Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-11
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western farmer? Why; Il would IN ths
first place, take away from aericulturcas
somewhat greater number Of farmers thsa
there is in the little State of. Rhode IslaY,d..
but il would not take away one half the
farmers there are either. II Vermont 81
Connections. What ahUrrid hap tlsis wculd
make ia the great agncuenrsl staples &C ~
Union? Il would be like palling hsin cut
Of the back Of the tiger, Or dipping q iii
cup into the depths Of the sea-. The very
first arrival OF products from The great
west would bury these 81 600 Of reneesds
yankees 50 deep beneath torrents Of wheat
and whole cavalcatcs Of pork barrels, and
bacon hams, that they would not gnaw out
so as to see day light again In seven wears;
What glorious market for these 26 United
States? Why ittakes from our agriculture
a population, more than half equal "a fhe
whole town Of Cincinnati and add them 10
the number Of mouths now 10 be fed With
out agricultural labor. How could wheat,
pork and beef ever rise in price 30 - 10
equal the state of actual starvation, such .
home market must produce in thcse 26
United States? Give To each Of these perA
sons one bafrel Of pork per year, aIsd Il
would require to feed them almost the whole
export Of some one Of bur moderate sizea
western ports. The single state of Ohio
would bury thel4 all fly feet deep in
wheat flour every year, and Illinois could
add an equal depth Of pork and hard 70
shorten the whole. Still, II The rep6tts
made to the Congress 6f l840 ", cerrect,
ibis Is the very best that could even b
h ped for from home market, even Ii We
should build a Chinese wall Jfound thb
whole na'ian and shoot every merchant q
manufacturer that attempts TO scale 4 wisA
their British Goods sBut OIL lie en-.
iial," says one. Yes We did toos and ala
time permit could show he srEunents,
from that sohtce, equally absafb, hon ~
ssme public documents. But IT. t1e pres-
ent we must offset that said capital ~ ~
entire destruction Of all our shippiney which
in the extreme case supposed, would b )
toeal loss. "But we would never 10 u
such extremeness" eays anol6er. INery
WILL then, stop talking about ths glcgies ..
home market, for II yoa stop short " ,AiH
extreme, your home market must of neces4
sity be proportionably dininished. ~,
Do those who make 90 much noise sbout
tariffs and the necessity Of doing otf man
ufactming, know that W. ever have don't,
and ever should do more than four -iiihs cf
all our work Of that sort IL never tariff
should exist under tn sun, bey6nd .thA Is
per cent needed for revenucp Do they
know that we could not draw hands enough
into our manufacturing, beyond those now
engaged in il, to make one ,decent market
town, even By the most extreme and sig-
oro.s prohibition Of all foreign goods what
ever, At the same rates a. those. now en-
ploycd? And is it for such moasre inter.
nal advantages that our shipping is % fas
at wharves, our importers abandon their
ships, and the western farmer be persuade
cd to abandon the entire markets of Che
glohc. and submit to all the hnmbuegerv ii
I xation, home markets, tariffs, and pay
three prices for his goods instead Of one,
only to carry OUT The once glorious but new
.iaihe,less, il not ''obsoleteH idea Of the "a
mous American SYSTEM - "a. M 80 rai
These men, many Of them, are good men,
who hold such notions. They profess to
he eminentls candid, intelligent, practical,
matter If fact men. The truth Il, they are
sufficiently ready TO refer to all eosts u
Er;s that have in reality nothing 10 do w;sh
the question. Mere ISOLATED facts can to
reiterated cndlessly on both sides Of any
such question. But. II any one finds Tho
advocates of taxation for the benefit Of insi4i
ufacturers, and -cottons and sugar growersy
referring to such general facts as those Ia
ken above for proof, he will detect them in
a sin they are not wont to commit. Ii rs
always Some dabbling about Temporary
price current of certs.in articles, particular
exports or imports Of specie OF goods. Of
some fact from some particular trade, or
some isolated port, or city, Of, village, which
readily has nothing to do with the great
question, tho il car. Be made to seem 10
have; and then the rest is all protection
home Market hard times home indus-
try, buying little 'sellingmuch,' .Ene-
land. England, glory, glory.
(, Now the facts given above none can de-
ny, bear directly on thc question of protccs
ton; We commend them to oar farmers,
and especially 10 our mater Of fact would
he politicians. Ii they do not ike our in
icrcnces against their humbugs Of home
market for the western farmer, they Gun
give their own.s Tie facts are q given.
and any intelligent man can examine them
for himself. Il the reports are erroneous,
the friends Of high taxes have 40 other cr
better to 80 upon, for they are the only
general and accredited facts IN possession
Of the nation, bearing upon tAis point Of
home manufactures, and home market
But our manufactures would be exported
abroad, says one. Yes, but whoever heard
Of protection enabling nation 70 export
or Of nation possessing half 4 elobs of tho
first soil under the sun, turning to nation
Of shop keepers and thinkers for The rest Of
the human race, merely to c0nsumate the
splendors Of a political theory, II war with
all facts and all nature toos .sdt fsss& sV
Look al fhis Farmits.--Don't the federal pol
ticiss pretend th1t they look out for your inter-
est, and protect " ~ wsUi against fox1ienco
ton? Certainly. And how do they DO III We
answrr: sOver fifteen hnndred thousand pounds 81