Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-11-07
BY GEO. II. BEAMAN.

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any pl ace on tho Lakes, 10 Brhslo--ihat is
Ten cents bushel--on to Albany tina, is
sixteen aud three quarter cents, including
ten cents canal TOLL To New ork 3 cent,
--you sec that 80 cents of ifoms0 leaves the
/ farmer fifty cents for the remuneration OF
his hard and honest labor From this n.
mount he mus, deduct about twelve cents
per bushel for transportation m his Wagon
/ to the place Of shipment, and also some.
thing for commission and agencies Thu:
/ illustration OF the fate of one OF our crops
shows that Of all others Look ut this, and
you will see that the Farmer has not more
/ than thirty seven cents ei: for his buushel
Of wheat This beng so where land is
cheap and productive, how is it where land
is of treble or quadruple value and less
feriilc7
1t is time Gentlemen thai ace Tie far.
mers Of The United States tcit as one fam
;iu II other nations will not give us mu.
tualty. let MS have home trade Let us
take care OF Ourselves Our former Tariff
gave us fifteen per cent ad ralorem-a pro-
lection Of one and half, two, or three cents
per bushel for wheat The act Of 1912
gives us twenty tive cents bushel protec.
| ton.
GERMANY Thence. (Bremen) the whole
/ freight of cargo of wheat TO New ork
/ can be had for nine or ten cents a bushel.
But when imported in the hold @ the ship
and with imm grants between decks at six
or seven cents bushcl. Odessa a region
fruitful TO proveTb--a country Of Russian
scrfs and Turkish slaves, whose whole cos
tune often consists Of one shecpskiu infront
and another behind--a country in which
there is scarcely such thing as barn
implements Of domestic labor wretched and
few wnnowing the wheat by immense
bodily labor, in throwing it up with shovel:
to the winds. Such is the serf labor oftha
region
Now look at Italy and the Mediterranc
an There the poor laborer with his only
food, maccaroni-asks but for addition OIL
! one luxury-a garlic twice week TO favor
; it! These are countries peculiarly produc
tive and Astounding in wheat, and with labor
ofthe most abject and servle condition.
The costs of freight from the ports of the
, Mediterranean according to crcum-
stances, will average from i2 to Is cents {
! bush'l
The cost of transportation OF , bushel o
1 your wheat from the West to New Yorl
! is t,co thirds more than from Bremen anc
= double that from the Mediterranean. Th,
legislation of our country had thus provided
D a premium in favor of foreign grain, anc
had 'edueed or farmers IL, the n,nHn"a
e competition with the degraded and mos
/ 4 l. l.. e 'ho ,f
!. alone redeemed them from the humility o
their condition, by the protecting duty o
/ twenty-five cents bushel. In 1886 and
: large quantities of Barley were imported oil
0 commission for Brewers in this city, at Al
g banv, and the intermediate towns on tn
c Hudson 1t costs for all expences fitl
five cents per bushel--During the sam
a year large quantities of Rye were in lik
l. manner imported for Distilers, and all tn
e cost was sixty.three cents. The markt
J. price of Barley was at that time about on
= dollar per bushe, and of Rye one dollar an
'r twenty-five cents. This information hav
C from source in which entirely confid
e for its accuracy The Distillers and III
Il Brewers at the time kept their own secro
ce while the customers drank the proceeds i
he fill gusto, at the rate of one dollar and on
is dollar and twenty five cents bushel.
D. These are the results Of Laws which yo
T. Yourselves do sanction. A II our Atlant
- Cities can eat their bread cheaper from
" cross the wide ocean than from our ow
| farms Without the present protection
III twenty-five cents bushel, it would be
Y obtained II we do not make better arrang
le men,s. foreign nations will overwhelm ,
Sc with their prodnctions-again take ava
lie our specie, and leave your grain upon yo'
he hands without either foreign or domesi
IN market.
nr So much has been said ia this countr
'h of Adam Smith, that feel the proprie,y
is' submitting few words on the subject al
II history Of Political Economy. HollaI
de YOU remember became the great emporlu
al OF Commerce--and Flanders of Manufa
or tures-these Two countries are about equ
Is in dimensions to couple Of our COUNT
III, Their most prosperous condition exis,
Ut about two centuries ago. Great Brri'
ire then, far in the rear-encumbered with b
re BarOaial power-lacking comparative Z
NY ilization--began to perceive the esscnl
ue benefits TO be derived from the examples
IN those States She began with them to I
courage domestic industry and ,ohen
TO could not establish reciprocity 10Th FL
has ders--she shut her ont! The rivalry a
lgs strife. from these, and other causes Of c.
- tention, ran so high that Holland set ab
ute the invasion OF England The curIousv
ur- find an illustration Of the spirit ofihat a
ul- by reference to an original proclamat
s." now preserved in the New York Liba
ge- of Governar Andres, calling on III
All American Colonies TO aid the Parent Co
bon try in the crisis of her peril. The sciei
ov Of Political Economy was moulded int