The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-07-22
JOHN BuLbANLs BROTHER JoNA-


but his children we're famous weaVers of cot
toD and ,wolen goods, and very sklIlul 10 the
working OF irOH, brass, and all sorts OF metals.
Brothers onathan had great deal of fresh,
rich ground, aud could raise cotton, grain,and
all sorts ofpEoduce, as we'll as cattle aud sheep
much cheaper thanJO ohm Bull could.
They carried their products and msnnfac-
tureS 10 and fro in boats aud exchanged the
oa0 for the other.
,Butihere was a serious impedImsnt 10 their
trade, which rendered it much less extensive
andusefu than II otherwise would have been.
The difficulty was this:
AT the landing on the side Of the pond whore
john Bull lived, an old fellow called George
King had built toll house, and compelled
every body who brought any thing to sell to
John Bulls family, 10 g.Vo part oft, or pay
hIm portion ofiis value. In like manner,
Whoever carried any lkiug away, after buy
iugor exchanging for il, had 10 give him
part OF it, or pay him portion of lis value.
The one he called an swpOrt duty, and the
~c!her au.sxport duty ......
On the other side ofihe pond wac -Uueie
Sam, with his toll house. He vas kind enough
not 10 take any part Of Brother JOnathan's pro
ducts as they went ou; but not a thing would
he permit to conc in, unless at least one.6llh
parto!it, or the value thereof was given 10
him. This he called an import duty,
IN this way George King tJok to himself at
least one-fiflh, or twenty per cent. of all that
came in and all that went out, aud Uncle Sam
took ons46fIh ortweuty per cent. Of ell that
came in.
The thing worksdsin this way:
When Brother JObnalhaa went over in his
boat with one hundred bushels Of wheat, 10
exchange with John Bull for cloth, George
KIug compelled him. as soon as he landed, 10
measure out twenty bushels and put ainto his
warehouse, Tor else pay HIM the preeOftwen
ty bushels,) which left him eighty bushels TO
buy cloth with. With this eighty bushels he
bought eighty yards Of cloth; but George King
would not let h,m put il into his boat until he
had rsasured off sRd given him sixteen yards,
being one-6fh Ofthe whole, (or paid him the
price ofn.>
AT length jonathan got back to his own side
oil The pond~wnH64 yards of cloth; but Uncle
Sam ould not lei him land it until he had
measured off and given him twelve and feur-
'ifths yards of il, being one-fifth of The sixty-
four, for paid him its value Thus, Brother
Jonathan, after he had flushed his voyage,
found himself in possession of fifiy.one and
one>ifih yards Of cloth inIelurn for hIs hun
dred bushels Of wheat.
Now, tits evident enough, that bUtfor the
toRs he he'd 70 pay to George King and Uncle
Sam, he wtoi te hsVe got home with one huns
dred yards Of Cloth for his hun dred bushels Of
! wheat, instead of of6fiy-one End one-dlth.
just 80 il was on the other side:
John RulietsFled with d hundred yards of
cl0th, 10 exchange for wheat with BFolher.Jo on
athan.
George King compelled him'befors he 's,art
ed to measure of and give him twenty yaIds
Of HE cloth, leaving but eighty.
As SOON az he reached the other side Of the
pond, Uucie Sam compelled him 10 measure
of and give him one-6!Ih OF twenty per. cent
Of the balance, leaving only s'xty-iour yards.
'9his sixty y-ivuT yards he exchanged for six
ty.fout busbeS~of wheat, and returned home.
Bd George King would not lei hlm land us
Ill be measured. out Eudgive him one-itih (or
20 per cent of wheat, leaving only Ehy -oRe
end one. fifth bushels, when hs might have had
one hundred ,.bpt for the exacttous Of Geoige
King and Uncle Sam.
Thus 6ld George King and Uuce Sam treat
John Bull and Brother jonathan and their fa>
miles. What with this toll aud. other inciden-
tai charges, they took ~ themselves just about
one half The products and manufactures The
old farmers sent out TO sell. Sometimes
George King, 10 his caprces, would not lot
Brother Jonathan land any grain ataIlfor sale
and exchange with John Bull aad his family,
pretending thpt he knew better waat wa, good
for them than they did hmselveS: the conse-
quenco Of which was, lha,John Bull had 10
pay much more for his bread than he o,her-
wise would. Al the same time, not being able
TO sell Brother Jonathan as much cloth as he
would have done il he could have taken grain
iD payment, he had much less means 10 buy
with, and in this way his children were often
reduced 10 most wrelched and starving con-
diiiOn.
On the other hand, Brother Jonathan, in all
/ his dsaimgs witha5ohu- Bull, got bot half IS
much for his grain and other products as he
would have golb for the .o!i's exacted gong
and coming tho consequence Of which was,
that he WAS MOI so rich and his family were not
sO:well clad as they otherwise would have been
Indeed, be wac compelled to make cloth him
seE to help CIothe his children, though the
same labor would have brought him twice as
much cloth, If he could have gotleuit without
these heavy tells.
APPL1CATIoN.-This allegory explains ths
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