Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-05

NN1tH ~ aANAHAH N"NNNNNEa NNH - AEAaH
Br IANEs D WHARTON.
tPu0islei By orles JHe L-arpe)
ResoiUof. That tho existence and tatr5raee ~
Domestic Manufactures is more important % the
Agricultural than any other class OF thc c1mmani.
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Ma. President AND GENTLEMEN:
When 7 offered the above resolution. Al The
last meeting ofthe League. I was not unavorc Thar
though, after doe consideration. you must yield H
your assent. and adopt II as The decided expression
Of The opinion OF Tins association. a proper offence
Of The strong position assumcd. would require moro
lime, more industry and more general kuoulodce
Of political economy. than I have At command but
50 thoroughly has ms mind been imbued with its
truth, 50 firmly convinced am / that az SEA forth ia
that resolution Is suscopiibic az proof that / cannot
consent 10 The action Of Ihe association upon ~. " nh
out an effort to throw into forn and lay before YOU
the scope Of argument from which I gathered the
conclusion which ! have set forth.
] shall not aim at a systematic arrangement orrbe
subject in the approved set forms Of logicians,
or at beauties Of rhetoric, hut will promise a plain,
unvurnihed statement Of fac's rs they exist, with
The deductions thorerrom which seem 10 me con-
elusive in favor Of the ground assumed hy The rc~o-
luton. II was my intention 10 convey in that res
o%lution, three propositions lst. That The producer,
not the consumer, ordinarily pad toe duty Imposed
10y any foreign country upon his produces, and, there
fore, that he arrcultunlist paid no more for goods
lac was compelled to purchase, under a system oi
duties han under free trade" pad. That he was
benefited by the creation Of a home market for hs
produce. getting n higher prce and prompt pay.
Bird. That the expense, in proportion TO the value
in market, or transporting tbe products or the farm
10 foreign markets, is greater Ian the expense OF
sendiRg manufactured articles, and that the expense
operates as a tax on the producer.
Bot , centuries since,& Spain was the wealthic 81
nation in the world. The mines Of Mexico. the
palace Of Mont ezuma and the temples Of he sun.
~disgorgcd their gold 10 her. Her A-gusics sunk
deop in The waves Of The Atlantic with tho weight
Of the precious metals they bore 10 her sunny eli
male. The Old Castii1n soldiers bowed beneath
the weight Of the treasures they bore. Spain had
her vineyards, Spain had her fruits end spicos, Spain
had her cattle and sheep bat England had her
UorIAqE and Dollar by Dollar. thousand by lhous-
and England took the Spanish gold. The Cqs,.aus
are Pouniless, the Calairayians starving. and tie A.
hambra a deserted ruin. Poland, has rich AID
and laborious uIlers; but France and England are
the workshops for it. Mexico has mines the richest
in product in the world, and they are mougarel for
The neccssarics Of life. Look where You VIII and
you find ha, the people who o. not mauuEc ure
what they consume, or is equivalent are r9.r.
genoraiiy degraded, and he m Jouiy iLo scrs Of a
few large landholdcrs.
~, r.sgsf...r-. no 60. so. n ----r.s,.t.H
nature are few and easily attained. Tho beasts Of
tbe forest, the birds Of lac air. the fish Of the sca
and The spontaneous fruits Of the field supply .hom
but ia a civilized slate BIS wants are mo. .hroas.
increased with tho increase OF civilization, ard viii
be supplied if a supply can be obtained from any
source. The hIndiwork Of mauis required n C grea-
t~erdcsroe 10 change the productions ofuaturc orcuI-
Iivation into the material 10 supply those want. ihan
IN the first proluetion. The manufacture itself is
therefore greater Than the production Of the raw ma
foFial. The cost OF the wool in a coat is tulIug COM
pared with The cost ola coat when made. The cost
Of cotton Zoo yard Of lawn is bot o rr.le compared
with the cost Of The lawn itself Therefore ID is
that those who sell the raw material aud buy tho
manufacture are gradually Impoverished. while
those who mauufactLre what They do NOT or g.n1L
ly produce arc enriched. lis thus that We see the
Southern States Of this Union in comparative power
~ debt and depression while The Northern People.
who manufacture, nre acquiring wealth.
To show this mlrs fully Than can he done by
the general remark have made. T shall assume
und endeavor TO prove lhe position ,hst duties of or
dinay character. DO not euhlu-o the c1., OF iao az.
nole on which thoy are imposed. even when she
same is not produced in he county where the duy
islaid. This may seem too liuis relevant with rLo
resolution above rooi' ed 10 Be brought boo this con.
HocIon bot Z trust 60 make us bearing aud im
portalce ~ the question. fully compreheuJed and
admitted. } wish 20 prove BY Of. ne truth Of he
broad proposition that 20 IS the prodp-sr whose cz-
pou d. tged 100 a foreign market who pays The du.
Iy, and flai io consumer docs net pay 90 or suffer
by 81. Do pmofof tie position. ] ask yo1f attention.
ior q fe's m.ments ~ TIE article Of coaee-1nd
bel sacs UNDER dsy ana wien imported luy
rec.
f1om 1921 which thc earliest period 70 ah.ci
{ can conveniently refer. 90 1926. ,hc,e wa. 90
-iange % he dog, yot DE price orcgGse fl mm
81 o. II5 cens per o. This reelection may so'
~ De- aud.laDIo b. ibe extension ofibe market
dfo oguso asD, improvement n ibs cgmncfcI1I