Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-09-20


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From the Skaneateles Columbian.
"LO! THE POOR FARMERS.
The course pursued by the parisans Of Polk
and Dallas, in relation TO the tariff, is most sim
gularly unsteady and inconsistent. In this re-
spect, it has been justly said Of them, that
"they reel to and fro and stagger like drunk
en- man." One day, or in one place, they are
holding forth that THEIR candidates are the
true friends Of the tariff, and denouncing Mr.
Clay as an anti-protectionst. In another, you
will hear them complaining Of the tariff as par
tial and unjust in lis Determinations. In West
ern Pennsylvania, where the policy OF protect
ing iron manufactures is too obvious TO be
questioned Mr. Polk is held up as the very man
for their interests, and that, too, by H. b.
Wright, the presiding officer Of the Baltimore
Convention, which nominated Mr. Polk, BE-
CAUSE he was known 10 be in favor Of free
trade and immediate annexation. But in the
wheat-raisng, beef and pork-producing districts
Of the North, it is just now the special aim OF
these truth-loving patriots TO whine over the
injustice OF the tariff towards The products of
agriculture. "Our farmers" say they, "are
suffering severely from the effects of the Wing
tariff, which has reduced below all former ex-
amples the prices of agricultural products,
while al the same time il is examining 10 excess
the bloated pockets of nabob manufacturers.
How can the hardy tillers Of the soil be expect
ed 10 STAND BY THE TARIFF AS 1T is, which
not only impoverishes them, but rolls thou
sands into the pockets of others? They will
not, cannot he so blind TO their own interests"
That the prices of agricultural products are
low, is true,-but il is moi true, as these croak-
ers very well know, that they have been redu-
ced by the tariff. These reductions are ac-
counted for in a much more satisfactory man
ner by the over-production, by the immense
amount of beef, pork and -four poured into the
glutted market of the East from the teeming
West. The supply Of this season, immeasuT-
ably beyond any former season, has greatly ex-
ceeded the demand both at home and abroad,
and of course prices have fallen. The only
remedy for this evil-ihe only way to help the
farmer in this difficulty is, TO increase the de-
mand for his products, that is, TO increase the
number Of consumers. And how do our OPP
ponents propose 10 effect tllisf How would
they alter the tariff TO benefit the farmers? BY
checking the over-production? They will
hardly attempt that BY laying high prohibi-
tory duties on the importation Of agricultural
products, That would be of no avail, since
there are next TO none imported now, under
the present low duties. No--these special
friends OF the farming interest propose TO help
the farmers by Withdrawing the protection now
given to manufactures, thereby compelling
the owners 10 shut up their factories and turn
the hands now employed in them over TO tilling
the soil. That is 10 say, they would enhance
the prices of beef, pork, flour, &C., by increas-
! ing the number Of producers, and diminishing
the number of consumers Of those articrsl
: But the farmers Of VERMONT are not the
fools TO be caught in such silly trap, TO be led
astIay by such stupid appeals. They know
full well, their best, their only reliable market
: is the HOME market, that is, The market afford
: ed by the manufacturers. They know that
every man employed in manufacturing, is a
consumer OF their products, which he must
purchase for his daily subsistence. They know
that every factory established in their neighbour
hood is a standing army of consumers TO be
led from the products of their farms, and that
this enlarged demand must enlarge the market
: and enhance the price of whatever articles OF
food, fuel, &c., which they may have TO sell.
And knowing these things, they will be slow
to join in this hue and cry against the tariff, on
the ground that il affords a sound and reason
: able protection TO manufacturers. But, say
the Locos, the protection is moi, compared
with other interests, reasonable one,--it il
) enormous-the manufacturers are, by its means,
getting rich too iasi-ther profits are i'm.
mense Why, then, do MT these peculiar
friends OF the farmer turn manufacturers Them
selvcsi The field is open to them as 10
others,-an they would do the farmer very
great favor, if they would stop complaining Of
the tariff and go TO work in earnest to estab-
lsh factories and furnish buyers for all the
farmers can raise to SELL Let them at least
propose some better protection to the farmers
before they phil down and destroy what they
now have. When these Soomons have de.
vised and brought forward their own plans for
the protection Of our home industry, il will be
time enough TO listen to their complaints
! against the present tariff. Till then, il il
plainly the dictate of wisdom and prudence 10
STAND BY THE TARIFF AS 1T is.
.arrest.--Wormley b. f. Carter, for whose
apprehension Gov. Letcher offered reward
Of $3.50 few weeks ago, was arrested in ST.
D Louis on Sunday last, by j Fitzhugh, Esq,
a of this State, and brought back on board the
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