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apyaaIaeEs o. THE TAaIIF 10 FARMERS


Mr. Webster, in his recent speech, il
luslrAled the direct advantages OF = tariff
10 the farming and planting interest where
by the manufacturers and mechanics Of
The north being Withdrawn from agricul-
iurai pursuits. become consumers, He
presented the following facts, N ade up
from the most authentic information, to
show what amount is consumed by Mas
Esachusetis alone:
Now hold il to be as demonstrable as
any moral proposition. that the AgTicui
tural interests Of this State and otthe adj
Joining Western and Southern States. are
materially, substantially. and beyond men.
suration, benefited by the existence OF
the Manufacturers Of the North. To elu-
cidaie this, allow me 10 enquire. What is
il that the farner Of the County Of Alba
nv, or Clutches, or Rensselaer,, desires =
Next to the blessing Of heaven in show
ers and summer heat and the blessing OF
health. Market Of Sale, at fai prices, for
his produce, aud market. near and rea-
enable. for what he has occasion TO buy
! II be has market where be can sell rea-
sonably, and buy reasonably. these two
conditions ill up the nature OF bis exigen-
cies.
Where shall we go for market Of salei
wish 10 put the question 70 those who
decry the Northern and Eastern manu-
facturers. Where shall farmer in any
great county OF New York find market
] Tor his produce! Why, say some, abroad
! in England. Blu; England wlllnot take
it. France will not take it,
see tits insisted 10 somsof The leading
presses ID the interest OF those opposed tc
Us, that our Tariff prevents the sending
OF our bread siutfs 10 England. There Il
nothing more absurd, nothing more en-
tirely destiluteiof all truSh and fact as
sert it as my opinion, that. il the Tariff
were abolished tomorrow. you would no
sell one bushel more corn in Englant
than you do now. Why does moi Epg
land take il now not because she cs6no
pay for il but because the laws Of Eng
land prevent The importation Of grain o
flour, except when The pricefises so.higt
in England as to exceed a certain rate
1 land il seldom does aad then it .eome
lin under a low duty
This happens sometimes, but not often
Flour, therefore, is seat abroad TO avail
these occasions. but only 10 small guam
Titles Yo6 may send good deal Q
wheat 10 Canada, where it is ground ant
becomes Canadian -four This gives ven
for some, and 50 far tits wen Some bee
land cheese and other provisions. go from
New York TO England, and this is al
well. The more The better But Deepen
upon it; that nothing of all this is efeci
ed BY the Tarif The reason, Englan
takes no more, is because her Iaws--an
Iof their alteration | see no prospect-d
not admit il except when there is q shol
ierqpJA EaslNatSaRd lhsR. i goes ln J, gE Z
duct Of the grain-growing States? Wher
does il go 10? Who consumes it 1 sTh
great demand is at home, AT HoMEajn th
manufacturing districts of this State. an
Of other States, and in the consumptio
lof,the persons engaged in navigation an
commerce. Il isthe home demand whic
is the great demand. and which takes o.
the surplus agricultural produce.
/ ! think il sheds light upon the subjec,
(which must satisfy reasonable minds, i
Hook al facts Now the New England
Estates, three of them at least, do not rails
their own bread stuffs. They are consu
liners largely OF The -four and grain Of hi
and other States, as well as of other arii
des. have taken some pains to ascer
tain the amount Of the products OF othe
States consumed by Massachusetts alone
And now if you so TO Boston. and lool
Al the great depot 81 the Western rail
road. you will end il filled with fouE
and 90 every road, and on The side bill
Of New Hampshire, and wherever is wa
Her to aoailef steampower 10 conveyIit, il
every village and town. and at ever,
cross Toad, you viii find -four bearing ev
ery>brand from the State Of New York ant
the West !; and there's where il is consum
fed. M massachusetts, takes aud pays 70
flour annually to the amount of $1,000,
1000.
She fakes and pays for another 81 600
600 in corn and other grain; much o
this is from New York and the Sou.herr
States, Michigan, Ohio. SC.
or woodland bet the farmers Of Dulch.
less understand that. and the farmers o
EPennsylyani1 and the farmers Of Yer
tmont, and the farmers every where. le
them understand. when the price OF WOO
is raised, what raised it.. Massachusetts
herself receives 5000. 600 OF wool; and
let the farmers get that amount II they
can, out Of an incidental and ,judicious!
tariff.
0fleaibsr and hides, from the NOM.
tains Of N. York mainly Massachusetts
buys every year 800 OO0
She buys aud consumes beef pork, and
other provisions. TO the amount Of So,
900 900.
Of butter aud cheese. mosiI, ffon New
York. she buys S. 600 600.
She takes $500, 900 pig lead from Mis-
sour and Illinois
Sheiakes $500 900 OF rice from South
Carolina for CONSUMPTION. and
Oh tar, pitch, &c.. from what they call
the Glorious Old North State, ST, OOO,.
600.
And not 70 overlook Pennsylvania, she
pays her annually $500. 1000 for IRON.
| know, in the absence OF official pa
Pers, II IS not easy 10 speak positively and
certainly but | have gwen some anen-
ton 10 the subject, and i very intelligent
member OF Congress from Massachusetts.
an accurate and careful man Mild