Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-07-30

ness with the idea OF manufacturer. Mr..
said he had not forgotten the picture he ha
drawn Of the crime and sqoaltd nth and nls@r
Of the manufacturing districts OF England. III
tears Of his poor furnishing factory gtrI had haun
ted Mr. VS. Imagination ever since Nor W.
IL till he rccnliected that, Tor SD thrilling PtetGr
If human Suffering. the gentleman had been obi.
cd to resort 10 a foreign land, that he breathe
freely again. But brighter glow OF admlfatt1
lighted up his brew IS he contrasled tho gent
influence Of our own institutions On the sam
class Of persons, with that which operated unde
the most perfect nf all the Governments of III
Old World lie would ask MS coitoegao why "a
experience of twenty years, spread over all til
wide expanse Of the New England States, wa
utterly forgotten? Why did the gentleman cas
behind him. put on, Of sight. her weII-ordered es
adjustments. with all the independence, the IN
ieipence, the churches, the moral and religious
department Of those who filled them?-ay, tb,
sweet songs of her factory girls, across the dat
plate of whose happiness The cold, ddfh shade q
Of want and distress mover feIl-why were they
not remembered? Why did the gentleman 60 Il
the loathsUne, the squaIId, the almost purid, pau
per population Of the Old World? Why? Bot
was the proudesi euogy he could have passed OIL
the peaceful and clearly. aud moral, and cheer
ful factories Of New Englaud. 1t evidence
that with the sunlight Of American institution:
upon us, we mover need to fear tho recurrence
on this side the Atlantic, of such scenes ; tbs
gentleman 50 eioquently portrayed II was differ
ent people.
Declining 10 enter into tho general topics oil
the detate Mr. w said he should direct his at
tontion 10 what might, perhaps, in comparison
be considered a small object. bat ono which
was great aud must ever be dear in the view OF
himself and his constituents. 1t was the ques
ton how tho interests OF Indiana would be affect
cd by the bills, either OF them, now before the
committee.
lie was aware that gentlemen had warned him
a.. I,ti L,v ya,,ll tboyr
had told him the policy Of protection would be to
his State sucidai and, In n word that tho bill
was Il bill of abonlna:on H. hoped geutomen
would pardon hun, If, with all respect, he should
ask whv must such results follow? Could II be
because Indiana agricultural State? That
could not be, unless it could he made TO appear
that the mere fact of being agricultural Stat
suspended the necessity for bus ing ana selling
Experience, tie &peIle0ee 1t EH4tana herself,
TAUGHT him no such lesson The necessity OF buy
ing and selling could not he avoided, and the a.
bilitv 10 buy depended the ability 10 dispose
Of ner products. This brought him to the subject
of a market; aud market was the great ques-
ton with the people Of Indiana. Could she make
a merkes She had none As 10 the productive
ability of the State, he held in his hand table
compiled from tho statistical returns OF 1870, 10
which had been added tho increase since that
time From this table, it would he tina. the
amount Of her products in year exceeded
eighteen millions of dollars, to which might be
added upwards Of u million more for articles not
included in tho returns. Was This not wonderful,
as the result of not moro than quarter of q cen
turv? Was it not more like fiction than reality?
Could any other community show progress Of
such railroad speede
But what would all this avail! What if the
products forty millions instead Of but oieh.
teen If free trade was to become the order Of he
day At the end Of his rich and oVeEiIowIng bar
vest, the farmer looked round and inquired 'whero
shall | tiad market? Whero was he to send
his wheat!
IA voice: Every Wherein
And wharo was that2 To England? Why,
by Tho time he had got there and paid freight
and charges, he would find himself met with a
system of rigorous prohibitory duties, and by the
time he had brought his wheat home again he
would be, to use a Western phrase, protty near
used up.
Must he send il to France' He would be !i,tle
better Oft there. And to what other part Of the
cid world must he turn his eyesi The gentleman
said .'everv where;'' but could he point him to
any where that he would not meet the sanie iron
shield of protection? No. Tho question, he
pea ted, with Indiana, market. They had
contend,ng markets. nd both had their friends
upon this floor; they the foreign market
and the home market They could not control
the first of these. the second they could. As
much had been said Of the great foreign market,
he would inquire what was It's actual value TO In
diana, How much OF her staple products
TO it? Had gentlemen inquired? They certain
" could not. or they would not ask her TO saeri-
fee her oil for such benefit. From 1890 to
1888, period of Is or III years. the aggregate
amount of the exports of wheat from the whole
United States was but 10, 2>3.49I bushels, being
seven millions Of bushels less than the single
State of Ohio produced in 1910. Such was the
fact. Had they the consolation Of knowing that
things would be any better in future? Not at all.
They were like 10 grow worse. From 1870 TO
800, the first ten years of the period he had
named the export Of wheat amounted to ) $780,
600 bushels, giving average of about 500 900
bushels wear: while from 1923 to 1888. The
last ten years of the period. it was but 6s5.000
bushels in ALL or about Is. 900 bushels wear, an
amount tina, might have been fched from the
granaries OF Indiana and scarce have been miss
ed2 And this was the wonderful the invaluable
p,artsat tor wbioh Ind nm wac ,o va