Washington telegraph., 1844-11-27
STILL GOOD.

Although the elections, are over, INC ioi-
\ lowing striking illustration and sensible re-
marks in relation to Tariff may not DE
considered mis-timed, for it is a subject con-
nrctcd with the dearest interests Of the coiih-
try, and worthy Of continued inquiry and m
vestigation, no matter who may be Prcs--
dent.
How are farmers to make money! In
middle Tennessee, YOU can buy a. inuch
corn as YOU want at 10 cents per bushel, or
at 30 cts. per barreil and dull at that. lou
can buy butter nj ) cents per Ill.,, and chickens
at ia cents per pair, fine turkeys at p cents
What n splendid home market the farmers
find for their roducell,-Cor. Jour- Of Com
This Journal Of Commerce i a Jealous
frce-trade paper, and .he above 4 sample
Of the facts and arguments il serves up 70
its readers against the tariff and home mar.
kct. They may answer good purpose
with that class Of men whose knowledge
consists of theories, without practice; but
they will go a very little way with men OF
practical common sense, like our wes:sFn
/ farmers and mechanics. Many otihcm have
a vivid recollection of the time when the
products Of their farms and dairics bore the
same price which the corn and batter Of The
Tennessee farmer now bears, with the ad-
dition Of wheat at twenty five cents a bnshcll
What has produced the changel l. il
foreign MARKET Or is it owing to facilities
of trade created nj home, by the construction
of canals ami rail roads, the erection Of mills,
the establishment Of foundries and factories
in o,Ir very midst, causing cities and towns
TO sprisg up, giving employment 10 the me-
chanic, and furnishing market a the door
Of the farmer and gardner. The iheorist
cannot answer these questions, because his
theory was formed by English economists
before the facts in the case We're brought TO
light; and X j. now persisted ln, noiwitbs.an-
ding cxpc -iclec has dcInolishcdit long since
because the fore IN manufacturer AM brcign
merchant are interested in preventing clear
demon .traiion against them; AMI 20 The the
orist goes On, fiom interest Or ignJrance a
gainst practice AMI against common sense
Let it be remembered. too, that when agTi-
cultural produce was the lowest in Ohio and
the neighboring States, foreign commerce
was al iis highest point Of prosperity, and
trade and manufactures at home were al
their lowest point Of depression.
Take the value Of the agricultural produce
Of the United States in 1910, and what free
trader will tell what became oft. The cen
sus returns of that year placed their value Il,
s4i SOB, ,sO7 dollars, But. fJr fear of er-
rors, knock off the odd millions. AMI call the
value eight hundred millions. Careful wFi-
ters and practical men have never estimlied
the consumption by the producers, at more
than three -fourths the value Of the whole
prodnced-some much les. This would
leave at least two millions for market
somewhere. This estimate otva'ue excludes
cotton, tobacco, and other sectiona! crops;
and i composed Of grain, swine and other
live stock, butter, cheese. potatoes, products
OF the garden, wool, pred icis of the fDres,
&c. Now. has IL ever entered into the head
Of one IF these frce-trrde theorists to tell
! where this enormous amount ol agricultural
stuff was marketed, Ne,cr. Not one Of
them would touch the question. The for
eign exports for the last thirteen wears have
consumed less Than flrc're miNiDns. on an
average And where has tic balance gomez
The value ola home market in this way
can he dem IN straicd. This immense a-noln:
Of agricultural productions has found a mar
ket somewhere: and A. il has not gone n.
broad. il must have met one ai home In
1s43, New England alone took of the grain
growing States more than one million bar
rels Of -four. and eigh, million bushels of
grain. Worid she have been abe to d.
this, had she been exclusively agricultural
With a population exceeding thai Of Massa-
chusetts, and no way behind il in the great
elements Of enterprizc and prosperity, why
docs not Tennessee furnish as ready mar
ket for the corn and other agricultural pro-
ductions of her farmers, AM why do they
not bear a good price within her borders
as do the same articles in Massachusetts,
Contrast the employment of population, and
the investment of capital, in the two States,
"a will be seen bclow, and an answer will
not be very difficult:
Massachusetts Tennessee
Population 1869 S29.2I9
Ofwhich engaged in A--
riculture 1887 2a1,13g
Commerce S,O63 1:1I1
Manufactures and trades s5,l65 ISIS