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we hare heard and read mech aboutilhe "a
equal eeaEiug Of The Tsrif. ksr.ieuIarlJ ia i,
oppression on he farmers n iie couniry. The
are Informed that he dniy lss, 10 On lse foreiel
article Is ADDED 10 ihe price ana that, 'whe,he
hey purchase from the foreign 81 domestic ma
au'ac'urer. the aediiion has 10 b paid. III hi
ee irae' IAen The farmers are deriving great 81
Fanisges from the TarT, and shonld be The las
persons 70 complain. The day upon foreigr
Wheatis Is cents per busheI iliai. ii The pric,
Of wheat nader lhe Tari6- se Scents per bashel
The tepeai ef The Tariff veald fsduse HE price,
y taking "a The 25s esatsl 4 a 81 sen,s.-.
Thus. according % he afsn s,..ns used by lhs
opponents Of the Tarslf The f,r,E bockeis from
ne eonspS4er o. syesy boshslot ,xbeal3 - an,
81 - cents, which he wouid mol receive were
there no Tariff. The doctriae thar he duty has
TO be paid by the consumer, is either iru. o.
iaise i tue, il is as applicable 10 wheat, rye.
barley oats. &c., as TO other domestic prodpc.
tons, whether ofihe feTa, The loom or the hand.
u untrue, The afgnmeat is used FOR purposes Of
deception. That it is untrue is drmonstrabie /:
Tor 20 some cases the duties are actually higher
than the price for vhish the domestic ariicI.
sells.
As TO thefuDrqua bearing Of lhe-TarifT. we
should bike TO know what interest is not duly
projected. If. there Be Omissions Of this kind.
they have escaped our SCRUTINY; aud, in regard
70 'hem We say, that the next Congress should
supply the defect. The farmer is protected
against foreisn compe,ilion-=for. if there we're
ne duties upon wheat and olher productions Of
the field, foreigners could monopoi re the market
Tor these articles 70 considerable extent, and
mus oegsar our farmers. IL is not true. that the
fand has either deprecated iirs price Of wheat
q. Prevesied4is expectation. The price is regu.
laled entirely Fylhe dema4d and supply. 1t
happens that al The present moment the latter i
larger than lhe former. and The price is eonse-
quently reduced. The great reduction Of duties
ia 1871 and 1912, caused some Of cur manufac.
turing establishments 70 cease operations alto
gelher, whilst others diminished The amount Of
their productions. This Reduction has proved
TO be below the demand for certain articles. and
their price has consequently become enhanced
Tor time, but must soon again be iessened by
competition.
Were farmers 70 take the erroneous view Of
the Tariff which is attempted 10 be impressed
upon them, and. require that he protective poll.
~ should be abandoned a. respects manufac.
lures, culd they object to lis being also unaulled
il regard to wheat, &c Ia fairness thes could
not what, then, would be the value Of their
laRds' II you'd strike with deadly effect against
The landed inieEesisi and We beg, therefore, that
the farmers Of NE county will pause before they
array themselves against protective system I
That which gives employment 10 domestic Iahar
farnsE--euIhs 10 be sp<spt in3utionsly affect
he manufactures orthe Abanity without thrust
ing fatal stab at bis own v.,ais. We should
pull alogetherfin favor Of American interests, il
we would succeed in maintaining our country
and prosperous. The farmer, The I
and mechanic, must be alike sus-
tanned by our laws, OF We shall iaye !oreisnIa- {
Dor substituted for American in slI departments
Oar siomachs wiz be shpPliel with foreign
bread, and our persons be eiolhd with foreign |
Baltimore Clipper.
II
The following is no hclipn The friend who
communicated The incident to Us can be relied !
upon. ard, if needs bf, The nam, Of the Farmer
can be given. Nor is this an ISOLATED case
There are thousands similarly affected here and
elsewhere. The ball is rolling in he right ditee-
lion and with proper impelus-E'r,un.
We had conversation the other day,
with gentlemen, VINO related 10 Us the
following incident: In goingout 10 Riga
few DAYS since. sbe met az old friend
coming TO the ci,ywi,h d load OF wool
As. usual. the two stepped for a chat
when the old gentleman avogeG himself
10 be as strong a Locofoco as ever, ADD
chiefly because the Wing Ta5if'of ls42
made the manufacturer rich without al
all oene6tting The farmer" This his pa
per told him, and this be believed His
friend tried 10 show him bis erIor, but be
mel every statement with The usual Lo
cofoco retort--" that's Wing lie." He
came 10 the city, however. and sold bis
wool 10 Mr.. Erickson, who paid hfu some
forfv cents a pound This price far ext
ceeded his expectations, and he asked
wbal il meant? OF course his question
was answered, and in q manner perfectly
satisfactory,
Wen, he returned home. with a light
heart. and a heavy pscke! and when be
reached bis ordinary stopping place near
home, be heseisihe landlord for having
lsnernitled z lyins locofoco handful 10 be
stuck up in his bsr-room--s not. said
he. slhst am opposed to fair PLAY, but
cause il contains statements which |
know 10 be false II denoances the Tariff
as a measure which benefits no one but
1.-The manufacturer. This Iknole lo,bsfalse,
and | have more than 70 hundred rea-
sons ia my pocket al this moment for
what say, fslapping bis pocket book. y
Three wears ago be continued. II owed
! 500 which Fad 10 ee paid in July. a
was cFamped. and had nothing upon
! which 10 sraiss II exceptsmy WOOL Thia
| | look q the city but ! was unable 10
lfaise one dollar in cash for il. The best
could do whit was 70 take cloths in ex,
! chsnee for il. These could not get nc
Of for cash 10 season, and the result wa
\ I had TO 6orror a part OF the amonn'
which owed. and | PAID The debta th'
end Of an execution. Last year, did a
4 little besiez.wilh my wool. i got % cent
a pound halt cash and half cloths; bu
|ihis wear, have sold my wooi-which i
f,o batfer Ia onai;tv than. last vear- 1,