Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-07-06

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High Duties tstake low Prices.
Low Duties make High PfiCes.s
The more Toll the Miller takes
the more Meal the Farther eets.-
The less Toll the less Meal lac
gets. 1fs
Senator Evans of Nains made a capital
speech DIT the commencement Of the present
Congress, which is we understand eN:en-
sively circulated among The farmers, psAh
most happy eject. AR. Evans sh,nys
conclusively that Tie higher the duty the
cheaper the merchant Fan afford TO sell his
calicoey and cloths, and tie l.rcr the duty
the more lie is cosilpellc,hto ask for them
We see from an article III the Illinois Reg
isters that the mixers shareiadopi edshe lop-.
&c OF Mr. Evans, and hay e, concluded To-
support the Tailsl., We puHlisiftoiht the
Register the following, Mhicll Is The most
fofcible argument In fatorSof the present
Wing tariff that We recollsct tcihavc Seen
anywhere. ia1nf gsa9i4isan.#ii ifi-la d ii
THns Mit.ss.,s.ss MS iyms Cusfoa-
ERs.--Soine weeks SINCE Mr.. Mcconnell
was in Mr.. Douglass Congressional dis
trict making DsIhotratit speeches. where
he met a statnrh deihecfaiic friend OF his.
who accosted Inn very i;,miliarly, and sall
friend Mack, / bear sou are going to make
Democratic speech here today abctu the
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Well says Mr.. nj. III link Of it; have
you any objections friend Bob?l 81 a.s IS
We'll | have. says his f,icild ain afraid
yev are going 10 inttriere with my inter-
est with your contounded discussion about
The tariff. and about high end low prices;
Ii that is 50, Bob, am Very sorry, SAYS
Mr.. M. pray how canthat happen?
Well now Mack. i will tell you in a pri-
yaie way like, but | don't want 5oti to be
blabling il all around the country, and
make q blowing horn Of yourself about it,
and get me into a deal Of a scrape perhaps
into The newspapers besides. TIT E
Oh Of course says Mr.aM.I will not
uhisper it to any one; but how is il? "
Well says Bob now you know an a
miller and kttpa silist min and grind for
toll. ge giis ~! ssi .eyi y y sss sly
sifes, 1 know and a first rate inill it is
too, and all yollr neighbors say that yau
ARE an anomily in nature; q first rate ac-
coinodating honest miller that never takes
too much toll.
Oh yesdI understand you, understand
your grist Of soft corn; but that is neither
here nor there, let me tell you how it
/ was. ~
Some weeks ago one Of my Wing cns-
tohers came to mill ond brought with him
a copy of Mr.. Evansaspsech Upon the ia
riff, and while his grist wss grinding he
sat down and read it over to me, and COM
mented learnedly and long upon upon that
I part of the speech that proves that high
protective tariff makes goods lower, and
the higher the duties the lower the price to
the consumer CT .saatdo fst "a 015
| listened attentively and never dispu-
ted word he said, and when he was about
/ to start hotre, ! asked him to lend me the
speech, for was greatly taken with It and
wanted 10 read it to the people as they
came TO the mill.l 4Ha.a4 a.t i, .T.l ,airit.ss
My Wing friend readily complied,
thinking that he had made such a valuable
convert to the high Wing tariff protection
cause 2s
| As soon as he lcft~I went 10 work and
made me a new toll dish, and made it
abont two inches higher than the old one,.
and immediately commenced taking toll
!, With my new dish:
! The report was soon circulated III the
neighborhood too, that 1 had turned Wing,
and my Wing neighbors locked in by
dozens to see me, and among the rest my
! old friend that loaned me the speech with.
several others came together to get grind
ing, and all shook me cordially by the hand
and welcome me TO the household Ut Wing
gerry. 80 sseI ss,ssspnssyf
/ As soon as their greetings were over, |
took my new toll dish and in their pres
ence heapcd il rounding full cut Of each Of
their gfist. ai77ds'sN 1sfa f'it sAt !.
| iHalloo Bob, says one Of them, you have
got q new toll dish, liant you. aaoo.}
Oh, yes, says |, the old one gotta little
shackelihg like, and a little wore of at the
top, and rather too small for the interest Of
my customers, and thought il was TO have
new one. lue3s fog4edma1 .EsA so stef'tf
/ Yes, by gracious, says another Of them,
! do ypu see that; Williams, ii it Amt about
a Third bigger than tlie old one | will be
shot; sure, enough, says the Other. Why,
Bob, what the mischief does that mean,
how is hat for the interest Of your custom
ers as yousat? ssso71 ssf1esga92f paaiss
| Oh, says !, VERY PAN, don't You UNDER
stand il; the higher the toll the liver the
price Of grinding and the more meal you
! get - a'3
! SHAY now Bob says one of them, how
can tot, make that ..out2 Now nosih Of
your humbugging US with your big toll
4 dish m these hard Tyler times.
!, We'll now, say |, il is all as plain as day;
come set dossn here aid let ME explain il
to you; and straight way took ont Evans,
i speech and read to Them and explained
i how the high tariff worked, and although
], it appeared 10 increase the cost Of Tie goods
/ to he importer and retailing merchant, yet
the higher lts paid for them the lower he
! could afford to SCH them to his customers,
| tile farmers and laborers who consumed
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