Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-22
FARMERS OF MICHIGAN:

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FARMERS OF MICHIGAN:
The wings are calling on you to vote for
Henry Clay ,(bad as all men know he is, moral
ly because, they say he is in favor of the pres
ent tariff. They tell you this tariff is bene-
fit to you-that it raises the price Of wheat by
furnishing 'shome market" They called on
you to vote for General Harrison, because, UNI
der democratic administration, the times
were hard, and wheat was low. They assur-
ed you that if a wing President and Congress
were elected, laws would be passed which
should be beneficial to you. They succeeded
and now they tell you that the tariff law which
they passed is the law which fulfls their
promises to you.
Let us examine the facts, and learn what
has been the operation of this law, and what
effect it has had upon the prices OF agricultu-
raj produce.
By reference to the monthly reports of the
New York Board of Commerce, we gather the
following statistics OF the New York market.
In 1910, when these promises were made,
IN the month of June, beef (mess) was selling,
in New Pork, at from Sl4 to S1425,and prime
at 1886 to $40. Now, since the passage of
the tariff law, beef has fallen so that during
the past month Dune, l844) mess beef
has DIOuguI Oily NUN o. 10 o. anu prime
from SO to IS 2s.
In 1910, the price Of mess pork was Tepor-
ted for the month Of June, at $l4 IS to SIS
1874, mess pork is reported at So 81 to 80 rs.
and prime at Sc 81 to So rs.
Here. farmers of the West, are the facts
and figures, from indisputable records, proving,
beyond dispute or cavil that the tariff has re-
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.olae-kaff!!! Mess beef has fallen, since these
promises were made, nine dollars ON barrel,
and prime about secen dollars per barrel aadNit,
has fallen sir dollars, and prime sac dollars SiG-
dollars siafst taco cents u
Is this what the wings promised you in
1870? II is the natural and inevitable result
of the high tariff. Both reason and the facts
show it. You are now supplying the "home
market Of which they boast so much, having
been excluded from nearly every foreign mar
ket. How do you like the change? They
told YOU there would be change in your pri-
ces if they got into power; and there has been
a chaagei If you dislike the change, say so
through the ballot box, and change more con-
sonant with your interests will follow.
When this high tariff bill passed. which
was 10 cI6dto uUiilc llidlAGl sufficient fOr
all the produce of the West, and great deal
more, wheat was bringing from 81 25 to 81
% per bushel in New York Now it will
bring only from go to 95 cents, and is very
dull at that. The price of aclteat has fallen 80
cents per hasheL under the operation Of the
present exofbitant tariff.
When this bill passed, rye was worth 70
cents, and now it will bring but 81 cents; and
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len to less than 50 cents!
Farmers Of Calhoun county, are you bene-
fitted by this reduction of the price of produce?
If YOU are not, why do some Of you desire
continuation Of the cause which produces this
reduction? Do any of you doubt its being the
effect of the exorbitant tariff which closes the
markets Of the world against you2 That tariff
has caused retaliatory tariff on American
produce in all Eve belieye) of the South Amer
lean republics to which we sent -four This is
an important item, for half the -four we sent
ahoad went to South America Formerly
laroe quantity of -four went into Canada, and
ybrough Canada to England. The British
6,g ,rliament passed an act admitting flour from
Canada free. or nearly SO. This, it was ho-
had would greatly increase the export of flour
r. that channel; but the Canadian Parliament
.gas compelled by our high tariff to impose
a,,tv on American flour, which has cut off that
trade entirely. We have not time to specify
sbe numerous ways in which this monstrous
tariff has operated to effect reduction in the
nrice of agricultural produce; for it is not meats
and grains alone that have depreciated the
same is true Of your other products, such as
lnJtter. cheese, ashes, lard, SC. Lard, in par
.t;eular. which was formerly an important arti-
lie sf with you, has fallen to almost nothing, SO
that it no longer yields profit.
And now, farmers Of Michigan, if the tariff
lee not occasioned this reduction in the price
If your produce, to what will you attribute
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yVuY HAS PRODUCE FALLEN7 -Ih hose things
.,.,l;clY qou have to buy are higher We need
rot ,1rpe this upon your attention, for you are
r.srninded Of it every time you enter shop to
6uv. II Is not because money IS scarce 1hat
.,sI's.r i law. 4or money was never more Plen-