The North-Carolinian., 1844-07-20

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here nor ,hess-let me tell you howzit was.
Soma-seeks ago. one Of my whig custom
ar. <afne to mill, aud brought with him copy
Of Mr. Evans speech on the tariff and while
his grist was grinding, he sat down and read
it over to me, aud commented learnedly and
long upon that part Of the speech which proves
that high protective tariff makes goods lower,
and the higher the duties the lower the price
to the consumer.
listened attentively aud never disputed
word he said aud when he was about to start
home, | asked him to lend me the speech, Tor
I was greatly taken with it, and wanted to
read it to the people as they came TO the mill.
NV whig friend readily complied, thinking
that he had made such valuable convert to
the whig high tariff protection cause.
As soon as he left went to work and made
me a new toll DISH and made it two inches
higher than the old one, and immediately com
menced taking toll with my new dish.
The report was soon circulated in the neigh
borhood, too, that had turned whig, aud my
whig neighbors flocked in by dozens I" see
me +; and amoDg the rest, my old friend that
loaned me the speech with several others came
together to get grinding, and all shook me cor
dialIy by the hand, aud welcomed me 10 the
household of whigery.
AS soon ,heit greetings were over,
took my new toll dish, and in their presence
heaped it rounding Gull out Of each of their
grists.
Halo, Bob, says one Of them, you have got
new toll dish, haint you
Oh, yes, says /, the old one go, little shack
elipg-like, and little worn off at the top, and
rather email for the interest of my custom
ers, and thought ii was best to have new
one.
Yes. by graci cious, says another Of them, do
YOU see that, VILLAINS? ifit aint about third
bigger than the old one, will be shot. Sure
enough, says the other. Why. Bob. what the
mischief does that mean how Is that for the
interest Of your customers, as you say?
Oh, says l, very plain: don't you under
stand it! ths higher the toll, the lower the
price of grinding, aud the more meal you get.
Shaw, now, Bob, says one Of them, how
can you make that out Now, none ofyour
humbussing Us with your big toll dish in these
hard Tyler times.
Well, now, says !, it is as plain as day;
come sit down here and let u,e explain it to
you and stra ghtway took up Evans speech
and read it to them, and explained how the
high tariff worked; and although it appeared
to increase the cost of the goods to the import
er aad retailing merchant, yet the higher he
paid for then, the lower he could afford to sell
them TO his customers, the farmers and labor
ers who consumed them; and now, said /,
the same universal law of trade, and cause
aud effect, applies with equal force to the mill
and his customers. He does the grinding
and takes the toll, you are his customers and
consume the meal and toll being the price
Of grinding, it follows as necessary conse-
qnence that the higher the toll the lower the
price of grinding, and although my new t,lI
dish appears larger, yet you get more meal by
1t; aud all this | proved very clear by Mr.
Evans's speech, and the argument of my whig
neIghbor who gave me the document; and |
tell you, friend Mack, it was a knock down
arguaneat to those boys; they looked al each
other like SO many bewildered pigs in New
foundland fog, each expecting the other to
answer my speech But it was no go, it was
a good whig argument, and proven by accred-
tied whig documents, and they Immediately
gave in, and admitted that, although they did
not exactly understand it at first, yet it i. now
as clear and sef-evident as Mr. Evans's argu.
ment, showing The higher the tariff, which
stands in place of the toll, the cheaper the
goods, which stand in place of the meal.
From tha, time have been using my new
toll dish pretty freely. and manufacturing meal
and flower has got TO be first rate business;
aud what is better, my whig customers, al
though their grists of meal don't last SO long
as they used to, are we'll satisfied and now,
Mack, don't want you to be blowing away
hero that Evans's speech is not true, and that
this whig doctrine, about the high tariff making
goods lower, is all wrong; for il you do, my
poud is out-and am ruined, with my new
toll dish operation.
But, pray Bob, says Mr. Mcdonnell, how
do you get along with you democratic custom
ers, surely you can't humbug them with your
Evans speech and whig arguments
On, shaw, no, says Bob; I use the old toll
dish for them, and all goes OF well /; bu, now
dom. Tell any body what told you.