As soon as no reached the other side Of ,Ee
i, pond, Uncle Sam compelled hun to measure off
>. and give elm one.hl,h or twenty pei cent Of the
II balance, leaving only sixty four yads.
. THIS sixty -iom yards he exchanged for Sky
/ four bushels Of wheat nod returned home.
But George King would not let him land untIl
!. h. meas u red GU md gave him one-hfh 70 20
per CONF Of tho wheat, leaving only iIty-one and
Il, one fifth. bushes ., WHEN be might have had ono
e bundled sul FOR the cxacions oil George hing
!. and Uncle sam.
Thus ID George King md unclo Sam treat
John Bull and Brother jonathan aud Iheir un'l,
r, les What w,ta ttL.s toll aud Other Incidental
,s charges. they took 10 hcm,t,'cs just about one
% bali the products and manufactures the 'id Ia'H
=, err sent oct 10 sell. Sometimes Gcolge hne,i
# h,s capr.ccs would not lei BroIher JoUatmu ahd
any gram at all for sao and exchange with John
n Ba,l and his family; pretending lhal be knew be'-
" ter What was rood lor diem hsh tbey did them,
selves, The consequence Of which was, that JuLn
ID Bull had to pay much more ior hs bread Than be
~ otherwise would. Atlbo same tine, not beng
- able 10 soil Brother jonathan az much cloth IS
be would have done, # te could have taken gam
fl. 10 payment, BE- had much less means 10 buy with,
" and IN ihis SEA, h.s children were often reduced
., to q u4osj WRECKED aud Starving condition.
T. On Ito other hand ,Broher jonathan, III all
-, his dealing with John Bull, got but ta'f as much
. Ton h,s granutd other PruGucis as be Houd have
., cotton but ror tolls cxuclod going and comIns,
> too consequence If Which was, that he MAS not 80
\. rich and h. family neie not 50 well Clad as they
4. Otherwise would have been. Indeed, he was
- compelled 10 make cloth himself TO help To elohe
bis children though thc sane labor would have
:. brought him tHicc 90 much cloth, 10 could have
ggucn il without these heavy tolls
ArrfIclrIog. II his allegoty explains the OPP
- eraton OF Tariffs, whether Tor revenue or proec'
ion. They are iar 10 the income 81 the iGr.
n ner and manu- acturer equal Ia their operation
- UPON tho United States and Great Britain TO ONE
~ H1LF tie yahs oCal HE articles me people
-. Of tie ico eot3,1iS buy Of each other. 1t sJust
as ia lax galhefsI stood Of the talmers gate aud
= took from Lirn ONE FOURTH Of oil he Games
= GU, 10 SELL aud ONE THIRD Of all he brings
A back.
: Tariffs are tho most adron schemes ever con-
uiyed to take from farmers, end all the working
# classes the trultsof then labor without their know
;. ing il, ard using them for The support OF armies
-, aud naties, pensioners, and slnecursIs, bankers
und faudholdets-in fine, 10 make the Ma
= Ny work for the FEH.--ksndaIPs ErpositOr.
To KILL BED BuGs.--Gum camphor and bare
I. soap viii eiiectaally destroy the bed bug. Mix
b one ounce of the camPhor well pulverized, with