Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-07-03

F. he report was 500 n Eelrc TED 10. me
jsneighborhpod loo; that Fad turned WING,
aud my Whigi ineighbors focked in:by dos
:zens To- see me. and among thei rest INV
itoId friend that loaned me5the speech with
IIseyeral Others came together To get grind
| ing. and all SHOOK me cordially by the
l;hanll and welcomed me The household
of sWhiggery. ~, 81
As soon as their greetings " ereover;1 i
took my Dcw:loil dish aud in / heir pres
ence5 5IIeaped it bounding ..fullout Of each
of their grists. - =
Halo Bob, says one Of them you have
got anew toll dish, han't you. -
Oh yes, says /, ,ihe,old one got .aslittle
shackling like, anda llttle wore off at the
top, aud rather too small for the interest
Of my customers, and thought it Wss best
10 have new one.
Yes, by gracious, says another of Them,
do you see that, Williams, if aint about a
third bigger han the old one WILDE shot
sure enough. says he other. Why, Bob,
what the mischief does thai mean, how is
lha, for The interest of your customers as
you say?
Oh, says I, very plain. don't you,undel.
stand it? the higher the TOLL the lower the
price of grinding and the more meal you
get. -
Shaw, now Bob, says one of them.
how can poll make that out? Now none
Of your humhugsing US with your big toll
dish in these hard Tyler times.
We'll now, saysI, it is all as plain as
day; come and sci down here, lei me ex.
plau il 10 you; and!i slraishtWay took out
Evans speech and read it 10 them, aud
explained how the high tariff worked, aud
allhoughil appeared TO increase The cost
of the goods to the importer aud retailing
merchant, yet the higher he paid for them
the lower he could afford 10 sell them 10
his customers, the farmers and labnrefs
who consumed Them; and now said I, The
same universal law of trade and cause and
effect applies with equal force 10 The miller,
and his customers. He does The grinding
aud takes the toll, you are his customers
and consume the meal, and toll being the
price aud cost of grinding,it follows as a
necessary consequence, that the higher the
toll the lower the price Of grinding, and
although my new toll dish appears larger,
yel you gel more meal by il; and; all this
proved very clear by Mr. Evans speech
and the argument Of my whig neighbor,
who gave me the document: and.l lell you
friend Mack, il was knock down argu
ment 10 these boys, they looked at each
other like so many bewildered pigs in a
newfoundland fog, each expecting the
other 10 answer my speech, hut it was no
go, it was guod whis argument. and
proven by accredited whig documents, and
they Immediately gave il up and admitted,
that although they did moi exactly under
stand ii at first, yet it is now clear aud as
self.evident as Mr.. Evans argument show
ing the higher the tariff, which stands in
The place Of the meal.
I: From that time have been using my
new toll dish pretty freely, and mauufac
turing meal and -four has got to be a first
rate business, and what is better my whig
customers. although their grists of meal
don't last quite as long IA they used 10,
are well satisfied aud now Mack ! don't
want you to be blowing awav here that
Evans speech is not true. and that this
whig doctrine. ahnut the high arif making
goods lower is all wrong, for il you do my
poud is out, and am ruined, with my new
toll dish operation.
Bur, says Mr.. Mcdonnell. pray Bob,
how do you get aloug with your demo-
cratic customers. surely you can't hum
hug them with yoar Evans speech and
whig arguments
Oh shaw. no Bob, use the old roll dish
for them aud all goes off well, but now
don't you lell any body what told you.