The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-08-12
FARMERS AND THE TARIFF

If any farmer has really been delulel into the
belief that The tariff of 1912 has shut him out from
Great Britain as market for his grain, we com
mend to his notice the following extract from
London letter, written just before The sailing of
the last steamship. That The Democratic raiders
against the tariff may not impupn its authority,
on the plea that II was written for Wing tariff
journal, we deem it proper to say that we copy il
from the Boston Post:
I" LONDON, July IL 1874.
"The tone OF some of the newspapers enlisted
IN the interests of land proprietors indicates that
there is some alarm on account OF The recent
large aportalons of foreign corn, and particular
" wheat. The complaint is that the regular
milling consumption is supplied by foreign wheat,
and that British grown wheat though offered at
prices below the expenses OF production, is driven
out of market and it is Ianened that foreign
wheat, after paying duty Of Us. per quarter,
still leaves a profit TO foreign land propriclors !;
this is said to be proof, beyond all disputaton,
that the existing corn laws are not sufficiently
protective to native industry.
1t s, no doubt, quite certain that England,
with the present rates levied by the land pruprie
tors upon the agriculiuriss, cannot compete with
foreign countries, and particularly America, in
The growth Of corn, if price is demanded of con-
sumers that will pay these extraordinary profits
II Is not that the real expense of producing the
article is much greater here, but that enormous
profits are to be paid by the producer in shape of
labor, and by the consumer in gold-both Of which
classes of people are not able or " ng to bear
the burden These profits, it is seen, 90 10 swell
the Golfers Of the land owner and to defray The
expresses OF government. Tae high price Of land.
which - source OF Increase to the expense of
producing over that of America, i, perhaps, ba
ianced by the low price Of labor so that lie as
serlon that high tariff on tore gn grain is neces
sary 10 protect hone agricultural Industry is
gratuitous; ii may III fact be ncce sSary to the
yielding to the land owner the presen. profit uvun
home products.
Bat, III relation to another br inch Of the sub
jcct, thoash there apLelr 10 be large imporatIons,
II does no seem tina, WI h the eseut dut e. ana
prices, large profits can accrue To me Aue' Cal
rhpper or land owner by dir, CT Shipment. Good
American wheat will average ab"ui eos. Tie q ar
Ter at the corn exchange. Subtract rom IN It's.
ior duty, and as. er larter. nr abou s l26 per
busheis IS lett 10 the s.le~. NJ, il WA uc rec
thar out TT his are 10 be pad The expenses ul
'ranSporta lo', commissions, g."
Here IL Ia shown that A nsncan VIII, a is par.
nAl excluded from Gren Bitlaln, not py the A.
merlcan iar,ff, but by The ltl,h-not ~ pro &C.
"o. 70 "e'can manufacturers, bat hy pro ecilon
10 British landlo da--aot by want OF means N
England 10 pay f'r II, but by The prohb tive dlt.
Of lis. sterling on each qau,er TIA, duty wou d
still be levied, though Bririth fabrics, admitted
duty free, were f,odng our land aud DESTROYING
our mechanical industry and the farmers womb
be even less able to pay for them than they are
now, because they would lose he home market
now provided by our manufacturers.
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