Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-09-12


$780, 900 annually.
And now il you 20 to Boston, aud look
at the great depot of the Western rail
road, you will find it filed with Hour ;
and on every road, aud on the side hills
Of New Hampshire, and wherever Is
water to float, or steam power to convey
il, in every village and town and at every
cross road, you will find flour bearing
every brand from The State Of New York
and The West and there's where it's con-
suned. Massachusetts takes and pays
for -four annually to the amount oI
S4,O00,0OO
She takes and pays for another
"a 600, 900 in corn and other grain, and
much of this is from New York and the
Southern States, Michigan, Ohio, &c.
Of wool and let the farmers Of Duchess
understand Mai, and the farmers oI
Pennsy lvania, and the farmers Of Yer
mont, and the farmers everywhere. Let
them understand, when the price Of the
wool is raised what raised it.
Massachusetts herself receives So, ,0OO,-
900 of wool and let the farmers get
that amount, if they can, out Of an Gin
cidental" and "judcious tariff ~
Oflealher and hides, from the noun.
tains of New York mainly, Massachu.
sets buys every year 500, 900.
She buys and consumes beef, pork and
other provisions to the amount Of S3, 3,OO0,'
600.
OF butter and cheese, mostly from
New York she buys 81 100000.
She takes 100000 Of pig lead from
Missouri and Illinois.
She takes $500, 900 Of rice from South
Carolina for consumption, and
Ofiar, pitch, Sc, from what they call
the "Glorious Old North State, .
81 100000.
And, not to overlook Pennsylvania,
she pays her annually $500 900 for iron.
Here, then, are S40,OOO,00O OF products,
Of the raw material OF other States, taken,
paid for, and consumed by Massachusetts. to
say nothing of the other states. And here
is a SUN equal to almost half of the whole
export of 'he raw material from The Unned
States TO all Europe! Aud now what do Mr.
Polk and the followers of Mr.. Polk promise
They say TO agrlcut'rlsts, your produce is
low. How do you propose to increase the
price ? They say, 'your consumption Is too
Small.' They propose to diminish 1t You
produce too much. They propose to increase
II. They desire to stop the manufacturing
operations in the Eastern States, They pro-
pose 10 convert all those engaged IN these
operations into farmers, to raise wheat, oats,
&c., on our sterile hills, or To emlgrae South.
and raise them on tar more ierllIe and pro-
lilic sUl At the same time, therefore, that
they diminish The demand, they would IN.
crease The supply. Aud this is their way OF
remedyng Tie evils under which agriculture
suffers.
know that agriculture is apparently now
IN state OF depression. The produce of
farmers sells at prices which ! wish were
higher. But look at he state of things
No doubt The works Of internal Improvement
which have brought the products Of the West
into your midst. have had some effect. No
doubt IN times past the depression Of manu-
Iaclures has had some effect. After all we.
hope there is tendency toa better state-ot
things that the progress Of thugs is on
ward, and TINT agriculture will soon receive
It's just reward. Sure am, as sure as ! AN
of any sentiment, moral or political, that #
there Is such thing rs bcnciiIllng the agri.
culture of the country, that thing Is to be ac-
complshcd by urging forward the maunfnc
lures and mechanical arts OF the country
by incrcaing the mouths that consume, and
thus the pr,ces they pay tor what they con
sumo.
Gentlemen, ! see a little printed .ract
which has bccu circulated largely over the
country, full of what think are errors. |
will moi call them misrepresentation. 1t Is
dedicated to Mr.. Greeley, who, hope, will
acknowledge the dedication, aud answer It
IN hts own way. Il pnrDorIs to state prices,
which 1t appears To mo are all imaginary.
The Tariff passed IN loi2 III the summcr.-
This gentleman states tha, there has been u
great fall IN lbc arllcle OF hcef--ihat I; has
taiIcn from So IN 'I3 to So IN IA. What
has the tariff to do with beet? | wish had
known where beef could have been sold ~
i:} for IS a. happened then to have n li,le
If the article to dispose Of And so of ihe
rest the prices are oil imaginary II the
prr'e currents ever SO; foslh such prices a.
are hc.e set down, they never met my eye.
In the next place he says that the price OF
goods has risen. What does
he mean by this lie says cochcco aud
Every one must see the ialacy of such rca-
,uning as thl-. In Al aud ~ manufactures
were greatly dcprcssed--a great mauy es
ablishmcnts stopped. The business OF the
country Sas siagnalCd, for people must be
,blr To- buy as well as To sell IN order 10 have
business active. II is generally known that
10 dividends were made by manufacturers
lurlng these years. When The Tariff was
4 A
nto market. Bat the question is not, IT a
nan will be- candid and JuS,, whether the act
# ~ raised or lowered the price OF AmeH. |
AN goods. The question Is, whether the
general protection of American manufactures
las not, on the whole, reduced the price OF
yoOds, so that n man can Clothe himself .
'hcapcr than before. II is no narrow com. |
,ar!son OF The prices OF n piece IN ~ and I
ll-but as to the general effect of the tariff
n the business Of the country, ard the IN !
eresls of the people.
Having thus entered nj TOO much length,
md spoken oi our past history, aud present
,oudltiun, will submit what | think IS likely
o oc The iuintc progress u The county,
Under God. The layor Of Providence, IT Is ~ I
'ur power IN great measure, 10 prescribe
hs lniuHty. and 10 say what 1t shall be-. IT,
We choose To go "a the path we have tod be. \
ore, to adhere 10 the administrations which \
rave established the country. there is no rca.
oh to doubt That our prosperity wlll make
progress, that we shall go on, step by step,
'n''I we attain nay desirable degree OF IN II
Ional greatness. ~, on The contrary. we
an counter 10 MI lhut has been d0ne. then,
'hnley"t others may expect, look Tor moth. II
pg bat disaster and distress. II
Gentlemen. there is nnolhcr topic coming
nto The decision oi lho-" tunes, most ~ N
"rcsiing io ~ and the whole country. Ia
'hlch shall only alude by saving. thai ihIs /.