The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-10-07


satisfy reasonable minds, TO look at facts Now the
New Euqnnd States three Of thcmot loast, do moi
rniso their own bread stufi They arr consumers
largely Of the flour ind grain Of this uni other States
rs we'll MS Of other articles have taken some pains to
ASCERTAIN the amount Of the products of other States,
I consumed by Massachusetts nlone, KNOWN the
absence of olcm papers,, Is not ensy 10 speak pos-
niyelynnd certainly; but havo given some attention
to the snhec,, aud very intelligent member OF Con
press from, Massachusetts, nm accurate md careful
man. (NIr IIudson,) has attended TO also; aud the
csul, Of these estimates wish 10 lay before tho peo'
pie or this community, and Of all tho Suites, planting
States "a well us others md to slow them what
nnnunt is consumed IN Massachusetts,,
In the first place Massachusetts takes and p1ys for
cotton, to the amour, Of 81 900, 00C annually
And now If YOU 90 to Boston, and look ut tho
prent depot or tho Western lailrond, you will ind il
filed with hour md every road, md on the side
Hills Of New Hampshire, aud wherever Is water to
iloi or steam power to convey ii, in every village
and town. md every road, you viii find -four
bearing every brand from the State of New York and
the ITcst mud Hc'c's who,e rs consumed N'nssa-
clusctts take. and phys for flour annually to the
amount Of 81 ,o0O,oo0
She takes aud pays for another ;A, 900, 600 in corn
and other grain, aud much Of this from New YORK
and the Southern States, Michigan, Ohio&c
or wool--rnd let,ha farmers VI Duchess under
stand nat, aud the rmOrs Of Pcunsy lyonin, and the
CIrmors of Vermont, and the farmers eyerywhoroi
let them understand, when The price Of the wool
i, raised WIN, raised i--NIassuchusels herself re-
crycs 81 90 OC0 Of wool; and lei the farmers get
that amount rthoy can, out or nm ''incidon'a" and
"indicuus" tariff!
OrIoather and hides, from the mountains Of New
Yor; mainly, Massachusetts, buys yearly $7oo,ooo
She buys and consumes beef, pork and other pro-
visions 10 the amount Of 80 ,oG0 ,000.
Ofbu,tcr and che csc, mostly from New York, she
buys 81 100000.
She takes $500 900 Of pig lead riom Missouri and
Illinois
She takes $500, 900 Of rica from South Carolina
Cor consumption, and
ortar.pich, SC, rom what they call the "Glori-
Gus Old North State" Slooo,o0o
And not to overlook Pennsylvania, she pays her
annual, $500, geo for iron
Here then arc 100000 ormoduc's of the raw
material Of other States taken, paid for, and CON
sumcd by Massachusetts, TO say nothing of the other
States Aud here H. cqunl TO almost half OF
the whole export of raw material from the United
States 70 MI Europe! And now wha, DO MIR. Polk
and tho followers Of MI Polk PROPOSED They say
to ngrculurists. "Your produce Is low" How do
they propose to increase the Prices' They say,
'.Yorr consumption is too small" They propose 10
diminish il! Your produce is too much.--They pro-
nose to iacre.scit They desire TO stop the man
urncurng operations of the Eastern States. They
propose 10 convert ali hose engaged in these opera
tions into farmers, to mise whent onts Sc, on our
sterile hills to emigrate South and raise them in
II rnr mere fertile and prolific soil At tho same
time, ,l.ccorr, tina, they dimiaih the demand, they
woaId Increase TIE supply, And this their way
cr rcmeding the evils unde, which agriculture sut-
| rars.
lnow tina, agriculture is now apparently in
state Of depresson The produce Of farmers soils ut
prices whrh wish were higher. But look at the
state Of things No doubt the works Of internal i'm
/ movement which have brought tho produce OF the
! West into our midst have had some effect. After
all we hone there is tendency to better state Of
things; that the progress Of things is onwotd and
1lu, agriculture will soon receive its just reward
Sure am, as sure US am of any sentiment, moral
or political that if there is such thing beneftng
the agriculture Of the country, TINT thing is to be nc
complishcd by urging forward the manufactures and
''S'N''"'S
mouths that consume, and thus The prices they pny
for what they consume.
Gentlemen, I saw little printed tract which has
been circulated largely over the county, full of what
think are errors. will not cal! them misreprcsent-
atoms 1t is dedicated to Mr.. Greeley, who,
hope, will acknowledge the dedication, and answer
in his own way 1t purpors to stnte prices, which
it appears to me arc all imaginary The Tariff pass
ed in 1912 in the Summer. This gentleman states
that there has been grent fall in tho article of beef
that ii has lallen from rs in '43 to 80 in ~. What
hns the Tariff 10 do with beef wish had known
when beef could have been sold in s4s for IS; as |
hapnened then have little of tho article to dispose
of and so of the res the prices are all imaginary.
Ir the price currents forth such prices
here set down, they never met my eye.
In the next place he says that the price of man.
ulacured goods has risen. What does he mean by
this He says Cocheco and other prints with hard
names rso in "A. Every must the rallacy
Of all SUCH reasoning as this. In al and AZ, man
ufac,ures greatly depressed-a great many
adjustments stopped. The business of the country