, 1844-11-09
TIE AGRICULTURAL LABORERS or
EEGLAND AND THE U. STATES.

ENGLAND AND THE U. STATES.
In England the general rule is, tina
those who till the soil do not own ii
In the United States this general rul
: is reyersed-the American farmer i
: the owner of the land he tiils. Ii
England the consumption of brea'
shfis exceeds the production, anC
they have a high Tariff 10 protect tn
: land-holder. But is it a fact that thi
English Tariff protects the Agricul
tural Iaborers Of England?
The following extract from the N
York Tribune of yesterday, vii
show the hardships endured by those
who till the soil IN England:
English agricultural Lu6Orers.-
The wretched condition Of this class
was made apparent at a meeting Of
their "order" held recently in Wilt
shire, where q woman, Mary Ferris,
said hat the men, many of them,
were afraid TO speak. A voice an
swered that they who were living on
potatoes and water had not the spirit
to do So. Mary Ferris proceeded
"She thought a little more land would
be of great service to the laborers
generally. Her husband had to main
tain her and five children put of SIS.
per week. They had half an acre of
land; but that was not sufficient, with
his low wages, to maintain them in a
manner fitting TO do a days work.
This last summer they had no pota-
toes for 4 considerable length of time,
and nothing but The SIS. per week.
Her children were often crying round
her for food, and she did not know
how TO get any. She said the men
knew nothing Of their hardshIps in
comparison to the women; they
brought the IS. home on Saturday
night; but the management was lett
to the women, who could not supply
the wants of their families from it.
She stated that they did not taste ii
mOrscI Of animal food fortwo months
together"
All the laborers who did speak,
complained of their miserable state.
We ask the laborers of the United
States 10 read attentively the above
extract, and bear in mind that these
Sutierings among the farm-laborerS of
England take place, though England
has been legislatIng through many
past generations for the sole purpose
OF protecting Gas it is called the az
rlculturaI industry of the country
The Corn Laws of Great Britain are
centuries old, and yet the men vino
till B%ritain's soil hear the children cry
for bread, Eight shiilings IA week 10
feed, clothe and educate a fami-
What think you Of this, Ameri-
can la~sorers? DO YOU want 10 be
protected in the same way?
In the United States the products
of agricultural produce. generally, far
exceeds the consumptIon; conse-
lucntiy. neither the agricultural la
borers of the United States, nor those
who own land but do not till it
can receive the least
benefit from a duty on foreign agrl-
cultural produce. The American
want no duty, no Tariff on
that which they grow and which we
10 not import. Our duty on farm
produce protects nobody. This is ad-
nItted by all. Mo- so with the duty
on manufactures. Here it is that the
American farmers and laborers are
impoverished, that a few wealthy
manufacturers may increase their
The industry Of the coun-
.rv bears nearly all the burdens OF
Government, wealth but little. Farm
produce is now selling of prices, Oh
he average, lower than ever before.
UP and Wheat DOWN has
become Il maxim since the new Tar .
II went into operation; and if it con-
Inues many years, the American la
,orer will find his condition not much
than the English laborer.-N.
Y. Plebeian.