Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-01-12


the products, passing to and fso worth
much the oats and beans raised Great Brl.
tain, proved by their agrIc uitural statistics,
and that the entire value OF the products employ
ing British navigation all the world over,
equal to the grass grown IN Great Britain. Such
is the importance OF agriculture 10 every nation
Over this vast American interest," the Tariff Of
1912 has thrown its SHIELD trst IN direct Brolec-
ton given 10 its products. For cotton, wool,
hemp, beef and pork, hams aud bacon. cheese,
batter, LARD potatoes, -four and wheat, elerea
CleS, find average protection ol IS per cent,
which - higher than the average protection CIV
en- 10 manufactures. But, secondly, protection OF
manufactures IS protection 10 agteoiiIrc, mas
much an4tacfures give emp ,inent TO
such amount Of agricultural capital and
open such market lo- agricultural products, as
has been shown another place The lmpor.
tauce Of protection to agriculture vii further APP
pear from the fact, that the annual verage Of I'M
ports Of the above named agricultural products.
for the fire ycrrS proceeding Sl2, were S2.3il,
500. and thu, the potatoes imported into Boston
one year amounted 10 Sal 600. It will be
seen by statement, page !. that our imports Of
agricultural products for the aboye-named FIVE
years, greater han our agricultural exports,
other than cotton, TO @. Britain
Benefit of the Tariff TO Labor
II has been estimated by political economists,
that the industry Of country 10 equal TO one Sc
renth or one eighth Of It's entire wealth. /. might
be SAID that all the essential wealth Of nation
consists its capacity for labor. nation
could subsist without II. American labor, by the
revulsion of IS37-'4G, was seen be sinking
rapidly into the gripping fist Of European despot
Ism by the approximation Of its prices to the
European standard TIL the Tariff Of SAP rescued
II on the true American basis with the prospect
Of fair reward
4 market Arrays better than remote enc
and home markc, better than foreign one
| Why are farms noar New York worth from
I fifty 10 hundred dollars acre, while those IN
! Illinois not worth more than ten dollars? Be
cause the former lie at the door Of marke, A
/ homo market ls better than foreign one, FIRST.
because II nearer; secondly, because 1t is more
secure; thirdly, because II IS more uniform; and
/ lastly. because the prices are better. 1t IS the
merchant only that profits by the ncrease Of DIS
! lance and the multiplication Of stages between
| tho producer and The rnnsnmnr- md the eoi7a-
mer pays the tax
Tho average price Of -four and WHOM, in tho
! the United States, from 1891 10 $50 as ascer
| tanned by the prices current Of those years, pub
lished IN different parts Of the country) was So
IS c,s a barrel, and 81 80 cts q bushel: whore
/ as, the average price of flour IN Europe Tor the
same period, was only 6 o. cts. barrel, and OF
! wheat 8 cts n bushe as ascertained by compar-
rison Of Custom House books, and other authon
tic documents in different parts Of Europe y
The Hon. Charles Hudson of Mass. presented
proof in detail 10 the Committee Of tho House OF
the 21lh Congress- that Massachusetts alone con-
sumes annually Of The agricultural products Of
other States of the Union 10 the amount OF forty
trio millions of dollars, il being moro than hdlf
of the annual average Of our exports for the iass
ten wears, exclusive Of domestic manufactures.
Ii is because Of tho extensive manufactures ant
tho multiplicity Of mechanics and artisans IN that
State; creating demand. The fact that pro-
duce annually in the U S TO the aggregate
value Of .rro thousand millions of dollars, and
usually export less than one ttcentteth, often not
more than one thirtieth is pecisive evidence that
our home market is our chief reliance.
Home Manufactures cheaper than Foreign.
Since the manufacture Of Cotton goods com.
menced IN this country in 1sl6, the prices have
been reduced on an average about tro-t thirds =
Wooden goods oil cloths refined sugar, cut nails,
spikes and the various articles OF IRON manutac-
ture leather, pms, SC. &c, have oil fallen ma
teriaIlv IN price, the moment protection has been
sufficient 10 raise domestic competition. IL IS
scarcely possible to put ones finger on an article
Of home manufacture. encouraged by protection,
which has not been cheapened aud this, too, IN
The midst OF increased wages of labor, aud high
er prices Of agricultural products.
"LIBRRTY Party SENTIMENTS. 1t has been
charged on the Liberty party that il had only
zone idea"-that al other measures, OF whaev,
er importance 70 the whole people, were TO be
sacrificed 10 the promotion of their particular OBJ
iec, We have though, these charges were 10
correct. bu, if the Liberty Herald. the chief or
gan Of that party in New York. and uoder the
; immediate influence of Gerrit Smith and Alvan
Stewart, is to be believed, these charges ore toe
true. In replying to some remarks OF the New
!, York Tribune, the Herald says:
} "The Tribune has to learn one fact OF which II
seems stupidity gnorant--,has il .reighs not d
, feane, in the estimation Of ANY PARTY MAN
. whether a man is Tariff man or q Free Trade
man and ,ha, these little, petty, 'nsieni hcdn'
J questions, the Liberty Party men leave to the
. great parties. They become them. and they Gao
,fford TO defy or os,racizs they believe o,
dsbeieve on these points,.
: We hardly think the Liberty party Of this
8 country consider the questions of Tariff OF
g Free Trsds, "l.ttle, petty and magnificent" 1