Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-30


h hias:; : g 3 per- ss cent.
Wool, cheap. S per cent.
RAGS. for paper. / cent per r..
eguls, unPDepaIea' Is per cent.
Brsihes l cent per M.
Hemp. 80 to 30 per rent.
Flax. raw. l e. or : To 2 per cent.
L Lea : g5Sdeii IN !! .' 10 3 : PEP per cent nj
Wood, rough. 20 per cent
The manufactured nate'fa's-hsh.
Iinseed OF. d, e cent.
Corks. made, Is to 20 per cent.
Paper' Ii TO u cents per ".
silks. 81 80. sc.
srssl. S, !" TFr 1fesd. 20 per cent.
Brass Kettles. p cents per ~.
Cordsce. 100 10 100 per cent.
Cotton tagging. 80 to 70 per cent.
Flax. mauufac tured. % % 80 per cent.
Lead pipes g. 4 cents pc, j..
Tin. in plates. 81 per cent.
Wood, manufactures. 30 per cent.
We hear men talk a great deal about paupeI iahor connect
cd with that e manufactures. but not a word OF pauper Ia
Dor connected with the labor Of The tanner. You will per
ceive BY the above table, that the farmer Is not only COM
PEELED to pay an oppressive tax upon the articles winch are
Manufactured shroad-not only compelled 10 foster home
manufactures. but his raw material must be pf INTO compe-
titiun with the raw material raised abroad. Now can It be
possible, that any western farmer can be deceived IN the op-
Grafton of this Ia if law TAX act) f 1872. under whi,h the
manufaciures share The spails, like the share Of the lion IN
the fable, and monopolize all. But on the sui lect oi hish
duties taxes making low pIces-one Of the benefits clain-
q a O me dfl ti tx WISH tuAN'Nlth W 'tHi ~ N"N
in mind, and that is, whist now assert in my place, that IN
der the operation Of this act, the agricultural Labor Of the
country i m re oppressed than any other. That at this voy
time, take prices as they are. while -four is selling with "a
in the West at from three 10 iouI dollars a bAiTel, pork liom
SIX t. eight, beef from five TO seven, almost every article 4
absolute necessity that we have To- buy, - selling al twice
their cost in the countries tchere they are produced. Under
tins act the price OF our ron. pins. CItiOn good, and even
our piou ghshares and sugar, that we purchase. ~ mo e than
doutle their prices in he places Of pr duciiln. And Will
any one tell Us of the West. that we are receiving double
the cost of producing ouI beef, pork, fl our, com, nc Ehen
men will talk about raising the price OF beef, pork, h1ar,
and corn. then they may talk about runners being protected.
But with the present pices Of thee articles, while at the
same time woollen and cotton goods, non, salt, aud sugar are
sold at wholesale for near twice their cost m The oountiieS ot
their production, it comes with a bad giaoe from them 10 talk
Of protect on TO farmers. Ia fact, the language Is gios>ly IN
suiting to their intelligence, ~ addition 10 Tie Wrong done
their Industry.
No one thing has helped Us of ,hc West 20 much as the lib
craI movement IN England. But for The change If the taTiil
abroad, do not believe that we Of the West would have real
lied more than two-thrds what we have IN the last two wears
for our staple articles. But for these market, the agriculture
Of the county would have been IN a far worse situation than
it now i, and al This very time IT IS the most depressed, as IL
is by far The greatest inicrestof the country.
The benefits of a foreign trade are beginning to be known
10 hundieds in my own di'irict by actual cxrorencr, who
have taken their oaIgacs of beef, pork, csm, hJur, aud Other
productions of their farms, 10 the q eat 5 'uthcrn market who
have Iowed HEN own hOOsiT boat alongside u "a snip, brs
or schooner from abro, ID. and have c implied their loads mt
these vessels, u be transported 10 some Of the island OF ih'
ocean OF 4 The shores Of the old world aud though they
have received but low prices. oompar aiiveiy speaking, ~"
they will tell the advocate for a high-prOfccfirc faf U, that
strikes at tins competition in the market by the f'ieisncr
cuts off the sales Of his productions among Us, or tax him To-
largely TO get into the market, and we Will suffer to ih'
same extent IN the sales of our agricultural productions; and
that, from the d " laboler on the fam to The hcavi~t agt
culturist in the West, all would feel The ,iect oil such a POI
ICY.
The plain, industrious citizen in his field, as ~eil as 10
political economist in hs study, knows 'hS siHlie Truth
tkai The nation that iuyS as tie nation that soNs.
WI any man tell us tha, we can have a home marke' %
our immense rtoduc,ions' Ii IS idle FOR W. OF The West T.
expect one sufficient 10 consume our su'llnS ptoiueiS. lh'
eiea, and fel tile valley Of the Mississippi alone can neatl,
feed with he agricultural products, aud cluthe with he cot
ton, the civilized world What ae we now, AID VIII wi
we he in the future L"ok at tie 'erit'y o' he u ~
west, that IN The next fifty years will bring i've ne" State
into this Jnun-thc whole e>sentiiiy an agTicul uial re
gion. and Will % a great extent be settled by an agiicnfui
i, people. ALREADY i Iowa Territory throwing her t'ousanf
Of barrels of A ar. beef. and pork. annually into The Nc'
I Orleans market; daily is seen the humble ciizcn OF IN
/ East, with his fmily. ard those Of the old word, wendin
! their way into the io.om Of The West, 10 cultivate The sOi
I t. til the earth, 10 raise the necessaites OF HE 10 i'anspo'
, the surplas, to cause the Z" wilde ness 10 blossom as the rose,
, and TO render the once uninhabit'd forest vocal win IN
praises of the living God. Now, all that he asks u, that h
government e equal laws will not atienp', by rcsircii'n t
; (oher than are absolutely necessary Tor IT. support, 'o'noF
. really administei ed To prevent htm fiom exchangns has a
iicies FIR The productions OF other natl ms and l'i'"de>' 'h'
= he NAV consider necessary for has comfort. peace. and h,pp
: ness. Our IA mcrs want, and must have, not only this tnti
\ but the whole worli fr a market. II tr~ Is not : IN
:. we should tear IN pieces our tFcai les OF oonn"ice i'c.i ou
:. ministers and c nSuiS, abolish our expensive navy, ciestei
: protect our trade. pas ,ubngo laws, am th"s ta" on
Y further ornexion wrh the gIelt family of nations.
{ Bat what - more unjust than The duty f esht ctnt- p
4 tushcl Of iftV-six pounds Of silt m the 'alh bll OF -!
a Anu NtH ~ lHi~ tlNif- At NAfN'' W. 'HN' - - H - u
A fully understood. give You the follow m case, l. ia TIA
. the operation Of this duty on salt, as It Is 40 the ~.il bl
-" 1912:
i The follow NIX are the facts exhibited BY a Cargo Of luca ssrj'
9 The cargo CONSISTED 81 a.oai Measured huh,io # fnc Iuca 81
Which es' ~ b"a'd. eomnH- ions and all eha' Z , i"ei"a'd, h'e-
c The ca. ,m-hap,. n,aprr. mo1~ of r6,o1 bphrl,oa er'-'
a p" ".n"I DUN ss .ms e; ~ p re- :. n a'. ~. h. rs"..' "f '~'''e cut .
\ 1hi. corSo of sal, odd a. ,N'n', -~o o'ni. a bu bel. having e.
same freight, If .oId a, ten cent. pr bu-,.i-
Il Now ~ will ho 500 IN tins cQte aud fls fuffv flfuSf -
d The VIII lie system. that without It's duty. ti' ,ane s
r. could te sold 1t , n cents rer tu-hef. WITH The strac iroht
f. tie importer. Tie biii lief re "a, frop'"s 10 hN lie dn'y
, 90 pei cent. al v.loien lhi, futy 81 20 Te. cent ~ t
- same salt, taking Z Ia g - our pris. " ull BE- tNo 60
y" rct bu>hel then N4n hove The alt snti AZ twsl.e ''nf- :
ne hu>hei. which. uufsr The opela'i n of tie pst>enl iaui q
or HIS 10 bnus twent,-tvo cents yea tu-hel
- This duty of eight cc''.fer 'n'h.l Of ni'y-'H pounds
vi a hishel dut, Than NC have ever hid 80 tMs aitlcie, 'nf>
il, err Z the lrcc Of the article a, the time the user tu'
,T have been lad, a campuei with the pfescnt pFee ~ -
= Tins dutv J. more than 100 PER cent. on the average krf
salt imported INFO this county. On the alum AIT, VIII.
u which ,al ed provisions camo be cuiei for long ke'pin-.
for expectation. this duty i Outrageous an oipfe>sive,
IN Is felt more severely y tie western agsIrul nrsi. iaan
IN any oth.r portion Of the c unity. from The heavy ok :
~ to the citizen who only u>e> the ordinary q ii iiN iofi
n. iv ~, poses. .iock. SC. The pre- OF he sgn-fnais at
been declining 50 r,pitly for a number Of 'eaIs I~', ia
l. not a, FL improbable nat. D. a shOit time. the cost w
OF viii be nothing maie Than The lab 7 of gathering n ~, a.
'' Il Is made by lie Ta,s 4 ihe sun The ,eo.lc q lie y
's- fn'Ies. and al The countries e hat latitude, and even
Tor cluding the population Of the whole Of the Medi'euan'
coa,is, would be glad To- exchange thIs a'f'cfe0 tJst .
NJ. immense srrplu. povisi4 NJ e the West. Rem We The tea
-. duty from .hs article of unIvet'sl neoesSty. and u Wi
"N ter into the " stem consumption hom the lake, - lie {
o. Mex. and by The clmpetTlon, birg he Trice oi
nc- Kauawha ani other sits down n a just comparative "a
ng Comparing he cost e is rToducti n With he great at
n Of prime neoessity, wheat corr, poik, AID tie like ",
is the Wei Iecolect something 4 the g'me play i al the
or. nawha salt works. some years ago when a few -entcn'i
.,s wealth fno o oh.ts) were allowed TO putcha'e opi ~
" small capitalists, " NJ wee engaged IA making salt, and
NV .nf, a. r.N p 4 q gone n fhp-e WfH- and fffUsCt 2.