Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-09-23

Citations Of Mr. Clay as ga miller ;" and have srssol.
ved' that as "mora men" they cannot support him ~
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THE FOREIGN AND HOME MARKET
The National lUtc,lgencor has complied, from oil.
oial sources. tabular statements showing the vf
oil agricultural eSros r1m the United States from 1928
To the year 1913 inclusive.
These sbles demonstrate. says the Tn.elligsncer as
clearly as facts and hgnfes onstrse any thing
That an act i the raising OF revenue by !asyinS duties
upon impoaitnns dos mol necessarily innronsly Affect
The expiration OF agricultural produce, either in
prices or amount nor IL operate agslnst the az.
rcnltual interests OF the country IN any tvay. Ga
tho caDlrary. those Interests have been most eminen,.
" istaIcd ny lis operations, M can be abundsstiy
proved.
but, attending at present, only to the charge made
by The nppnnents Of The protective syalem, that cur
iveiln market bas been injured by ila operation, and
the value OF agricultural produce thereby diminish
facts
Fiat, 10 ls2S we exported wheat amounting In val
Nc 10 673o. aud Il ur IN value To 81 2s6 800; tho
former averaging IA cents he bushel, the latter &to8
toe barrel.
The raud' bill introduced by Mr. Mallur, was passsd
in S2f.
Ia lei0, the year after tho passage Of this bill. we sx-
porled vhea' Ia value t6.oi2, aud Aur in value S5.-
193bol; the wheat averaging 81 so The bushcl, tho
flour 1921 the barrel. Certainly tho tariff did not
Jurously affect piicts In this instance, for the wheat
exported sold Tor than double the price VI that
which was exported the preceding year, nd the -four
Aeain What has been the effect Of The thrift of
1872 upon The amount Of expectations agricultural
produce
Ialsi2 wo exported sl7,oJ3 bushels Of whoa, aud
! .2s3 bo2 barrels Il fur
From the Lei Oetoher 1879,
u Both June, isl3, wees-
mrted, according to The Bus Wheat, Bib Flour.
Treasury statement 81 .Gs5 Sal. 47I
And from lsl July 10 3Oh
Seplember, 1912, by the
Treasury aetuuul9. lAi,SpY yCS. S6S
Making an amount Of 456,5sg I,2io,342
ff The exports vi the fiscal year succeeding the pasp-
in Of the tariff Of 1912.
Now, IN order To institute fair comparison between
the years Sl2 and lSl3 No must take into conadaa-
ton The relative amount Of the crops Of wheat pvducsd
Ia lhuee years. The agricultural siaiaIics furnished by
the Patent Oihee supply tho materials for ascerain,r
that In 1912 there surplus product Of more than
fur mlous Of bushels over the product of lS43 Sup
posing, then that four bosels OF wheat yield barrel Of
-four We have expiration Of J,952,3G bushels of
wheat for 1912. Calculating according tu tie rlstive
surplus Of produce, o. ~ ~ bushels would have been
equivalent exploration Tor 1913; but instead of that,
find that there was really an expiration II ,2 $50
bushels, bengso excess VI l20.122 bushels Gall things
consldefrd) over the tAPht OF ls42.
So much Tor The charge that The tariff VI lSl2 hes in
jared the farmer by aJridgiag the lorelgn market.
1t II true that the average price VI tho wheat expert
ed in l5i3 Is o~efby nboai 26 cents the bushsl than
that OF 1912, and that ii The faar exported in 1919
lower than the price of lsi2 by 10 the barrel; but, If
The tariff o 1912 ia to be charged With the depreciation
o 1913, the tamil o s2S ought, in JUSTICE 10 have credit
Tor Tho much greater se IN 1879. Neither tariff, how
had Thing 10 do with either, the first having
been caused hy superintendent harvest Ia Europe tho
iatt,I by a falling enc
The only way in which tariff could i,j,riousls az
feet the farmer huu' the foreign market, would 10 by
dcstrOyin million or two Of foreign consumer epd
IL would most materially advance The interest," of the A
mecan agrculturiss by spreading blight the Eu-
ropean harvest In both instances ,he effect would be
produced by disturbing The relation between supply aud
demand
The mos, eOeciua method Of reducing prices and in
jurng the hume market. would be by converting mil
lieu OF home consumers into producers Whether tho
arill exists moi, people must aad will have bread;
and Congress is moi like The British Parliament.
omnipoteni 1t cannot by its enacnens increase d.
minsi the number Of foreign consumer, or cause the
"! cal fields Of Europe 10 be fruitful the reverse
BIT Congress can. by the destruction Of the Tariff
,er million ufhone consumers into million " pros
d,ee, aud thereby moi only destroy the home market
10 that extent but bring BESIDES large additional guam
lty Of produce into 1t.
Repeal The tariff and shall mol increase our for
eign market single bnshel; for shall not, by dos
lug. increase the Number OF foreign consumers; we shall
no; diminish our distance from that market or increase
facilities for reaching III nor shall we lessen the num-
Der Of competitors have 10 encounter when get
there
Bat ,eiti our tariff, when destroyed, we shall also
have destroyed home market. A million Of consul
will then raise bread Tor themselves Instead Of pur
chusing i, of farmers, they do al present. This would
impuverish both parties leave the country dependent
for lis supplies Of manufactured goods upon tho work
shops If Europe and cause US 10 pay for them al very
advanced prices; whilst the agrcuturalst would find
themselves without market adequate 10 heir nccessi
lies, either at home abroad.
These plain truths, plainly told; but We defy the
opponents Of Tho tariff either to gaipsay conrovsst
them.
The Old Fedcrasts The 4aii- Tariff Purity 7estin,ony
of I'm J. Duane. The Free I raiders cJ the present
day il British Interests
I The f,owfg letter was enclosed by Mr. Randall 10
the Editors Of HE Wing. a
Dear Sirl have received yeuf ns.c ef las, evening,
asking whether Tariff and domestic manufacturers had
not been always advocated by Mr. b. Franklin Bache,
Mr.. Wm. Duane my father, aud my self As this in
qury has, in all Probability, made for political
purpose and have long ceased take any part in
Mhal We call naitias. have hal slsne hesitation 10