Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-01-08
Western Prod

discover the cause OF the extreme dizziness IN tn
demand for Pork, Bacon, Nc., IN which the Who'll
West Is SO deeply interested.
"There is one item Of Western producuo.
which is worthy of attention Just now, as afford
me a striking illustration of the Disadvantages un
der which this country labors from the unequa
conditions upon which our trade with England Il
conducted. The article of Pork has become one
OF the chief staples of the States of OHIO, Ind.
ana and MissourI-and 1t now sells al s 80 pei
cwt, or at one and a hslf cents per pound. a
this rate the business Is a rulnous one To the trade
The vast quantities brought into market this sea.
son are ising IN masses IN the warehouses oil dea-
lers aud eonsIgnees both IN the West and East,
and much of 1t may rot for want Of purchasers
A great deal OF last years supply still remains on
hand IN the various forms ofpotk, bacon. lard &c,
which being added To the production of the pres
ent season has overloaded the domestic market
10 tho extent OF a surfeit.
What is wanted 10 create a brisk demand for
this vast store OF provision? Nothing but an out
let abroad. Let our producers have a fair ac-
cess TO foreign markets under equal laws of trade.
Ii this were obtained, the large surplus nov on
hand would move Oft at once, and the producing
States that furnish pork ia such abundance. would
hnd The business Increasing every year in amount
OF profit. Bat his access to forc'ga markets they
cannot get on an far terms-aud here we may
see the Consequences OF thai mfsehievous neglect
with which tho producing classes OF The Eastern,
the Western, and the Middle States are treated
for tho sake Of favorlng the particular interest OF
the cotton growers.
The duty on saited pork or bacon imported in
TO Great Britain 10 % shiIlings per cwt.--be-
tween SIX and seven dollars of our currency. This
amounts TO Il prohlbition--and at this very mo
ment, hundreds of thousands of people in that
country are suffering for want of proper food.
1t the British markets were thrown open TO A
merican pork, our Western producers of the ar
ticle would find sales there for two or three hun
dred thousand barrels forthwith aud al annual
demand for a much larger quantity.
But there IS no probability that the British re-
s;riciion- on this article will be remedied--so long
at least as this government continues 10 submit
10 the impositIons which British policy puts upon
such Of our productions as il does not chose to
receive. The monopoltzing interest upon which
tho arIsiocracy 10 established, continues 20 hold
the power of rue in England, ard it shapes the
policy Of tho Government to seenre ifs own ag-
grandizement. What then is left for US? Is it
not shameful that a great country like this should
rest 10 serviie acquiescence under the infections
of foreign arrogance-that we should behold our
chief articles of exports taxed, restricted, prohib-
tied IN foreign ports according as the policy Off
val nations may dictate, without , much ~ the
stirring OF a hand TO right ourselves and vindlcate,
our fair claims 10 equal terms OF trade?--iias the
General Government no power 10 regulate COM
merce? The Constitution atfirms that ii has. Is
it without power 10 pro,ec, domestic industry?
Ii II IS, then is 1t destitute OF a power essential
TO a Government. But it is not without that pow
er. 1t possesses il legitinatetv; IL has exercised it
often; the policy of the Government under the
first Administration recognized such powerfully
and distinctly, and 10 the former salutary exercise
Of it we are indebted for much of our national
prosperity.
CHILDREN IN AN ENGLISH Pooh HousE-In one
Of the riches, and most fiourishing agricultural
counties of England, there Is a union formed un.
der the poor Jaw, which Is called the 'Seyenoaks
Union.'' Al this time 4 public Investigation of
the condition of their poor house is taking place,
which was already revealed some most revolving
scenes of misery.
This house was calculated 10 hold 800 persons
In 1889 there were at one time 325 inmates; in
$40, 29S inmates at one time; IN February last,
2i7. and in the last week of November BIS.
For the lodgings Of the children, there are two
boys rooms, aitics,-one fifteen feet by twenty
seven, the other fifteen by twenty nine; and two
girls rooms fifteen feet by twenty-nine each. In
March last there were 81 inmates 10 the bows
rooms; and in the girls room there were so odd.
There were Is beds aud a half in the boys two
rooms, and Is beds and a half in tie girls two
rooms. There were 10 children IN two beds, feet
10 feet, and IS children in three beds; the rem1in-
der of the beds had four each. The ages of The
children varied from ) to II years. The beds
were four feet six inches wide, and the two IN
which go many children were placed, were lied
together, SO as 10 form one bed.
In 81 beds there were 81 men, and IN 20 beis
40 women. When the house is crowded the pau.
pers are put in a stable with some clean straw.
During a late vlsi, the vestry clerk found in
a loft thirteen fee, by fourteen, twenty boys ap-
parently diseased, huddled together in four beds
aud this was after he and others had beer
told tina, they had seen every apartment. Tha
state of disease was as foIlows:--In February all
tie children In the house, of beth sexes (except
two or three infants) had the itch about a dozen
had bad feet and chilblains, with the bones Of
their toes protruding, In consequence of neglect.
On the 29th April, there were in the house IS
bo VS. and 81 girls and infant children; all the IS
bows had enlargement, of he neck, and AZ had
goitres. "a kind OF tumonr,) of the girls
and infants. 81 had enlarged glands TO the back of