Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-09-12


pad for and consumed BY MaAsacnussn
toSsak nothing of the other STATES sAnu
Lerehs sum eqnaI 10 almost ball o.s 'ns
wAoIe export oi raw material from We y
niled States 10 III Europe And now
whal do Mr. Polk and the followers q
MI. Polk, pkopose They saylt sgrseul-
tusaIssis ,Ybur produce Is low s5ow
do lhey propose 10 increase the pTless -
TheV ssy. faYour consumptibp u top
ssnail. They propose 10 diHinis4 I IT
YOU produce loo much. They propose
ID infrtass III They desire 70 stop ine
manufacturing operations Of the Eastern
Stateb. They propose to cpnyeFk ali
,l;osel engaged 10 tssae operations la'o
fjrndrs 70 faise wheat. oats Sc, on our
sterile bills! or to emigrate South ;and
raise them Oh .aS moro fertile md pro-
liic soil. AL The sane time stherefore,
thas ,hes dibinisk the demand, they wanid
increase the supply And this j. ,aeT
way efremsiying The evils undef whicnl
ag9eblturesuifersl
know that agriculture Is nov sppa-
renilF ID a state Of depression. me pro,
doee of farmers sells al prices which !
wisl, were higher. But look at the s'ate-
81 things. What has caused ~ M
doubt he works Of internal lmpFoyerpe nt
which have brought The produce OF the
Wes,lin,o your midst. have had somS eli
feet. No doubt ia times past the depfesf
sion df anufaciures has had~some eisectt
i Atler4alI We hope there is a tendency 70
: hs,tet s,ate of things. that the progress
Of things Is onward. aud that agfic1l9 ore
/ will 5000 receive its due reward Sure
/ am IL sure as am Of any seRiiments
moral or political. that # there II such :
| thing a. baneitting the agriculture ct ne
country, TIA, thing is 10 be accomplished
by urkine for ward he manufactures and
mechanical arts Of the, coun,ry-by 20,
creasihg the mouths That consume, anli
thus ths prices they pay for What 'ney
consume
/ Gehtlenen, see near me little Prin'
ed tract which has been circulated largeiy
over the country, full Of what THINK are
errors will moi call them nisfepreI
sentations. lIt is dedicated 10 Mr.. Gree \
/ ly, who. hope, will acknowledge toe
i dedication, and answer il in bis own way
4 II pufporis 10 state prices. which i ap-
pears 10 me are all imaginary. The ia
l riff passed i'd 1912 10 the Summer lhis
genfidmab states that there has been 2
great fall 10 the article Of beef---thst II
I has fable nIfrom s. 10 '43 10 S. 10 IA -
/ What has the Tariff TO do wiAhibeff
4 wish had known where beef could heve
Z been hold inE'43 for IS, as | hadea little
Of the IartieleIlo dispose Of. And sclof the
rest; 1.-The prices are all imaginary. II
the price currents ever set forth such SRI
ces as are here set down, they meyer nset
my eye, fs
I In ihe ne4t place he says that the pI'cs
Of manufactured goods has risen VIA
does de mean by this He says epchAc.
CO and otheriprinis with hard names have
risen 10 IA. Every one must see fhe
! falacy OF allssuch reasoning as this. l.
al pd AZ, manufactures were grestlJ
9Epfe$sed-a great many estabhshns a.
81 stopped. The business Of the couatrl
was stsgnalet, for people must be able I
buy IDS wellIas 10 sell. in order 10 bav'
!, blsiness active. II is generally kn5wr
that BIB dividends were made by msnu
j faeturers during these years. WRsps th
Tariff was passed, the goods then cad
were brought info market But ths cues
! lion Is not, il 4 man will be candid an
( Just. whether The act OF 40 raised W low
: "a lls--a-.f --4.,.ss- .aaJs II TIL
. lion oF American manufactures has no,
! on the wbole5 reduced the price or goods
so that a man can cIothe himself clfsspe
Il than before. 1t is 40 narrow conpArisor
of:the prices Of apiece Of cloth ID 42s an,
44-bui the question relates toNhsgene
, raj effect Of tbe Tariff on the businsss .
FEthe country. and The interests oftH peo
nile iEEfEf#d