Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-16

Farmers and Manufacturers.
The Protective" Tariff men are continually urging
upon our Western farmers that If they will only submit
20 be taxed high enough to satisfy the Lords Of the Loom
in the east tina, the latter will be able 10 create 4 'houe
market for all our surplus produce, instead Of sending il
abroad. But how DO the farmers prosper in the immcdi.
ale neirhborhood Of the manufacturing towns Are they
doing well and getting rich with hard work l-hr we all
know tina, the yankee farmers have to work a great deal
harder than we do. SO far from getting richer. through
the patronage of their manufacturing ~neishbors. they are
growing poorer every day. How then can we be profit
e. Not by Competing with those poor farmers. certain
", and we should not wish to do it II we could. On this
subject, we copy the following from an eastern paper.
We recently made some remarks upon the rapid decline
OF agriculture in New England. The extent of the distress
among those classes Is great. and constantly Increasing.
IL Is most extraordinary that the farmers Of those sections
continue to be blinded 10 the utter ruin brought upon them
by pandering TO the manufacturing interests. It Is alxa avs
the case IN any community, more particularly IN q popu-
lari'rm oil government. tia, where one class rredeminates
IN the government. all the others will lie more tyrannized
over Than 1nd-r a despoiic government Ours Is peculiar
ly a government Of compromise. Al Interests should te
represented and respected. In order to attain this result.
II y first necessary hat all classes should understand their
own interests, and no, be deluded hv the spec ous fol .es
pa, forth 10y a wealthy and Influential set Of men. ~ or
der TO a%ggIandI-e themselves at the expense If all others.
The doctrine Of protection Is avowediy t. 10 someth NC
fr the special benefit Of a special class. and th re Is dan
ger IN u. ihffe y no utnReF IN tlc ItfBuiCib friucife
OF freedom. Free trade coniers 10 exclusive privileges
IL causes all interests to stand inde.s rdent. upon their
own energies. The farmers # New England have been
the special dupes of the manufacturers. and their present
dis ress has been brought upon themselves. Let u. sake
a table Of prices OF the products of Middls sex county.
Massachusetts,. as given in the Boston prices current for a
series of years.
WHOLESALE rRrcrs o. AeRterrrrn.L rnoarcE ~ HosroS Mar
.ssr. 20. yor. %. Nor. u. .vsr ~ .Yor. r.
Candies, mould, iiais I2ala1s isaisis ieaIols . Fall
mnsy.ioa: rsIs lssf, lsI- III! 90 !. 2
Cheese, new, ioaI2 10 Ja7 5a6I - - 2aji -
ha a%. ,1earo u saisIa 3a7Ia sa7la sa7
Butte. dairy, soasl i5ais I5ais Iiais ilala
Beef, Ma. l. isais-5o ioali 7a7f' es5a675 ca6s'
tbood, i6a57 4at7 i2ai5 35aa. a2aa5
Wood. cord, sa5e5 fsoa5oo -a5oO i5oa475 alto
Hops. i6aia 35a:s i5aI6 a Gao
These are the prices Of he chief products of Middlesex
County. in which Lowell. the great manufacturing town. i
situated; and they carry with them the indubiiabie evi-
dence If The ruin which has come upon the farmers. III
considering this subject. we must remember that the sol
Of New England is Of a very sterile nature, when com
pared with the rich lands of The west. the produce OF
which is opened to the purchases of the manufacturers.
With This powerful competition to contend with. the farms
Of Middlesex county. as can he easily asceriained Ivy the
curious. are morigsged already to ne sr twothirds of then
nominal value. and almost any amount of mortgages can
now he obtained but the manufacturers Of Boston, while
accumulating wealth by operation of law. are slow to lend
on such security. Although Boston city > per cent stock
Of 1885. sells at 4 per cent advance. yielding an Interest
Of 4 per cent only, yet ii Is preferable To lending an per
ishing farms at the legal rate of 6 per cent. The result q
this is that in a circle Of ID miles Of Lowell. there are on'
hundred farms for sale. rs the advertisements of some o
them express il. "to he sold low, and terms OF paymen
easy" Thus the New England farmer is becoming
pauper on his own grounds. and his children will live on
" Ivy the pittance deed out 10 them by The loFdly manu-
iacturers.