The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-08-15
GEORGE McLERAN,
SAMUEL WRIGHT.
From the Albany Argus.

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The Farmers and the Tarilf--WhO are Protectedl
The present extreme low prices Of wheat and Rye,
beef and pork and other products of the farmers have
have justly began to excite he fears of the Wing party,
that the farmers Of the country must go en- mGse against
the Tariff There is good reason 10 suppose that the
great wheat raising States of Ohio, Indiana Illinois
and Michigan, will go dead set against the wbig party.
The hardy tlers of The soil have been most confidently
promised one dollar bushel for their wheat and TO- the
new crop brings nem but GO cents This is the en-
terainmcnt to which they were invited, and fortunately
the election is to come at which they can stamp their
seal upon these blasted promises Of the whig party.
The same medicine is now at work in Western New
York. The farmers get 80 cents for their wheat when
two or three years since they readily obtained ST.. 1t
is not in the nature Of things 10 suppose that an argu
ment of this home thrust kind will not have its effect at
| the ballot boxes. . .-..
The question is simple. In 1872 a tariff bill was
passed which the wings insisted gave ample protection
Chat is fair profD to all the industrial interests the
nation, This the democrats denied, averring that the
manufacturers of New England had over-reached the
farmers, and that the farmers would be no better off
Two years have elapsed since the passage OF that bill
How stands the balance. The manufacturer is now di
vidng least 10 per cent his capital while the far
mers profits do not exceed per cent, and not as
high now as they uere thee or Jour gears ago, when
farms probably paid about per cent on the invest
| ment
| Whg demagogues are constantly harping that the
law was passed to improve the remuneration Of the bu
sness of the hoe ConH but The result is the capi-
tai and labor employed in manufacturing have been ad
vanced by that law 40 per cent, while the agricultural
interest," which embraces thrice many people as are
employed in all the manufactures in the United States
has fallen more than 10 per cent This is the platform
upon which the business Of the country now stands.
Can any one be so blind as to suppose that the far
mers do not perceive the inequalities o that Legislation
which produces results SO ruinous to them?-What OBJ
ec can they have in standing by the Tariff as IL is
which rolls thousands odoars into the pockets of ohe
classes, while at the same time they are becoming poor
| erl ...a t...aru f -. ..
BY the census of 1870 we have the following authen
tic table of persons engag ed in in the several employ
ments throughout the United States
Number of persons employed in Agriculture 3,7I775y
Manufactures and trade 79I,5 ,5i5
| Mining l5203
! Commerce l1S575
| Navigating ocean srf.. -....r.. 56025
Navigating rivers &c. ..,.r.. 33067
Learned professions 64,S56
Whole number embraced in all other empOyments CO
clasive of agriculture ".1 1,O7965
From this we see the vast numerical majority Of th
LEARNERS Of our country all other classes-ln lS4i
Ethe proportion Of -four farmers to ono manufacturer ma
be tcu high Since 1910 there has been large excr